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
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The Pinball Arcade loses all Williams/Bally tables on June 30th
Thanks to an anonymous submission this morning, we have the sad news that FarSight Studios will be removing all Williams and Bally pinball tables from their digital pinball platform, The Pinball Arcade. The full announcement follows but basically: grab these tables before June 30th before they’re pulled out of every version of the game. Our
Wii U downloads of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze put on ice?
Leading up to the May 4th release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze on the Switch, one redditor decided to revisit the original title on Wii U this week and found it was missing from the eShop. I did a quick check and, sure enough, the “Buy Digital” link has been removed… but only in
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and The Cartel delisted
Thanks to Twitter follower ElvisWV for pointing out Wario64’s tweet that Call of Juarez: Gunslinger had been delisted on March 30th. In digging up the details I discovered that Gunslinger’s predecessor — the critically maligned, 2011 release Call of Juarez: The Cartel — had also been delisted on the same day. Gunslinger, the better of
Little Orbit’s Adventure Time games to be delisted March 31st
Publisher Little Orbit has announced on Twitter that their remaining Adventure Time games will be delisted on all platforms on March 31st. At midnight PST on this coming Saturday, both Adventure Time: Finn & Jake Investigations and Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom will be removed from Steam, Nintendo, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms.
Happy Wars on Xbox 360 and PC shutdown announced
Toylogic announced on March 8th that the Xbox 360 and Windows versions of their free-to-play action title, Happy Wars, will be shut down on December 16th, 2018. The game will then exist solely on Xbox One. While both older versions will remain available to download until June 13th, there is a shorter deadline of March
Games With Gold points to a Delisting for Disney’s Brave
One of the newly announced Xbox Live “Games With Gold” titles for the month of March isn’t like the others, and it has me expecting a delisting come April. Available for “free” between March 1st and the 15th is Brave: The Video Game for Xbox 360 and Xbox One backward compatibility. Not only is it
“Hero Shooter” Gigantic to shut down July 31, 2018
Alongside its latest content update, Perfect World and Motiga staff have announced that their “5v5 hero shooter” Gigantic will be shutting down on July 31st, 2018. Cash purchases for in-game Rubies have already been disabled and until July all Heroes will be free and Shop items will see reduced prices. The full statement reads: “It
Microsoft removes Suicide Forest game based on Logan Paul controversy
The Suicide Forest, a free game released through the Xbox Live Creators Collection on Xbox One, will be removed after its content was brought to light on January 30th. Polygon reported on one of the earlier tweets about the game from TT Games’ global community manager, Bear Parker, embedded below. The game is based on
Epic Games announces the end for Paragon, offers full refunds
Epic Games announced on January 25th, 2018 that they would be shutting down Paragon, their free-to-play MOBA title for PC and PlayStation 4, on April 26th. In consolation, Epic will also be offering full refunds for any purchase in the game, made by any player, on any platform. The game’s website has been replaced with
Nintendo shutting down Miitomo App on May 9th, 2018
Nintendo announced early on January 25th that Miitomo, their first foray into original mobile games for Android and iOS will be shutting down on May 9th, 2018. The notice is brief, confirming the date and that the sale of Miitomo coins for real money ended on January 24th. To show their appreciation to fans of