Oof. The Diablo-like action RPG take on Magic: The Gathering, Magic: Legends, will be shutting down on October 31.
Servers will be open until closing day, though all premium purchases have been disabled and previous premium purchases will be refunded.
“Our vision for Magic: Legends missed the mark, but we are proud of what we achieved,” said Steve Ricossa, executive producer for Magic: Legends.
“Thanks to Wizards of the Coast, we got to bring the expansive Magic: The Gathering Multiverse to a wide audience and explore new angles within the established ARPG genre. We learned several valuable lessons along the way, and we will use them to improve Cryptic’s future development efforts.“
Magic: Legends had a big reveal on at The Game Awards shows as an MMORPG before releasing an open beta on the Epic Games Store last March.
The reception was largely negative, not only due to the game’s technical faults, but also on a design level as well. In other words, the game is bad that the publishers rather pull the plug than spend resources to make it better. Oof.
For more information on how the refunds work, you may visit the official announcement page here.