Hood: Outlaws and Legends Is Shutting Down

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Hood: Outlaws and Legends Is Shutting Down

Key Takeaways

  • Hood: Outlaws and Legends will shut down on February 18, 2025, disappointing fans of this PvPvE heist game.
  • The game faced issues with server problems, balance, and low player counts despite an initial positive reception.
  • Sumo Digital, the developer, also worked on other games but faced layoffs earlier this year, impacting multiple offices.

As a dedicated fan who has spent countless hours in the lush woods of Hood: Outlaws and Legends, I find myself standing at a crossroads, much like Robin Hood himself, as the news of its impending demise looms.

Outlaws and Legends,” which is loosely based on Robin Hood’s legend, has been announced that it will cease operation on February 18, 2025. Despite receiving positive feedback for its original concept, the game faced challenges such as server problems, unbalanced gameplay, and low player numbers.

Originating from Sumo Digital, the studio behind last year’s video game adaption of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Hood: Outlaws and Legends is a heist game in which teams compete against each other to secure treasure in a third-person PvPvE setting, powered by Unreal Engine 4. At its highest point, the game drew approximately 11,500 concurrent players on Steam, as reported by analytics tracker SteamDB. However, despite its May 2021 release, it failed to build and sustain a large and thriving community. Over three years later, the end of service for Hood: Outlaws and Legends has been announced, leaving fans reflecting on their time with what was intended as a dark reinterpretation of Robin Hood’s tale.

According to a recent announcement, the developers behind “Hood: Outlaws and Legends” have confirmed that the game will no longer be available as of February 18, 2025. After this date, players won’t be able to play the game or access any extra content including DLCs. Similar to many modern online games, “Hood: Outlaws and Legends” featured microtransactions, offering battle passes and skin packs for purchase. From October 16 onwards, both digital and physical sales of the game will stop. Those who bought the game within the two weeks prior to the shutdown announcement will be eligible for refunds until sales conclude.

Hood: Outlaws and Legends End of Service Date

  • End of sales: October 16, 2024
  • Shutdown: February 18, 2025

Players of the game “Hood: Outlaws and Legends” voiced their thoughts following the announcement of its end of service date. In response to the developers’ post, some expressed that the game held significant potential, while others admitted they were content with their purchase despite its acknowledged flaws. A common request from the player base was for an offline version of “Hood: Outlaws and Legends” to prevent it from disappearing entirely once the servers shut down regularly. Precedents exist where dedicated fans have managed to revive defunct games, such as the effort that successfully preserved eight exclusive Japanese mobile versions of Mega Man.

In June, the company Sumo Digital faced layoffs that impacted their offices in Canada, the Czech Republic, India, Poland, and the United Kingdom. This developer is known for creating games such as “Hood: Outlaws and Legends”, “Sackboy: A Big Adventure”, “Crackdown 3”, and “LittleBigPlanet 3”, to name a few.

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2024-09-25 14:23