After almost 28 years, the Atelier crafting JRPGs have officially been around long enough to experience a modern gaming mainstay: releasing and quickly canceling a controversial free-to-play spinoff. The global version of Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night Liberator, a mobile and PC gacha game, will shut down on March 28, 2025, just over a year after its January 2024 launch. The Japanese version which launched in 2023 will seemingly continue operations.
Developer Koei Tecmo announced the impending shutdown today. On January 27, in-game purchases will be suspended, leaving players two months to spend their existing Lodestar Gems before they're buried in the rapidly expanding live service graveyard.
