Players of TinyCo's freemium mobile game
Marvel Avengers Academy were greeted with a heartbreaking message this week; the Academy will be closing at the end of 2018.
Although the game is essentially shut down (no longer available for download and no longer allowing any new game purchases),
Marvel Avengers Academy will remain open until February 4, 2019, for those who already own it. This will allow current players to finish up any remaining tasks. To help, TinyCo has given all players 2500 Shards and other materials for free which can be used to finish missions, quests, and more. Hopefully, this will provide some sense of closure for those who have stuck with the game since launch.
Launched in 2016 for mobile devices,
Marvel Avengers Academy was a collaborative partnership between TinyCo and Marvel games. The game tasked players with building the ultimate Super Hero academy and populating it superheroes who have been reimagined as students who are developing their powers.
In an in-game announcement post, TinyCo thanked the
Marvel Avengers Academy community and called shuttering the game a
"very difficult decision." On the bright side, the developer said it's a decision that
"will allow us to better focus on new and innovative games for our fans and community."
TinyCo is actually owned by Jam City, the studio behind
Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, another mobile game that launch in April and reportedly grossed over $90 million in revenue. Jam City recently entered a deal with Disney
to develop new mobile games based on Disney's iconic Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios franchises. This includes a new mobile game inspired by
Frozen 2, which hits theaters November 22, 2019. So despite the shuttering of
Marvel Avengers Academy, it seems TinyCo will still have plenty of work in the future.
For Marvel fans, there are still plenty of other mobile games to choose from, including Marvel Contest of Champions, Marvel Future Fight, Marvel Puzzle Quest, and Marvel Battle Lines.