{"id":23656,"date":"2022-07-23T22:10:40","date_gmt":"2022-07-23T22:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guerrilla-games-is-shutting-down-multiplayer-servers-for-two-killzone-games\/"},"modified":"2022-07-23T22:10:40","modified_gmt":"2022-07-23T22:10:40","slug":"guerrilla-games-is-shutting-down-multiplayer-servers-for-two-killzone-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guerrilla-games-is-shutting-down-multiplayer-servers-for-two-killzone-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrilla Games is shutting down multiplayer servers for two Killzone games"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p id=\"7FGrYp\">Guerrilla Games, the Sony-owned studio most recently known for <em>Horizon Zero Dawn<\/em> and <em>Horizon Forbidden West<\/em>is shutting down online multiplayer for three games in August (via <em>polygon<\/em>).  The shutdowns, which will happen on August 12th, will affect <em>Killzone: Mercenary<\/em>, <em>Killzone Shadow Fall<\/em>and <em>Rigs: Mechanized Combat League<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"a4hA2C\">\u201cOnline features (including online multiplayer modes) will cease on that date,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Guerrilla\/status\/1550465830856671233\" target=\"_blank\">Guerrilla wrote in a tweet on Friday<\/a>.  \u201cSingle player offline modes remain available.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"uvGKCr\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">On 12 August 2022, online servers for Killzone: Mercenary, Killzone Shadow Fall (including Intercept Mode) and RIGS: Mechanized Combat League will shut down.  Online features (including online multiplayer modes) will cease on that date.  Single player offline modes remain available<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Guerrilla (@Guerrilla) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Guerrilla\/status\/1550465830856671233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 22, 2022<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"JbXO3i\">both of the <em>killzone<\/em> games first launched in 2013, with <em>Killzone: Mercenary<\/em> coming out on the PlayStation Vita and <em>Killzone Shadow Fall<\/em> releasing for the PlayStation 4. Guerrilla had already reduced online functionality in a small way in <em>Killzone Shadow Fall;<\/em> when it \u201cretired\u201d the <em>killzone<\/em> franchise&#8217;s website in January 2021, Guerrilla said players could no longer make or manage clans in the game. <em>Rigs: Mechanized Combat League<\/em>a first-person mech shooter \/ sports game, is a bit newer, launching for PlayStation VR in 2016.<\/p>\n<p id=\"Gp9w2l\">These shutdowns are yet another reminder that you can&#8217;t rely on a game&#8217;s online functionality being around forever \u2014 something that was already top of mind after Ubisoft&#8217;s recent announcement that more than a dozen games would be losing online services.  If you&#8217;ve wanted to jump back into any of these older games that are losing their online multiplayer, now&#8217;s the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guerrilla Games, the Sony-owned studio most recently known for Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden Westis shutting down online multiplayer for three games in August (via polygon). The shutdowns, which will happen on August 12th, will affect Killzone: Mercenary, Killzone Shadow Falland Rigs: Mechanized Combat League. \u201cOnline features (including online multiplayer modes) will cease on &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guerrilla-games-is-shutting-down-multiplayer-servers-for-two-killzone-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Guerrilla Games is shutting down multiplayer servers for two Killzone games<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":22503,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/guerrilla-announces-shutdown-of-servers-for-killzone-shadow-fall-and-more\/","url_meta":{"origin":23656,"position":0},"title":"Guerrilla Announces Shutdown of Servers for Killzone: Shadow Fall and More","date":"July 22, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Guerrilla has announced that it will be shutting down multiplayer servers for three games on August 12. 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