Those of you who are fans of Devil’s Third will be disappointed to find out this morning that the multiplayer servers for the game will be shut down. Nintendo of America has said that the multiplayer servers will close on December 28th. The company made the following statement on the subject:
Thank you for your continued loyalty to Nintendo. Nintendo will discontinue the online multiplayer service for the Devil’s Third game for the Wii U console on December 28, 2016.
We will also no longer sell Golden Eggs as of June 27, 2016 at 9:00 AM PT.
Finally, the price of the downloadable version of Devil’s Third will be reduced from $59.99 USD to $29.99 USD on Nintendo eShop.
Discontinuation Schedule:
6/23/2016 (Thursday) 9 AM PT – Price reduction for digital version
6/27/2016 (Monday) 9 AM PT – Discontinuation of Golden Eggs sales*
Dec 28/2016 (Wednesday) 8 PM PT – Discontinuation of online multiplayer service**
We are deeply thankful for all the players who have enjoyed Devil’s Third online multiplayer service, and thank you for your understanding regarding this decision.