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Resident Evil: Outbreak

Looks like the end of an era: Capcom announces it’s shutting down the Resident Evil: Outbreak servers, mere days after Konami announced a kill-by date for the Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence servers.

Capcom regretfully announces that the server for our Playstation 2 online game Resident Evil Outbreak: File#2 will be closing at the end of March 2007.

Since Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 was released in August 2005 , Capcom has provided a server enabling consumers to experience the online element of this game free of charge.

Regretfully, conditions now dictate that we must close down this server effective from March 31, 2007. Naturally it will still be possible to play the game offline, but the online component will no longer be available.

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of those who have been loyal members of the RE Outbreak community for the past months.

Fan reaction was, of course, tragic. … Wait. Outbreak still had fans?

I think I am going to cry. This is the worst news ever. I am very very very disappointed with Capcom. Not only has this forum gone sour, and no new games kept my interest, but my FAVORITE Capcom game of my literally many many many Capcom games is going to go foul as well. This is a HUGE massive disappointment. Resident Evil Outbreak and Resident Evil Outbreak File#2 are almost literally the only games I play, and I play them for several hours a day online. Last night I played both, and I actually just got off from playing File#2. These games are simply not fun offline. I think this is a bad decision, because I know many many people who play these very often like I do.

Apparently, very devoted fans.

No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They can not take the game I love!!!!!!!! I will fight them to the end to have this server remain!!!!!!!!!!!!! How can I contact Capcom about this?!!!!!!!

… Seriously.

March 5th, 2007 · Tags Capcom, PS2, Video Games | Comments Off