Six older NIS America releases to be delisted on PlayStation, Nintendo platforms over the coming months
NIS America announced on social media on Thursday that several of their published titles from the 2010s will be leaving digital stores on PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3 & 4, and Nintendo Switch across Europe and North America over the coming months. Here’s the rundown of included titles and “starting dates” when the games will begin
Friday the 13th: The Game goes off sale December 31st, to remain playable until December 2024
IllFonic and Gun Media announced this week that their license to the Friday the 13th property will expire at the very end of this year and their 2017 title, Friday the 13th: The Game, will be removed from sale. The game will continue to be playable for anyone who owns it digitally or physically for
Atom Fishing II shutdown delayed until August 1st
Developer Woolf had announced back in March that Atom Fishing II, their post-apocalyptic, MMO survival fishing game, would be shutting down on April 30th. But after the game didn’t disappear Woolf posted an update on May 2nd announcing that they were now aiming to shut the unique title down on August 1st. Until then anyone
Free-to-Play Fate Arena and Purple War shutting down in September, November
Two more free-to-play Steam titles are shutting down this Fall. Thanks again to Serrated-banner9 for submitting the news, the announcements and links are below: Fate Arena (Alpha) Server Shutdown: September 1st We are writing to inform you with a heavy heart that after careful consideration, we have made the difficult decision to discontinue Fate Arena.
Bossa Presents, Bossa Studios’ prototype portal on Steam, to be delisted soon
Bossa Studios released an experimental frontend on Steam in 2021 called Bossa Presents as a way for players to test new gameplay prototypes and help decide which ones were worthy of becoming full games. I am Fish is one full release that came out of that program but Bossa’s latest, and most expansive title, is
Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People leaving PC (again)
After the closure, acquisition, and relaunch of Telltale Games in 2019 the studio revealed that it was working to bring some of its older delisted titles back to sale. By December of 2020 three of their oldest games were back on Steam and GOG.com but unfortunately the licensing for one of them has been lost
Battle of Rebels and Shonen Idle Z leaving Steam “soon”
A couple more upcoming Steam delistings to report on already this week. Here are the announcements and links for Battle of Rebels and Shonen Idle Z. Battle of Rebels Leaving Steam “soon” We have taken the decision to remove Battle of Rebels from the Steam Store for new purchases. If you already own the game
Battle royale, Super People 2, shutting down on August 21st
Super People 2 has already been removed from the Steam store but for those who had previously jumped into the free-to-play battle royale, you’ll have until August 21st to keep playing. The team’s full announcement from May 23rd follows: First of all, we would like to thank all the Super Soldiers who have supported and
2016’s TGV Voyages Train Simulator is free on Steam until June 2nd
“Interested in French commuter trains but not sure if you want to spend $40 on Train Sim World 3 for its new LGV Méditerranée: Marseille – Avignon DLC? Then try out 2016’s long-since-delisted TGV Voyages Train Simulator for free and see how much more fun you could be having in the current Train Sim World
Four more Steam delistings coming up in May and June
Some more upcoming Steam delistings by way of the Games at risk of removal curator list. Dare to Stay is the only one of this batch that doesn’t have a specific date announced. Dare to Stay Leaving Steam “soon” Dared Gaming Studios has undergone internal Restructuring and will be removing Dare to Stay from the
Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection Vol. 1 bringing delisted titles back to sale
It was November of 2021 when Metal Gear Solid 2 and 3 began disappearing from digital stores due to expired licensing around “historical archive footage” featured in the games. At the time Konami assured us that the delistings were only temporary but after being gone for so long now it really seemed like new HD
Atria and GodGirl leaving Steam “soon”
Another pair of Steam releases that are leaving “soon” to report today. Studio7’s Atria is being removed from sale soon as they refocus on a separate “rebuild” of the game from scratch while MoeParadise’s GodGirl is being removed as the developers have graduated college and “return to areas where pornographic games cannot be sold”. Peculiarly,