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
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Ubisoft’s Hyper Scape shuts down on April 28th
Ubisoft announced on Thursday that their entry in the battle royale genre, Hyper Scape, will be shutting down on April 28th. As of Friday morning the game has been removed from the PlayStation and Xbox marketplaces but I was still able to claim it through the Epic Games Store. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to
Nightmares from the Deep series leaves GOG Jan 30th, already delisted elsewhere
Nightmares from the Deep, Artifex Mundi’s hidden object trilogy dating back to 2012, began disappearing from Steam and consoles late last year. We contacted the publisher alongside others at the time but they didn’t respond until recently. On January 11th they replied on Twitter stating simply that “we’re removing the NFTD series from sales due
Teyon announces 2 more DSi delistings for Japan
Head’s up from friend of the site BowzasaurusRex on two more DSiWare titles from Teyon leaving the Japanese eShop. A notice was provided to Japanese 3DS owners to announce that Amenrā no kurisutaru dōkutsu (Crystal Caverns of Amon-Ra) and Pengin dai dasshutsu (Arctic Escape) will be removed from sale in the territory on January 26th.
MMO TERA shutting down in Japan on April 20th
Publisher GameOn announced earlier today on Twitter that the Japanese version of TERA will be shutting down on April 20th, 2022. The tweet links to a post on the game’s Japanese homepage but as of this writing the site appears to be down. I was able to find it here through Google Cache and roughly
‘4 Alice Magical Autistic Girls’ leaving Steam in January [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 01/16/21] Mia posted an update back on December 22nd announcing a round of final sales for the game on Steam before it is delisted on January 20th. Our original post from November 23rd follows below. Independent developer/publisher Mia Blais-Côté announced recently that she is planning to remove her last title, 4 Alice Magical Autistic
GameSparks service to end in September, potential threat to thousands of titles
GameSparks, a platform providing game makers with easy access to tools like account creation, currency management, in-game achievements, and more will be shutting down in 2022. The service, which was acquired by Amazon in 2017 and folded into their AWS Game Tech toolset, made the announcement back at GDC on July 22nd, 2021. Beginning that
Final Fantasy XIV returns to sale on January 25th
Roughly one month after Final Fantasy XIV was removed from sale with heavy server loads causing login and stability issues, producer/director Naoki Yoshida has shared plans for the game’s return. The post from January 13th includes details on new and upgraded data centers to better accommodate players worldwide and concludes by confirming that sales of
Pandemic delisted on Steam, mobile. Leaving Xbox and Switch soon
Late last week Asmodee Digital delisted Pandemic: The Board Game from Steam and mobile platforms. In the time since, the company has confirmed to at least one fan that the Xbox and Switch versions will also be removed from sale; January 31st for Xbox and “end of July” for Switch. Redditor bad_boy_barry contacted the company
Forza Street on PC and mobile shuts down Spring 2022
Turn 10 Principal Design Director, Andy Beaudoin, posted to the Forza Support site on January 10th to announce the upcoming end of service for Forza Street. The Android, iOS, and Windows 10 title has been running since 2019 on PC and only since May of 2020 on mobile. You can read the full announcement below
PlayStation 4 MOBA, Genesis, shutting down April 10, 2022
A notice was recently added to the title screen of Rampage Games’ 2019 sci-fi MOBA, Genesis, on PlayStation 4. “Due to the adjustment of the company strategy, Genesis will terminate operations at 2:00 (utc+0) on April 10, 2022,” the announcementreads. “We are very sorry for the discontinuation of Genesis, and apologize for the inconvenience caused
Japan-exclusive Mobile Suit Gundam Online shuts down March 30, 2022
Bandai NAMCO announced on December 14th that the Japan-exclusive PC title, Mobile Suit Gundam Online, will be shutting down on March 30th, 2022. The Google translated statement follows: Thank you for your continued patronage of Mobile Suit Gundam Online. The official service of Mobile Suit Gundam Online, which has been used by more people since