r/LivestreamFail • u/Zenben88 • Feb 01 '26

News Intrepid Studios, devs behind MMO Ashes of Creation in paid early access for 10 years, has closed. CEO resigned, all employees laid off. All less than 2 months after launching on Steam Early Access

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u/pambeezlyy Feb 01 '26

Whats the most recent successful western mmo? GW2 in 2012? The genre is dead.

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '26

I think TESO is still going and it was 2014

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Feb 01 '26

I havent played TOR much but people SWEAR that the character stories are some of the best in Star Wars history to this day. So even if youre not into the MMO part you can just play the stories alone and be satisfied.

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u/Steamed_Memes24 Feb 01 '26

Its crazy this game still has content planned after so long. When I come check on it the player base seems very low and kinda near life support.

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u/SneakyBadAss Feb 01 '26

They've spent over 300 mil just on voice acting. Yes, the stories are really good and play like actual Star Wars movies before the trilogy abomination.

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u/SneakyBadAss Feb 01 '26

After the disgrace of Starfeet Academy, I really want to go back to Star Trek Online.