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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[What happened to Gatheryn?]]></title><link>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/</guid><comments>http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<p>Filed under: <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/betas/" rel="tag">Betas</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/fantasy/" rel="tag">Fantasy</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/forums/" rel="tag">Forums</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/mmo-industry/" rel="tag">MMO industry</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/news-items/" rel="tag">News items</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/free-to-play/" rel="tag">Free-to-play</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/rumors/" rel="tag">Rumors</a>, <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/category/gatheryn/" rel="tag">Gatheryn</a></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com"><img hspace="4" border="1" vspace="4" alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/massively.joystiq.com/media/2010/01/gatheryndeath.jpg" style="width: 458px; height: 261px;" /></a></div>
We've recently received a tip-off to a lack of communication from the developers of the social steampunk MMO, <a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com"><em>Gatheryn</em></a>, in recent months, signaling what could be the collapse of the game.<br />
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The website is still up and running, but the closed beta signup page has vanished, the <a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com/download.html">download game link is broken</a>, and the game's servers are down for the count. Players are asking for assistance or information on what's going on with the game on <a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com/bridge/">the beta forums</a>, but things are very, very silent.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com/bridge/index.php?f=7&amp;t=362&amp;rb_v=viewtopic">current forum rumor</a> (must have forum access to read link) is that <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/tag/mindfuse-games">Mindfuse Games</a> has run out of funding and is shutting down the game, but that rumor has been posted by <a href="http://www.mindfusegames.com/bridge/index.php?mode=viewprofile&amp;u=2115&amp;rb_v=memberlist">a forum account</a> that only has one post and does not possess a developer tag, making the rumor extremely unverified.<br />
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We have contacted Mindfuse Games for comment, but have yet to receive a response.<br />
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[Thanks for the tip, Torsten!]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com"><img src="http://massively.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Massively" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/">What happened to Gatheryn?</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://massively.joystiq.com">Massively</a> on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/forward/19305763/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://massively.joystiq.com/2010/01/07/rumor-the-steampunk-mmo-gatheryn-is-dead/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>beta-forums</category><category>breaking</category><category>closed-beta</category><category>forums</category><category>gatheryn</category><category>isa-anne-stamos</category><category>mindfuse-games</category><category>mini-games</category><category>no-communication</category><category>rumor</category><category>server-downtime</category><category>steampunk</category><category>sunset</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Seraphina Brennan]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:00:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
