Capcom announced on November 8th that several of their older Steam releases are experiencing issues during installation thanks to the old Games For Windows LIVE framework. “We are temporarily disabling the purchase option on Steam while we investigate the matter further,” Capcom said in a post on several of the games’ Steam store pages. The
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Jump Force to be delisted February 7th, 2022
Bandai NAMCO announced early this morning that Jump Force will be removed from sale on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam on February 7th, 2022. Online services will then shut down on August 24th except for the Premium Shop which will be closed on August 1st. Our sincere thanks goes out to all
The Tomorrow Children back in Q-Games’ hands, updated game in the works
While it won’t result in a relisting of the original version of The Tomorrow Children, it’s still exciting and gratifying to hear that Q-Games has acquired the rights to the franchise from Sony and will be launching a new title in the future. The peculiar social experiment/free-to-play survival game launched in 2016 exclusively on PlayStation
King shutting down RoyalGames.com portal on December 7th
King announced on October 21st that their cash-prize games portal, RoyalGames.com, will be shutting down after 18 years in operation on December 7th, 2021. The site originally offered Flash-based versions of popular titles including Candy Crush, Bubble Witch, and Farm Heroes with the option to pay for tournament entries and a chance to win cash
Legacy Halo titles losing online features January 13, 2022
Drawing closer to the one-year mark, 343 Industries has updated their sunsetting timeline for legacy Halo online features with a definitive deadline: January 13th, 2022. Originally promised to take place no sooner than one year after the December 2020 announcement, the deadline now gives Xbox 360 owners an extra month to play and finish up
Rocksmith to be delisted October 17th, all current DLC soon after [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 11/01/21] Ubisoft posted an update and clarification about Rocksmith DLC on October 25th. Their various support forum posts provide specific details but this sums it up: “Rocksmith (2011) DLC will be removed from digital storefronts starting in early November on PC/Mac Steam, Xbox 360, Xbox One, Playstation 3, and Playstation 4. All Rocksmith (2011)
Crusaders of Light delisted, servers shutting down November 17th on all platforms
NetEase announced on October 13th, 2021 that Crusaders of Light had been removed from digital stores on Steam, Android, and iOS and that the game would be shut down one month later on November 17th. The team’s full announcement follows: Thank you for the tremendous support you’ve given to Crusaders of Light! In light of
Hitman: GOTY delisted on GOG for required online connection
Hitman: Game of the Year Edition released on GOG.com less than a month ago and was just pulled from the service late last week after continued outcry. While the majority of the game is playable offline, falling under GOG’s requirements for no DRM, the community-created and timed events like the popular Elusive Target and Escalation
New Grand Theft Auto Trilogy announced, existing versions to be delisted starting next week
There’s nothing as bewildering as celebrating the legacy of your landmark franchise by removing a bunch of the titles from sale, but that’s exactly what’s happening. Alongside the announcement of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — an updated, upgraded bundle featuring GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas coming to all current (and last gen)
PlayStation 3, Vita lose direct payment options October 27th, some titles become inaccessible in Japan
Although Sony has delayed shutting down the PlayStation Store for their older consoles, they are now shoring up the store’s functionality on PlayStation 3 and Vita. For most of us this will make things a little more inconvenient but it’s going to result in Japan’s CERO Z-rated titles becoming unobtainable after October 27th. First, here
Super Cloudbuilt delisted, Steam remaster coming in 2022 but console versions are gone for good
Coilworks announced in short order on September 23rd that Super Cloudbuilt would be delisted on Steam later that same day. In a reply on Twitter on the 24th the studio confirmed that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions would also be delisted… later that same day. Fortunately, the Steam version is being rebuilt and
Madden 17, NFL Blitz lose online features December 7th
Electronic Arts’ support team made a post back on September 7th to announce the end of online services for another pair of older NFL titles. Both Madden 17 and NFL Blitz will be losing online features in just over two months, on December 7th. Thank you for your loyalty and passion for Madden NFL over