The Pokemon Company and developer TiMi have announced that Pokemon Unite is shutting down in Belgium and the Netherlands, effective late next year (yes, you read that correctly).
According to Serebii.net, the Pokemon-themed MOBA will no longer be taking registrations and membership renewals after October 31st this year, nor will it continue selling in-game Aeos gems.
Following that, the game will become unavailable for play in Belgium and the Netherlands on November 30th next year. That means you'll have around 13 months to continue playing it after registrations end if you're in either of those countries.
Serebii's account is corroborated by a number of Dutch and Belgian Pokemon Unite players over in this Reddit thread, many of whom say they received a notice that Pokemon Unite is shutting down shortly after applying a new update to the game.
While the notice itself doesn't seem to give any reason for the game's shutdown in these countries, it's almost certainly due to their especially strict laws regarding loot boxes and gacha mechanics in games.
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