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Disney Infinity Nears The End As Server Shutdown Dates Announced
Disney Infinity burned bright for its three years of existence. Now, it’s all coming to an end, including the game’s online community support.
In the coming months, services will start to be taken offline in four phases. The first arrives today, with Disney Infinity 2.0 in-game purchases on PC, iOS, Android, and Apple TV versions being turned off. This does not impact Disney Infinity 3.0 yet.
On September 30, the PC, iOS, and Android versions of Disney Infinity 1.0 go offline permanently. You will not be able to login to play, and the apps will be removed from the respective stores. At this time, the 2.0 and 3.0 online and community functionality will go offline on PC.
Apple TV versions of the remaining two games will be removed from the store on September 30. You’ll still be able to download toy boxes for 2.0 and 3.0 on PC and Apple TV at this time.
The next shutdown happens on January 3, 2017. At this point, in-game purchases will be removed from 2.0 and 3.0 on PC.
Finally, it all comes to an end on March 3, 2017. At this point, Apple TV and PC versions will be removed from the stores and will no longer be playable at all. At this point all community and online features will be shutdown for all other versions.
For more on Disney’s decision to cease development of the Infinity franchise, check out our previous coverage.
Our Take
We’re used to online services being shuttered, but the complete elimination of playability for PC, Apple TV, and mobile versions is crushing. Those that are playing on console with the physical toys will be able to continue, though without the online multiplayer. And, eventually, those figures will make for good shelf items if nothing else.
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