In sad news, it looks like NWI - the studio behind Insurgency and Insurgency: Sandstorm - has been shut down by their owners, Embracer Group. This has been confirmed by a LinkedIn post.
I wasn't really a fan of the direction Sandstorm had taken, but this is extremely sad news.
https://twitter.com/nickjcal/status/1731790870557417893
Wow that is kind of sad. Never really played the game but shutdowns with no statements make me feel nervous about my games.
For a long time the original INSMOD was my most played game on Steam, eventually eclipsed by ARMA III and trailed in a distant third by RDR2 Online. I was happy for them when they managed to go from being a mod to a standalone game, but over time for me at least the games lost the charm and fun of the original mod and I drifted away from them. Sorry to see 'em get the axe though.