No online game lasts forever. While some titles likeFor Honorfinda large player base and tons of successas a result, others aren’t as lucky. The latest victim of an online server shutdown isJust Survive, the online survival game that spun off the survival component ofH1Z1. At the time of this article’s posting,Just Survive’sofficial servers have just been shut down by Daybreak Games.
While the developers did give usnotice back in August,it’s still sad to see the game’s servers go. That being said, the road to get here has been a branding whirlwind. The game initially contained both a survival mode and one of the earliest battle royale modes was initially released to Steam Early Access in 2015 as justH1Z1.In 2016, Daybreak Games decided tosplit the game off into two projects:H1Z1: Just SurviveandH1Z1: King of the Kill.
H1Z1: King of the Killwas eventually re-branded to justH1Z1,whileH1Z1: Just Survive’stitle was shortened toJust Survive.Both titles saw dwindling player bases in the years to follow, but Daybreak Games was recently able to reviveH1Z1with the game’s move to free-to-play andPS4 launch.Following this revitalization, the game was given a new title:Z1 Battle Royale.During this whole ordeal,Just Survivewas supported, but there wasn’t ever as much focus on it asZ1 Battle Royale.
Eventually, the pros of keeping its servers open became outweighed by the cons, and Daybreak Games came to the decision to shut downJust Survive’sservers today. As its an online game,Just Surviveis no longer playable and thus has been taken off of Steam. There may be some hope for Just Survive to be revived in the future though, it thefarewell post by the developersis to be believed.
Even thoughJust Survive’soriginal developer Daybreak Games does not want to bring the title back, one of their development partners is interested. This partner is NantG Mobile, a developer currently working onEverQuest Mobileand helping to supportZ1 Battle Royale. That being said, these talks are just that so nothing has come from them yet. You can check out Daybreak’s full statement on the matter below:
“While this chapter forJust Survivehas come to an end, we are discussing the possibility of allowing our partner and developer ofZ1 Battle Royale,NantG Mobile, to bring Just Survive back online and take over development of the game sometime in the future. Should we have further information to share regarding that matter, we’ll be sure to inform you accordingly.”
For now,Just Survive’sservers are offline, but we will let you know if Daybreak Games and NantG Mobile decide to revive the game. In the meantime, you’re able to playZ1 Battle Royaleon PC and PS4.
