I am posting here to make all aware that Evolve has shut down permaneantly, I only found out today myself. This means that this clan will no longer support Evolve and support only Steam.
Sadly, this page on Evolves site shows the outage and this page explains what has happened.
This is unfortunate for us really, we had some great members on Evolve, but now it seems that they have to use Steam instead. Could everyone create a Steam account and PM me thier ID, unless you already have one so I can add you myself unless you can add people yourselves.To Our Friends and Members:
Evolve Labs will be shutting down operations of Evolve HQ and Evolve Arenas, effective June 1, 2017.
“Evolve or Die”. These were words our company lived by. But sometimes there isn’t a choice. And despite our desire and best efforts to find another way forward, we’ve run out of options.
This is not the time to dissect all the reasons for how we reached this point, but there were a few major contributors:
When we were right, we were right. When we were wrong, we were damn near right. But “almost” only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.
- Lack of a viable business model.
- Investor funding to build viable alternatives (HQ 2.0 and Arenas).
- Failed acquisition.
- Stiff competition.
There are many people to thank.
As a side note: those of you who joined us and made a financial contribution to Evolve HQ over the last 30 days will be receiving a full refund.
- Our Team – We’ve had the privilege of having brilliant founding engineers and the opportunity to build a team of the best talent from anywhere. They poured their guts into this company. They were loyal to a person. All were tested. All gave their all. Minneapolis. San Francisco. Seattle. Minsk. You know who you are. Prost!
- Our Investors – Family. Friends. You were the ones who believed in us most. Again and again. You provided us this opportunity to realize our vision of Gaming. Better. Together. Because you believed in that vision… but most importantly, you believed in us. Thank you.
- And You – Our members. All 3 million of you. But especially those who were able to support us with their wallets. We shared your pain. You shared our vision. And I can honestly say, we so wanted to make it happen for you. We’re sorry we let you down.
We learned so much. I hope it was worth it for you. I know it was worth trying. I hope our paths cross again. Until then…
So long, and thanks for all the fish!
Adam and OODA
