Author: ShawnS
Cafe Simulator, SimpleTools leaving Steam soon
Two more Leaving Soon‘s to share this morning. Cafe Simulator is being removed as the team lost the source code and is working on a complete rebuild while the small auto-clicking utility, Simple Tools, is leaving with only a notice that reads “thank you for your use. Note: SimpleTools has a useful life”. I think
There’s a new search engine on the site!
Back when the site was crashing non-stop I moved the search engine to its own page to help with the performance. I wanted to use that dedicated page to redesign the search and make it a little easier to use and it’s finally ready! The search link at the top of the site now redirects
ARK: Survival Evolved shutting down in August, replaced by ‘Ascended’ remaster
Studio Wildcard announced late on March 31st — in a post that’s too long and detailed to (probably) be an April Fool’s Day gag? — that ARK: Survival Evolved will shut down on all platforms by the end of August to make way for ARK: Survival Ascended. What’s Ascended? ARK: Survival Ascended is a next-generation
Syndicate (2012) loses online features on June 15th
Already delisted from sale, Syndicate (2012) will soon be losing its online features on PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Electronic Arts has once again refreshed their Service Updates pages and this time added Syndicate which will be losing any remaining online features on June 15th, 2023. I’ve added the date to the Watch List
MultiVersus temporarily shutting down on June 25th for a 2024 relaunch
Another surprise delisting announcement I missed while I was out that I wanted to circle back on was MultiVersus. The Warner Brothers cross-property Smash-like launched as an ongoing Open Beta in July of 2022 but will soon be temporarily removed from digital stores on April 4th ahead of its — also temporary — service shutting
Electronic Arts titles leaving ZOOM platform, um, tonight
I really wanted to get the news out on this one sooner but here we are. Tonight after 11:59pm PST all of EA’s PC titles on the ZOOM platform are set to be delisted. According to the ZOOM team the publisher told them that “a strategic decision was made to focus on fewer channels”. It