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| - The Sunset of Free Realms is an official term used by Sony Online Entertainment representatives when referring to the closure of Free Realms on March 31, 2014 at 6:00 PM pacific time, 7:00 Mountain time, 8:00 Central time, and 9:00 Eastern time. On January 24, 2014, an article by Free Realms Producer Steve "Shock" George was released over the official Free Realms website announcing the closure of Free Realms, later reposted on the official forums and official wiki. Along with Free Realms, closure was announced for three other Sony Online Entertainment massively multiplayer online games including: Clone Wars Adventures, Vanguard: Saga of Heroes, and Wizardry Online. Reasons for closure of the game were given by SOE's President, John Smedley, over Reddit.com. It was not a big cost issue, but more of an issue with the amount of time it required to maintain the code bases when updating authentication or security updates, and that the resources were needed elsewhere. Along with SOE will no longer be developing games exclusively aimed towards children.
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