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After 10 years of development, it appears that {LINK REMOVED}Intrepid Studios is collapsing and its Ashes of Creation massively multiplayer online role-playing game is shutting down.

Steven Sharif, founder and creative director of Ashes of Creation, said in a Discord server post that he lost control of the company and resigned as a result of board actions he did not agree with. He said he resigned in protest, as did much of the senior leadership team.

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