WildStar
Carbine's colourful science-fiction MMO launched with subscription ambitions, went free-to-play, and vanished when NCSoft closed both world and studio.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A massively multiplayer role-playing game developed by Carbine Studios and published by NCSoft.
WildStar combined fast telegraphed combat, extensive housing, raids and two factions on the planet Nexus.
Existence timeline
Carbine publicly introduces the world of Nexus.
The subscription MMO opens in North America and Europe.
Access expands while monetisation changes.
NCSoft confirms both Carbine and WildStar will end.
Players gather for the last moments before servers go offline.
Why it ended
After population decline and studio layoffs, NCSoft closed Carbine and shut the game's servers on 28 November 2018.
Last confirmed trace
Client files, fan archives, videos, soundtrack releases and private-server research preserve portions of Nexus.
What it left behind
Its elaborate housing and combat systems remain influential reference points for MMO players unable to revisit the original world.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.