CrossfireX Will Be Shutting Down in Could

Treatment Leisure and Smilegate introduced that they are going to be shutting down CrossfireX on Could 18, 2023. This announcement comes proper earlier than the sport’s one-year anniversary because it was launched on Xbox Collection and Xbox One again on February 10, 2022.

“Because the launch of the sport, we now have labored tirelessly to convey it to some extent the place we will all be proud, and all through all of it we now have had the consideration and pleasure of supporting our gamers,” CrossfireX’s growth group stated in an announcement.

It continued: “Coming to this choice was not simple, nonetheless, we will proudly say that our gamers have been amazingly lively, passionate, and enthusiastic in working with us to create a recreation that will be enjoyable and pleasurable by all. We wish to thank each one among our gamers for taking part in CrossfireX and being part of this journey with us.

It’s with deepest remorse that we should inform you of our choice to terminate our service for CrossfireX. We wish to thank each one among our gamers for taking part in and being part of this journey with us. For full particulars, please go to: https://t.co/Kx03nYOmLA pic.twitter.com/Gl790Tn38T

— CrossfireX (@PlayCrossfireX) February 3, 2023

Gross sales for the sport on the Xbox Retailer have already been disabled, and there will probably be no new content material added to the sport, together with maps, modes, and camos. Moreover, purchases made inside the final 14 days as of February 3, 2023, are eligible for a refund.

Within the meantime, gamers can proceed to benefit from the recreation till its shutdown in Could. The in-game retailer will proceed to be open, however the choice to buy premium forex will probably be disabled. Gamers can nonetheless spend their remaining forex.

CrossfireX is the most recent live-service recreation to announce shutdowns this week—Rumbleverse and Knockout Metropolis, Crimesight, and Apex Legends Cellular are going offline later this yr too.

In IGN’s CrossfireX single-player and multiplayer opinions, we stated, “CrossfireX’s pair of single-player shooter campaigns are sloppy, soulless, and mercifully temporary,” in addition to “CrossfireX’s multiplayer modes aren’t well worth the value you’ll pay…and it’s free-to-play.”

George Yang is a contract author for IGN. He is been writing concerning the trade since 2019 and has labored with different publications resembling Insider, Kotaku, NPR, and Selection.

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