Eurogamer reports that Phoenix Labs is shutting down its free-to-play action game Dauntless just weeks after laying off most of its staff.

Dauntless survived for six years, only to end its life after a disastrous monetization update... ekhm, gameplay.

It began life as a project in a college dorm room and combined the arcade action of Halo and Unreal Tournament with the ability to place portals around the map and travel between them. After two years ...