From Matt Bromberg, Group General Manager

Today, I have the unenviable task of announcing that weve decided to stop development of Dawngate.

I know this is disappointing news for our community, which has been so supportive and loyal. To all of you who have graciously given us your time and valuable feedback during our beta period, we'd first like to thank you.

Whenever we begin a game project, we do so with great hopes and expectations. In this case, we chose to enter a new genre for EA in MOBA, one that we knew going in was extremely competitive. We built a game in Dawngate that wasnt simply a clone of existing MOBAs, but one that truly pushed the genre forward in many ways. Dawngate has been in beta for almost 18 months, including a full open beta for the past six months. Through that time, weve taken a lot of feedback from players and delivered lots of new features and innovations. And although the game has grown, were not seeing the progress wed hoped for. This isnt the outcome we wanted, but beta testing is about learning and improving, and ultimately, about making difficult decisions about how to proceed.

As for the incredibly talented team of designers, producers, engineers, and artists who have put so much creative energy into Dawngate: The game was truly a labor of love, and it shows. Weve got nothing but gratitude for their hard work, and pride about whats been accomplished.

As a part of the process of closing down Dawngate, well continue to operate the game for the next 90 days. All players will be entitled to a full refund of any money spent during the beta. For most players, well process those refunds within the next 10 days. If we dont have current payment information on file for you, well need to reach out first before initiating the refund. If you have any questions, you can reach us at help.ea.com.

On behalf of the entire team at Waystone Games and EA, I want once again to thank all our players for being part of this journey. Your straight-up feedback and the friendly reception we received all over the world at events was extremely encouraging and important to us. We appreciate it.