The European Partner of 9Dragons Folds

The website for Persistent Worlds carries a grim message all game developers and fans fear. "It is with regret that we have to announce that as of Jan 22nd Persistent Worlds has ceased trading. The servers will be shut down in due course," it reads. The sudden news is a blow to Acclaim and almost certainly means the cancellation of Carpe Diem, a fantasy MMORPG the European group was working on.

When contacted by WarCry, Acclaim CEO Howard Marks told us: "9D is doing great in the US with over 160,000 registered users. The game is great and the developer Indy21 is creating lots of new content."

The Persistent Worlds website is here.