[UPDATE 04/13/22] Bethesda announced new timing today for the transition from the Bethesda Launcher to Steam. The migration process will open on April 27th at which time they will provide details on how to actually start the move. The update also confirms that users will no longer be able to play their games from the
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3DS titles based on ‘Battle For Money’ game show leave Japanese eShop April 18th
[UPDATE 04/14/22] This post has been rewritten after I had time to sort out the details A recent 3DS eShop update in Japan has called out two of Bandai NAMCO’s licensed titles that will be removed from sale on April 18th at 10:00 JST (April 17, 9pm EST). Sentouchu: Densetsu no Shinobi to Survival Battle!
Total War Battles: KINGDOM on Steam shuts down April 28th
Creative Assembly and Sega announced on April 1st that the “bite-sized Total War” experience of Total War Battles: KINGDOM will become unplayable on Steam on April 28th. Until then the game will remain playable and free to download for anyone interested in giving it a shot. Surprisingly, its in-game store will also remain open until
Miniclip shutting down its web game portal this Summer
After recently announcing that their Android and iOS titles have accumulated over 4 billion downloads, Miniclip confirmed on April 6th that their long-running web game portal will soon lose most of its games. The Miniclip business is “evolving” with even more focus on mobile as fewer and fewer players likely access their games exclusively from
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes loses online features May 31st
I lost track of the news last Fall when Konami first announced it but there’s still time to play Some Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes before its online services are shut down on May 31st. Based on the game’s manual, those online services amount to a set of global, friend, and rival leaderboards that
Fast & Furious Crossroads leaves digital stores April 29th
Fast & Furious Crossroads is racing off into the sunset after less than two years on sale. The game’s homepage was updated on Monday and a Steam Store announcement was posted earlier today to reveal the news: All product sales will end on: April 29th, 2022 – 4am CEST*Please note that times may vary by
Everybody’s Golf loses online features and a Trophy on September 30th
Sony announced early today that online services and multiplayer modes for Everybody’s Golf on PlayStation 4 will be shut down worldwide on September 30th, 2022. Sony Japan provided the detailed statement below (via Google Translate) while the PlayStation Store pages in both North America and Europe have been updated with a brief notice. Thank you
Conan Outcasts leaves PlayStation 4 in Japan on March 31st, return uncertain
Spike Chunsoft announced late last week that their Japanese release of Conan Outcasts and its DLC will be removed from sale on PlayStation 4 in the region on March 31st. Conan Outcasts is the Japanese title of Funcom’s 2018 MMO Survival game, Conan Exiles. Funcom will take over maintaining the Japanese version of the game
Nintendo finally responds to the ongoing DSi & Wii shop outage
Since at least March 16th we’ve seen reports that the Wii Shop and DSi Shop channels were returning errors. Browsing the shops has been disabled since Nintendo shut them down years ago but their promise of being able to re-download previous purchases had always held, seemingly until now. Evidence mounted as emulation communities noted that
See just about everything on the 3DS eShop here [UPDATE]
[UPDATE 03/24/22] The videos and playlist for Europe are now live and linked below If you’ve been wanting to browse the 3DS eShop before March 2023 but dreading the slow experience of trawling the store, I’m happy to help! I recorded just about everything on the North American and European 3DS eShops over the weekend
Farsky Interactive titles leaving Steam in April
Farsky Interactive announced on Steam and in their email newsletter on March 19th that all three of their titles on Steam will be delisted “in April”. Each of the game pages for FarSky, Sky Break, and The Free Ones was updated with this short announcement: In April 2022, the game will be removed from the
Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 Lite leaves PlayStation 4 March 23rd, replacement coming in April
Bandai NAMCO announced this week that the free “Lite” version of Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2 on PlayStation 4 will be delisted on March 23rd and replaced with a new free offering around the beginning of April. According to the support site, this will not impact the Lite (Trial) version of the game on Xbox One.