Here’s a little good news/bad news situation for fans of 38 Studios’ 2012 action/RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. THQ Nordic announced on September 6th that it had acquired the entire Kingdoms of Amalur IP, including the unrealized MMORPG, that went by the name of Copernicus. So the good news is that we’ll eventually get to
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Carbine Studios, and their MMO WildStar, will soon be shut down
Confirmation came by way of Kotaku yesterday that Carbine Studios and their most recent release, the 2014 MMORPG WildStar, are both being shut down. According to Kotaku’s source who was “briefed on the shutdown”, 50 staff members will soon be let go and a small team will manage the game until it is retired. “Today,
The original H1Z1 (aka Just Survive) is shutting down October 24th
Daybreak Games announced on August 24th that the original incarnation of H1Z1, currently known as Just Survive, will be shutting down on October 24th. Polygon has as clear a history as I’ve read on the H1Z1 saga but basically it started in Early Access in 2015 following the footsteps of Day Z. Then on the
The Last Remnant leaving Steam on September 4th
With little warning and with even less explanation, Square Enix have announced via Steam that The Last Remnant will be removed from digital sale on September 4th. The succinct news reads: We will soon be discontinuing digital and physical sales of The Last Remnant on PC. Sales will cease at the times below:- Japan region:
Forza Horizon 2 races out of digital stores on September 30th
In an August 17th update on the Forza Motorsport homepage, Turn 10’s Brian Ekberg announced that Forza Horizon 2 (and its DLC) would be removed from digital sale on September 30th as the game had reached “end of life” status. The news isn’t surprising as the original Forza Horizon followed almost the same trajectory from
ModNation Racers & LittleBigPlanet Karting lose online play in July
Sony Europe’s Decommissioned Servers page was updated recently and confirmed the end of online play for a pair of first-party kart racers. The original ModNation Racers on PlayStation 3 and its DLC have already been delisted from sale in North America and Europe but its online features will hold out a little longer. Unfortunately, there
2K Games shutting down Evolve servers September 3rd
On June 1st, 2018 “2K Mike” from publisher 2K Games announced via a support page update that servers for Evolve and Evolve Stage 2 will be shut down on September 3rd, 2018. This news comes over a year after 2K halted active development of Evolve and reallocated the game’s developer, Turtle Rock Studios, onto other
Activision shutting down Guitar Hero Live’s ‘GHTV’ mode December 1st
It was one of the first Watch List posts I ever made on Delisted Games and sadly, it has finally come to pass. Guitar Hero Live’s innovative 24/7, always-on, music streaming “GHTV” mode will be shut down on December 1st, 2018. I’ve been expecting this news for years after Activision disbanded the developer, FreeStyle Games,
RuneScape Classic shutting down August 6th
In a news post on the game’s official site, mod_ayiza announced the end of the line for RuneScape Classic on behalf of the Jagex team. The full post is below but to summarize: advancements in the day-to-day technology to support the newer versions of RuneScape, combined with an increase in bots and hacks, on top
Cliff Bleszinski announces Boss Key studio is no more; Lawbreakers & Radical Heights on the Watch List
Both of Boss Key Productions’ beleaguered titles have officially joined the Watch List today after founder Cliff Bleszinski, confirmed that the studio is “effectively no more” on Twitter. Lawbreakers was already on the block after the game failed to find an audience and elicited a harsh statement from publisher Nexon, but the studio’s battle royale-alike,
Deformers removed from sale, online servers shutting down August 9th
Ready At Dawn, probably best known for the PlayStation 4 shooter The Order: 1886, have announced the end of sale and support for another of their original titles, Deformers. Despite being utterly adorable, the 2017 multiplayer arena brawler failed to take off with players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam. In a May 11th
Loadout also shutting down May 24th in advance of GDPR
Loadout is the next older game from a small studio to fall victim to the encroaching GDPR. In a farewell post on the game’s Steam page, Edge of Reality CEO Rob Cohen announced that the game would be shut down on May 24th, the same day the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation goes into
