

Infinite Crisis is a free-to-play game that features a deep roster of DC Comics characters and is scheduled for release in 2013 for the PC. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Infinite Crisis, an all-new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Turbine, the award winning studio behind free-to-play online games including The Lord of the Rings Online. Well, today they revealed why: Warner Bros.

Read MoreWarner Bros.A while back, DC Entertainment raised some eyebrows by registering a number of new trademarks related to Infinite Crisis, a 2005 miniseries by Geoff Johns.

As recently as last month, new characters were being teased as future additions to the game. The closure is especially surprising given that Infinite Crisis was only officially launched on March 26 this year, after more than a year of open beta testing (Open beta began March 14, 2014, with the game having been in closed beta testing since May the previous year). On behalf of the entire Infinite Crisis we want to thank all of you for your feedback, support and for joining together to create one of the best communities in gaming." Those who purchased the Starter or Elite packs will be able to apply for refunds, with the game remaining free-to-play until the Aug. "This was an extremely difficult decision to make. "We will end development efforts today and will close the service on August 14, 2015," the message explained. News of the shutdown came via a post on the message boards of the game's official website, in which community manager Celestrata wrote that the decision to close came "after much deliberation." Infinite Crisis, the multiplayer online battle arena video game based on DC Entertainment's superheroes, will close down just six months after its official launch, it was announced Tuesday. Apparently, DC Entertainment's multiversal crisis was finite after all.
