Rise of Incarnates Falls, Shutting Down In December

Bandai Namco has announced that their free to play fighting game Rise of Incarnates will be shutting down for good on December 15, 2015. No explicit reason was given for the closure. But judging the game's success through its playerbase shows it never caught widespread success, averaging below 100 player in the last six months.

As part of the game's inevitable closure players will no longer be able to purchase IP, the game's premium currency. Any IP already purchased will be usable until closure. To celebrate the game's short-lived life numerous items in the shop will see a price slash, and some will be free.

Rise of Incarnates is a fairly unique cooperative fighting game that's entertaining in short bursts. But the fun didn't translate into longevity and now one of the few free PC fighting games is knocked out of the ring.