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
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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.
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
Xbox 360 Marketplace Resources
While the closure of the Xbox 360 Marketplace is still a ways off, there’s no reason to wait if you’re planning on doing some farewell shopping. Delistings are expected over the coming months as publishers wrap up their support of the platforms and the longer we wait, the more likely we are to miss something
The Walking Dead: Betrayal shuts down December 15th after only three months on sale, refunds to be issued for all purchases
Just a few months after its launch in September The Walking Dead: Betrayal is already preparing to shut down on December 15th. The announcement was posted on the game’s Steam Store page yesterday: After considering a variety of paths forward, and with a great deal of discussion and reflection, Skybound Games and Other Ocean Interactive
Older F1 titles, Micro Machines World Series lose online functionality on March 21st, 2024
Electronic Arts has updated their Online Services Shutdown pages again with some upcoming retirements for March 21st, 2024. All of the F1 titles have been previously delisted but soon they’ll be losing any remaining online functionality as well. Similarly, Micro Machines World Series was delisted on consoles back in 2021 but only disappeared from Steam
Fangs shutting down on Steam as work on “spiritual sequel” ramps up
Fangs, Hidden Leaf Games’ MOBA title from 2022, will be shutting down as development moves over to its “spiritual sequel” in Project Soulforge. The team announced the news on Steam and on the game’s homepage on Tuesday but didn’t confirm exactly when Fangs will be switched off. As of Wednesday morning the free-to-play Early Access
Veiled Experts shutting down on December 14th
Nexon announced a couple of weeks ago that their Early Access, free-to-play multiplayer shooter, Veiled Experts, will be shutting down on PC and Steam on December 14th. The game launched just earlier this year and has maintained reasonably positive reviews and hundreds of daily players but it’s apparently not enough and Nexon are already looking
A pre-release build of the Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Remaster leaks to some Ubisoft Plus users, immediately gets delisted of course
Users of the Ubisoft+ service may have logged onto the Xbox app late on the 28th of November 2023 and strangely found a brand new unannounced version of the cult classic Beyond Good and Evil available to play. Due to a leak from the Xbox store itself, the unannounced games page went live allowing all
Dread Hunger leaves Steam on December 1st & shuts down January 1st, server tools handed over to players
This announcement was originally shared back on November 13th but for anyone interested, Dread Hunger is still available on Steam for a few more days before being removed from sale on December 1st. Then on January 1st the official servers will close but the studio has made the surprising decision to hand over its online
Social MMO, Avatarika, shutting down on December 20th
GameXP’s MMO social space, Avatarika, has been up and running since 2012 but after more than a decade the decision was recently made to wind things down. The team announced back on October 21st on Steam that Avatarika will be closed in just about a month from now on December 20th. The world does not
PlayStation 5 exclusive, Side Bullet, already delisted, shutting down November 27th
Side Bullet launched as a PlayStation 5 exclusive just over a month ago at the beginning of October before quietly disappearing from the store just a few weeks later. Now the team at PressA have announced that the game will be shutting down entirely for the few players that managed to grab the free-to-play shooter.
ANVIL: Vault Breaker leaves Xbox in November, shuts down at year’s end
Developer Action Square announced back on October 31st that the Xbox version of ANVIL: Vault Breaker will be removed from sale at the end of November and shut down on the platform on December 31st. The early access “Game Preview” title has been on Xbox and included in the Game Pass library since 2021. We