Hell hath no Fury, neither does anyone else now

21 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski Aug 5th 2008 3:00PM
Filed under: PC, Action, Online, MMO

Auran's reportedly $13.2 million PvP-based MMO disaster Fury will shut down within the next 48 hours. The official Fury forums announced those handling the game could not find a way to keep the servers running, so both the game servers and Fury forums will shut down imminently.

We're not exactly sure who was running Fury, as developer Auran shut down late last year after the game failed to catch on. Obviously, we know this comes as a shock to the handful out there still playing Fury, but there's whole worlds of MMO titles out there to explore. We know it's hard, but it's best to accept it and move on.

[Via Massively]

Tags: auran, death, fury

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Phylicus: Aug 5th 2008; 3:08PM

They should've called the game Furry and made every raid boss some sort of marmot.

That shit would've sold like hotcakes.

Gehodra: Aug 5th 2008; 3:14PM

I would've bought four.

baby sea tuna: Aug 5th 2008; 3:27PM

Nice marmot!

Duke: Aug 5th 2008; 3:08PM

Oh noooooooooo!

Wait - never played it.

baby sea tuna: Aug 5th 2008; 3:27PM

*Played* it? I've never even *heard* of it!

Duke: Aug 5th 2008; 3:42PM

touche!

gwangi: Aug 5th 2008; 3:10PM

I remember back in the day when MMOs were simply MUDs.

Marty: Aug 5th 2008; 3:23PM

When this sort of thing eventually happens to an MMO, the devs should just release the hosting tools to the public.

Nytemare: Aug 5th 2008; 3:56PM

and the source code! That way, you know, it doesn't go to waste...or something >=)

Shiaoran: Aug 5th 2008; 3:25PM

Don't people always find a way to keep games alive by private servers? :P

ScottG13: Aug 5th 2008; 3:30PM

Sounds like a severe misunderstanding for the need of a business plan.

Maverick Saturn: Aug 5th 2008; 3:38PM

*sheds a tear* :(

whymog: Aug 5th 2008; 4:08PM

I've played it at PAX the last few years, and while it never drew me in it's still sad to see a company be so enthusiastic about a product only to have it not catch on. The people demoing the game were always really pumped about it.

Best of luck in the future guys. :\

juju187: Aug 5th 2008; 4:11PM

wasn't this game trash that gamecock published...

Jimiisama: Aug 5th 2008; 4:27PM

I had good hopes for Fury; too bad it ended up sucking. They had some very serious balance issues; that's the problem with small companies: sometimes you have a good concept, but tuning the small nicks and crannies can be difficult.

mundox: Aug 5th 2008; 5:43PM

So we now can expect a few hundred "private" servers within the year :)

eilegz: Aug 5th 2008; 6:12PM

well there are plenty MMO out there so the end of one its not a big thing...

Ethan: Aug 5th 2008; 6:26PM

Our thoughts are with those who have lost avatars.

Kwipper: Aug 5th 2008; 8:55PM

Whats Fury? Isn't it a talent tree for Warriors in World of Warcraft?

Wubbytoes: Aug 5th 2008; 9:45PM

Wow, this was a game that I completely forgot existed.

t_m: Aug 6th 2008; 10:34AM

Anyone know if the game was any good?

It got ZERO marketing, so I'm not surprised no-one heard of it.

Never heard it mentioned on any game blogs, etc..

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