Killer Queen Black has turned out to be another casualty of GameSparks recent shutdown. The team at Liquid Bit announced the news on October 4th and removed the game from sale on Xbox One and Steam on October 6th. As of this post the game was still available on Nintendo Switch but will likely disappear
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SKALD Prologue leaving Steam and GOG this week with release of updated demo
SKALD: Against the Black Priory – The Prologue has offered players a free glimpse at the team’s upcoming retro-style RPG on Steam and GOG.com since 2021. But with a new demo out this week and the upcoming full game looking markedly different from the prologue, this early offering is expected to be removed from storefronts
PongPong Girl leaving Steam “at the end of October”
Developer/publisher HoneyHeart’s only Steam release, PongPong Girl, will be leaving the store “at the end of October”. The team announced the news on October 2nd: We are very sorry, because there have always been some problems in the team’s operation, and it has been unable to solve it after many efforts. At present, PPG has
MMORPG Forsaken World shuts down November 30th
Gearbox Publishing may have made this announcement all the way back in April but there’s still time for players (current, lapsed, or brand new) to hop into Forsaken World before it shuts down on November 30th. It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the upcoming shutdown of all Forsaken World
Mech City Brawl delisted on consoles, online play reportedly shut down, still available on Steam for now
The team at The Balance announced on September 29th that Override: Mech City Brawl would shut down and be removed from sale “in the near future”. Although it’s still available on Steam as of October 1st, it appears the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions were delisted the following day on September 30th.
ONRUSH loses online features November 30th
Delisted from digital stores earlier this month, online features and multiplayer for ONRUSH will now officially shut down on November 30th, 2022. Powered by GameSparks online services — which itself is shutting down today and taking numerous games along with it — we assumed that ONRUSH would also be going down but Electronic Arts has
Google Stadia shuts down January 2023, try out 5 exclusive titles before they’re gone
Google’s bid for the always-connected, streaming future of gaming will come to an end on January 18th, 2023 with the closure of the Stadia service. Phil Harrison, Vice President and General Manager of Stadia posted the news earlier today on the Google blog. For many years, Google has invested across multiple aspects of the gaming
CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience leaving GOG.com on October 12th
GOG.com announced late last week that CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience will be leaving their platform on October 12th at 3pm UTC. The only cause cited is the “publisher’s request” and with CHANGE being Delve Interactive‘s only release on GOG.com, it seems they are no longer supporting the platform. The Steam and itch.io versions look
Nazo Toki Battle Tore! leaving 3DS eShop in Japan on September 30th
Yet another Japan exclusive 3DS title is leaving the eShop soon: Nazo Toki Battle Tore! Densetsu no Makyuu wo Fukkatsu Saseyo! will be removed from sale on September 30th. Another licensed title published by Bandai NAMCO, the likely cause for the delisting is once again expired licensing of the TV game show it is based
Animal Super Squad, Strikers Edge, OnRush going offline after September 30th
More titles losing online features in just a few days with the end of service from GameSparks on September 30th. Animal Super Squad will lose years of user-created content but it appears the game will remain on sale. The game is currently available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and mobile platforms. Sadly
Neon Exile shuts down September 30th alongside GameSparks service
Another casualty from the shutdown of GameSparks online services has appeared and this time it’s Neon Exile. The self-proclaimed ‘persistent open world VR MMO’ launched in 2019 but the team is unable to transition the backend infrastructure from GameSparks to a contemporary service and will remove it from Steam at the end of the month.
After 16 years, Mega Man Powered Up will lose user-created content on November 30th
Sixteen years after its PlayStation Portable debut, Capcom has announced that online services for Mega Man Powered Up (known as RockMan RockMan in Asian territories) will be shutting down on November 30th. Like LittleBigPlanet and Super Mario Maker, the shutdown will mean the loss of thousands — if not tens or hundreds of thousands —