Knockout City Official X Account Returns to Announce Player-Run Tournament
A shuttered live-service game's official channel has come back to life for an event its former developer no longer runs, carried by the volunteer server that kept the game playable.
Reporting from 1 source: Game Spark.
The official Knockout City X account posted on October 19, 2026, its first activity in about two years, after going quiet in June 2024. The post announces a tournament on a permanent private server run by volunteers. A Reddit post gives more detail: participants receive tickets for newly made cosmetic items. The private server edition is free on PC via Steam and does not support Japanese.
The account went silent in June 2024, roughly a year after the official service ended. The October 19 post points to a tournament on a permanent private server maintained by volunteers. A fuller announcement on Reddit says participants will get tickets they can spend on new cosmetic items made by volunteers.
The private server edition is distributed free on PC through Steam. It has no Japanese language support. The event runs on infrastructure the original operator does not manage, and the official account is being used to point players toward it.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.