(Reps from 2K Games did not immediately respond to Ars Technica's requests for comment.) Either way, Evolve Stage 2's built-in P2P matchmaking system on PC is once again operational-and even supports some, but not all, of the "progression" systems that had been added when the game received its F2P patch in 2016. Perhaps its switch had been flipped as far back as June 8 2K Games never made an announcement about the Legacy Evolve server being turned back on, and the game's official support page has been dormant for nearly four years. Weeks later, however, fans noticed something: The game's final official version, better known as Evolve Stage 2, seemed to be working again on PC. Evolve's remaining dedicated fanbase didn't appear to stage any noticeable backlash campaign, which meant that Legacy Evolve's month of downtime, and follow-up fix by 2K to the servers in question, came and went with little fanfare. Between this support and custom lobby options, fans of the original on both PC and console could keep on playing a game that Ars Technica didn't like so much when it launched in 2015.įurther Reading That Ubisoft DLC you purchased may soon be completely unplayable That tenuous peace was broken earlier this year when 2K pulled the plug on the game's P2P server infrastructure without any formal announcement of a shutdown timeline (as opposed to the months-in-advance notices we tend to see, such as a massive game-delisting notice issued by Ubisoft last month). When the game was delisted, 2K games clarified that it would continue supporting " Legacy Evolve," an older version of the game with fewer available characters and options via a barebones peer-to-peer (P2P) matchmaking service built into the game. Apparently, working download "keys" for the game's free-to-play (F2P) version, which went live in 2016, may still be floating around.
part 2īefore I explain, I should clarify the worst news. This previously free-to-play game is now all but impossible to access if you didn't previously own or claim it, and there's no clear path to playing it due to the game's delisting from online retailers in September 2018. In the case of the four-on-one online shooter Evolve, however, the reverse has been true-and in a surprise twist, this 2K-published, Turtle Rock-developed game has been given more life this week than in the four years since its support was shut down. We've seen it repeatedly: A developer stops "supporting" an online game, and then the rug is pulled out from fans who might try to hack their way into playing the game among friends, leaving all access in tatters.
Further Reading Game industry pushes back against efforts to restore gameplay serversFrom a preservation standpoint, the modern shift to "always-online" video games has been a disaster.
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