The free-to-play 3v3 shooter Spectre Divide, launched in September 2024, is set to be discontinued just six months later, shortly after its release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game's developer, Mountaintop Studios, is also closing its doors. CEO Nate Mitchell confirmed this news in a statement on social media today, stating, “Unfortunately, the Season 1 launch hasn’t achieved the level of success we needed to sustain the game and keep Mountaintop afloat.”

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Following an optimistic start where the game attracted around 400,000 players in its first week, with a peak concurrent count of approximately 10,000 across all platforms, the situation deteriorated. “But as time has gone on, we haven’t seen enough active players and incoming revenue to cover the day-to-day costs of Spectre and the studio,” Mitchell's post elaborated. “Since the PC launch, we stretched our remaining capital as far as we could, but at this point, we’re out of funding to support the game.”

Despite efforts to secure additional funding, find a publisher, or secure an acquisition, Mountaintop Studios couldn't sustain operations. Mitchell noted, “We pursued every avenue to keep going... In the end, we weren’t able to make it work. The industry is in a tough spot right now.”

Spectre Divide will be taken offline within the next 30 days, and players who spent money since the Season 1 launch will be refunded. This announcement contradicts earlier statements from October 2024, where Mitchell assured that “the servers aren’t shutting down, and the updates aren’t going to stop,” claiming Mountaintop had “the funds to support Spectre for a long time.”

IGN's August 2024 preview praised Spectre Divide for its tactical gameplay and unique Duality system, which allowed players to control two characters during matches. However, the rapid shutdown of the game aligns with recent trends of struggling live-service titles, including Rocksteady’s Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League and Sony’s Concord.