Some sad news from one of the oldest graphical MMOs on the market. Apparently Meridian 59 has not managed to attract the numbers hoped for by current owner, and ironically named Near Death Studios. Announcements have been made recently that Near Death Studios closure has been a very real possibility for some time now.
Meridian 59 was already long in the tooth when The 3DO Company shut it in 2000, but Near Death Studios, a studio founded a year later by the game’s former developers Rob “Q” Ellis and Brian “Psychochild” Green, purchased its rights and re-launched Meridian 59 in 2002 with hopes of updating the title and growing its community.
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