Earlier this year Namco began delisting the original Soulcalibur and Soulcalibur II HD Online on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 in North America and Japan. At the time people took to Amazon and online retailers to try a download code and found that the original Soulcalibur was inaccessible. Money wasted on invalid codes, they turned
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Bethesda Launcher shutting down in May, migration to Steam begins in April
Continuing the merger of Bethesda’s resources into the Microsoft collective, the studio announced on Tuesday that the Bethesda.net Launcher and marketplace for PC will be shut down later this Spring. The surprising news goes on to confirm that any title previously purchased on the Bethesda Launcher can be transferred, for free, to a linked Steam
Windows Phone titles to lose Xbox features including Achievements on May 16th
Microsoft’s end of support for the Windows 10 Mobile platform has been known for a number of years but their Support page was just updated earlier this month with some bad news for Achievement hunters. In just three month’s time, on May 16th, 2022, Xbox features including Achievements and stat-tracking will be disabled across Windows
Sea of Thieves loses Arena mode alongside major 2022 updates
Last week, on January 26th, the Sea of Thieves team revealed just some of the updates coming to the game in 2022. A host of time-based, narrative-driven content is coming alongside the regular Seasonal updates that have expanded the game over the last few years. But with the addition of so much content to the
Forza Street on PC and mobile shuts down Spring 2022
Turn 10 Principal Design Director, Andy Beaudoin, posted to the Forza Support site on January 10th to announce the upcoming end of service for Forza Street. The Android, iOS, and Windows 10 title has been running since 2019 on PC and only since May of 2020 on mobile. You can read the full announcement below
Legacy Halo titles losing online features January 13, 2022
Drawing closer to the one-year mark, 343 Industries has updated their sunsetting timeline for legacy Halo online features with a definitive deadline: January 13th, 2022. Originally promised to take place no sooner than one year after the December 2020 announcement, the deadline now gives Xbox 360 owners an extra month to play and finish up
Forza Motorsport 7 delisting announced for September 15th
It’s that time again for another Forza Motorsport to race off into the proverbial sunset. Turn 10 Studios announced on Thursday that the inevitable delisting for Forza Motorsport 7 and its DLC will happen on September 15th, 2021. The game will be removed from the Microsoft Store for both PC and Xbox One, and in