Marvel Heroes Omega MMO PC online gaming is Shutting Down

[OldGamer]

Earlier today Kotaku broke the story that Disney has ended their relationship with Marvel Heroes developer Gazillion Entertainment. As Disney owns the rights Marvel, that effectively means Marvel Heroes is shutting down. The message Kotaku claims they received from Disney reads:

“We regret to inform our Marvel Heroes fans that we have ended our relationship with Gazillion Entertainment, and that the Marvel Heroes games will be shut down. We would like to sincerely thank the players who joined the Marvel Heroes community, and will provide any further updates as they become available.”

The sudden announcement won't come as a shock to many veteran Marvel Heroes players. There have been no updates for over a month, and all social media accounts operated by Gazillion have been quiet. The recent Holloween event was a disaster, and an expected tie-in with the new Thor movie never materialized.

After the story broke and various internet sites started picking up on it, Gazillion made an official statement on their forums stated and said


We’re sad to inform our players and our entire Marvel Heroes family that Marvel Heroes Omega will be shutting down. The Marvel Heroes servers will stay on until Dec 31, 2017, and we’ll be removing real money purchases as soon as possible. Players will be able to play the game entirely for free once this sunset period commences. We will share the exact date things go completely free as soon as we can.

We’ve had the privilege of entertaining and collaborating with our players for over four years. We’re extremely humbled by that privilege and wanted to get this message out: Thank you. Thank you to our players, our tireless employees, and everyone involved in the life of Marvel Heroes, Marvel Heroes 2015, Marvel Heroes 2016, and Marvel Heroes Omega.


There you have it. The Marvel Heroes servers will stay online until December 31, 2017, giving players a chance to try the superhero themed action RPG. While the gameplay in Marvel Heroes was similar to that of Diablo 3 and Path of Exile, it offered a unique aesthetic. Bright colors and a more modern setting replaced the grim fantasy backdrop we see so much of in the genre.

Superhero fans have suffered several setbacks on the MMO front in recent years. City of Heroes was shutdown in November 2012, Infinite Crisis followed in 2015, and now Marvel Heroes joins the heap. Champions Online and DC Universe Online are still running, and both are available free to play.

link to the announcement
https://www.marvelheroes.com/news/news-articles/marvel-heroes-omega-shutting-down

for those never played here a video made by omer

[Uche_of_IMT]

This is why I congregate to the DC side of things. Disney is setting out to destroy everything that is good in Marvel.

[HyperVoiceActing]

This is why I congregate to the DC side of things. Disney is setting out to destroy everything that is good in Marvel.

That seems like a pretty gross exaggeration. 

[O Ilusionista]

This seams to be the same thing they did with the PAY2WIN RPG "Avengers Alliance" at Facebook.]
They decided to close it, out of the blue.

[jax123]

Eh, whatever, i've lost my interest in this game after they removed the Fantastic Four from the game and they cut their origins off from cinematic trailer.

All tho i'm kind of going to miss all great artworks and concept arts in this game

Also, they're going shut Gazillion down as well

That's sucks to them