{"id":727591,"date":"2025-11-20T20:31:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:31:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed"},"modified":"2025-11-20T20:31:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:31:38","slug":"free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-to-play &#8220;big team PvP&#8221; Warhaven announces closure just 4 months after its early access launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Nexon has announced it is pulling the plug on its free-to-play PvP medieval fantasy game Warhaven just four months after it launched in early access.<\/p>\n<p>Despite initial plans to launch the game in full later this year, Nexon has now revealed that rather than launching the game in early 2024, it&#8217;s shutting down on 5th April, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today, we are here to announce with a heavy heart that we will be concluding the live services of Warhaven,&#8221; the team announced on <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/news\/app\/2107670\/view\/3978435073794630497\">Steam<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/free-to-play-big-team-pvp-warhaven-announces-closure-just-4-months-after-its-early-access-launch?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=feed\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexon has announced it is pulling the plug on its free-to-play PvP medieval fantasy game Warhaven just four months after it launched in early access. Despite initial plans to launch the game in full later this year, Nexon has now revealed that rather than launching the game in early 2024, it&#8217;s shutting down on 5th April, 2024. &#8220;Today, we are here to announce with a heavy heart that we will be concluding the live services of Warhaven,&#8221; the team announced on Steam earlier this week. 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