Sony Shuts Down Shooter Game Concord After Just Two Weeks

Concord, which was released on Aug. 23 for PC and PlayStation 5, will start to go offline on Sept. 6, the Concord's Game Director Ryan Ellis  said in a Sony PlayStation blog post. The game was developed over a period of about eight years by Bellevue, Wash.-based Firewalk Studios. Sales of the game have stopped and those who bought the game on services such as PlayStation Store, Steam and Epic Games Store should start seeing refunds rolling out soon.

"...While many qualities of the experience resonated with players, we also recognize that other aspects of the game and our initial launch didn't land the way we'd intended," Ellis wrote in the blog post. "Therefore, at this time, we have decided to take the game offline beginning September 6, 2024, and ...