Nintendo really knows how to stick it in and break it off. During their 16-minute Super Mario Bros. Anniversary Direct this morning Nintendo announced one surprising new Mario game and a hotly anticipated 3D collection, both of which will be delisted in six months. That’s right, they announced the release dates and the delisting dates
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.
Frogwares pulls The Sinking City from most platforms amid legal struggles with publisher
Frogwares Studio’s Sergey Oganesyan posted an open letter on the company’s blog on August 25th to explain why The Sinking City has just disappeared from most platforms. It’s a detailed read, calling out shorted payments from publisher Bigben Interactive/Nacon and their subversion of Frogwares intellectual property. There’s plenty of detail if you’re so inclined but
Etrian Mystery Dungeon leaving 3DS eShop across Europe on September 30th
Previously delisted from the Nintendo 3DS in Australia and North America earlier this summer, NIS America confirmed that Etrian Mystery Dungeon will be removed from the European eShop on September 30th. It’s still uncertain if the Japanese version will also be delisted. “A note to our European fans: Etrian Mystery Dungeon will be removed from
Dead Realm on Steam shutting down, free to grab until August 27th
I’m still on the mend and unfortunately missed the news on this one when it was announced, but there’s still a couple days to grab Dead Realm on Steam, for free. The team’s full announcement from August 19th follows: “After 5 years, today we are bringing support for Dead Realm to an end and the
Hitman 2’s Ghost Mode shutting down August 31st
Pardon my brevity today, I’m still recovering from a week-long ailment that’s caused a lot of unanticipated bedrest. I’m not 100% this morning but wanted to post this as soon as I could since the cutoff is just a few days away. IO Interactive recently announced the game modes for the upcoming Hitman 3 but
On 10th Anniversary, a spark of hope and concern for Scott Pilgrim’s return
We just passed the 10th anniversary of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (also the movie it’s based on) and there’s been some hopeful rumblings around something, anything, happening with it returning to sale. Alongside reminiscing about the 2010 movie adaptation, Bryan Lee O’Malley tweeted a small thread about the game on August 13th.
Forza Horizon 3 reaches “End of Life” on September 27th
The Playground Games team announced earlier today on Twitter and the Forza forums that 2016’s Forza Horizon 3 will be racing off into the sunset on September 27th, 2020. As they’ve done with previous installments in the series, Forza Horizon 3 will be on sale until it reaches “end of life” status on the 27th
Pikmin 3 on Wii U delisted ahead of Switch re-release
Nintendo announced on Wednesday what I felt was a long-expected port of Pikmin 3 for the Switch, including all of its DLC neatly bundled alongside. And if that headline is featured here on our site then the next bit should be pretty obvious: Pikmin 3 has been delisted from the Wii U eShop. Thanks to
The latest Giveaway has ended
Just a quick wrap-up post here. The ‘1,000+ Games-on-the-Site‘ giveaway ended Sunday and the winners have been contacted via email. If you didn’t hear from me, best of luck on the next giveaway! There will be one coming up this Fall so keep an eye on the homepage, Twitter, and Facebook so you don’t miss
Two more Rising Star titles leaving PlayStation Vita soon
Rising Star Games has confirmed two more upcoming delistings after the recent losses of Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God and Lumo. In a reply on Twitter from July 28th Rising Star confirmed that their PlayStation releases of Superbeat Xonic (PlayStation 4 and Vita in Australia and Europe) and La-Mulana EX (PlayStation Vita
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NIS America’s Danganronpa titles leaving PlayStation soon [UPDATED]
UPDATE [07/29/2020]: Spike Chunsoft confirmed on July 21st that they will be taking over publishing for the Danganronpa series. As details are being finalized it’s possible that the games will still be unavailable for a time. Thanks to Vita Paradisa for posting the news. Our original post follows. NIS America announced this week that several
A look at some retired Xbox 360 Apps & Services
One of the things I loved (and miss dearly) from the Xbox 360 era was Microsoft’s seeming willingness to throw anything at the Dashboard and see what sticks. It felt like every few months they’d announce a new app or another custom marketplace interface, or even a live hosted weekly game show. Yes, 1 vs