Free-to-play shooter Scavengers will close down next month

Its developers were sold off earlier this year

After launchinginto early access in April last year, the free-to-play shooterScavengersis closing down. Its servers will close on December 16th, with publishers Improbable pinning the cause on a “decline in the playerbase.”

Scavengers blended PvP and PvE combat together in a class- and squad-based battle royale. It has seen a decline in players on Steam in the past few months - from an average of 108 concurrent players in April to an average of 34in October. At the time of writing it remainsavailable to download from the Epic Games Storebut has beenremoved from Steam.