It's always heart-breaking to see a promising new multiplayer game scrapped, but it's even sadder still to see one wrap up development before it even fully launches. Unfortunately, that's exactly what's happened to Battle Aces – an RTS game aiming to deliver super-fast 1v1 and 2v2 matches while still boasting plenty of strategic depth. Despite its promising premise, and the fact that it has a former Starcraft dev as a game director, Battle Aces has reached the end of its journey.
The debut project from Uncapped Games, thanks to some early betas, and it looked to be coming along nicely. However, Uncapped says that it can't see a successful route forward for its ambitious project.
"Today, with deep regret, we are announcing that development on Battle Aces has come to an end," a statement posted by Uncapped reads. "Creating Battle Aces has been tremendously rewarding and we are grateful for the ion and from our community. Unfortunately, the returns from early testing were not strong enough to continued development.
"This decision was not made lightly. Battle Aces represented a bold vision — our attempt to reimagine real-time strategy for a new generation. We set out to create something fast, tactical, and approachable, while still delivering the depth that makes RTS special. Every step of the way, from internal playtests to closed betas, we were fueled by your enthusiasm, , and ."
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It is a real shame that Battle Aces won't even get a shot in early access, but in a world where ambitious, big-budget free PC games out there that you can enjoy right now and that have bright futures ahead.
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