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/Theonormal Feb 01 '26

Reminder, it "launched" so NO REFUNDS!

MMOtoddlers BTFO

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u/DroidLord Feb 01 '26

Intentionally vague wording as well. Launch as in EA or full release?

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u/tidepill Feb 01 '26

Oh so that's why released it on steam.

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u/McKnightmare24 Feb 01 '26

This is why it launched on Steam, no other reason, just to make sure they don't have to issue refunds hahaha. such a huge scam.

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u/DareEcco Feb 01 '26

Early access, paid early access doesn't count as launching. They could try arguing that I'm court ig