De ontwikkelaar van de grote hit Pokémon Go trekt de stekker uit de Catan-versie Catan: World Explorers. Na 18 november is het einde verhaal voor de Early Access-versie van de mobiele game. 

Het statement van de Niantic luidt als volgt:
"After a year of exploring the world together, we are announcing today that CATAN – World Explorers will not be rolling out to more countries and instead we will be winding down the game over the coming months. The team thanks all of you, our dedicated players, for your feedback and your fun." 

De game is direct uit de App Store gehaald en na 18 november kun je de wereld niet meer verkennen in Catan: World Explorers. Om de deur voor de fans niet meteen dicht te gooien krijgen de spelers de laatste weken nog de kans om plezier te beleven aan de game met extra bonussen. 

Het team is iedereen dankbaar die meegewerkt heeft en de game gesteund heeft: 
"The team originally set out to build a game that turned the world into a CATAN gameboard. We had a vision for trading, harvesting, and building up the world in seasonal play and resetting the board each month, just like you do for each new game you play at home. But trying to adapt such a well-designed board game to a global, location-based Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game was a tough challenge. We’re so proud of the game we made, however we got a little too complicated and a little too far from the original CATAN game. The work and knowledge that we learned working on this game is not lost and we’re already working hard on more games for the future!

To everyone in the CATAN – World Explorers community that joined us for this adventure, we’re so thankful for your dedication, support, and detailed feedback! We hope to see you again soon.

The CATAN – World Explorers team has learned a lot since we kicked off our soft launch beta in early July 2020. A lot can be attributed to this community of dedicated beta players, who rigorously reported every bug, provided key feedback, and always reminded us why we made this game in the first place: for a community of dedicated fans. We want to thank everyone who supported this game!"


Bron: https://community.catanworldexplorers.com/