Game Network, Digital Bros and EI Interactive released a sad statment that the Horizons: Empire of Istaria Europe has to be shut down becaused of massive different problems.

Dear players,

this is an open message from Game Network, Digital Bros and EI Interactive, to all past and present European Community members.

As you all know the life of Horizons: Empire of Istaria hasn’t been easy since the day of its launch with a number of different problems that it had to face throughout the years, sometimes causing distress and issues for everyone. As you also know these problems were even further amplified for European users playing on Earth, Ice and Wind before and now on the merged shard of Unity, but we can assure you that nothing has been done with any intention to disrespect or damage you all. Game Network had no ability to control what was happening behind the scenes either with Artifact Entertainment or with Tulga Games. The most Game Network could do was sit by and hope for the best while forced to accept unpleasant situations in a painful silence to avoid possible legal consequences.

Throughout these tough times, Game Network has made every effort to improve the situation knowing that the community is one of the most important things for an MMO game and this is doubly true for Horizons: Empire of Istaria. Game Network has suffered huge financial losses through this process and considering the situation the company is not ready to commit further to the project.

This situation leaves Game Network with no further option than to discontinue the Unity shard Horizons service.

However the Unity shard will remain open for free indefinitely to everyone while we try to manage a painless closure. For all those players that still have active subscriptions, and especially subscriptions that will go further than the closing date (TBA), possible alternative solutions will be evaluated and will be communicated through a private e-mail from Game Network next week.

Game Network and EI Interactive wish to provide a smooth and costless transition for all of Unity’s players, including, upon your request, a pass of all your in-game information to EI Interactive. In an effort to maintain the community that you’ve spent years building, on the European shards, EI will be launching a new NA shard to be known as “Unitas”. Game Network and EI Interactive will work closely together to ensure that all European players who want to transfer to the new shard are able to do so as easily as possible.

For any further information you can contact us at horizons-support@game-network.net or info@eiinteractive.com, we will keep you updated throughout the process and post more news in the next days.

With our best Regards,

Game Network and Digital Bros
E I Interactive