Notice about Soulworker (Re-posted from LionGames Facebook)

[w+m1 enjoyer]

I didn't see this posted on here... but I feel that this is VERY important for the player base.
This is coming from their Facebook page.

Originally posted by LG Facebook:

Dear SoulWorker Players,

We would like to express our gratitude to all the dedicated SoulWorker players for your continued love and support.

Regrettably, we bring sad news about the current situation of SoulWorker.
Since the initial launch in Japan in 2016, we have been diligently listening to the feedback of our players and consistently striving for better content development.

However, despite the efforts, due to escalating development costs, we find ourselves in a challenging situation where continuing development and its service has become difficult.
Moreover, if the current situation persists, it could lead to the service termination of SoulWorker and even jeopardize the company's existence.

In order to ensure the survival of the company and the continued service of SoulWorker,
we have tentatively agreed to transfer the development and service to VALOFE GLOBAL Ltd. Detailed condition is currently under discussions.

The decision to transfer the service to VALOFE GLOBAL Ltd. was made in the best interest of the company and the service.

SoulWorker will be not just remained as a game in the memories of our players but as a game that can be constantly improved and continued in further future.

The time we have spent together with our players is an invaluable treasure, and we have never stopped striving for a game that can be loved by everyone.

We anticipate your continued warm interest and constructive feedback as SoulWorker embarks on a new challenge under VALOFE GLOBAL Ltd. We will keep you informed of any developments as soon as it is confirmed.

We kindly ask for your continued support for the new chapter in SoulWorker's journey, as the service and development transfer marks not the end but a new beginning for the future of SoulWorker.

Thank you.
Best regards,
LIONGAMES Co., Ltd.

[LuckyLiz]

You know it's going to be bad when they start their post with "We would like to express our gratitude"

I really hope we'll be seeing something about it on the steam store page too soon!

[Danテディ]

valofe is the worst of the worst.
they simply buy every mmo-related game and let them run on a sort of maintenance mode.
no new content, they just stay and wait for their final days basically.

Mulegend was the best example.

But anyway, if LG can't afford it anymore it is like it is. Nothing lives forever
Keep the good memories and move on

[Luigi]

So I am guessing now would be a good time to quit the game.

[Xenesi]

I'll still play until the servers properly go down, then probably find a way to swap to the Korean version, not a big loss if one server goes down for me.

[npc name]

Originally posted by Xenesi:

I'll still play until the servers properly go down, then probably find a way to swap to the Korean version, not a big loss if one server goes down for me.

The thing is, Lion Games themselves quit developing soulworker, so new owner will probably shut down everything when time will come

[Ru]

Originally posted by Xenesi:

I'll still play until the servers properly go down, then probably find a way to swap to the Korean version, not a big loss if one server goes down for me.

The KR server is also under Valofe now. If global gets shutdown, so will that. The Soulworker producer himself also said that if things were to continue the way they have been, then it was likely that they would have gone bankrupt (meaning servers would be shutdown regardless).

Originally posted by Luigi:

So I am guessing now would be a good time to quit the game.

Only if you don't want to play. Valofe is not great, sure, but Lion Games sold the development rights to them. This means that they will not just be a publisher but that they can also develop content for the game, which is something publishers normally cannot do.

We don't know if they actually will develop content for the game, but a few of the former Soulworker developers are continuing under Valofe. So the chances of content not coming is pretty low, though it still may be slower than usual. Also, they have already confirmed that previously announced content is still planned to be released.

[Danテディ]

Originally posted by ashu:

Originally posted by Xenesi:

I'll still play until the servers properly go down, then probably find a way to swap to the Korean version, not a big loss if one server goes down for me.

The thing is, Lion Games themselves quit developing soulworker, so new owner will probably shut down everything when time will come

Valofe won't shut it down immediately but the game will stay on maintenance mode forever til they really shut it down. It might get 1-2 relaunch events and that's it.
That's how Valofe does it, like a welcome event and then nothing happens anymore and while LG doesn't work on it anymore nobody will ever release new content.

Especially since Valofe is just a scam publisher basically.
They're almost as bad as gamigo but even worse than gameforge.

They business strategy is buy as many mmo as possible for a very low price since nobody else is willing to buy them and hope that someone keeps spending money on them.

With 1 single mmo they could never maintain it but since they have like 100 different games its a different story.

Whenever you hear Valofe or gamigo its basically the end of the story.
The most korean mmo developers always do the same mistakes, the 2 only exceptions are smilegate and bluehole (but its just because of their company size, a few failed projects won't ruin them they can easily take that and do something else) while the most other companies simply don't have the budget to do something completely different.

They waste money on something they shouldn't.
Vespa was a good example, overall not a bad company but they decided to put tons of money into a K-pop band and an anime without a balanced budget.
End of the story they're bankrupt now.

This is something many companies in korea must learn, keep tracking your budget and focus on important stuff first. Don't throw out tons of money if you can't afford it which doesn't even guarantee you any success.

