Scarlet Blade Is Shutting Down On March 31st

After almost three years online, Aeria Games has made the decision to shut down Scarlet Blade on March 31st. According to Aeria, the past year has been "especially tough" due to a lack of content updates and server instability. After the "mixed feedback" that followed the last major content patch, the developers ended up cutting their staff. As a result, wait times for content updates and fixes for the aforementioned instability were increased. Aeria believes that they can no longer provide a quality experience and, thus, are shutting the game down. The decision was largely influenced by a specific issue in December where a content update could not be correctly patched and the servers had to be rolled back.

Due to the shutdown, all purchases made after January 1st will be refunded. Everyone who is being displaced will receive a "Veteran Item Package" for Echo of Soul, which contains a jump to level 35 and some other items to help players get started.

Scarlet Blade will likely go down in history as "the adult Aeria Games title." Alas, with content updates of questionable quality and slow development, even that could not save the game and its "femmes fatales."