In an era where server closures and storefront shutdowns seem to be all too common, another Xbox multiplayer title has bitten the dust this week. A year to the day since publisher Gun Media pulled the game from all major digital storefronts, Friday the 13th: The Game went offline for good recently ahead of the new year.
Yep, back in 2023, the team announced this game's impending demise; at the time stating that the servers would be live until "at least December 31st, 2024". Well, that date has now come and gone - and the Friday the 13th's servers have indeed now closed.
However, what was left of the game's online community did have one last laugh earlier this week. Posted on social media the other day, you can see fans having a good old dance on Jason's grave - just prior to the title going offline on Xbox and all other platforms.
*Headphone warning, these are some loud-ass parties.
Friday the 13th: The Game initially launched for Xbox One back in 2017, providing some competition for fellow multiplayer horror title Dead by Daylight at the time. The latter, with its near-unlimited amount of spooky crossovers, has outlasted Jason and his cronies in the end. We guess all we can say now is, R.I.P. Friday the 13th, you and your jank will surely be missed.
Sad to see this one go? Talk to us about your Friday the 13th memories down below!
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I played this game on day one and I played on its final day. Yes, it was buggy. Yes, it had issues, but I had a blast playing it! So many fond memories playing this game. It wasn’t for everybody but I am so sad to see it go. It’s the same feeling when a loved one dies which is stupid because it’s just a game, but it’s how I’m feeling. Farewell F13. How I miss you already. 🥺
@EvilSilentFrame Agree with you on all this! I played it at launch on PlayStation 4 and after I got the Platinum on an older account, I redid the game on my current account, simply because I loved it so much! It was buggy, but everyone had the same bugs to deal with, so it always felt even when I played with friends. We even started to play it every Friday night as a wind down game after a hard week! Loved those sessions so much, always a huge laugh with a full lobby of friends. I wasn’t there at the end, but I will still miss the game loads!!
@Bionic-Spencer I played the last day but I wasn’t there at the end. I had to work the next day otherwise I would have been up playing till the servers shut off. I’m not a big fan of online games but there was just something different with this one. It would pull me in and the community that played was great too. Played games with some really fun people. So heart broken at the moment. I knew it was coming but it is what it is.
@EvilSilentFrame Yeah, I am also not the biggest fan of multiplayer, but this was just right on so many levels! I’ll miss it for all the great memories too!
So it wasn't the Tommy Jarvis that killed Jason in the end, it was a rights dispute. 😂
I played this on PS and had so much fun playing it. Real shame
Don't really recall this game. I think I booted it up at launch, that's about it. Personally no loss.
There was supposedly a new Friday the 13th game along with a new Halloween game in the works. I wonder when they will be announced.
The community destroyed this game. They made it almost unbearable to play. They didn't deserve such a good game.
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