Myst Online: Uru Live is back! Again! Cyan Worlds has opened a new server and made the game free-to-play, so there's nothing holding you back from making an account. Well, except for the fact that the account creation page is a bit slow right now due to to the overwhelming traffic that is hammering the site.

Cyan is referring to the project as MO:ULagain, and they will gladly accept PayPal donations to offset the server and staff costs. You're not required to pay, but a $5 or $10 donation would certainly help support the game. The company ultimately plans to move Myst Online to open source.

Myst Online had this sad announcement on their website.

GameTap has decided to discontinue the operation of Myst Online: Uru Live.

The decision was a very difficult one and was made for business reasons rather than due to any issues regarding the design and vision of the amazing world that Cyan Worlds and Rand Miller have brought to us. Despite the great Myst Online experience coming to a close, Cyan is still a very valued partner of GameTap, we are on excellent terms, and we look forward to continuing our relationship in the future.

Many of you have made good friends while playing Myst Online, so here is the bittersweet part. Although Myst Online: Uru Live will be completely shut down in the near future, the game servers will remain live for the next 60 days.

Let's hope that this doesn't start of the year of MMO's leaving us forever.  It's heart breaking to find your home and world taken from you with no choice.  I wish the inhabitants of Myst Online nothing but the very best as they look for another home, and deal with the loss of their friends.

Myst Online: Uru Live, Exodus has begun.

Destruction is coming. Find a way. Make a home.

The words have been repeated many times. Even while the restoration effort begun again and with the release of new Ages, the words were always said. With the resurrection of the D'ni city, the Guilds, the DRC, and new life filling the cavern again, the words continued to hang in the air above the orange waters.

What do they mean?

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