More fallout from the eShop shutdown continues to settle this week. Shortly after the announcement, Nintendo of America rolled out a redesigned storefront on Nintendo.com which removed access to every Wii U page still on the site. 3DS (but not the older DSiWare) titles continue to be browsable and searchable through the new interface for
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Windows Phone titles to lose Xbox features including Achievements on May 16th
Microsoft’s end of support for the Windows 10 Mobile platform has been known for a number of years but their Support page was just updated earlier this month with some bad news for Achievement hunters. In just three month’s time, on May 16th, 2022, Xbox features including Achievements and stat-tracking will be disabled across Windows
Pokémon Bank will be free after the 3DS eShop closes in 2023
With the news that the eShop for 3DS and Wii U will be closing in 2023, The Pokémon Company has made their own announcement regarding Pokémon Bank. The app, originally released in 2014, now allows players to transfer and store up to 3,000 Pokémon from more than a dozen titles for an annual fee. After
Nintendo 3DS & Wii U eShops to close in March of 2023
Nintendo just dropped another major digital deadline on us: the eShop for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U will be closed as of late March 2023. Closely following the 2017 timeline leading to the closure of the Nintendo Wii Shop Channel, we now have only six months to add funds to our digital wallets and just
Cyber Manhunt’s free soundtrack to be removed March 1st
In an apparent case of goodwill gone bad, Aluba Studio will be removing the free soundtrack to their game Cyber Manhunt from Steam on March 1st. The album was released last January as a thank you to supporters of the Early Access title but it has apparently been used without authorization in other media. It’s
Star Trek Bridge Crew delisted on Steam, Oculus. Expected to disappear everywhere else soon
One of VR’s most touted titles has sadly, and surprisingly, begun to disappear this week. Star Trek Bridge Crew from Red Storm Entertainment and Ubisoft has already been delisted on the Steam and Oculus stores. As of this writing you can still buy it from the Ubisoft Store for Oculus and Vive devices, and on
America’s Army: Proving Grounds shuts down May 5th
For the first time in twenty years there will not be an official America’s Army title on the market after May 5th, 2022. The development team announced the news last Friday that the current operating title, America’s Army: Proving Grounds, will be shut down and removed from the PlayStation Store and Steam in just a
Grand Kingdom on PS4 and Vita to be delisted in Japan February 28th
Spike Chunsoft announced in a brief news post on their homepage that Grand Kingdom for PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 will soon be removed from sale, and its online features shut down in Japan. The game and its ample supply of DLC consumables will be removed from the PlayStation Store on February 28th with the
Vostok Games announces Survarium shutdown for end of May
After a decade in development Vostok Games announced this morning that their free-to-play shooter, Survarium, will be shutting down at the end of May. The earliest beta tests began in late 2013 before a Steam Early Access debut in April of 2015. From some of the original creators of STALKER, Survarium matched the familiar post-apocalyptic
Pantropy and its developer shutting down, Early Access title off Steam [UPDATE]
[UPDATED 02/02/22] Shortly after this post went up the game was removed from Steam. The usual “at the request of the publisher” notice appears on its Steam Store page now. Our original post from this morning follows. Pantropy launched in Early Access on Steam in January of 2019 after a small but successful Kickstarter campaign
GODS Remastered to be delisted on all platforms March 27th
Robot Riot first announced on January 30th that GODS Remastered, their updated release of the PC platformer from the early 90’s, would be removed from sale on all marketplaces on March 27th. Their original statement is quoted below but in a follow-up post on the game’s Facebook page this morning, Robot Riot explained in slightly
Sea of Thieves loses Arena mode alongside major 2022 updates
Last week, on January 26th, the Sea of Thieves team revealed just some of the updates coming to the game in 2022. A host of time-based, narrative-driven content is coming alongside the regular Seasonal updates that have expanded the game over the last few years. But with the addition of so much content to the