SmallWorlds

SmallWorlds was an online virtual world and social network service created by Outsmart Games, that had a thousand of players and over 3,800,000 global visits in 2012.

It was announced in March 2018 that due to shrinking player numbers and financial struggles, the game would be shutting down. As of April 2018, it has closed. A message on the SmallWorlds website states the company are in talks and hope to resume service soon. Currently, on the smallworlds website, there is a message that indicates that developers are working on a new project called TownCenter.

Closedown
In February 2018, an I <3 SmallWorlds event was launched to incerase store purchases. SmallWorlds stated the company faced a shrinking audience and poor player numbers since 2015.

It was announced on 13 March 2018 that SmallWorlds and MiniMundos will shut down on 8 April 2018. The closure was blamed on a shrinking audience, financial struggles, and business laws in New Zealand.

SmallWorlds and MiniMundos officially were discontinued at 11:59PM on 8 April 2018. Players were active minutes before the shutdown and throughout the day hosting farewell events. An offline message states the company is in talks and hopes to resume service soon.

As of 2019, the SmallWorlds website is working on a new project named TownCenter, which all SmallWorlds accounts that logged in before its shut down will have access to TownCenter. You can't sign up for TownCenter because only SW accounts are allowed.