Foamstars season go ends with sarcastically titled Party Goes On

Square Enix is pulling the metaphorical season plug on its soapy shooter Foamstars subsequent month, lower than a yr after its launch.

In a weblog put up, the corporate introduced its subsequent season – identified considerably sarcastically as Party Goes On – might be its final, although it is going to stay on-line and is not shutting down fully.

Foamstars’ Party Goes On season will kick off on thirteenth December, and run till seventeenth January. After that, season updates for Foamstars will come to an finish, and no new content material might be added to the sport.

“In this concluding replace, expansions might be launched to boost gameplay, similar to the power to customize pictures of every character, and new enhancement components, similar to Prism Gems, all geared toward guaranteeing gamers can proceed to benefit from the sport for the foreseeable future,” Square Enix wrote.

Foamstars’ earlier season passes might be made out there as soon as once more, for these gamers who might have missed them beforehand. Square Enix famous there would be the possibility for gamers to modify between passes and select the season go observe of their selection. “This will make it attainable for gamers to acquire all of the gadgets from every season,” it defined.

Those who need to go for the Premium Pass might want to pay, as earlier than. The primary go is free.

In a letter from producer Kosuke Okatani, the developer thanked those that have performed and can proceed to play Foamstars.

“I do not need this to sound like a remaining message since it is possible for you to to proceed enjoying the sport. However I needed to take this chance to precise my gratitude to you all as soon as once more, so I’ve taken up my pen to jot down this producer’s letter,” Okatani wrote.

“Since the sport’s launch on February 6, 2024, the event crew has been working tirelessly so as to add new content material and options, striving to convey the sport as shut as attainable to that aim.

“Throughout each the event and operational phases, we’ve got confronted many challenges. However, the assist of all of you who play the sport, together with the unimaginable fan artwork, has been a continuing supply of encouragement for the crew. It’s due to this assist that we have been capable of overcome these difficulties, all the time with the aim of responding to your suggestions.

“If Foamstars has develop into a sport that you could take pleasure in with others, then we could not be happier.”

Foamstars initially began life as a paid for launch, earlier than turning into free-to-play a number of quick months in the past.

Eurogamer contributor Kaan Serin referred to as Foamstars a “serviceable paintballer… lathered with some wild lore and underwhelming hero shooter components” in his overview, asking: “What does it say about this shooter if the… character particulars are extra entertaining than the 10-minute taking pictures galleries that precede them?”