Knockout Metropolis developer Velan Studios has mentioned it intends to return to the now-shuttered dwell service title, however not till the time is correct.
In February 2023, Velan Studios confirmed that Knockout Metropolis could be shut down as of June 6, 2023, a little bit over 2 years after the sport’s preliminary launch. In a prolonged weblog submit on the Knockout Metropolis web site, sport director Jeremy Russo mentioned that it was “significantly difficult” to create and run a dwell service sport that’s fully totally different from different video games.
Russo went on to elucidate that regardless of the 12 million gamers that Knockout Metropolis attracted in its two-year life span, there have been “a number of points of the sport in want of main disruption to higher appeal to and retain sufficient gamers to be sustainable.” The sport director additionally famous that Velan Studios cannot promise that Knockout Metropolis will ever return, however did promise new and progressive video games from the studio.
Velan Studios has since gone on to announce two new titles: Midnight Homicide Membership, a hide-and-seek multiplayer title set to launch later this 12 months, and Bounce Arcade, a VR title that mixes pinball classics with new gameplay mechanics, which is about to launch for the Meta Quest later this 12 months.
Knockout Metropolis Devs Nonetheless Need To Carry The Recreation Again
Regardless of having two new video games set to launch inside the similar 12 months, Velan Studios says it’s also engaged on “different titles,” while additionally nonetheless having its eyes on Knockout Metropolis. In a brand new weblog submit on the studio’s web site, the indie developer mentioned it is aware of followers are nonetheless ready for Knockout Metropolis to return.
The studio went on to elucidate the way it spent 4 years crafting Knockout Metropolis the primary time round, and do not wish to rush the method for the subsequent sport in that universe. “We love that world and might’t think about not going again to it in some unspecified time in the future, when the time is correct.”
It has been over a 12 months since Knockout Metropolis was shut down, however Velan Studios did launch a ‘Non-public Server Version’ of the sport on PC earlier this 12 months. The particular addition allowed gamers to proceed taking part in Knockout Metropolis on personal servers with their mates and might obtain at no cost on Steam.
