Fan-made project releases gameplay test video, Concord comes to life again

story harmony It's a cautionary tale in the age of real-time service gaming. After years of development and millions of dollars invested, the game ultimately failed on release Canceled by Sony a few weeks later. However, Conord has some fans, three of whom worked very hard to revive the game on the servers.

It is reported gaming postConcord was resurrected in part thanks to reverse engineering by a user named Red, open_wizard's reconstruction of the game's backend API, and additional help from a programmer named gwog. The team shared two gameplay videos to showcase their accomplishments, but noted that Concord still has some issues.

The trio successfully tested their ability to load the game, select a character, and run a full match of Clash Point.

“The project is still in development and playable, but has issues,” Red wrote. “Once our servers are fully set up, we will begin some private play testing.”

When Concord launches in 2024, Debuted with only 25,000 players. Sony subsequently shut down Firewalk Studios, the game's developer. Afterwards, Sony Recommitment to live gaming and Shared some hard lessons It learns from hardship. Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Studios Attributed its failure to lack of oversight.

Concord's recent fortunes cited in debate The UK House of Commons discusses the preservation of video games. The meeting also discussed stop killing games movementbut lawmakers aren't convinced laws are needed to prevent games from being taken offline.