16 months after release, Auto Assault runs out of gas...

One of the saddest coulda been-shoulda been MMO stories in recent memory draws to a close, as today NCSoft announced that Auto Assault servers will cease operation at the end of the summer.

The service will close at midnight on August 31, 2007. As of today, any player currently in the service with an active billed account will not be billed again. If players have previously purchased time via multi-month billing or time cards that extends their service past July 31, NCsoft will reconcile these accounts appropriately.

NCSoft promised more info as the summer progresses. Read the rest of the story at the Auto Assault official site.