{"id":70017,"date":"2026-07-23T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=70017"},"modified":"2026-07-23T18:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T09:27:13","slug":"developers-of-live-service-anime-rpg-aether-gazer-announce-plans-to-preserve-the-game-in-playable-state-following-end-of-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/developers-of-live-service-anime-rpg-aether-gazer-announce-plans-to-preserve-the-game-in-playable-state-following-end-of-services\/","title":{"rendered":"Developers of live-service anime RPG Aether Gazer announce plans to preserve the game in playable state following end-of-services"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese developer Yongshi recently announced that it will be ceasing future updates of its free-to-play 3D action RPG <strong>Aether Gazer <\/strong>following its V5.2 update on December 1. However, while the term \u201cend of future updates\u201d is usually synonymous with \u201cshutdown\u201d when it comes to live-service games, the Aether Gazer team explained that this won\u2019t be the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dear Admin,<br> Thank you all very much for your continuous support and companionship throughout our journey with Aether Gazer.<br> By now, many of you may have seen the recent announcement from the CN server regarding the end of future updates. We know this has raised a lot of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/I4ftYjv1dr\">pic.twitter.com\/I4ftYjv1dr<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Aether Gazer (@AetherGazerEN) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AetherGazerEN\/status\/2080111719955956100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 23, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a rather unprecedented move, the team has decided to continue operating the game through a Companion Server even after its \u201cEOS.\u201d What this means is that the game won\u2019t be getting any new version updates past December, but players will still be able to log into the game and play the content released so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the developers explain, the Companion Server will be implemented as the first measure to preserve the game long-term, and service is planned to continue until September 2031. Before the Companion Server\u2019s service concludes in 2031, the publishers will look into whether it is viable to extend the operation period, and if not, explore other options for preservation, such as converting the game into a free standalone offline client.&nbsp; Specific details regarding the Companion Server system and the game\u2019s future will be announced in following updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As more and more live-service and gacha games have been announcing EOS in the past couple of years, perhaps due to their <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/more-than-70-of-gacha-and-live-service-games-in-japan-get-discontinued-before-their-third-year-gacha-game-researcher-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rather short life expectancy<\/a>, the topic of \u201clive service game preservation\u201d has become a huge thing in online circles. Most recently, the topic came up after the controversial fan-made offline port of NieR Re[in]carnation (made without permission from rightsholders) went viral on X, sparking discourse on whether it should be the developers\u2019 responsibility to preserve their discontinued works.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While many Japanese developers expressed the opinion that <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/making-it-technically-work-and-making-it-actually-enjoyable-as-a-game-are-different-things-japanese-devs-weigh-in-on-why-retrofitting-live-service-games-with-offline-suppo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">retrofitting live-service games with offline support is easier said than done<\/a>, the industry has also seen some successful examples such as <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/interviews\/final-fantasy-resonance-devs-say-ffbe-was-too-good-to-become-unplayable-so-its-been-reborn-with-a-reworked-story-world-map-and-enough-changes-to-feel-like-a-new-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Final Fantasy Resonance<\/a> (though the game is not a 1:1 preserved version of its mobile predecessor Final Fantasy Brave Exvius).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There\u2019s still some time until Aether Gazer\u2019s Companion Server launches, but it will be interesting to see how it shapes up in the long term and what the developer\u2019s future steps in preserving the game will be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/after-3-years-false-alice-is-getting-new-content\/\"><strong>After spending 3 years on what players\u00a0assumed\u00a0was the brink of\u00a0service termination, Visual Arts\u2019\u00a0mobile game\u00a0The False\u00a0Alice\u00a0is\u00a0getting\u00a0new content<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aether Gazer developers announce plans to &#8220;preserve the game experience long-term&#8221; even after services end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":70020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2","date":"2026-07-23T09:27:21+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mrcjiiv5ko2r","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:uzrrhkfyjrfdsynj2voztcf2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3mrcjiiv5ko2r\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiavmfutsfyas53ejjif5sw2yl3rdenbqkwkzxndtsocamqod46cxm\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiaolzzahsvwlq5ftw7tv4wok26fzdqawywundmvy23ewe2fnjt5cu\",\"rev\":\"3mrcjiivicg2r\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-70017","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 v28.0 - 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