Friday the 13th: The game just ended its online service, and since fans knew it was coming, they had the chance to give the survival horror multiplayer a proper burial, one that involves bikinis and stuff.
While Friday the 13th was removed from shop windows in 2023Players who already owned the game had access to it until the end of New Year's Eve 2024. So instead of choreographing their midnight kisses, fans decided to put on their best butt-busting dance moves and move around an abandoned Campground. Crystal Lake. .
The last seconds of Friday the 13th online servers are still running I'm going to miss this game a lot, all the memories will never be forgotten. #fridaythe13thgame #fridaythe13th pic.twitter.com/cuTR7d9gdD January 1, 2025
It's been a difficult journey for Friday the 13th: The Game. It managed to gather a dedicated fanbase since its release in 2017, but franchise creator Victor Miller's legal battle over copyright first ended its ability to release new content, then Friday the 13th shut down its servers in 2020, allowing just peer-to-peer matching. That brings us back to the game's permanent closure on December 31, 2024.
Immortal hockey mask killer Jason and his victims put aside their differences for the end of an era. taking celebration photos and solemnly turning in the living room of his cabin. Some people were able to play some final matches: In the asymmetric game, a team of advisors try to kill Jason before he slaughters. them – and others I just kept pushing in bathing suits until their screens went black.
“What I would give for one more hour,” a player despairs on Reddit.
“That 12:01 time limit was like a brick for a lot of veteran players.” another fan agreed.. “My only hope is that one day we see a new title for Jason that is like this. […] If done right, it could be something really special. “But it will never be as special as what we had.”
Weeks before it dies for good, Friday the 13th: The Game is not only surprisingly active: it's the most fun I've had with a multiplayer horror game all year..