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Evil Dead: The Game Pulled From Storefronts 3 Years After Release, but Servers Will Remain Online
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<blockquote data-quote="Admin" data-source="post: 67069" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><img src="https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/05/01/ed-1746089234789.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/games/evil-dead-the-game" target="_blank">Evil Dead: The Game</a> is no longer available to buy after its publisher began pulling it from digital storefronts.</p><p></p><p>The asymmetric multiplayer game based on the much-loved action horror franchise launched in 2022 across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. IGN’s <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-review" target="_blank">Evil Dead: The Game review</a> returned an 8/10. We said: “Evil Dead: The Game is an asymmetric multiplayer game of cat and mouse that’s compelling and exhilarating, despite being rough around the edges - much like the horror/comedies that inspired it.”</p><p></p><p>A Game of the Year Edition launched a year later, but clearly failed to have the desired impact on player numbers. In September 2023 <a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-not-making-new-updates-switch-version-canceled" target="_blank">the Nintendo Switch version was canceled and content development was halted</a>.</p><p></p><p>Now, three years after launch, Evil Dead: The Game is gone for good, but its servers will remain online for existing owners to continue playing.</p><p></p><p></p><p>In a statement published to <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1493750/view/501697399294526021" target="_blank">the game’s Steam page</a>, developer and publisher Saber Interactive confirmed the change:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are a number of negative reviews left on Evil Dead: The Game’s Steam page lamenting the decision to pull it from sale, with most saying it’s effectively dead now. It retains a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating overall.</p><p></p><p>“The end is nigh,” reads one recent positive review from a player with over 380 hours in-game. “It was fun while it lasted, lads. I mean that.”</p><p></p><p>Saber Interactive, which developed last year’s breakout hit Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, has a number of licensed movie games in the works, including John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Jurassic Park Survival, and an untitled Avatar: The Last Airbender game. Turok: Origins and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 are also in development.</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at <a href="mailto:wesley_yinpoole@ign.com">wesley_yinpoole@ign.com</a> or confidentially at <a href="mailto:wyp100@proton.me">wyp100@proton.me</a>.</em></p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-pulled-from-storefronts-3-years-after-release-but-servers-will-remain-online" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Admin, post: 67069, member: 1"] [IMG]https://assets-prd.ignimgs.com/2025/05/01/ed-1746089234789.jpg[/IMG] [URL='https://www.ign.com/games/evil-dead-the-game']Evil Dead: The Game[/URL] is no longer available to buy after its publisher began pulling it from digital storefronts. The asymmetric multiplayer game based on the much-loved action horror franchise launched in 2022 across PC, PlayStation, and Xbox. IGN’s [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-review']Evil Dead: The Game review[/URL] returned an 8/10. We said: “Evil Dead: The Game is an asymmetric multiplayer game of cat and mouse that’s compelling and exhilarating, despite being rough around the edges - much like the horror/comedies that inspired it.” A Game of the Year Edition launched a year later, but clearly failed to have the desired impact on player numbers. In September 2023 [URL='https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-not-making-new-updates-switch-version-canceled']the Nintendo Switch version was canceled and content development was halted[/URL]. Now, three years after launch, Evil Dead: The Game is gone for good, but its servers will remain online for existing owners to continue playing. In a statement published to [URL='https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1493750/view/501697399294526021']the game’s Steam page[/URL], developer and publisher Saber Interactive confirmed the change: There are a number of negative reviews left on Evil Dead: The Game’s Steam page lamenting the decision to pull it from sale, with most saying it’s effectively dead now. It retains a ‘mixed’ Steam user review rating overall. “The end is nigh,” reads one recent positive review from a player with over 380 hours in-game. “It was fun while it lasted, lads. I mean that.” Saber Interactive, which developed last year’s breakout hit Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, has a number of licensed movie games in the works, including John Carpenter's Toxic Commando, Jurassic Park Survival, and an untitled Avatar: The Last Airbender game. Turok: Origins and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 3 are also in development. [I]Wesley is the UK News Editor for IGN. Find him on Twitter at @wyp100. You can reach Wesley at [email]wesley_yinpoole@ign.com[/email] or confidentially at [email]wyp100@proton.me[/email].[/I] [url="https://www.ign.com/articles/evil-dead-the-game-pulled-from-storefronts-3-years-after-release-but-servers-will-remain-online"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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