Triad Wars to Close Down

Square Enix's MMO set in the world of Sleeping Dogs has been up and running since early 2013 and in that time gained a dedicated cult following. It's been in beta form all that time but plans to move into a full release were in place. That's all changed today though as the studio announced the full closure of the game.

A spokesman for developer United Front Games too to their forums to announce the closure. In an open letter to fans he stated what was happening and expressed his thanks for the support that players have given to the game as well as outlined plans to refund in-game currency:

Since the start of the Triad Wars Closed Beta this year, diligent Enforcers have run rampant through the streets of Hong Kong, killing rivals and building Empires. During this time we have gathered immense amounts of feedback, information, and data on the game. We’ve loved seeing how you’ve played Triad Wars but we know it wasn’t right for many of you so we’re letting you know today that we are going to close the beta and service on January 20th 2016 at 12 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. That’s 4 weeks from today and over this time we’re going to leave the game up and running for you to continue to enjoy but we will not be accepting any more purchases. To help you enjoy these final 4 weeks we’re going to make Gold available free of charge and we’ll shortly be posting news on the forums about how to deal with refunds of unused Gold. Thank you very much for all the testing, feedback and support!”