NECROPOLIS - PRESS KIT
A free, walkable 3D graveyard of every MMO that has shut down. In the browser, on desktop and phone.
https://someonetookmyyogurt.com/graveyard/
Full register (every stone, searchable): https://someonetookmyyogurt.com/graveyard/register.html
Contact: someonetookmyyogurt@gmail.com

FACTS (data checked October 2026)
- 368 headstones: 305 closed games, a plot reserved for New World (servers off 31 Jan 2027), 62 never released.
- 80 fan revivals catalogued: 43 running, 18 in development, 6 brought back with permission, 5 returned and closed again, 8 stopped by the rights holder.
- Shortest life: Tartaros Online, 33 days. Longest: Federation II, about 30.7 years. Earliest closure: Habitat, 1988. Worst year: 2016, 27 closures. Most common closing date: 31 March (12 games).
- Every stone links its source. Free; no download, account, ads or tracking cookies.
- Made by Someone Took My Yogurt, one person. Designed and directed by hand; the code was built with Anthropic's Claude.

IMAGES (1920x1080, captured in the game engine; free to use in coverage)
01_old-quarter_framed.jpg            On foot in the Old Quarter with the in-game photo frame (F2).
02_old-quarter.jpg                   The same view, frame off.
03_balloon-over-the-city.jpg         Drifting over the city in the balloon.
04_plaza_on-foot.jpg                 On foot at the Plaza with the full interface.
05_aeternum_new-world.jpg            AETERNUM, New World's mausoleum. The queue screen reads 10,413.
06_stone_wildstar.jpg                WildStar, 3 Jun 2014 to 28 Nov 2018, with a candle and its lifespan bar.
07_the-unborn.jpg                    The Unborn: games announced and never released.
08_names-from-above.jpg              Names and dates rising off the stones: Shadowbane, Toontown Online, The Sims Online.
09_balloon_new-world-mausoleum.jpg   From the balloon: New World's mausoleum in the fog, the Keep and the moon.
10_whole-city-and-the-keep.jpg       The whole city from above, the Keep on the ridge.

CHARTS (charts/, 1920x1080 PNG, from the register; free to use, credit "the Necropolis register")
01 closures per year · 02 launches vs closures · 03 lifespans · 04 shortest lives · 05 day of the week
06 cancelled before launch · 07 the 80 revivals · 08 every grave as a dot · 09 calendar of closing dates
10 fan revivals vs the official run. Lifespan charts count only games that have closed.

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