Square Enix has just announced that the free-to-play online Legacy of Kain spin-off, Nosgoth, has been cancelled. This does not surprise us of course as a F2P game was not what Legacy of Kain fans were yearning for these past couple of years.
As Square Enix announced:
“It is with a heavy heart and an immense sense of sadness that we must announce the end of Nosgoth’s development. Servers will continue to run until 31st May 2016, during which time you will be able to play the game as normal. After that date, Nosgoth will be taken offline for the last time.”
According to the FAQ provided by Square Enix, new and existing players will be able to continue to play Nosgoth until May 31st, however players will no longer be able to make real world purchases in the game. In addition, all purchases made since March 1st will be automatically refunded.
As for the future of Legacy of Kain, Square Enix had this to say:
“Any future Legacy of Kain project will be considered independently of Nosgoth and on the merits of the proposals alone.”
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Good nothing of value was lost now finish the singleplayer it will sell like shadow of mordor, it is very similar.
The old ones were great games well written designed and voiced.
They need an hd remastered version, no need for a remake or a spin-off.
Good idea, now that would be a remaster that I would actually buy.
A remastered collection would be even better.
Day one for me if they do it…
The prospect of LOK being turned into yet another AssCreed clone… too real to be funny.
they already tried that, look up Legacy of Kain Dead Sun.
Is there evidence that it would have been as generic as Shadow of Mordor? I see no comparison to AC or Arkham in the wikipedia article.
It was fun to a degree. I’d drop in every so often, I just felt it was still too limited in the actions you could accomplish. Very much Rock, Paper, Scissors with less emphasis on player skill.
I was in the Closed ALpha … it was OK.. It would be epic if it was 2004 😛 It had the AvP feel but the micro-transaction in the horizon turn me off
Unfortunately people who bought founder’s packs wont get refunds.
Just remake Legacy of Kain, Soul Reaver 1,2 and Defiance. It would be perfect, or atleast remaster them with a remake for the 1st.
Why am I not surprised?
This franchise can’t catch a break.
They need to make a new Legacy of Kain game instead of another Tomb Raider.
“Let’s revive this legendary FULL PRICE SINGLEPLAYER ACTION ADVENTURE series with great CUTSCENES by making a FREE TO PLAY MULTIPLAYER game with NO STORY that shares some themes but honestly doesn’t even look similar.”
At least they are aware of how absurd their endeavor was in hindsight, when they admit this blunder has no implication on Legacy of Kain whatsoever.
It’s all about banking on successful franchises. Legacy of Kain seems like a niche market right now.
Who cares?