EVE developer and publisher CCP is moving to free up resources for future projects by announcing the delisting and impending server closure for four of its EVE adjacent titles. EVE: Valkyrie, EVE Gunjack, Gunjack 2: End of Shift, and Sparc were all removed from sale on July 1st and their servers will be shut down
Category: NEWS
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.
That Matrix Awakens Unreal 5 tech demo is going away July 9th, will remain re-downloadable
At some point after launching on December 9th, 2021 the website for The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience was updated with a deadline: Not explored The Matrix Awakens: An Unreal Engine 5 Experience yet? There’s still time! The UE5 tech demo will only be available in stores until July 9. Download it before
Ubisoft Announces More Service Shutdowns for September 1st, One Delisting [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 09/01/22] Ubisoft updated again, moving most of these shutdowns back to October 1st. Read the latest news here. [UPDATE 07/12/22] Anno 2070, Assassin’s Creed Liberation HD and Silent Hunter 5 have been relisted shortly after the previous update, with the notice on the store pages updated to specify that the base games will remain
Older Just Dance titles lose online features June 2023
Dedicated dance fans and Achievement hunters take note, Ubisoft recently announced that online services for three older Just Dance titles will be shut down on June 30th, 2023. These services were previously retired in 2018 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii. Now players on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Wii U, and
Spellbreak to shut down on all platforms January 9th [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 06/29/22] I missed the news from VentureBeat early this morning announcing that Proletariat had been acquired by Activision Blizzard. That pretty much explains the reason for shutting down Spellbreak. The team of 100 will cease operating as Proletariat and will be folded into Blizzard to support World of Warcraft and its upcoming Dragonflight expansion.
Original Overwatch replaced by Overwatch 2 in digital stores, legacy service ends October 4th
Entries for the original Overwatch began being replaced on digital storefronts last week with Overwatch 2: Watchpoint Pack. The $40 purchase on Battle.net, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation and Xbox platforms is essentially an Early Access buy-in for Overwatch 2 but it also includes “immediate access to Overwatch: Legendary Edition” plus several other bonuses. Retail releases remain
3DS titles based on ‘Run For Money’ game show leave Japanese eShop June 30th
Like the Japanese eShop notice we saw back in April, a new announcement has confirmed that the remaining two ‘Run for Money (逃走中)‘ titles from Bandai NAMCO will be removed from sale on June 30th at 10:00 JST (June 29, 9pm EST). Similar to Sentouchu and Chou Sentou-chuu, both Run for Money and Super Run
Metal Max titles delisted in Japan next week with more removals expected
Metal Max, the long running RPG series with entries dating back to 1991 has passed through the hands of numerous developers and publishers over the decades. Most of the series remained exclusive to Japan until 2018’s Metal Max Xeno which was published on PlayStation 4 and Vita across the Western world by NIS America. The
Nyu Media shutting down operations, Cherry Tree High titles to be delisted in July
It’s one of those “good problem” situations that Nyu Media has found themselves in. With their decade-long goal of bringing Japanese indie PC titles to a wider market, the group now feels that things are much more accessible to individual creators and there isn’t as great a need for a company like theirs. Before winding
Vacation Mode: GO
[UPDATE 06/20/22] Sad news: my vacation is over. But I’m back to work IRL and on the site Hey all! It’s time to get out of this house and hit the road for a bit. I’ll be off until around the 20th with only an underpowered laptop and backwoods wi-fi. If anything major happens in
Older ‘Out of the Park Baseball’ titles leaving PC stores “soon”
Out of the Park Developments, the developer and publisher behind the long-running baseball strategy series of the same name, posted to Steam on June 8th to inform fans that all previous versions of the game would be removed from sale “starting soon”. Unfortunately, the notice was only posted on the store page for Out of
Three rare Nintendo eShop releases will become much harder to own after March 2023
There is no shortage of exclusive games that will sadly be lost in March of 2023 when Nintendo finally retires the eShop for Wii U and 3DS. But there are three extremely specific pieces of Nintendo’s digital history — already exclusively released only in Japan — that will become much, much harder to legally get