Ubisoft’s “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon” is one of the most widely successful shooter video games, but not all is such a big hit. In an announcement that they have posted on the GR Forums last 23 August, they will be shutting down “Ghost Recon Phantoms”, originally known as “Ghost Recon Online”, on the 1st of December 2016.

Free-to-play games usually earn money from in-game purchases for players to advance in their powers or weapons or skill levels. So rather than buying the video game upfront to get to play it, players get to play the video game without the need to pony up some cash and those who need the advance faster in the game can then make purchases for weapons and power-ups.

“Ghost Recon Phantoms” debuted as “Ghost Recon Online” in early 2012 then was named as “Ghost Recon Phantoms” in 2014. Over the years, it has experienced a decline in users, now just averaging around 800 concurrent users at any given time in recent months.

With just over 3 months to play the game, the Ghost Recon shop will remain open. However, Ghost Coins will not be available anymore to purchase. If a player has any Ghost Coins left, it is best that he/she uses them as soon as possible before the game goes offline. Players will not be able to convert these back to cash or move these to use in another free-to-play game in Ubisoft.

Here is the announcement as posted by the Ghost Recon Phantoms Team:

After more than four years of battles, fights, deaths and a lot of fun, we have made the difficult decision to close Ghost Recon Phantoms. It’s a tough day for our studio and indeed the team, some of whom have been working on this project since its inception some 7 years ago.

GR Phantoms has been a tremendous undertaking and we really relished the opportunity to bring to you a different take on the GR franchise. We are proud of what we have achieved but of course, a game like this would be nothing without its community. We’d like to sincerely thank you for your support, enthusiasm, patience and above all, your loyalty. For the hours played, the fun in your company, the never ending deaths at Balaklava Sub-Pen, the fights to control Tomsk-9, the sounds of shotguns and the fear of the P90 SD WAR, we are grateful.

We would like to thank you for all this great moments and fun we shared with you. GRP has been a great adventure for us, with you.

The shutdown of the game will take place on December the 1st. The game will stay available until then, and we wish you a lot of fights until the end. The in game shop will remain available, but you won’t have any more the possibility to purchase Ghost Coins.

We encourage you to use this time to use any Ghost Coins you have – as well as settle any scores you may have with opposing teams!

In line with our terms of sale, we hereby inform you that there will be no refund of any virtual currency you have spent in the game or for any resources you still may own on shutdown date, nor any conversion of any remaining virtual currency to another game.

Once again, thank you for your support and loyalty and we hope you have enjoyed the ride as much as we have. This is the end for one chapter of the Ghost Recon story, but for sure it won’t be the last. Thanks to your reports, your feedbacks, we are building every day better games, greater stories you will live in our company.

If you have any questions, we encourage you to visit our FAQ.

So this is not a goodbye. We’ll see you soon, in another adventure!

Your GR Phantoms Team