Koei Tecmo and Gust have introduced that they may shut down the worldwide English and Chinese language variations of the cell recreation Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night time Liberator on March 28, 2025. Solely the unique Japanese launch will stay intact after this date.
This end-of-service announcement couldn’t have come at a extra coincidental time, as Koei Tecmo and Gust broke the information simply as they had been in the midst of celebrations for the worldwide server’s first anniversary, because it launched on January 25, 2024. Quite the opposite, the official X account for the unique Japanese launch remains to be actively asserting new gacha banners with none indicators of server closure within the fast future.
Although Gust has already specified the worldwide server’s shutdown date, the studio confirmed that it’ll nonetheless add extra content material till that day. So as to add much more to the abrupt closure, the final essential story chapter slated to look in March 2025 will probably be Chapter 21 (Half 1).
As a comparability, Gust simply added Chapter 22 (Half 2) to the unique Japanese launch on January 27, 2025—the very same day it introduced the worldwide server’s closure. It’s going to additionally have a good time 1.fifth anniversary for the Japanese server—which launched on September 23, 2023—in March 2025. That would be the identical month it closes the worldwide server, which can solely final for a yr and two months in complete.
The worldwide model of Atelier Resleriana: Forgotten Alchemy and the Polar Night time Liberator is accessible in English and Chinese language on iOS and Android cell gadgets, in addition to on PC by way of Steam, till March 28, 2025. The unique Japanese model remains to be actively ongoing for the foreseeable future.