Lego Universe shutting it down Jimmy. Is DCUO next?

By goukijones — November 8, 2011
Tags: canceled lego-universe mmo news

Not 6 months after being announced that Lego Universe is free to play, Lego Universe announces they are turning off the servers. Will history repeat itself with DCUO.

I'm a huge lego fan. I don't build for fun. I've played most of the Lego Star Wars, well when they were cool like 10 years ago. News come today that the Lego Universe MMO will be shutting down on January 31, 2012 at Midnight. What? You didn't even know there was a Lego MMO? Oh well that probably didn't help.

Email:

Hello Adventurer, today we are very sad to announce that LEGO® Universe will be closing on January 31, 2012. This was a very difficult decision to make, but unfortunately LEGO Universe has not been able to attract the number of members needed to keep the game open.

We realize how sad this will make the many players who have enjoyed LEGO Universe and we are committed to providing open communication with both kids and parents as we transition through this difficult time. We understand this is a challenging change and apologize for not being able to give parents forewarning before the general announcement.

We are thankful to have had the opportunity to share this adventure with an amazing community of players. We hope you will continue to enjoy LEGO Universe for the last few months. As a thank you, if you are a paying subscriber on December 31, 2011, we will provide you the full game for the final month for free.

Again, we want to thank the fantastic community of players who made LEGO Universe such a vibrant, fun and creative experience.

Sincerely,
The LEGO Universe Team

The Details:

The game will be turned off on January 31, 2012 at midnight (EST).
All current subscribers (1, 6 or 12 month plans) who still have active subscriptions on December 31 will receive a refund for any remaining game time remaining after December 31 as well as free play from January 1, 2012 until January 31.
For example, if you purchased a 6-month subscription on September 1, 2011 (which would expire on February 29, 2012), you would be refunded $16.66 for the 2 months following December 31.
We will begin processing all refunds on February 1, 2012. All refunds will be made to the credit card used for the original subscription.
If your subscription expires before December 31 you will need to purchase an additional 1 month subscription by December 31 in order to get the free game play in January (again, any unused game time as of December 31 will be refunded.)
LEGO Universe game cards can only be used until December 1st 2011. Unused game cards after December 1st can be converted to LEGO Shop @Home gift cards for the same value.
Please note: Details on how to convert unused game cards will be posted on December 1.
You can continue to enjoy the free to play zone until January 31, 2012 but your last chance to convert to a paying subscription is December 31, 2011.

Looks pretty bad ass nice right? If I were 7. But then again at age 7, I had no idea what an MMO was. Do kids nowadays grind levels at age 10? Nice try Lego. Maybe next time.

As far as my take on DC Universe Online, history repeats itself right? Final Fantasy XI and WoW are still charging monthly fees, so something must be right in those games. I've been playing DCUO all week since it has become free to play. I like it and I wish we had a bigger group playing it when it was launched earlier this year. I'm sure there was an influx of users this week on PC and PS3 with DCUO, since going free to play. However, I just don't see this life lasting much longer either. If you want to play the DCUO with me, GoukiJones, then you gotta find King-of-Jimmys on the PSN. Vote, comment and share. Don't be a Jimmy!

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