The free-to-play 3v3 shooter, *Spectre Divide*, is set to be shut down a mere six months after its launch in September 2024, and just weeks after making its debut on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game's developer, Mountaintop Studios, is also closing its doors. This unfortunate news was confirmed by Mountaintop CEO Nate Mitchell in a statement released on social media.
Mitchell explained, “Unfortunately, the Season 1 launch hasn’t achieved the level of success we needed to sustain the game and keep Mountaintop afloat.” Despite an optimistic start with around 400,000 players in the first week and a peak concurrent count of approximately 10,000 across all platforms, the game struggled to maintain active player engagement and generate sufficient revenue. Mitchell added, “But as time has gone on, we haven’t seen enough active players and incoming revenue to cover the day-to-day costs of Spectre and the studio. Since the PC launch, we stretched our remaining capital as far as we could, but at this point, we’re out of funding to support the game.”
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The team at Mountaintop Studios explored numerous options to keep the game running, including seeking a publisher, additional investment, or an acquisition. However, Mitchell noted, “In the end, we weren’t able to make it work. The industry is in a tough spot right now.”
*Spectre Divide* will be taken offline within the next 30 days, and Mountaintop Studios has promised to refund any money spent by players since the Season 1 launch. This closure comes as a surprise, especially following Mitchell's statement in October 2024, where he assured that “the servers aren’t shutting down, and the updates aren’t going to stop,” and that Mountaintop had “the funds to support Spectre for a long time.”
IGN’s positive preview of *Spectre Divide* in August 2024 praised the game's tactical approach and the innovative Duality system, which allowed players to control two characters during matches. However, *Spectre Divide* joins a growing list of live-service game failures, including Rocksteady’s *Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League* and Sony’s *Concord*.
