[UPDATE 09/07/21] Bethesda recently confirmed that the Nuclear Winter mode will be retired alongside the release of the Fallout Worlds Update on September 8th. In their post from August 26th the team noted that “we’re also going to be saying goodbye to Nuclear Winter when the Fallout Worlds Update arrives. All players will receive rewards
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Stranger Things 3: The Game leaving PC on Aug 31st, console delistings likely to follow [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 09/02/21] By no later than the evening of September 1st, the remaining console and PC versions of the game were also delisted. iOS and Android as well. Our original post from August 30th follows: First Dead by Daylight announced it would be retiring its Stranger Things content on November 17th, and now we have
Metal Gear Solid V for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 loses online features May 2022
Konami announced today that online services for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and its accompanying Metal Gear Online mode will be shut down for older platforms in 2022. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases will lose online features including the full multiplayer Metal Gear Online mode and the multiplayer aspects of Mother
WWE 2K20 losing modes on Sept. 26, 2K19 and 20 lose online features March 2022
2K Support made a new post regarding existing matchmaking and online features for WWE 2K19 and 2K20 on August 26th. Gameplay modes in 2K20 will be retired starting in late September with online play and user-created content being shut down in both titles alongside the release of the next WWE 2K game, currently planned for
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance missing on PlayStation 4, expected to return soon [UPDATE: It’s Back]
[UPDATE: 08/26/21] True to their quote below, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance has returned to the PlayStation Store. No further explanation but I’m glad to see it returned so quickly. Original post from August 19th follows: A few folks pointed out earlier this week that Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance had disappeared on PlayStation 4. The fan-favorite
Sony’s Hardware: Rivals on PlayStation 4 shuts down December 8th
An in-game announcement has been sent to players of Hardware: Rivals, Sony’s 2016 vehicular combat title, informing that the game will be shut down on December 8th. It has already been removed from the PlayStation Store so only existing owners will be able to continue playing. The brief announcement follows: Combat drivers, It is our
Dead by Daylight loses its ‘Stranger Things’ content on November 17th
Thanks everyone who pointed out the news today: “On November 17th the gate to the Upside Down will close and the Underground Complex Map will be sealed off permanently to players in Dead by Daylight,” opens the team’s announcement. In addition, “the characters of The Demogorgon, Nancy Wheeler, and Steve Harrington will no longer be
Blade of Darkness returns to sale after seven years with new HD Remaster
Blade of Darkness, the 2001 PC exclusive action-RPG from Rebel Act Studios and Codemasters hasn’t been available digitally for years. It was unexpectedly pulled from GOG.com in October of 2014, removing it from the one digital storefront where it was ever released for download. This presumably happened as Codemasters moved away from supporting their non-racing
Syndicate & Ultima titles make a surprise return to GOG and Origin, Free until September
After their unexpected departure in June, EA has made an even more unexpected move and relisted Ultima Underworld 1+2, Syndicate Wars, and Syndicate Plus on GOG.com and Origin. Yet more surprising, they’re giving them away for free on both platforms until September 3rd. GOG.com announced the news on their forums earlier today including a message
Skylar & Plux leaves GOG.com at 9am EST today, already delisted everywhere else
Skylar & Plux: Adventure On Clover, an early 2000s-inspired 3D platformer from Right Nice Games, disappeared on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One around June 18th. While we (and the developers) have been waiting for an explanation from publisher Grip Digital, they’ve gone and pulled the game from Steam and now the GOG.com version will be
Forza Motorsport 7 delisting announced for September 15th
It’s that time again for another Forza Motorsport to race off into the proverbial sunset. Turn 10 Studios announced on Thursday that the inevitable delisting for Forza Motorsport 7 and its DLC will happen on September 15th, 2021. The game will be removed from the Microsoft Store for both PC and Xbox One, and in
Way of the Samurai 4 leaving GOG.com July 30th
GOG.com has confirmed that Way of the Samurai 4 will be leaving their DRM-free storefront on Friday, July 30th. If this sounds familiar, the same thing happened with Way of the Samurai 3 earlier this year and while it did return to Steam a few months later, it hasn’t made its way back to GOG.