Following up after the surprising news that their titles from publisher Focus Home Interactive were being removed from console and PC storefronts, Frogwares has issued official confirmation of the delistings. The studio posted a press release on October 4th to confirm that 9 out of their 10 store listings had been removed. “The outcome is
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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.
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If you’re following the site on Twitter you might have caught this last week but I haven’t had any time at all to get a post up on the site until now. Last week I was a guest on the Fragments of Silicon podcast to talk about DelistedGames.com and the tragic side effects of our
Focus Home Interactive delists Frogwares titles without notice
In the wake of the unfortunate news regarding publisher Nicalis and Ittle Dew 2 developer Ludosity, news broke on September 26th of another similar situation between a different pair of studios. Longtime Sherlock Holmes developer, Frogwares, posted a letter to Twitter explaining that their publishing partner at Focus Home Interactive had enacted a new policy
Vehicular Battle Royale, Not My Car, shutting down September 30th
Not My Car, one of the few vehicular spins on the Battle Royale genre that launched back in early April, is shutting down at the end of September. Team member Turbo Racington posted to the game’s Steam page on Friday to announce the sad news: We hoped this day would never come, but here we
French ruling on Steam ownership: a defining point in the games industry’s future
Massive potential changes in the world of digital ownership started on its glacial pace towards becoming a reality last week. The High Court of Paris ruled on September 17th (reported in French by numerama.com, translation here) that consumers in the European territory are now within their rights to resell digital games purchased from Steam. While
Discord shutting down its game offerings on October 15th
Discord announced on September 12th that for the one-year anniversary of their Nitro Games service they will, umm, shut it all down. Launched in October of 2018, the idea was to bring a curated selection of “free” games to Nitro subscribers for $9.99/month as well as offer individual games for sale. Now that it’s time
UPDATED 09/12: Bayonetta series on Wii U to be delisted next week
UPDATE 09/12: USGamer spoke with Nintendo on September 11th who confirmed that the games will also be removed from the North American Wii U eShop on September 19th as well. Our original post follows: Heads up Bayonetta fans who are still rockin’ the Wii U. Both Bayonetta and Bayonetta 2 will be leaving the Wii
OPINION: Co-Operative servers for Dirty Bomb, a promising option for retiring titles
Last October the team behind the free-to-play shooter Dirty Bomb announced that they would no longer be developing the game. Naturally, this set off the delisting alarms but the team wasn’t ready to abandon the game just yet. While no new content would be coming to the game, Splash Damage assured fans that they would
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood relisted on Xbox 360
We were sad to see that Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood was delisted from Xbox 360 back in July, but are happy to report the not-so-surprising news that it’s back on sale! Earlier this week we spotted that the game had returned on the Australian, European, and North American Xbox 360 marketplaces with a
Grab DiRT Rally for free in case it’s delisted after this weekend
My bad on getting to this one so late. DiRT Rally is currently free through the Humble Bundle store for 1 more Day and 16 Hours as of this writing. If Codemasters tradition holds true, the game will be delisted shortly thereafter, so grab it while you can or your only option may be the
Aladdin & The Lion King return in a new Collection
When the pair of 16-bit Disney platformers disappeared from Steam and GOG.com earlier this Summer, it wasn’t too unfathomable to see today’s news coming: Aladdin and The Lion King are coming back. The $30 ‘Disney Classic Games’ collection will be released digitally and physically on October 29th with a few unexpected additions to the package.
Telltale Games returns under new ownership
The Telltale Games saga just won’t stop! After announcing that the studio would be shutting down last September, Skybound Entertainment swooped in to take control of its own The Walking Dead series (which they’ve since relaunched on the Epic Games Store with a definitive edition coming soon). The remaining Telltale titles have slowly been delisted