After PlayStation fans have suffered a season of disheartening moves — with the final nail scheduled to close the PlayStation Store for older consoles — Sony has seemingly heard our cries (or at least seen the ledger turn black) and postponed most of the dire news. In a PlayStation Blog post this afternoon, President &
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NASCAR Heat 2 and 3 lose online features by April 30th
Monster Games and developer 704Games announced on April 16th that online services for both NASCAR Heat 2 and 3 will be shut down by April 30th, 2021. In the FAQ section of the post the team confirmed that Xbox players are already suffering multiplayer outages due to the age of the servers and that online
PLAYISM storefront shuts down March 24th, Purchase History expires May 19th [UPDATE: New Dates]
[UPDATED 04/17/21] PLAYISM updated their blog post on April 12th with some slightly revised dates. New information is reflected below in our original post from February 26th and has been updated on the Watch List calendar. PLAYISM, the digital indie games storefront that launched in 2011 with a focus on Japanese releases, has announced that
Tips, Tricks, and Reminders for the PlayStation Store Shutdown [UPDATE #2]
As the death march toward the closure of the legacy PlayStation Store carries on, we’re seeing some new trends and long-forgotten complications to be aware of. TL;DR Buy, Download, and Update everything you can now. Don’t wait until the end of June to get started. Early Delistings There are a growing number of reports of
Digital Japan exclusive Free-to-Play Beyblade title leaving 3DS April 14th
[UPDATE 04/10/21] I rewrote the post after I found out a few more details Any Beyblade fans with a Japanese 3DS might want to grab this one soon. FuRyu’s free-to-play minigame, Beyblade Burst BeyLogger Plus & Puzzle, will be leaving the 3DS eShop on April 14th ahead of the closure of the Beycloud account service
Operation7: Showdown on PS4 shuts down August 1st
PARK ESM announced on April 4th that their short-lived, free-to-play shooter, Operation7: Showdown, will be shut down as of August 1st, 2021. The PlayStation 4 title debuted just six months ago in October but likely hasn’t garnered enough of a player base for the team to keep it online. The team’s announcement follows: To our
Eight Ubisoft titles on PC lose online features June 1st [UPDATE: New date, more shutdowns for 2021]
[UPDATE 04/06/21] Ubisoft has delayed the previously announced shutdowns until June 1st. They’ve also added a handful of Ghost Recon and Rainbow Six titles that will lose online features later in 2021: Ghost Recon Future Soldier, Rainbow Six Lockdown, Rainbow Six Vegas 2, and Rainbow Six Vegas. Our original post from March 29th continues. Ubisoft
Shadow Man delisted on GOG April 8th, Remastered release coming April 15th
GOG announced that their version of Shadow Man will be delisted on Thursday, April 8th, 3pm UTC. The Steam release is also likely to be removed from sale ahead of the April 15th launch of Shadow Man: Remastered from Nightdive Studios. The updated release will hit Steam, GOG.com, and the Epic Games store first with
PlayStation Store Resources for PlayStation 3 content
Some of us went running to the PlayStation Store just on the rumor that access to digital content might change soon. Although Sony ultimately backed off of the decision for the “foreseeable future”, time is only running out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable content. With that in mind we gathered a bunch
PlayStation Store Resources for PlayStation Vita content
Some of us went running to the PlayStation Store just on the rumor that access to digital content might change soon. Although Sony ultimately backed off of the decision for the “foreseeable future”, time is only running out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable content. With that in mind we gathered a bunch
PlayStation Store Resources for PSP & PS minis content
Some of us went running to the PlayStation Store just on the rumor that access to digital content might change soon. Although Sony ultimately backed off of the decision for the “foreseeable future”, time is only running out on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, and PlayStation Portable content. With that in mind we gathered a bunch
It’s Official: PlayStation Store for PS3 & PSP, Vita close July 2nd, August 27th
[UPDATE 04/19/21] Sony changed their minds on the PlayStation Store shutdown and have postponed the closure of the PlayStation 3 and Vita stores for the “foreseeable future”. PlayStation Portable content is still planned to become unavailable on July 2nd but the majority believe PSP and PS minis titles (along with DLC) will still be purchasable