![]() “It is unique in terms of the biomes, given its ominous and gloomy theme and how that affects combat options within Spellbreak,” wrote Executive Producer Cardell Kerr in his latest Producer’s Letter. The update also introduces the new Deadmoss region, a fully-developed area in the southeasternmost part of the map. Home to the Five Hand Alliance, five kingdoms joined together, pledging to protect and defend one another for the good of their people. “The area now known as the Hollow Lands was once a peaceful and prosperous part of Velnor called the Highlands. Chapter 1: The Spellstorm marks the game’s launch on Steam and sheds light on the history of the Hollow Lands and the origins of the magical storm surrounding the island. For reference, the last major patch for it was released 10 months ago.Proletariat has just rolled out the first in a series of Spellbreak updates that will expound on the game’s lore over a 12-week period through story-driven missions. While the game started out strong (which we’ve even mentioned in our review), it ended on a whimper given the studio’s sudden abandonment of any communications regarding the game. Spellbreak transformed our studio and touched the lives of so many. While this is goodbye for Spellbreak, I cannot thank this community enough for the support and help along the way. While we could not get the escape velocity needed, I do not regret the bold decisions we made in bringing Spellbreak to life. We picked a hard path as an independent studio and decided to compete with some of the biggest games in the world. Spellbreak was not able to break through and reach a sustainable place where we could continue to invest in it in the way we had dreamed of. Unfortunately, the game industry is a difficult business. It is even more difficult to tell you that we will be shutting down Spellbreak early next year. It is challenging to sum up the experience of both building Spellbreak and launching it to the world with the help of every single one of you. Over 10 million players have dropped into the Hollow Lands, which is an incredible milestone for any new IP launching from any developer. Spellbreak was the first game ever released fully cross-platform with cross-play on day one across PC, PS4, Xbox One, and Switch. The excitement and engagement from the community allowed us to push the boundaries on quality, gameplay, platforms, and more. When we started development on Spellbreak, we thought we would be lucky if we got an early-access, PC-only release. I feel we achieved that-in combat, art style, storytelling and more. Spellbreak started as an idea to create a revolutionary multiplayer fantasy experience. The studio’s CEO Seth Sivak also posted a message on the game’s subreddit: To all Spellbreak fans around the world, thank you for the support and dedication that made the game and community so special. Spellbreak was an ambitious project that saw our team push new boundaries in design and development and we are excited to continue to innovate as we create new titles in the future. We are grateful to everyone in the game’s community for exploring the magical worlds and experiences we created together. Our vision was to create a fresh, multiplayer action-spellcasting game with exceptional movement and class customization that would give players the chance to unleash their inner battlemage. Thank you to the millions of players who have joined us in the Hollow Lands since 2018 it’s been an amazing journey. ![]() The servers will be shut down as of early 2023. The studio has not released any official changelog, and given the time the studio has been silent regarding their game, we aren’t expecting anything to be mentioned about it either.Īfter more than four years of elemental magic and spell combinations, we’ve made the decision to end development of Spellbreak. ![]() Spellbreak Update 4.20 Patch Notes | Spellbreak June 28 Patch Notes: Read on for the complete message by the studio’s CEO. Proletariat has released Spellbreak update 4.20 on all platforms, and this doesn’t seem to be for anything related to gameplay, but rather, it’s due to the game’s demise, which has been announced today.
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