{"id":56174,"date":"2026-01-27T13:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=56174"},"modified":"2026-01-27T13:45:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T04:45:07","slug":"ex-capcom-developers-pvp-mobile-game-outrankers-to-end-services-after-just-three-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/ex-capcom-developers-pvp-mobile-game-outrankers-to-end-services-after-just-three-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Capcom\u00a0developers\u2019\u00a0PvP mobile game\u00a0Outrankers\u00a0to\u00a0end services\u00a0after just three months\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Deluxe Games\u00a0announced on January 26 that it will be\u00a0sunsetting\u00a0its\u00a03v3v3 action\u00a0title\u00a0<strong>Outrankers<\/strong>.\u00a0The game\u00a0will be playable until February 27 at 2\u00a0pm JST, whereupon online services will be\u00a0fully\u00a0terminated.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/outrankers.jp\/news_detail\/11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">official announcement<\/a>,&nbsp;while&nbsp;Outrankers&nbsp;was made with the goal of \u201creimagining competitive gaming,\u201d the game\u2019s current live-service&nbsp;model&nbsp;made&nbsp;it difficult for the&nbsp;devs&nbsp;and publishers to meet the standards that players expected. They concluded by apologizing to players and thanking them for their time with the game.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the announcement, sales of Paid Diamonds and Premium Pass purchases in the in-game store have been suspended (Diamonds earned or&nbsp;purchased&nbsp;before the&nbsp;store&nbsp;closure can still be used). Any Paid Diamonds in users\u2019 accounts after the&nbsp;Outrankers\u2019 online service termination can be refunded, though players will need to use the app to&nbsp;submit&nbsp;a request.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OUTRANKERS-\u30a2\u30a6\u30c8\u30e9\u30f3\u30ab\u30fc\u30ba- \u30c6\u30a3\u30b6\u30fcPV\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BJTxDliwbAE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Initially&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/street-fighter-2-designer-and-other-capcom-veterans-working-on-new-battle-game-under-shmup-dev-cave\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">teased years ago<\/a>,&nbsp;Outrankers&nbsp;was officially&nbsp;announced&nbsp;in July 2025 via game designer&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/1Ayn-RZ_fag?si=p6QjNHu_JERn70fo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yoshiki Okamoto&#8217;s YouTube channel<\/a>. Aside from Okamoto,&nbsp;several ex-Capcom&nbsp;developers&nbsp;like&nbsp;Noritaka&nbsp;Funamizu&nbsp;(Super Street Fighter II, Street Fighter Alpha:&nbsp;Warriors&#8217; Dreams),&nbsp;and Akira Nishitani (Street Fighter II, Final Fight), as well as renowned composers Yoko Shimomura (Street Fighter II, Kingdom Hearts series) and Tetsuya Komuro (Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie) lent their talents to the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following a beta test,\u00a0Outrankers\u00a0was\u00a0released on November 6, 2025.\u00a0However, on January 13,\u00a0Deluxe Games\u00a0parent company\u00a0Cave\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/contents.xj-storage.jp\/xcontents\/37600\/76515ddb\/aa30\/4615\/9ec4\/91cf30cff608\/20260113142525525s.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that the\u00a0game was incurring\u00a0massive losses\u00a0and\u00a0announced that\u00a0they\u00a0were\u00a0considering retiring\u00a0the title early.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outrankers&nbsp;is&nbsp;set to shut down on February 27 at 2 PM JST.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/i-had-to-beg-my-ex-wife-former-capcom-producer-yoshiki-okamoto-on-overcoming-10-7-million-debt-and-producing-one-of-the-highest-grossing-mobile-games-of-al\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cI had to beg my ex-wife.\u201d Former Capcom producer Yoshiki\u00a0Okamoto on\u00a0overcoming $10.7\u00a0million\u00a0debt and producing one of the\u00a0highest-grossing mobile games of all time\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developed by Street Fighter 2 producer Yoshiki Okamoto alongside other ex-Capcom names, Outrankers will end service on February 27.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":56176,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-56174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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