As one of the giants and leading game publishers in the world, Tencent is always famous for many blockbusters. It is easy to name names such as King of Glory, PUBG Mobile… However, besides that, this publisher sometimes also has “bombs” that fail miserably. A typical case is the game title below.
The name mentioned in this story is Synced, a free-to-play co-op shooter released by Tencent's Level Infinite brand. The project itself had a rather bumpy road before its launch. The game's beta test version lasted from December 2022 to January 2023. Surprisingly, the name Synced almost disappeared after that, not being mentioned by anyone until the surprise release of the official version 1.0 in September last year. The game has also gone through two seasons, with the most recent season called Cyber Safari just released on Steam in March. And that was also set to be the last update of Synced.
The reason is also very simple when Tencent has decided to stop all development work on this blockbuster. To be exact, the game is scheduled to stop operating next September, a year after its launch. The specific reason is not mentioned, but it is not too difficult for everyone to realize the problem. Although it is a Tencent game and even released for free, Synced only made an impression in the early stages of its launch with the number of concurrent players sometimes exceeding 10,000. Then, everything gradually went downhill like the quality of the game.
By the end of 2023, the number of players was only a few hundred. Since mid-April this year, the number of gamers accessing Synced has rarely reached double digits. The game has also received numerous negative reviews on Steam, with complaints about long queues and persistent bugs.
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