Aftercharge shuts down June 30th on Steam and Xbox One
Chainsawesome Games announced on June 1st that their 3-v-3 multiplayer shooter, Aftercharge, will be shutting down on June 30th, 2021. It was removed from sale on Steam by May 29th and on Xbox One shortly after. Aftercharge launched on Steam and Xbox One in January of 2019 but has cost more to keep online than
Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade shutting down September 10th
Behaviour Interactive announced on June 10th that their 2016 PvP shooter, Warhammer 40,000: Eternal Crusade, will be shutting down on September 10th. The brief statement, posted at the same time that the title was removed from Steam, offers no explanation but the causes are easy to predict. The game has had under 200 weekly concurrent
Fallout 76 ‘Nuclear Winter’ mode shuts down in September
Amid a free-to-play week, premium ‘Fallout 1st’ trial, and a tease of upcoming content, the Fallout 76 team also announced that the game’s battle royale mode, Nuclear Winter, will be retired later this year in a September update. The battle royale genre has really settled around just a few titles since the Nuclear Winter mode
Atlus and Level-5 confirm PSP titles to remain on sale after July 2nd
After Sony dialed back their decision to shut down the PlayStation Store at the end of March they left us hanging with the vaguely worded statement that “PSP commerce functionality will retire on July 2, 2021 as planned”. What exactly does that mean? I still don’t think we know for certain, but a few publishers
China’s exclusive Call of Duty Online to shut down August 31st
Call of Duty Online, China’s PC exclusive, free-to-play entry in the series, is shutting down at the end of August. In an official announcement posted to the game’s homepage on May 31st, the team laid out a timeline leading up to the termination of the game. May 31, 2021 – End of in-game purchases June
PlayStation website loses Party, Friends, and Trophy info on June 28th
I managed to catch the latest on Sony’s Important Notice page over the weekend since it’s been so frequently updated these past six months. Unfortunately, the newest change is another step backwards for PlayStation’s web-based offerings. The latest change pertains to the My PlayStation section at the top-right of the PlayStation.com homepage when you’re logged
Five Need for Speed titles delisted starting today, online services ending Aug 31st
Max_Joker, Community Manager of the r/NeedForSpeed subreddit posted Monday afternoon to announce that five older Need for Speed titles were set to be removed from digital storefronts starting that same day. The full announcement follows: Starting May 31st 2021, Need for Speed Carbon, Need for Speed Undercover, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Shift
Four more 3DS delistings announced for Japan, this time Sumikko Gurashi
We’re back with another message from the Japanese 3DS eShop about some more delistings. The notification apparently popped up around May 29th to let owners know that four Sumikko Gurashi titles will be removed from the eShop on Monday, May 31st at 10:00am JST. All four titles are exclusive to Japan and were released digitally
CD Projekt still unsure when Cyberpunk 2077 will return to PlayStation
If you’ve been wondering when Cyberpunk 2077 might finally return to the PlayStation Store after its prompt removal in December of 2020, you’re not alone. Even CD Projekt themselves aren’t sure, as expressed by joint CEO Adam Kicinski during a shareholder meeting earlier this week. The executive explained through a translator: “Unfortunately, I have no
Supersonic Software acquired, pair of digital releases may be delisted soon
Mobile game publisher Miniclip has announced their acquisition of the long-running PC and console studio, Supersonic Software and their mobile subsidiary Appynation. Although most of Supersonic’s noteworthy titles date back to the 90’s and weren’t released digitally, there’s a pair of releases from the 2000’s that might be lost in this transition. Puzzle Challenge: Crosswords
All LittleBigPlanet servers offline after continued attacks
Amid continued DDoS attacks and a hack that allowed offensive messages to be displayed to players, Sony has taken all LittleBigPlanet servers offline temporarily as of May 22nd. Eurogamer has been keeping up with the situation, reporting on earlier attacks in March that kept some content offline into late April. Although unconfirmed, reports indicate that
The Jungle Book likely to join 2019’s Disney Classic Games collection soon
It looks like 2019’s Disney Classic Games collection will soon become a trilogy after the awkwardly titled DLC, Disney Classic Games: Aladdin & The Lion King – Jungle Book Expansion Pack, was spotted on Steam’s backend last week. There’s no official announcement or release date yet but it’s clearly on the way. The expansion will