Publisher Nordcurrent announced earlier this week that it has purchased publishing rights to Cinemaware’s classic roster of PC games from Starbreeze who originally purchased the studio’s properties back in 2016. This confirms the speculation that the recent delistings of Cinemaware’s remaining titles on GOG.com were indeed due to the change in ownership. Cinemaware’s titles on
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News on upcoming delistings, server shutdowns, and studio closures. Anything that might signify an upcoming delisting will be posted here and may serve as a tentative page for a game until it is officially taken offline. Also accounts for any site news or happenings within the Delisted community.
![Spec Ops: The Line, already delisted on Steam, will be leaving all digital storefronts soon [UPDATE: It’s gone]](https://delistedgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/news-specops.png)
Spec Ops: The Line, already delisted on Steam, will be leaving all digital storefronts soon [UPDATE: It’s gone]
[UPDATE 02/01/24] That didn’t take long. The game was delisted on GOG.com shortly after our post went up on January 31st and the Xbox release has been removed as of February 1st. Our original post from the 31st continues below: Spec Ops: The Line first disappeared on Steam on Monday of this week with no
Warhaven shutting down on April 5th
Nexon announced earlier this week that Warhaven will be shutting down in just a few months on April 5th. The free-to-play, team-based PVP title has been in development since 2021 but had just launched on Steam as an Early Access title this past September. Greetings from the Warhaven team. Today, we are here to announce
![Nintendo Network set to close in April 2024 [UPDATED]](https://delistedgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/nnetwork-news.png)
Nintendo Network set to close in April 2024 [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 01/23/24] Nintendo’s service discontinuation page has been updated today to specify that Nintendo Network would shut down on April 8th, 2024, 4:00PM PDT. The initial announcement follows: On around midnight (EDT) of October 4th, Nintendo announced the discontinuation of the Nintendo Network in April 2024, affecting both the Wii U and 3DS family of
Capcom details Wii U & 3DS titles losing online features in April
Going above and beyond Nintendo’s own admission that online services for Wii U and 3DS titles will be ending in April of 2024, Capcom recently published a full breakdown of the features and titles in their own games that will be impacted. As they suggest: prepare accordingly. Thanks to Needles078 for submitting the news to
Cinemaware titles leaving GOG.com on January 19th, already delisted on Steam
Heads up, another short notice from the GOG.com team popped up on Tuesday regarding the remaining Cinemaware titles on the platform. The four titles will all be removed from sale on Friday, January 19th at 11am EST (4pm UTC). We’d like to inform you that due to publisher’s request, Defender of the Crown, Rocket Ranger
APB Reloaded already shut down on Xbox, PlayStation 4 sunset in August
Little Orbit and PLAION announced on January 16th that the console versions of APB Reloaded will be shutting down and that the Xbox release has already become unplayable. Fortunately, player data is still accessible and the teams have opened up a migration process to bring existing console progress over to the PC and Steam versions.
Already delisted, Rocket Arena is shutting down on March 21st, 2024
After being delisted back on November 14th the team at Final Strike Games have returned just four weeks later to announce that Rocket Arena’s servers, and the game in its entirety, will be shut down on March 21st, 2024. For its remaining players on PC, Steam, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One the team has announced
The Crew delisted, slated to shut down March 31st, 2024
After being quietly delisted on all platforms, Ubisoft Ivory Tower announced that their 2014 open-world driving MMO, The Crew, would be shutting down entirely on March 31, 2024. Ubisoft’s full message, as posted on The Crew’s homepage, follows: In December 2014, we launched The Crew, our beloved first game of the franchise and one of
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds and ‘Overdrive’ edition to be delisted on March 4th ahead of remake
Rocket Panda Games first announced in September that another update to Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds would be coming to PC and consoles in 2024. Unsurprisingly then, the studio recently announced that both Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds and Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Overdrive (as well as all of their DLC) will be removed from all digital
![Poptropica shutting down… not anytime soon [UPDATED]](https://delistedgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/poptropica_news.jpg)
Poptropica shutting down… not anytime soon [UPDATED]
Poptropica’s official Instagram and X (Twitter) accounts were updated hours after the supposed shutdown announcement stating that the game would not close on the 29th, and have claimed the Discord account that posted it did not belong to them. Memberships for the game will remain free for all players throughout the month of December. The
sMeet shutting down on January 5th after 15 years in operation
The long-running 3D social game sMeet will be shutting down on January 5th after fifteen years running. The developers originally announced their plans to shut the game down back at the beginning of November but followed up on December 1st with a more concrete timeline. Both announcements follow: We hereby inform you that the lifetime