Kim Kardashian: Hollywood cell sport to close down

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood game is seen in the App Store on an Apple iPhone, with black outer screen and an animated image of Kim Kardashian with black hair, on the screen.Getty Images

Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the star’s profitable cell sport is shutting down virtually a decade after its launch.

Since 2014 gamers have lived out their A-list goals by boosting their fame and climbing the social ladder.

The sport additionally included appearances from the 43-year-old and relations Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner.

But Kim confirmed the closure to US journal People, saying she would “forever be inspired” by the sport’s group.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians star partnered with cell gaming developer Glu to launch Hollywood.

It was a free-to-play title however gamers might buy in-game foreign money Okay-stars to make a mark by occasions, modelling and relationship.

“I’m so grateful from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has loved and played Kim Kardashian: Hollywood in the past 10 years,” Kim mentioned.

She mentioned making the sport had “meant so much” to her however it was “time to focus that energy into other passions”.

The sport has been faraway from Apple and Android app shops, however current gamers can nonetheless use its options till 8 April.

Recent screenshots of the sport present the addition of a timer counting right down to its shutdown.

Hollywood overcame preliminary scepticism following its debut and reportedly earned greater than $160m.

It was additionally named one of many 100 greatest video games of the last decade by gaming web site Polygon, which described it as a mannequin for “mobile games unapologetically tailored toward young women”.

BBC Newsbeat has contacted Kim Kardashian and Electronic Arts (EA), which purchased Glu Mobile, for additional remark.

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