Sega and developer Creative Assembly has announced they’re shutting down Total War: Arena.

The competitive online multiplayer game is shutting down on February 19th of next year, just a year after the open beta for the game launched.

Creative Assembly noted that “unfortunately the results of ARENA Open Beta Test did not meet all our expectations,” and as such they’re pulling the plug. Total War: Arena was announced over five years ago.

Despite the game being free-to-play, they’re offering a choice of four Total War products as a gift to players affected by the shutdown. Wargaming is also offering 30 days of premium account time for Arena players, as well as spacebux conversion to anyone who purchased currently in Arena.

Here’s a rundown on the news:

ARENA has been on a long journey, and we are thankful to everyone who joined us. We have learned so much during the development of ARENA and we have grown incredibly close with the community and involved you deeply into our development process. It has been an absolute privilege to work with you all on this project, but unfortunately the results of ARENA Open Beta Test did not meet all our expectations.

I would like to take a moment to thank the ARENA Team, who have poured their heart and soul into this game’s development and are just as disappointed by this as you.

For those of you wondering about the team, they will all continue working on Total War, sharing their experience and learnings from ARENA. ARENA’s technological advancements will continue to be part of Total War development going forward.

To you, the players and community, I have been inspired by your passion, your commitment and your continued valuable insight. Your input and encouragement have been instrumental to the game’s development. I cannot emphasize enough how much we have enjoyed working and playing with you all, and I know that we will greatly miss speaking with you online, debating your feedback, and fighting alongside you on the battlefield.

As a thank you for playing ARENA the team of Creative Assembly is offering a free piece of Total War content to all players of ARENA on the Wargaming Game Center. You can choose one of these 4 pieces of Total War content:

• Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
• Hannibal at the Gates (Total War: ROME II DLC)
• Age of Charlemagne (Total War: ATTILA DLC)
• Grim and the Grave (Total War: WARHAMMER DLC)