WildStar’s China launch canceled, Carbine Studios hit with layoffs

Still free-to-play

It’s been a little over half a year since WildStar went free-to-play, but developer Carbine Studios is still going through a tough period. They’ve just announced a number of layoffs, and accompanying them is the decision to cancel the launch of the game in China — a country that contributes huge MMO numbers.

The studio ꦕshared the news on their forums, noting:

Earlier this morning, Carbine Studios completed a reorganization of its operating structure. Moving forward, the studio will focus on operating and updating WildStar as a live game in the US and Europe. As part of this change, the studio has canceled its plans to bring WildStar to China. Unfortunately, as a result of these changes, we’ve had to reduce staff. These cuts are directly tied to WildSta🃏r’s evolution from a product in development to a live title, to the cancelation of work to bring WildStar to China, and to the overall performance of WildStar since launch in 2014.

Sad news for sure. WildStar is aꩲ great game with a killer art style, but it struggled to keep its hardcore fans satisfied very early on, likelyꦉ bleeding subscribers.

[WildStar Forums]