EA shutters its League of Legends-like game, Dawngate

League of Legends is one of the most lucrative games in the world, and all of the big gaming companies want a piece of that money — but at least one publisher is giving up on its most successful effort to date.

Publisher Electronic Arts revealed today that it is shutting down Dawngate, which is a free-to-play multiplayer online arena battler. EA will cease service in 90 days. The online action-strategy genre is making millions of dollars for a number of games. EA obviously saw a chance to get some of that cash only to realize the opportunity had passed it by.