Spectre Divide: Free Shooter Closes Weeks Post-Console Launch

Free-to-play 3v3 shooter Spectre Divide is set to shut down just six months after its initial launch in September 2024, and mere weeks after its release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. Mountaintop Studios, the game's developer, will also be closing its doors.

Mountaintop CEO Nate Mitchell confirmed the unfortunate news in a statement shared on social media today. “Unfortunately, the Season 1 launch hasn’t achieved the level of success we needed to sustain the game and keep Mountaintop afloat,” the post explained.

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The team had high hopes following the first week, with the game attracting around 400,000 players and a peak concurrent count of approximately 10,000 across all platforms. However, the post continued, “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.”

Mountaintop Studios explored every possible avenue to keep the game running, including seeking a publisher, additional investment, and potential acquisition. Despite these efforts, 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 any money spent by players since the Season 1 launch will be refunded.

This news contradicts earlier reports from October 2024, where Mitchell assured that “the servers aren’t shutting down, and the updates aren’t going to stop,” maintaining that Mountaintop had “the funds to support Spectre for a long time.”

IGN’s positive preview of Spectre Divide in August 2024 praised the tactical 3v3 shooter for its innovative Duality system, which allowed players to control two characters during matches. However, the rapid shutdown of Spectre Divide follows a trend of other live-service game failures, including Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Sony’s Concord.