Development itself is tough enough, but a bad marketing can ruin everything as well

[Xenesi]

Guess I'll wait until Valofe takes over, see what the deals are, then throw money at that, doesn't bother me

[NCHMPK]

Is there is any news about account reset due to this transfer?

[Ru]

Originally posted by Lilliel:

Is there is any news about account reset due to this transfer?

There is no news as of yet. However, several other games under Valofe have had transfers and all data was kept.

[Hez]

There's really no difference. A lot of people are panicking. But in reality, season 2 was a complete disaster. Even LG themselves admitted it. What's funny is that they sort of promised to fix it, and here's what we have in the end...
With some of the developers staying on, we'll see what happens next.

There's only two options:
1) Maybe they will finally make good content
2) The game will go into maintense mode

To me GF LG and Valofe are kinda the same swamp. There are simply no worse companies.

[Danテディ]

Originally posted by Hezlock:

There's really no difference. A lot of people are panicking. But in reality, season 2 was a complete disaster. Even LG themselves admitted it. What's funny is that they sort of promised to fix it, and here's what we have in the end...
With some of the developers staying on, we'll see what happens next.

There's only two options:
1) Maybe they will finally make good content
2) The game will go into maintense mode

To me GF LG and Valofe are kinda the same swamp. There are simply no worse companies.

Making a promise is fine but if they have no budget and decent workers they can't keep it.
And due to their odd engine they lost a bunch of workers but never found new ones they could hire.

Eitherway its over, Valofe is no developer and they never made something decent for absolutely every game they owned. Simply just move on.

Remember the good times and the game was extremely fun for a while but nothing lives forever. Even WoW and FF14 will die one or another day.

Live service is a rough business for customer and developer at once, just the publisher is happy due to cash.

[Hez]

Originally posted by Danテディ:

Originally posted by Hezlock:

There's really no difference. A lot of people are panicking. But in reality, season 2 was a complete disaster. Even LG themselves admitted it. What's funny is that they sort of promised to fix it, and here's what we have in the end...
With some of the developers staying on, we'll see what happens next.

There's only two options:
1) Maybe they will finally make good content
2) The game will go into maintense mode

To me GF LG and Valofe are kinda the same swamp. There are simply no worse companies.

Making a promise is fine but if they have no budget and decent workers they can't keep it.
And due to their odd engine they lost a bunch of workers but never found new ones they could hire.

Eitherway its over, Valofe is no developer and they never made something decent for absolutely every game they owned. Simply just move on.

Remember the good times and the game was extremely fun for a while but nothing lives forever. Even WoW and FF14 will die one or another day.

Live service is a rough business for customer and developer at once, just the publisher is happy due to cash.

There's no point in discussing their budget. It's one thing when they were doing something. It's quite another when they did nothing. Everybody's laughing at them for saying that.


Never played FF14, but WoW became uninteresting after Lich King. This is because the entire core team that made the original and Burning Crusade left. And Lich King was the last addon they worked on, and even some part of it was finished by other people.
So I completely understand why WoW not the same like it was before. No one cares about Quality anymore.


I came back to SW +-3 months ago. And I honestly didn't recognise a game I used to play on JP(even before GF came out) and here 3 years ago, when LF was latest content. After playing for a while I feel like I came to WoW after Lich King. The bottom line is +- the same. The quality has fallen below the plinth.
Raids for example are completely uninteresting and made just for the fact that something needs to be released. Other than BSN and VP, I didn't like anything at all.
Let's look at CD. Completely uninteresting raid, in which the timer was set out of desperation, as there are no more ideas. When there's no one who likes your content and you also have to apologise for it, that's a problem.
That's why I don't see it as a big deal. You may not have noticed, but the game has been in an almost maintenance mode for a long time.

For some reason I have a strong feeling that nothing will change. Except that there will be more bundles, maybe they'll start introducing some season passes. From my point of view, it couldn't be worse. And anyway, it's never too late to leave

[シムカ]

what a boomer - all JP titles are failure at the end...well, as always

[rogi]

The quality of the raids? The raid concept has always been the same. There are no differences between Rucco Town and Arcadia and therefore no differences in quality. Apart from the fact that you have to complete the same maze 80 times for a title. That's just stupid and demotivating. 20 or 40 times would have been enough.
The problem is completely different. The nonsense of restricting the items for the in-game market was the biggest mistake. Every player should decide for themselves how they spend their Zennys.
In addition, the focus on pure upleveling destroyed the team spirit.
Only a few good or very good players still have the time to help beginners. That's not how you get new players. I also never understood why Primal disappeared in GC.
As far as regular events are concerned, they can be started automatically. No idea where the problem lies.
Not that we have winter all year round in SW..
There is much more to complain about. The last time there was something really nice new for me was the introduction of the Soul Mate.
I've also never seen any active advertising for SW on STEAM. Maybe we players should have always put a video broadcast in Steam.