The game is the newest victim of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation!

A game can’t comply with the rules, so it shuts down shortly.

The game we’re talking about launched in 2014. This free-to-play, competitive shooter is still available on Steam – it is Loadout, but its developers, Edge of Reality, is about to shut it down.

The General Data Protection Regulation is coming into power on May 25, and the game closes down a day before.

„The well-intended GDPR legislation creates major burdens for small companies to do business in the EU. We don’t have the resources to update Loadout to GDPR compliance, and a big portion of Loadout players come from the EU.

Sadly, while big companies have the resources to comply with the GDPR, that’s not always the case for small businesses. We still protect your privacy, and we wouldn’t dream of doing otherwise. We just don’t have the resources to overhaul Loadout and implement new features to meet a large list of new requirements,” the announcement post reads.

Also, the cloud service used by the game is also closing down, and the devs think it may be because of the GDPR. „Porting Loadout to use their new product is a major undertaking, and we don’t have the resources to do that. This just put Loadout deep into the red, losing an alarming mount of money per month.” The game didn’t gain more profits recently while the server costs increased.

So this game is dead. You can give it a shot on Steam (and we’re probably going to see an increase in popularity), but maybe a bigger company, like Tencent, could take it over. Until then, have a look at some gameplay.

Source: PCGamer