Sometimes, when a live-service sport is shut down by its writer, the idea is the sport did not carry out in some way–usually financially–and that its underwhelming efficiency resulted in its discontinuation. Star Wars Hunters–Zynga’s multiplayer shooter set within the Star Wars universe–is being shut down in October, however regardless of a lower-than-anticipated connect price, Zynga CEO Frank Gibeau says it was “no failure” in any respect.
Talking with The Recreation EnterpriseGibeau mentioned that the crew at Zynga constructed a “nice tech base” and a “enjoyable sport” with Hunters, however the sport didn’t emerge as a “viable enterprise.” Particularly, Gibeau cites an absence of “natural installs from the license” as a contributing think about its imminent discontinuation.
“We had some points with how we might discover the mental property–could you play Darth Vader or might you not? That type of factor,” Gibeau mentioned. “We ended up with a cross-platform sport on Change and cell that ran completely. It was enjoyable. However it did not interact over the long run. And it wasn’t a viable enterprise.”
Gibeau additionally says that ending Hunters will end in one other “shot on objective” with one other IP, solely now with the information and technical base. “The motion shooter class on cell may be very giant and rising, and we might wish to be there,” Gibeau mentioned. “Now we’ve an Unreal tech base, with some nice leads by way of the engineering, builders and designers…. Now it is taking the learnings from Star Wars Hunters and making use of it to a different shot on objective with one other mental property.”
Zynga first introduced Star Wars Hunters throughout a Nintendo Direct presentation in February 2021. It lastly launched in June 2024, just for Zynga to announce that the sport would stop operations on October 1, 2025–with one remaining replace pushed to all customers on April 15. A PC port of the sport was additionally canceled.
Star Wars Hunters continues to be obtainable now for cell gadgets and Nintendo Change.
