Firewalk Studios made Concord, a 5v5 hero shooter that only had a short life. Its servers were shut down just 11 days after it came out. People liked the game, but when it first came out, it had problems, like not selling well and getting a bad review. Dedicated players streamed the last few minutes of the game, which showed the sad goodbyes and the understanding that the short-lived shooter was over.
A Short Trip for Concord
When it came out on September 3, 2024, Concord didn’t get many FPS players excited. Even though it cost $40, the game didn’t appeal to many people; at its peak, only 660 people were playing at the same time on Steam. Ryan Ellis, the game director at Firewalk Studios, says that the game didn’t do as well as they had hoped. Ellis wrote on the official PlayStation blog that some parts of the game were well received by players while others were not.
A Friendly but Small Neighborhood
Even though the game wasn’t very popular, Concord had a strong following of fans who stuck with it until the very end. Some people were even streaming live on September 3, which was the official date that the servers went down. These streams caught the sad goodbyes as fans thought back on the short time they spent with the game.
Streamer gwtmori was trying to level up his character to 69 when all of a sudden he got an error message that said there was a “version mismatch.” He was quickly sent back to the game’s launch screen after the server went down, which made him say, “Guys, what a huge f***ing honor.” Many other streamers and players agreed with this attitude. They were sad, but they seemed to enjoy the experience of saying goodbye together.
How It Ended
Another player, Nog7_, was shocked and scared when the game suddenly shut down in the middle of a match. Using a text-to-speech tool for chat, Nog responded with a funny line of repeated characters that showed how shocked he was at the time. Some of his fans sent him heartfelt messages, like one that said “だよてゲココゼら” or “Sayonara, Concord.”
Streamer dgunz may have given the game its most poetic finish. Even when the servers went dark in the middle of a battle, the subtitles on his screen still showed people screaming that they were “badly damaged” and “need a hand.” As soon as Dgunz understood what had happened, he gave the game a salute without saying anything. The last thing he saw on his screen? A message that says “Something went wrong.”
Conclusion
It’s possible that Concord’s short time on the market wasn’t what its creators had hoped for, but the way its last moments were caught by dedicated streamers shows how powerful a community of gamers can be. To those who stayed until the end, it wasn’t just the game; it was a time to share an experience.