Infinity Blade shut down by Epic Games as Fortnite kills a THIRD game
All the Infinity Blades have been unceremoniously pulled from sale as Epic focuses more resources on Fortnite after cancelling a new Unreal Tournament and killing off Paragon
THE INFINITY Blade series has been pulled from sale, with Epic Games confirming it's no longer going to maintain them.
All in-app purchases have been turned off, but current owners of all three games will be able to carry on playing them "for the foreseeable future."
The new comes just as it was adding Infinity Blade's titular weapon to Fortnite.
The Infinity Blade is the second 'Mythic' level weapon to be added to Battle Royale -- previously only the Infinity Gauntlet, part of the Avengers: Infinity War LTM had been in the top tier.
It "destroys structures in one blow" and deals 75 damage to players hit directly by its slash and 25 to those caught nearby.
As with the Infinity Gauntlet, players wielding the sword also get other bonuses, including double health and shields, a movement speed boost, and bonus health on eliminating an opponent.
Picking the sword up will result in you dropping all your other items, except building materials, however.
There will only be one per game, and it will spawn on Polar Peak. It can, however, be picked up again after being dropped when the holder is eliminated.
Infinity Blade was a groundbreaking mobile game that pushed the boundaries of what was possible in terms of quality for mobile games, and raised expectations for what a top-quality game should look like on mobiles.
Epic officially pinned the closure on development of "Spyjinx and other projects".
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“The Infinity Blade series will always hold a special place for me personally and for Epic as a whole,” Epic's creative chief Donald Mustard said, “It’s always bittersweet to say goodbye, but we are excited for Spyjinx and what the future holds!”Spyjinx is described as "a unique mix of action strategy gameplay, dynamic world building and RPG character development – all set in a thrilling, treacherous world of espionage".
It is being developed by the team behind Infinity Blade, with movie director and producer JJ Abrams, and was originally meant to be out in 2016.
Infinity Blade joins Epic's planned reboot of classic shooter Unreal Tournament and multiplayer online battle arena game Paragon on Fortnite's casualty list.
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