Summary
NieR Reincarnationis shutting down on April 29, Square Enix has announced. This sad day for fans of the franchise will arrive less than three years afterNieR Reincarnationwas releasedfor Android and iOS devices.
Developed by Japanese studio Applibot,NieR Reincarnationmarked theDrakengardspin-off series' first foray into mobile gaming. A fairly low-cost project for Square Enix to finance, the game ended up launching while the company was enjoying record-high revenues inflated by the global pandemic. WithSquare Enix facing declining salesover the two years that followed, the gaming giant ended up reviewing its entire operation in an effort to cut down on its annual product output and focus on fewer titles with higher revenue potential, meaning predominantly AAA projects.
NieR Reincarnation Fans Will Have 1 Month To Play Its Final Chapter
That endeavor has already resulted in the company shutting down multiple mobile titles, withNieR Reincarnationbeing the latest to join that list. Square Enix has recently taken to social media to thank the fans for their support of the gacha game, stating that its servers will shut down on April 29, at 10pm PT. Before that happens, Applibot will deliver one more story chapter, The People and the World Act 3: Transmigration, which is scheduled to release on March 28, at 6pm PT. Players will hence have just over a month’s worth of time to experience the conclusion ofNieR Reincarnation’s story.
In the meantime, some additional content drops are also in the pipeline, including the overarching Story Completion Countdown event that promises to significantly boost everyone’s progress with ten free daily summons and generous weekly gem gifts. Much like its name implies, the newly started event will run until the arrival of the game’s final story chapter. Players will also have a chance to grab new character costumes each week for the duration of the promotion.
NieR Reincarnation Roadmap to the Final Chapter
The announcement ofNieR Reincarnation’s upcoming demise arrives less than a month afterSquare Enix decided to shut down two other mobile games:Engage KillandFull Metal Alchemist Mobile. The former’s sunsetting came as a particular surprise to the fans, not least becauseEngage Killwas released less than a year before the publisher decided to scrap it.
But some of the company’s recent mobile projects didn’t even get that far. That ended up being the case with the internally developedJust Cause: Mobilethat Square Enix canceledback in July 2023, while the game was still in beta. It is plausible thatNieR Reincarnationwon’t be the company’s last mobile project to end up on the chopping block in 2024.
Nier: Reincarnation
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Nier: Reincarnation is a mobile spinoff of the Nier franchise that was released in 2021 by developer Applibot and publisher Square Enix. The game takes place in the wider Nier universe and features many role-playing elements and mechanics. The game features sidescrolling sections, segments known as Weapon Stories, and more.
