URU Live Dead
The Cyan Worlds web site reports that URU Live is officially dead. That’s right, due to lack of subscribers the online portion of Ages Beyond Myst has been canned.
In their own words:
Even with all of the time, money, resources, code, people, sweat, and heart that were poured into Uru Live, we needed a certain number of subscribers to pay the bills. We didn’t get there. Uru Live is innovative and unique; its online universe is one of the most beautiful and complex ever built, anywhere. The idea of ongoing content was dramatic and forward-looking, but it required a substantial continuing effort to sustain. We were just not able to sign up the number of subscribers (even for free) necessary to pay for that effort.
The good news for those who own URU is the developers plan on releasing a series of expansion packs that include the content that would have otherwise been downloaded via the online portion. The first of these, entitled To D’ni, will be available free of charge while subsequent packs will incur a fee.
Update: There is an online petition to resurrect URU Live, looking to convince Cyan Worlds and Ubisoft to reinstate the online portion of Ages Beyond Myst.
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