PlayStation to Shut Down New Game ‘Concord,’ Will Refund Players

PlayStation can be taking its new Firewalk-developed stay companies recreation “Harmony” offline this Friday and issuing refunds to gamers simply two weeks after its Aug. 23 launch.

The team-based first-person shooter recreation is reported to have drawn a traditionally small viewers throughout its preliminary availability throughout PlayStation 5 and PC, with third-party PC-based gaming knowledge web site SteamDB displaying 30 present in-game gamers on the time of publication on Tuesday. On the peak in its brief historical past, “Harmony” had 697 concurrent gamers, drastically low for a PlayStation new launch, and ranked towards the underside of PlayStation’s weekly gross sales charts.

In “Harmony,” which has largely been in comparison with widespread mulitplayer shooter “Overwatch,” gamers assemble a crew of Freegunner area outlaws from the spacecraft Northstar for on-line video games between two groups of 5 members every. With so few individuals taking part in “Harmony,” matchup availability turned very troublesome to return by throughout gameplay.

“Harmony followers — we’ve been listening intently to your suggestions for the reason that launch of Harmony on PlayStation 5 and PC and wish to thank everybody who has joined the journey aboard the Northstar,” Firewalk Studios recreation director Ryan Ellis wrote in a weblog submit revealed by PlayStation Tuesday. “Your assist and the passionate neighborhood that has grown across the recreation has meant the world to us. Nevertheless, whereas many qualities of the expertise resonated with gamers, we additionally acknowledge that different facets of the sport and our preliminary launch didn’t land the way in which we’d supposed. Due to this fact, presently, we now have determined to take the sport offline starting Sept. 6, 2024, and discover choices, together with these that may higher attain our gamers. Whereas we decide the most effective path forward, Harmony gross sales will stop instantly and we are going to start to supply a full refund for all players who’ve bought the sport for PS5 or PC.”

Per PlayStation, clients who bought “Harmony” from the PlayStation Retailer or PlayStation Direct will obtain a refund to their unique cost technique, whereas Steam, Epic Video games Retailer and bodily copies can be refunded by way of these respective digital storefronts and retailers. As soon as refunded, gamers will lose entry to the sport.