[UPDATED 02/03/21] I didn’t think it would last long. Geostorm was updated earlier today and removed from Steam. The iOS release is still available at this time. Sticky Studios’ surprisingly well received Geostorm is leaving Steam but unfortunately the brief post from February 1st doesn’t specify exactly when it will disappear. Based on the 2017
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Development on Bleeding Edge has ended but it’s sticking around for now
Nearly a year on, Ninja Theory has announced that active development of their multiplayer hero shooter, Bleeding Edge, has come to an end. This doesn’t mean the game is shutting down right away but it does bump it into Watch List territory. The team’s tweet from January 28th follows: With the studio now focusing on
Man O’ War: Corsair to be delisted soon after expired Warhammer license
It looks like another license to the Games Workshop’s Warhammer franchise is expiring soon, this time resulting in the delisting of Man O’ War: Corsair. Evil Twin Artworks posted the announcement on Steam on January 20th and followed up with a comment that the game would be on sale one last time starting January 29th.
LittleBigPlanet 2 delisted, Community Hub offline since November
We have another developing delisting situation unfolding here in January and this time it’s the mysterious disappearance of LittleBigPlanet 2 from the PlayStation Store. Word about the delisting started spreading earlier this week but has come to a head over the last day or so with Sony still silent on the issue. Some reports are
Microsoft removes Windows 8 games & Microsoft Bingo, service shuts down April 5th
If you haven’t been running Windows 8 lately you likely missed the news that Microsoft’s suite of casual games were removed from the Microsoft Store on December 14th, 2020. However, if you already had Solitaire, Mahjong, Minesweeper, or one of their other casual titles installed you’ll be able to continue playing (and earning Achievements) until
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 temporarily returns to Australia and EU regions [UPDATED]
[UPDATED 01/12/21] Whatever glitch or error was made that caused the game to reappear has apparently been fixed. The links are no longer active. Thanks to Wakayama_PT for pointing it out. ORIGINAL POST [01/08/21] Is Activision bringing last gen’s re-releases of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance back on sale or is this a happy accident? It’s hard
Over half of the DSi library was temporarily delisted across North America [FINAL UPDATE]
[UPDATED 01/12/21] More titles have returned since Monday the 11th. Digger Dan is a known quantity leaving Word Searcher 3 as the outlier. It was available when I recorded the eShop in 2019 and all of the other Word Searcher titles are available so it seems like it should too, but for now I’m calling
ONRUSH relisted on Xbox One after missing December return
Last October Codemasters delisted ONRUSH from Xbox One, later explaining that a “security server update” was needed and that the game would be removed from sale as multiplayer features were temporarily offline. At the time Codemasters said that the game would return in December but the end of the year came and went without a
Immortal Planet leaving GOG.com on January 11th
It’s been a bit since the last game got delisted from GOG.com with a short heads-up notice. The latest is 2017’s Immortal Planet from solo developer teedoubleuGAMES. The announcement briefly confirmed that it will be leaving the DRM-free platform on Monday, January 11th by 2pm UTC. Anyone who owns the game can still re-download it
Darwin Project closing some servers Jan 5th, game not shutting down
Last May the team at Scavengers Studio made the tenuous announcement that Darwin Project would no longer be in active development and that the game would be playable “at least through to the end of the year”. I had penciled in a January 1st deadline but I missed the team’s tweet back in early November
Four years after its last update, Battleborn will shut down Jan 25, 2021
[UPDATED 12/29/20] At some point the 2K Support page was updated with a solid date: January 25th, 2021 is the day that Battleborn officially shuts down and becomes unplayable. Our original post from November 26th, 2019 follows: Despite receiving its final content update way back in September of 2017, Gearbox Software’s Battleborn has held on
Life is Feudal: MMO shutting down January 18th
Developer Bitbox announced on December 18th that Life is Feudal: MMO, their Early Access game of medieval crafting, construction, and combat, will be shut down on January 18th, 2021. Based on the announcement and discussion on the game’s forums, some legal complications and tough decisions have led to Bitbox being “forced” to shut the game