Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown (originally marketed as Shadowrun Online) was a turn-based tactical video game developed by Cliffhanger Productions and published by Nordic Games as part of Jordan Weisman's cyberpunk Shadowrun fictional universe.[4] Following the success of the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter campaign, Cliffhanger Productions initiated a similar campaign to crowdsource $500,000 in July 2012, and pledged to deliver a closed beta version of Shadowrun Online for contributors around May 2013.[5] On November 30, 2018, the servers were shut down,[6] citing the license running out[7] and the game making barely enough to keep the servers running. Due to the license only allowing online games, the game needs the servers to work,[8] even in a "play alone" mode using NPCs instead of other players in missions. Despite different expectations, Microsoft had no interest in renewing the license[9] and "persistent ransomware attacks" had been increasing the cost of running the server.[10][6][11]

Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown
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Developer(s)	Cliffhanger Productions
Publisher(s)	Nordic Games[1]
Producer(s)	Jan Wagner
Series	Shadowrun
Platform(s)	Linux, Windows, OS X, Android, iOS[2]
Release	WW: April 28, 2015[3]
Genre(s)	Turn-based tactics, isometric shooter
Mode(s)	Multiplayer

There is some talk about either having someone else running servers or finding a way to run a server locally for at least the "playing alone" with NPCs part.[11]

IGN awarded the game a score of 6.5 out of 10, saying "smart co-op partners make Shadowrun Chronicles: Boston Lockdown's tactical combat work, but anything less falls short."[13] It has a 61/100 rating on Metacritic.[12] GameSpot awarded it a score of 3 out of 10, saying "Shadowrun Chronicles isn't just a bad Shadowrun game. It's a bad game. That it comes from a series with such an exceptional pedigree and plenty of exceptional recent successes just makes the disappointment that much more bitter."[14]