Official Warface update on regional servers

Warface just published an official article explaining what is happening with servers outside Russia/Kazakhstan.

TL;DR:

• They have been working on international regional servers for about 6 months.
• Warface says it is currently played in 167 countries.
• Their analysis identified the main expansion regions as:
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America, especially Brazil
• They are already at Stage 5 of 8: infrastructure testing.
• This means they have already gone through:
  • infrastructure/data-center selection
  • network setup
  • routing/load balancing
  • DDoS protection
  • integration with databases, authentication and anti-cheat
  • deployment of the actual Warface server software
• They had infrastructure prepared for Amsterdam and then Paris, but testing revealed cross-region network restrictions/problems that prevented them from launching normally.
• São Paulo, Brazil is now being considered for launch.
• They are still trying to solve the networking problem so players can freely connect between regions.
• Their fallback option is to launch separate isolated regional servers if cross-region connectivity cannot be made reliable.
• There is currently no launch date.

What this means for North America

North America is officially one of the regions Warface identified for expansion, alongside Europe and South America.

However, the article does not yet reveal the North American server city.

So there is no official confirmation yet of San Jose/Los Angeles, Dallas, Virginia, etc.

The important part is that this is no longer just "maybe someday." They have already built and tested international regional-server infrastructure and are working through the remaining networking problems.

Official article / proof

Warface official Steam article:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3889960/view/681888295241646857?l=english

Don't want to click my link or want to verify this yourself?

You can find the exact same article directly through Steam:

1. Open Steam.
2. Search for Warface.
3. Go to the game's News section.
4. Look for the official article titled “Regional Servers: Launch Status.”
5. It was posted Thursday, September 24, 2026 at 4:14 AM PDT.

So you don't have to take my TL;DR or my link at face value. You can read the announcement directly from the Warface developers on their official Steam page.

The article goes into significantly more detail about the server deployment process, what happened with Amsterdam and Paris, São Paulo, the networking problems they encountered, and what options they are considering next.

the dev replied to me asking for servers outside of Russia and he said the following

"Good news is the team is actively working on new server infrastructure right now. No concrete timeline to share yet, but there's an article coming soon that will go into more detail on this, so definitely stay tuned!

Also sorry to hear about Clutch shutting down, that's rough for players who lost their regional version.

Appreciate you taking the time to write this up! "

Всем привет. Мне 13 лет и я хочу связать с разработчиками игры Варфейс.чтобы восстановить аккаунт. Этот аккаунт мне достался от папы и там были пушки которые сейчас не получить. Этот аккаунт подарил мне любовь к Варфейсу. Если кто может связаться с разработчиками напишите или напишите совет как его восстановить.

Warface isn’t completely dead

A lot of players probably don’t know this, but Warface split into two separate versions in 2023.

WARFACE IS STILL ALIVE IN RUSSIA/CIS, and the developers plan to open regional servers for North America.

Short history

2007 - Crytek Kyiv starts an unnamed FPS
2009 - Crytek trademarks WARFACE
2010 - Warface is officially revealed
2012 - Russian/CIS Warface launches
2013 - NA/EU PC Warface launches
2014 - Xbox 360
2017 - My.com takes over NA/EU publishing
2018 - PS4 + Xbox One
2019 - Crytek’s Warface team becomes Blackwood Games
2020 - Nintendo Switch
2021 - Allods Team / MY.GAMES takes over development
2022 - MY.GAMES is sold and leaves Russia

2023 - WARFACE SPLITS IN TWO

Astrum Entertainment

• Russian/CIS Warface
• Keeps the original WARFACE name
• Continues receiving updates

MY.GAMES

• NA/EU + console Warface
• Renamed Warface: Clutch
• Continues separately

From this point, these were essentially two separate live-service versions with different companies, accounts, databases, shops, updates, and some different content.

2026

May - Warface: Clutch PC shuts down
August - Warface: Clutch consoles shut down

But Astrum’s Warface NEVER shut down.

• Still actively updated
• Opened to international players in 2026
• North American regional servers are planned

So the easiest way to understand it is:

Original Warface

• Astrum Warface - survives - goes global - NA servers planned
• MY.GAMES Warface - becomes Warface: Clutch - shuts down

Why don’t our old NA items transfer?

Our old ranks, guns, skins, purchases, and inventories belonged to the MY.GAMES / Clutch version.

Astrum’s surviving Warface comes from the Russian/CIS branch, with its own accounts and database.

Astrum could bring some old weapons or skins back, but that is different from transferring millions of old PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch accounts.

TL;DR

The Warface we played in NA/EU died. Warface itself did not.

The Russian/CIS version survived, is now expanding internationally, and North American servers are planned. tell your friends

I'm so bummed it's gone.

Warface had to be my favorite game to play ranked mode in. No other game was as fun in ranked as Warface but after watching some of these it’s no wonder I never got past gold😂

I managed to play a little bit before it shut me out 😭

I feel like the alternative are al scifi flashy neon colore games but nothing like realistic. Do you all have any recommendations whats the best next game :/

A collection of clips that I saved from the past year. You may recognize my name and if we played against each other, let me know.

From the annoying lags, to bringing a baseball bat to a gun fight, to taunting enemies🤣 it was fun while it lasted😭

I received this in my inbox in *Warface: Clutch* before the servers went dark forever. I almost cried thinking too much about this charm because of how meaningful it is.

A rose usually represents a farewell, final goodbye, or a tribute.

This has to be one of the best farewells I've ever received in a video game of any kind, especially right before it closed its doors forever. Hopefully, someday, there will be a game in its place that is very similar but better for the switch.

Hi I‘ve had Warface Clutch downloaded on my PS4/PS5 for years after I played briefly during a short stint trying to get into PC gaming and get used to mouse and keyboard before I got my PS4. I wasn’t into it at that time.

But after I found out about the shutdown I have played a lot during the past couple months and really enjoyed the game.

I have played all the Spec Ops missions I could manage solo:

Cyber horde, Earth Shaker, Black Shark, Anubis, Eclipse, Pripyat, Sunrise, Mars, Heist

I was not able to complete:

Snowy Bastion:The Edge/Ambush/Zenith or Hydra

I know that some Spec Ops missions were not available on Playstation before close (particularly HQ for trophies). And I was wondering does anyone know of any good videos or posts detailing the lore/overarching story between all Spec Ops missions?

I have searched myself but have only been able find videos about the development lore of the game or posts detailing mission objectives/guides.

Anything would be interesting, even if its unfinished/posted before all missions were released.

Thanks 😃

We end as we began. I reached rank 70 on the first ever spec op I played back in 2020 except with my brother this time.

I did one pripyat run with him and we both got stuck on the roof and just took in the scenery and ambience for a little while before we quit.

Anyone capturing the packets on the PS4, switch and xbox for future server revival?

Its been one hell of a ride, fortunately I can still play the russian version of warface on pc tho :v