Velan Studio’s Knockout City to shut down in June

Velan Studios announced that it is shutting down dodgeball battle royale Knockout City. The game’s servers will go offline on June 6, after which it will no longer be playable. Its current season, Season 9, ends on May 23. The game’s final two weeks will feature a farewell celebration. According to Velan, Knockout City may live on a private PC server at some point in the future.

Jeremy Russo, the game’s director, said in the announcement post, “A ton of love, passion, and hard work has gone into Knockout City, and our amazingly positive and dedicated community of players has made it well worth the effort. We love you all, and we would keep doing this forever with you if we could!… Despite over 12 million players and billions of KOs around the globe, there are several aspects of the game in need of major disruption to better attract and retain enough players to be sustainable. Since we are a small, indie studio, it’s simply impossible for us to make those kinds of systemic changes in the live game while continuing to support it.”