Crash Bandicoot cell sport shutting down after lower than two years

Sweet Crush developer King is closing down its Crash Bandicoot cell sport, On the Run.

The sport’s servers can be taken down on sixteenth February 2023, the cell big stated earlier at this time. After this time, the sport will not be playable.

In the meantime, as of at this time (nineteenth December), all in-app purchases can be turned off. “You should have till sixteenth February 2023 to utilize related purple crystals in-game,” King shared.

Reflecting on this choice, King had the next to say:

“It has meant a lot to convey your favorite Crash characters to life and we have sincerely liked making this sport. Thanks for spending your time with us and we hope you’ll be part of us in one in every of our many different video games.”

This information has come as a little bit of a shock for a lot of, particularly on condition that as lately because the sixteenth, On the Run gamers had been hoping {that a} relaunch for the title was on the playing cards.

This hypothesis got here following experiences that the sport was silently delisted from each the Google Play and App shops earlier within the month. Right now, On the Run’s buyer help crew stated this was only a tempory subject and never an indication of issues to come back.

In truth, it stated it was “busy placing their ending touches to extra thrilling options and islands which can be accessible very quickly” (thanks, Crashy News). This, nonetheless, was in the end not the case.

Understandably, this has left a bitter style for a lot of. “[You’re] kidding me??! I’ve completed the sport and have been ready for brand new ranges for ages!” wrote one participant on listening to this information.

One other referred to as King’s choice to shut down the sport “a slap within the face to each Crash fan who gave this cell money seize an opportunity.”

“Ouch already? That was brief lived,” one other mused (On the Run solely launched in March final yr), whereas one acknowledged “this sport had rather a lot to supply and also you guys let it die”.

In the meantime, quite a few gamers at the moment are left lamenting the cash they spent on the sport, with some calling this transfer by King an “extremely greasy” one.