Cultivation Studio announced just this morning that Ragnarok: Fallen Legends, their Early Access turn-based card battler from 2022, will be shut down in just a few days on July 15th. The brief announcement this morning follows: Hi everyone, We regret to inform you that we have decided to retire this app. Servers will be shut
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Mushihimesama on Switch to be delisted on August 10th
Publisher Live Wire announced in a blog post on Wednesday that the Switch release of Cave’s Mushihimesama will be delisted from the eShop on August 10th. Expired licensing with the legendary bullet hell studio is to blame leaving Steam as the only current platform where you’ll be able to pick up the game after August
SYNCED shutting down on September 9th
Level Infinite/Proxima Beta announced back on Monday that free-to-play co-op shooter, SYNCED, will be shutting down on September 9th. Although the game can still be downloaded today on Steam and the Epic Games Store the announcement states that new account registrations and in-app purchases have already been disabled. The team’s announcement from Steam follows. Thanks
Naraka: Bladepoint shutting down on Xbox One on August 28th
24 Entertainment and NetEase announced last week that they will be retiring the beleaguered Xbox One version of Naraka: Bladepoint at the end of August. New users can still sign up for the Xbox One version until the shutdown on August 28th but they won’t be eligible for the transition gifts mentioned for pre-existing players.
Older Battlefield titles (and their DLC) to be delisted July 31st ahead of service sunsetting in November
We had already heard earlier this month that three older Battlefield titles would be losing their online services this November on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. But earlier today the Battlefield social account confirmed that the games and their DLC will be delisted as well in just over a month on July 31st. Only Battlefield
90 more discounted Xbox 360 titles added ahead of Marketplace shut down [UPDATE 3: MORE Sales Up!]
[UPDATE 07/12/24] The Xbox Wire page was updated on July 10th with a correction that “we removed Space Invaders Infinity Gene from the lists below. It was incorrectly included”. It was updated again on July 12th with another correction “we removed Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 from the lists below — it was included in error”.
Space-based shooter Boundary set to go offline at the end of the month amid dispute
Surgical Scalpels’ space-based astronaut shooter, Boundary, is poised to disappear from Steam in just a few days at the “end of June” amid a developer/publisher disagreement. The publisher Skystone Games first made the announcement on Steam on June 19th blaming the team for delays in delivering content but Surgical Scalpels followed up that same day
Forza Horizon 4 to be delisted on December 15th, DLC removed today, Festival Playlist changes detailed
Playground Games and Xbox Studios made a surprising but not entirely unexpected announcement earlier today detailing their plans to remove Forza Horizon 4 from sale on Xbox and Steam, and from Xbox Game Pass this winter on December 15th. While these kinds of announcements for the series have become commonplace, what caught players by surprise
Another warning about Xbox 360 Marketplace content as we prepare for Round Two of discounts
As we are on the eve of Microsoft’s next promised round of Xbox 360 discounts I thought this video by Randomised Gaming could serve as yet another warning if you’re out there trying to scoop up games and content. Their latest on the topic centers around Rabbids Invasion: The Interactive TV Show which is one
Delta Force titles likely leaving GOG and Steam today [UPDATE: Gone on GOG, still on Steam]
[UPDATE 06/11/24] Several days on and we haven’t seen any Steam releases disappear yet but we did see the debut of Delta Force: Hawk Ops, a new entry in the series. Although the new game made its biggest splash at last week’s Summer Game Fest it’s been ramping up production and marketing since 2023. This
Electronic Arts announces service shutdowns for older Battlefield, FIFA, NHL, and NBA titles
Electronic Arts has updated their Online Services Shutdown pages again with some upcoming retirements slated for this Fall. Previously announced but still upcoming is the service shutdown for Super Mega Baseball 2 on July 24th that EA confirmed back in February. Here are the latest additions: September 16, 2024NHL 20 – PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,
Mad World MMO shutting down July 4th
Developer Jandisoft announced earlier today that their strikingly grim MMORPG, Mad World, will be shutting down on July 4th despite the game having just launched on Steam in January. Looking back at their updates, the game appears to have struggled with design and stability issues as it moved from alpha testing to open beta status