XGen Studios announced on October 27th that Stick Arena on Steam, and Stick Arena Classic and Stick Arena Dimensions hosted on their own site will be shut down on November 30th: With great sadness, today, we announce that November 30, 2022, will be the last day that XGen hosts the servers for the Stick Arena
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F2P Shooter, Nine to Five, removed from Steam. Online servers shut down January 18th
Redhill Games announced on October 19th that their free-to-play, team-based shooter, Nine to Five, would be removed from Steam later that same day but that online play would remain accessible until January 18th, 2023. After that date owners will still be able to download and launch the game from their Steam library but it’s unclear
Ikki Online to be delisted on PlayStation 3 in Japan on November 28th
Sunsoft announced on October 28th that Ikki Online will be removed from sale on PlayStation 3 in Japan on November 28th. The game’s “souvenir” content like wallpapers and screensavers will also be removed on the same day. Offline content will remain available to anyone who buys the game before that date while online play will
More Japanese 3DS eShop delistings coming on November 7th
Nintendo Japan’s 3DS eShop has been updated with notices about some more upcoming delistings. Nanatsu no Taizai: The Seven Deadly Sins – Unjust Sin (retail) and Super Robot Taisen UX (retail) will both be leaving the eShop on November 7th while Kuroko no Basuke: Mirai e no Kizuna (retail) was just recently delisted on October
Electronic Arts Shutdown Updates – Gatling Gears, Mirror’s Edge, NBA Jam, Shank 2, and Super Mega Baseball
Electronic Arts has refreshed their Online Services Shutdown pages again with a handful of affected titles. The following titles are losing online features as of January 19th, 2023: Gatling Gears Mirror’s Edge NBA Jam On Fire Edition Shank 2 Also added to the list are Super Mega Baseball: Extra Innings and Super Mega Baseball 3
Sony’s free-to-play Guns Up! shuts down on PS4 and Steam on April 14, 2023
Sony announced on October 14th that one of its long-running free-to-play titles, Guns Up!, will be shutting down on April 14th, 2023. As a free-to-play multiplayer title, once the game’s servers are shut down next April Guns Up! will no longer be playable in any form. The brief message was posted to the game’s homepage
Killer Queen Black delisted, online play shuts down November 30th
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
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