All good things have to come to an end, even free-to-play games that seemingly can live forever.

Publisher Netmarble has announced that it will be shutting down and ending the services of its online action RPG title The King of Fighters AllStar, its collaboration with SNK that’s basically a spin-off of The King of Fighters fighting game series. The servers will shut down on 30 October 2024.

Here’s the full breakdown on what’s going to happen with the sunsetting of the game:

– Service Termination & Game Download End Date: 2024/10/30 19:00 (PDT)

-Package Sales Termination: After the 6/26 maintenance.

For more information on the Package Sales Termination, please refer to the 6/27 Update Notice.

-Official Pages (Brand Site), SNS Closure Date: 2024/10/30 19:00 (PDT)

-Official Community Closure Date: 2024/10/30 19:00 (PDT)

You cannot consult the community after closure. If there is any data you would like to keep, please save it privately before the closure.

The mobile action RPG title for iOS and Android made its debut back in 2018 and features a huge roster of collectible gacha characters from SNK’s eclectic franchise. You can form your own KOF/Fatal Fury team and beat up enemies in side-scrolling fashion and duel with the series’ big bads.

But that isn’t the only reason why people remember it. The King of Fighters All-Stars boasts a ton of fighting game and sports-related collaborations which include:

• Street Fighter
• Tekken
• Samurai Shodown
• Dead or Alive
• Guilty Gear
• SoulCalibur
• Virtua Fighter
• The WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment)

I’m not kidding about the latter guest collab: there was a time when SNK and Netmarble added in the likes of The Rock and John Cena to combat Orochi, resulting in moments like this:

Ah, good times. You will be missed, KOF AllStar.