Deathverse: Let it Die launched just over three months ago in September of 2022 but the team has now made the surprising decision to shut it down in July in order to “redevelop” the game. As a free-to-play title you can still jump into Deathverse on Steam, PlayStation 4, or PlayStation 5 and even make
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Hitman 3’s ‘World of Assassination’ rebranding will result in delistings of older entries
Io Interactive’s Hitman franchise has weathered numerous and major changes since its 2016 relaunch. It’s impressive that Io has been able to keep much of the content available from Hitman, Hitman 2, and the current Hitman 3 but it’s gotten a lot harder for even long-time players to tell what they own and on what
The Westport Independent leaves GOG.com on January 8th
GOG.com announced in their community forums earlier this morning that The Westport Independent will be removed from their storefront on Sunday, January 8th at 3 PM UTC (10am EST). The game is also available on Steam where it has been free-to-play since January of 2021 when publishing rights changed hands from Coffee Stain Studios to
Raiden III leaving GOG.com on December 31st [UPDATE]
[UPDATED 12/30/22] The game was removed from Steam earlier this afternoon and is only available on GOG.com as of this writing. Our original post from December 29th continues below. GOG.com announced in their community forums earlier this morning that Raiden III Digital Edition will be removed from their storefront on Thursday, December 31st, 3 PM
eXceed Trilogy leaving Steam on January 6th
Japanese indie publisher Nyu Media announced back in June that they would be winding down their operations in 2022. Publishing rights to their titles have either been transferred to the original developer or to another publisher with the exception of just a few games. The Cherry Tree High titles were delisted from Steam in July,
B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th leaving GOG.com ahead of ‘Redux’ remake Dec. 29th
GOG.com announced in their community forums earlier this morning that B-17 Flying Fortress: The Mighty 8th will be removed from their storefront on Thursday, December 29th, 2 PM UTC (9am EST). Although not yet confirmed for GOG.com, a Redux remake of the game has had a page on Steam for a while now with an
Epic begins delisting older titles & DLC, most online services to shut down January 24th [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 12/20/22] GOG.com announced this morning that UT 2004, UT GOTY, Unreal Gold and Unreal 2 will be leaving their platform on Friday December 23rd. Our original post from December 15th continues below. Epic Games announced yesterday that several older “out-of-date” titles and DLC were beginning to be removed from digital stores and that online
Dreadnought shutting down on Steam and PlayStation on March 19th
Developer Six Foot announced on December 15th that Dreadnought will be shutting down in a few months on March 19th, 2023. As a free-to-play title the game is still available to download on Steam and PlayStation 4 but in-game purchases were disabled alongside the announcement. The game’s final update was also released on the same
Fuser to be removed from sale on December 19th [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 12/17/22] Harmonix provided an update on Twitter addressing fan outcry after the initial news. While Fuser is still being removed from sale on December 19th it will remain playable into 2023. The game’s Diamond Shop has also been updated with a bundle that essentially unlocks all of the items players previously had to purchase.
Electronic Arts announces more online service changes for March 2023
Electronic Arts has updated their Online Services Shutdown pages again with two more titles losing multiplayer and/or online features as of March 28th, 2023: I cannot, however, figure out what online services these games featured beyond maybe the usual leaderboards/friends list functionality. Half-Life 2 was only available on PlayStation 3 as part of The Orange
3D After Burner II and Sega’s last 3DS archive collection to be delisted from the eShop December 21st [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 12/15/22] Sega Japan announced on December 14th that many of the 3D Fukkoku Archives titles and collections will be on sale on the Japanese 3DS eShop until January 9th. Exception noted for Fukkoku Archives 3 and 3D After Burner II which will still be delisted on December 21st. Our original post from December 9th
Dragon Ball Card Warriors mode in Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot goes offline in 2023
Bandai Namco announced back in October that Dragon Ball Card Warriors, the deck-building, card battle mode included in 2020’s Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot will be shut down at some point in 2023. A more exact timeframe will be announced after the new year but the plan is to allow players to transfer some of their