Development and sale of Giga brand visual novels to end on March 31st, 2023
Giga, the adult-oriented sub-brand of Entergram (itself a subsidiary of TGL Inc.) announced on November 22nd that the studio will be shutting down as of March 31st, 2023 and taking decades of visual novel and action-oriented mecha titles off of the market. The team’s Google translated statement follows: Dear customers, Thank you very much for
NBA 2K21 loses online features December 31st, leaving digital stores January 1st
2K Support posted back on October 20th that online features for NBA 2K21 will be shutting down at the end of December and that as of January 1st the game will no longer be available to purchase digitally. The time has come to let you know that NBA 2K21’s servers will be discontinued as of
The Last Leviathan leaves GOG.com November 24th, Steam delisting likely soon after [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 11/28/22] Super Punk Games added a post to the game’s Steam page on November 26th stating that the studio would be shutting down and that The Last Leviathan would be removed from sale. They did not specify a date for the delisting and as of the morning of the 28th the game remains available
Original release of Planetarian leaving Steam on December 1st
VisualArts/Key announced on November 22nd that the original release of planetarian ~the reverie of a little planet~ will be removed from Steam on December 1st. An HD update of the game was released on Steam in 2017 but it lacked the English translation of the original version until this past September. Now supporting more languages
Electronic Arts service shutdown dates updated
Electronic Arts has refreshed their Online Services Shutdown pages with more upcoming sunsettings. December 12, 2022The Sims 4 Legacy Edition for PC and Mac January 18, 2023FIFA 21 (Stadia)FIFA 22 (Stadia)FIFA 23 (Stadia)Madden 21 (Stadia)Madden 22 (Stadia) February 02, 2023EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2 February 14, 2023FIFA 16 (PC, Xbox 360/One, PlayStation 3/4)FIFA 17 (PC, Xbox
Scavengers on Steam and Epic Games shuts down December 16th
The current team at Improbable announced late last week that the Early Access release of Scavengers on Steam and the Epic Games Store would be shutting down on December 16th. The game was removed from Steam on the same day but appears to still be available on the Epic Games Store. The invite-only alpha versions
Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle leaving Steam November 13th
Announced back on October 31st, Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle will be leaving Steam at the end of the weekend. Grab it before November 13th: We would like to announce that “Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle”, which was released on November 14, 2017, will be discontinued on November 13, 2022 due to various reasons. We will continue
Crowfall shuts down November 22nd for a redesign
Originally revealed back in 2015, Crowfall wouldn’t launch until July of 2021 but the team has already announced that the game will be going offline in order to “refocus our efforts from live operations to development”. The announcement was posted on November 7th, giving players two weeks to play and try out all of the
Stick Arena titles shut down November 30th
XGen Studios announced on October 27th that Stick Arena on Steam, and Stick Arena Classic and Stick Arena Dimensions hosted on their own site will be shut down on November 30th: With great sadness, today, we announce that November 30, 2022, will be the last day that XGen hosts the servers for the Stick Arena