It’s that time again: time for Activision’s Deadpool video games to be delisted. November 16th is the date this time when the game will be removed from Steam with Xbox and PlayStation platforms likely to follow. The news initially came by way of a Steam store announcement on November 11th and was quickly rebroadcast by
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Kill Strain delisting, other Sony First-Party titles lose Online Features
Sony Europe has updated their game servers support page with details on some global changes to several first-party titles. Along with the previously announced retirement of The Tomorrow Children the page also confirms that PlayStation 4 exclusive, Kill Strain, will now shut down on December 18th after its previous deadline of June 1st was somehow
Hawken shutting down on Steam January 2nd, 2018
The Hawken Team posted to the game’s official Facebook and Steam pages on October 2nd to announce the end of service for the PC version of the game. The full statement reads: Pilots, It’s been an incredible journey since the introduction of Hawken on Steam, back in 2014. The game’s success has been largely due
Nintendo Wii Shop shutting down January 30th, 2019
Nintendo Support announced on September 29th the beginning of the end for all online services on the Nintendo Wii. The first milestone is March 25th, 2018 which is the last day to purchase points or redeem points cards on the Nintendo Wii Shop channel. Just ten months later on January 30th, 2019 the ability to
Fall Update for Battleborn confirmed to be its last
It’s the beginning of the end for Gearbox Software’s beleaguered multiplayer shooter Battleborn. In a forum post made on September 15th, Gearbox staffer MereAtGBX relayed a message from the game’s Creative Director Randy Varnell who confirmed that no further content will be coming to the game after the Fall update. Varnell is quick to add
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault Online shuts down December 6th
Just over a month after releasing a controversial redesign, the team at Neople have announced the end of service for their free-to-play online shooter Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex First Assault Online for the Western world. This comes just weeks after publisher Nexon announced the game’s closure in Japan would take place on
Rock Band Blitz to be delisted by August 28th
Harmonix has just announced on the Rock Band forum that Rock Band Blitz will be removed from sale “on or before August 28th, 2017”. The game was released in late August of 2012 for both Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 but unlike Rock Band Unplugged for PSP, Blitz never saw a physical release. Once it’s
The Tomorrow Children shuts down on November 1st, 2017
Q-Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment announced in a bi-lingual post on the game’s Japanese site that online service for The Tomorrow Children will end November 1st, 2017. As the game requires these online services to function The Tomorrow Children will be unplayable and Extinct after this date. The statement is sincere, if a bit boilerplate
Touting an easy Platinum Trophy, “Top Rated” has been pulled from the PlayStation Store
The scintillatingly titled ‘★★★★★ 1000 Top Rated’ was released on PlayStation 4 earlier this week and removed by Sony within 48 hours. Polygon reported on the title that was singled out by Jim Sterling as a quick way to earn a Platinum trophy. The game itself is a tile-swiping puzzler based on Top Rated’s numerous
Dead or Alive 5: Last Round anime DLC Delistings
Team Ninja announced at the end of May 2017 that two packs of cross-promotional DLC costumes for Dead or Alive 5: Last Round would be removed from sale over the summer. Unfortunately, I didn’t find out about this until June 20th, the same day that the first round of “Fairy Tail Mashup” costumes was delisted.