Bright Star Studios announced the cancellation of the development and closure of the server of its blockchain-mmorpg Ember Sword after several years of development. The creation of the game began back in 2018, and in 2021 the developers attracted more than 2.7 million dollars of investment and helped out more than $ 203 million to sell virtual NFTs. However, despite the impressive amounts, the team faced financial difficulties and said that “she could not find a way to continue development.”
Among investors who directly invested funds in the project were Dr. Disrespect, Twitch co -founder Kevin Lin and former chief creative director of Blizzard Entertainment Rob Pardo. As for the sale of virtual plots for houses and city, 34,791 people took advantage of this opportunity.
One of the key features of the game was to be the economy, closely related to its own NFT-TOCEN $ Ember. However, since 2021, its cost has fallen by 99% – amid a decreasing interest in the project and various problems. So, in 2024, a vulnerability was revealed, which led to losses of 159 s worth a amount of 195 thousand dollars. In addition, some s openly called the project a financial pyramid.
The game was published in the early access in December 2024, but offered only a browser version with a single server located in Singapore. The players were available standard for the MMORPG genre: the performance of quests, the battle with monsters and other players, the collection of resources, the creation of equipment and the development of their own settlements. The presented version did not cause delight among the audience, but the developers promised that the functionality would be expanded in future updates. Nevertheless, six months after the release, the termination of development was announced.
