Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Published , by Ozzie Mejia
Behaviour Interactive has had a busy year, both as a developer and as a third-party publisher. One of the games released under its publishing umbrella was the acclaimed puzzle game Islands of Insight from the team at Lunarch Studios. It's a game that players have enjoyed, albeit with one major caveat: it requires an online connection to play. While that was addressed earlier this summer, an October update will remove that requirement and shut down the game's online servers.
Islands of Insight's October update is being touted as the game's final one. It supplements the game's July 9 update by removing its online component entirely. All of the game's online features are being shut down and players who have taken part in the online portion of the game are being advised to transfer their progression.
Here's a portion of Lunarch's message on Steam:
For what to expect, here is what you need to know:
- The online servers will officially shutdown on October 30, 2024
- Any online progression that is not transferred before October 30 will be lost
- There are no plans for more content to support the offline version
- All the online features will no longer be available
- Puzzles will continue to respawn throughout all zones
- There will be no bug fixes/balance changes with the final update
How to transfer your progression:
- Launch the game, and choose Play Online
- In the main menu, select Account and Click on Download Gameplay Progress
- A confirmation popup will appear: Click on Download Progress to start the download
- After a few seconds, confirmation that the download was successful will appear and you are all done
- Exit the game, and start it again, but this time select Play Offline to continue playing your own progression.
Islands of Insight received a strong review at Shacknews and one of its main downsides involve the game's online component. To help increase the player base ahead of that July 9 update, Lunarch offered a free giveaway earlier this summer. The effort proved so successful that the game's servers were briefly overloaded.
Look for the final Islands of Insight update to come on Wednesday, October 30. On that date, the experience goes offline for good.