{"id":1945883,"date":"2026-05-20T16:48:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945883"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:48:57","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T13:48:57","slug":"quantic-dreams-multiplayer-game-spellcasters-chronicles-is-being-shut-down-and-the-studio-reorganised-but-star-wars-eclipse-is-unaffected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1945883","title":{"rendered":"Quantic Dream&#8217;s multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/spellcasters-chronicles\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Spellcasters Chronicles<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Quantic Dream&#8217;s multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Servers will close in June.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/spellcasters-chronicles_HtUHwZW.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A Black character with face painted and an assortment of tribal looking armour, and wreathed in flame emanating from their magic staff, looks towards the camera. It's one of the hero characters from Spellcasters Chronicles.\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"spellcasters-chronicles_HtUHwZW.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Quantic Dream<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Robert Purchese avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"user-9946-originalxoriginal-14-03-23.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1017\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/robert-purchese\">Robert Purchese<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Associate Editor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-20T16:48:57+00:00\">May 20, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/quantic-dream-closing-spellcasters-chronicles?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          11 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"668bd27b-d98d-4f57-a787-ec235c6c01a5\" data-name=\"Spellcasters Chronicles\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Spellcasters Chronicles\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Spellcasters Chronicles\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Spellcasters Chronicles\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Spellcasters Chronicles\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Spellcasters Chronicles\" title=\"Follow Spellcasters Chronicles\"><br \/>\n  Follow Spellcasters Chronicles<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Quantic Dream, the developer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/detroit-become-human\">Detroit: Become Human<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/heavy-rain\">Heavy Rain<\/a>, is closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles, which only launched in early access in February this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Quantic_Dream\/status\/2057114218537644158?s=20\">Quantic Dream said in a statement<\/a> that Spellcasters Chronicles had not reached the audience it needed to sustain it long-term, and &#8220;we have therefore made the difficult decision to refocus our efforts on our other projects&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Steam stat-tracking site SteamDB shows Spellcasters Chronicles<\/a> had woefully low numbers of players, peaking at 888 daily concurrents at launch before falling to highs of under 100 concurrent daily players since mid-March.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Spellcasters: Chronicles - Official Closed Beta Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EauRdyw1uXA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/EauRdyw1uXA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Spellcasters: Chronicles &#8211; Official Closed Beta Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Spellcasters Chronicles.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EauRdyw1uXA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Quantic Dream will undergo some &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; as a result, which I suspect will mean some lay-offs, but the studio said development of <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse &#8211; a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure announced in 2021<\/a> &#8211; has not been affected by this.<\/p>\n<p>The Spellcasters Chronicles servers will soon close, remaining accessible until 19th June 2026, when they&#8217;ll be shut down. Any money spent during the early access period will be eligible for a full refund upon request, Quantic Dream&#8217;s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Spellcasters Chronicles &#8211; an odd proposition for Quantic Dream and the kinds of cinematic, choice-heavy narrative games it typically makes &#8211; is the latest in a line of multiplayer games closed this year. Arguably the most high profile was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/highguard-will-shut-down-permanently-next-week-because-it-doesnt-have-enough-revenue-to-keep-anyone-employed-to-work-on-it\">free-to-play shooter Highguard, which closed six weeks after launch<\/a>, but there was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/concords-sudden-shutdown-is-such-a-big-deal-its-been-brought-up-during-uk-government-debates-on-video-game-consumer-laws\">the sudden closure of Sony&#8217;s Concord<\/a> at the end of last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/anthem-was-abandoned-in-death-as-in-life-its-a-game-ea-and-bioware-would-rather-forget\">BioWare&#8217;s Anthem also bowed out in January<\/a> after a prolonged goodbye as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the closure of premium games Concord and Anthem in particular that have attracted the attention of pro-consumer movement Stop Killing Games, which seeks to establish fair, end-of-life rules for multiplayer games people pay for that can be suddenly terminated with reprisal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-european-parliament\">Stop Killing Games recently presented its case to the European Parliament<\/a> &#8211; a discussion which is ongoing &#8211; and it seems to have gone down well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>Quantic Dream, the developer of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/detroit-become-human\">Detroit: Become Human<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/heavy-rain\">Heavy Rain<\/a>, is closing down its MOBA-with-flying game Spellcasters Chronicles, which only launched in early access in February this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Quantic_Dream\/status\/2057114218537644158?s=20\">Quantic Dream said in a statement<\/a> that Spellcasters Chronicles had not reached the audience it needed to sustain it long-term, and &#8220;we have therefore made the difficult decision to refocus our efforts on our other projects&#8221;. <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Steam stat-tracking site SteamDB shows Spellcasters Chronicles<\/a> had woefully low numbers of players, peaking at 888 daily concurrents at launch before falling to highs of under 100 concurrent daily players since mid-March.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"Spellcasters: Chronicles - Official Closed Beta Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EauRdyw1uXA?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/EauRdyw1uXA\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">Spellcasters: Chronicles &#8211; Official Closed Beta Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>Spellcasters Chronicles.<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=EauRdyw1uXA\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Quantic Dream will undergo some &#8220;reorganisation&#8221; as a result, which I suspect will mean some lay-offs, but the studio said development of <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/2458470\/charts\/#max\">Star Wars Eclipse &#8211; a High Republic-era Star Wars adventure announced in 2021<\/a> &#8211; has not been affected by this.<\/p>\n<p>The Spellcasters Chronicles servers will soon close, remaining accessible until 19th June 2026, when they&#8217;ll be shut down. Any money spent during the early access period will be eligible for a full refund upon request, Quantic Dream&#8217;s statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Spellcasters Chronicles &#8211; an odd proposition for Quantic Dream and the kinds of cinematic, choice-heavy narrative games it typically makes &#8211; is the latest in a line of multiplayer games closed this year. Arguably the most high profile was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/highguard-will-shut-down-permanently-next-week-because-it-doesnt-have-enough-revenue-to-keep-anyone-employed-to-work-on-it\">free-to-play shooter Highguard, which closed six weeks after launch<\/a>, but there was also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/concords-sudden-shutdown-is-such-a-big-deal-its-been-brought-up-during-uk-government-debates-on-video-game-consumer-laws\">the sudden closure of Sony&#8217;s Concord<\/a> at the end of last year. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/anthem-was-abandoned-in-death-as-in-life-its-a-game-ea-and-bioware-would-rather-forget\">BioWare&#8217;s Anthem also bowed out in January<\/a> after a prolonged goodbye as well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the closure of premium games Concord and Anthem in particular that have attracted the attention of pro-consumer movement Stop Killing Games, which seeks to establish fair, end-of-life rules for multiplayer games people pay for that can be suddenly terminated with reprisal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-european-parliament\">Stop Killing Games recently presented its case to the European Parliament<\/a> &#8211; a discussion which is ongoing &#8211; and it seems to have gone down well.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"poll_wrapper\" data-fixed=\"true\" data-hashid data-init=\"false\" data-poll-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Spellcasters Chronicles Quantic Dream&#8217;s multiplayer game Spellcasters Chronicles is being shut down and the studio reorganised, but Star Wars Eclipse is unaffected Servers will close in June. 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