Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy games close their doors in April Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy games close their doors in April Looks like meat is very much off the menu, boys. News by Emma Kent Contributor Updated on 8 Jan 2019 12 comments All good things must come to an end, even Orcs Must Die! Unchained, as developer Robot Entertainment has announced the title - along with games Hero Academy and Hero Academy 2 - will close in a few months. "It's painful to even write this," begins Robot Entertainment's blog post. "We know this decision affects our players as much as it does us." Servers for all three games are shutting on Monday 16th April at 5am UTC. From now until then, players who log into Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 2 will receive "a substantial free grant of hard and soft currencies to enjoy the remaining weeks of live play". Like an end-of-the-world party if you had a bunch of cash. No longer a towering success. Orcs Must Die! Unchained, a free-to-play version of the highly popular tower defence series, had been running on PCs since April 2017 (and later on PlayStation 4). Hero Academy was a little older, having debuted on mobile devices in January 2012, but its sequel only launched in January last year. The main reason cited for the closures is, unsurprisingly, financial: Orcs Must Die! Unchained and Hero Academy 2 have "been unable to maintain a sufficient player base to cover the operational costs to keep the games running". Robot Entertainment claims to have been operating the games "at a financial loss for many months," so it sounds like the writing was on the wall for some time. Hero Academy, meanwhile, has been "technically obsolete for some time now". The game had already been removed from the App Store in early 2018 as the studio was "unable to maintain the pace of operating system updates from Apple". Another factor in this decision is that Robot Entertainment is currently working on another two new games. These are still something of a mystery, but more will be announced about them later this year. I'll be watching this space like an 'orc. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Digital Foundry Sennheiser's legendary HD 599 open-back headphones are just £70 at Amazon in the Prime Early Access Sale Comfortable with neutral sound and a wide sound stage. Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. 1 Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 61 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store