ARTILIFE

ARTILIFE ended; June 30, 2019 is the announced service cutoff, corroborated by a July 2 closure report.

Games & interactive entertainment · Closed; date inferred · 30 Jun 2019 · Originally announced deadline · Not the verified service cutoff · Dwango Co., Ltd.

The record

An artificial-life simulation service where people observed and nurtured autonomous AI creatures in virtual environments.

Operator at shutdown: Dwango Co., Ltd. Company source
Launched: 18 Dec 2018Launch source
Service end: Closed; date inferred · 30 Jun 2019Originally announced deadline · Not the verified service cutoffClosure source

Sources and verification

Dwango prepaid-balance refund notice ↗ · Checked 4 Nov 2026

Verification notes

Shutdown: Dwango’s original refund notice describes ARTILIFE service as having ended on June 30, but the notice itself bears a June 28 date; it was prepared ahead of the cutoff. A July 2 industry report subsequently described the service as ended and referred to the refund. June 30 is therefore the announced cutoff used as a proxy, not an independently timed technical shutdown. March 27 announcement date is reported by ITmedia, not an opened original team announcement; it is left unknown in the structured announcement field. Scope covers the one named ARTILIFE service and its iOS, Android and web interfaces, not the separate later ANLIFE project or open-source research code. Cutoff hour and time zone are unknown. Tokyo is the operator’s sourced historical headquarters city. Closure source
Dates checked: Verified 4 Nov 2026
AI functionality: AI functionality source
Location: Japan · Tokyo. Dwango’s original 2018 ARTILIFE announcement identifies its headquarters as Chuo-ku, Tokyo. GeoNames city coordinates are rounded; this is not a server or street-level location. Location source · Coordinate source