Complex sentence: In May 2011, just 2 months after release, Trion Worlds had to shut down many servers as the population severely diminished since its release, they hoped that the server merges would help stabilize the population issues.
Split into simpler sentences: In May 2011, just 2 months after release, Trion Worlds had to shut down many servers as the population severely diminished since its release. It was hoped that the server merges would help stabilize the population issues.