Steam News · Jun 29, 2023
Yager, the developer behind Spec Ops: The Line, as well as several free-to-play online games, is shutting down its latest project - The Cycle: Frontier. Frontier was a spin-off of The Cycle, a beloved game with a modest fanbase that ultimately wasn't financially viable . The original game was a co-op PvE shooter, but Frontier was among the first to adapt the extraction shooter genre to a science-f...
Steam News · Jun 28, 2023
I'm pretty sure online multiplayer shooters are heading for some sort of demographic crisis, because the death rate must be outpacing the birth rate at this point. The Cycle: Frontier, a PvPvE extraction shooter that released on June 8 last year is shutting up shop for good, even though it still regularly hits player counts of around 2,000 and its lead producer once told NME he had "bet caree...
Steam News · Jun 28, 2023
Greetings, Prospectors. Today we sadly have to deliver difficult news that we are sharing with a rather heavy heart. Despite our best efforts and meaningful improvements brought to the game since launch and up until the release of Season 3, the reality is that The Cycle: Frontier is unfortunately not financially viable. This brings us to the heartbreaking announcement: The Cycle: Frontier will be ...
Steam News · Jun 28, 2023
When will servers for The Cycle: Frontier be closed? We will close down our servers on September 27, 2023 at 9 AM CEST / 3 AM EDT. After that, the game won’t be accessible anymore. Why is The Cycle: Frontier shutting down? While the game garnered a lot of attention during the beta phases and had a very successful launch, interest dwindled over the months, and despite our best efforts and humongous...
Steam News · Jun 28, 2023
Hey there, Prospectors. Community Team here, under some circumstances that are a bit different from our usual patch notes, since we have some news that isn't particularly grand: The Cycle: Frontier will sunset on September 27th, 2023. We do have an additional blog post that discusses this in much greater detail and also includes a handy FAQ, but for this post, we will dive into the details of Patc...
Steam News · Jun 7, 2023
Hello Prospectors! Patch 3.4.0 has been cooking behind the scenes for a little while now, and it's finally ready to be served. Complete with seasonings, a tall drink, and a few changes that might catch your interest, we're following up on some changes from 3.2 and 3.3 while also addressing some issues that have been highlighted by our community. On the menu today will be additional AI changes, a b...
Steam News · May 10, 2023
Hey there Prospectors! If you've been wondering if today is a patch day or if this week is patch week, the answer is yes! Patch 3.3.0 is coming in hot and in typical fashion, we're going to dive into the details of what awaits us in this new patch as well as tackle a few Known Issues that we're still currently working on. Did I mention the word patch yet? Let's talk about a big topic - AI Creature...
Steam News · May 2, 2023
Hey Prospectors! When there’s something strange, in the neighb- yeah okay, I’m not doing that again. You get it anyway, we’re gonna talk about our Howlerbusters event. After all, our challenge ended over the weekend, which means you could stop shooting those big nasties, but also probably shouldn’t, especially if they’ve caught your scent. More importantly, that means we have our final list of win...
Steam News · Apr 25, 2023
Hey Prospectors! We've had a quick hotfix today to take care of a few issues that arose with last week's update. Here's a short log of what we've looked into! Changes Increased the drop rate of Howler Syrinxes, after realizing even the most dedicated Howlerbusters were having trouble getting their hands on some. Drop rate during normal weather increased from 1% to 3%. Drop rate during storms incre...
Steam News · Apr 19, 2023
Hello Prospectors! Community Team here once again to drop a virtual pile of papers on that corner of the internet to make up a little something we call Patch Notes. Yes, this first sentence was unnecessarily complicated and we won't even apologize for it. This time, we'll be talking about Tharis Island, your feedback on MK II weapons, as well as some other changes that should push us in the right ...
