Hi-Rez Studios has announced the upcoming closure of two of its games, Divine Knockout and Realm Royale Reforged, which will be taken offline in February 2025. The pending shutdowns come less than a month after the studio laid off an unspecified number of employees, saying at the time that the cuts were necessary “to ensure Hi-Rez’s long-term success.”

“It’s with a heavy heart from all of us at Evil Mojo Games that we have to inform you that as part of Hi-Rez’s recent re-org, Realm Royale will be sunset and the servers shut down on February 17, 2025,” the Realm Royale Reforged shutdown announcement states. “Following this date, the game will be removed from digital storefronts and you will no longer be able to purchase it and any related content such as DLC.”.. Read more.