The bell was tolling its demise for years, but Shadowbane never listened to it. The massively multiplayer online game went through several changes, but the dev teams kept the game going – and that, more than anything else – is a tribute to not only the developers, to the publisher but also to the community that made the land of Aerynth both an exciting and deadly place.
The game launched on March 25, 2003. It was developed by Wolfpack Studios and published by UbiSoft. Wolfpack was sold to Ubi a year later and a new live team and dev team was brought on board.

Though the game was a regular target of the media as hovering on the edge of its demise, it persevered.

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