{"rewrite":{"id":"r_65a3d88ce20289b37a0ccdb0","clusterId":"c_237ece9f150d57f8cc5a37e2","slug":"star-conflict-shuts-down-global-servers-and-moves-to-community-edition","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Star Conflict Shuts Down Global Servers And Moves To Community Edition","summary":"Gaijin Network announced that the space shooter Star Conflict closed its global servers at 19:00 JST on October 9, ending a 12-year run. The game, developed by Star Gem, moves to a community edition on Steam where players run local servers. Steam records 97,717,550 battles fought and total playtime over 3,380 years. Previous play data will not carry over.","whyItMatters":"Star Conflict ends its official service after a phased shutdown announced in April, but the community edition keeps the game playable with local servers and every ship, equipment, and cosmetic item unlocked, which is how a niche online game survives past the publisher.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eStar Conflict closed its global servers at 19:00 JST on October 9, ending a 12-year run for the space PvP and PvE shooter from developer Star Gem. Gaijin Network had announced the shutdown in April, and the move to a community edition began today.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the community edition, each player sets up a local server, and the game supports single-player as well as connections to remote servers run by other players. Old play data will not carry over, but all ships, equipment, and cosmetic items are unlocked, and progression can be adjusted through server settings. The official Wiki and Discord server stay open, though old Discord channels are set to be archived.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Star Conflict's community edition puts server hosting on players, and previous play data will not carry over. The 3,380 years of recorded playtime stay on Gaijin Network's side of the split.","twitterPost":"Star Conflict's community edition hands server hosting to players. Their previous play data stays behind.","threadsPost":"Star Conflict's move to a community edition on Steam puts server hosting in players' hands, but the split is not clean: previous play data will not carry over. Gaijin Network keeps the record of 3,380 years of playtime; the players who logged it start fresh.","newsletterBlurb":"Star Conflict closed its global servers at 19:00 JST on October 9, ending a 12-year run for the space shooter. Gaijin Network announced the shutdown in April. The game moves to a community edition on Steam where players run local servers, with all ships, equipment, and cosmetic items unlocked, though old play data will not carry over. Steam records 97,717,550 battles fought and total playtime over 3,380 years.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173439.html\",\"title\":\"Space TPS 'Star Conflict' to Fully Shut Down Servers on October 9; Will Move to Community Edition Running on Local Servers\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4683,"outputTokens":626,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791547628,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T12:01:24.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T12:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T12:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_237ece9f150d57f8cc5a37e2","canonicalTitle":"宇宙TPS『Star Conflict』10月9日に完全サーバーシャットダウン。以後はローカルサーバーで動作するコミュニティ版へ移行","representativeArticleId":"a_3387195975eb2d003ed7f6a5","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Star Conflict\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T10:45:02.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T10:45:02.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T12:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173439.html","title":"宇宙TPS『Star Conflict』10月9日に完全サーバーシャットダウン。以後はローカルサーバーで動作するコミュニティ版へ移行"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Star Conflict"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}