Codemasters today announced the cancellation of further development of the massively multiplayer online role playing project Dragon Empires.

Dragon Empires received incredible support from its online community and won acclaim from PC and online media while in development. However, technical issues have resulted in the project's discontinuation.

The decision to close Dragon Empires' development does not impact on Codemasters' long-term ambitions in the massively multiplayer online gaming market and the company remains very active in evaluating future opportunities. Many of the game's development team, including programmers and artists, are being transferred to Codemasters' internal development studios to work on current and future titles.

The Dragon Empires website and its community forums will remain live at www.codemasters.com/dragonempires for the immediate future.