Cell video games shutting down isn’t an unusual incidence within the sphere of ones primarily based on Japanese properties. Nevertheless, it’s even uncommon to see one final so long as The Idolmaster: Cinderella Women, which launched again on November 28, 2011.
The sport is at the moment in its eleventh yr in existence, however sadly evidently even this isn’t secure from being shut down. Developer Bandai Namco announced the lengthy operating title will likely be shutting down March 30, 2023.
There’s an extended put up on their web site on the matter. Nevertheless it doesn’t give any info as to the rationale for the sport’s closure after being in service for so long as it has. The sport’s producer does give his gratitude to the followers for The Idolmaster: Cinderella Women lasting for much longer than he ever anticipated.
Regardless of being in service for over 10 years and garnering a serious fanbase by means of it, The Idolmaster Cinderella Women has solely been out there in Japan. Which is totally different from a lot of its friends, which launch international variations that concentrate on locations such because the USA or European areas.
Most lately the franchise added Idolmaster Starlit Season to the lengthy record of titles within the collection, which launched in late 2021 solely in Asia.
That is removed from the one current sport to be shutting down or introduced to be shut down. In simply this yr alongside, titles equivalent to Idola Phantasy Star, Heroes of Newerth, and Leap Power had been all video games which might be affected by related fates.
Whereas The Idolmaster: Cinderella Women will likely be shutting down companies by March 30, 2023. The sport will nonetheless be out there on cell units with iOS and Android till then.