Daybreak Games announced on August 24th that the original incarnation of H1Z1, currently known as Just Survive, will be shutting down on October 24th. Polygon has as clear a history as I’ve read on the H1Z1 saga but basically it started in Early Access in 2015 following the footsteps of Day Z. Then on the
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.
The Last Remnant leaving Steam on September 4th
With little warning and with even less explanation, Square Enix have announced via Steam that The Last Remnant will be removed from digital sale on September 4th. The succinct news reads: We will soon be discontinuing digital and physical sales of The Last Remnant on PC. Sales will cease at the times below:- Japan region:
Forza Horizon 2 races out of digital stores on September 30th
In an August 17th update on the Forza Motorsport homepage, Turn 10’s Brian Ekberg announced that Forza Horizon 2 (and its DLC) would be removed from digital sale on September 30th as the game had reached “end of life” status. The news isn’t surprising as the original Forza Horizon followed almost the same trajectory from
Abstractism pulled from Steam for Cryptomining and Marketplace duping scheme
Abstractism, a “relaxing” platformer that’s been available on the Steam platform since March, was pulled from the store on July 30th after some investigative work by unsuspecting players revealed the developer’s nefarious subterfuge. As Polygon explained in their post on the situation: “The game is called Abstractism, which was said to not only infiltrate players’
1989 TMNT Arcade Game is (technically) still out there
After posting about some clearance priced copies of TMNT: Mutants in Manhattan that I spotted last week, someone pointed out that the long-delisted (and much loved) 1989 arcade game is technically still available out in the wild. Tracking down a copy of 2004’s TMNT: Battle Nexus 2 and finding a hidden collectible in that game’s 9th
Xaviant Games shuts down The Culling 2 after dismal launch
In a fairly unprecedented move in the industry, Xaviant Games has announced they’ll be pulling The Culling 2 off of digital storefronts and returning the original title, The Culling, to its Day One form. Oh, and it’ll also be free-to-play now. A lot has happened (and not happened) as The Culling moved from its original
All my handy links and tips for researching delisted games
Have you ever wondered how I dig up the details about all the delisted titles on the site? Rather than make a news post and watch it slowly scroll off the homepage, I created a sub-forum called Research Tools and Links. It’s got separate threads for each major platform where I’ve housed all my favorite
Avatar: The Burning Earth returns on Xbox 360, Spongebob soon?
I never did get to post this, but back in March THQ Nordic announced that they would be revisiting several of the former THQ’s titles based on Nickelodeon properties. The list that was announced in March is below but it only includes a few IPs that saw digital releases. Avatar: The Last Airbender Back At
ModNation Racers & LittleBigPlanet Karting lose online play in July
Sony Europe’s Decommissioned Servers page was updated recently and confirmed the end of online play for a pair of first-party kart racers. The original ModNation Racers on PlayStation 3 and its DLC have already been delisted from sale in North America and Europe but its online features will hold out a little longer. Unfortunately, there
2K Games shutting down Evolve servers September 3rd
On June 1st, 2018 “2K Mike” from publisher 2K Games announced via a support page update that servers for Evolve and Evolve Stage 2 will be shut down on September 3rd, 2018. This news comes over a year after 2K halted active development of Evolve and reallocated the game’s developer, Turtle Rock Studios, onto other
Activision shutting down Guitar Hero Live’s ‘GHTV’ mode December 1st
It was one of the first Watch List posts I ever made on Delisted Games and sadly, it has finally come to pass. Guitar Hero Live’s innovative 24/7, always-on, music streaming “GHTV” mode will be shut down on December 1st, 2018. I’ve been expecting this news for years after Activision disbanded the developer, FreeStyle Games,
SITE NEWS: Delisted Games Community forums are live, plus more!
I think I technically missed the window to call it “Spring cleaning” but over the last several week’s I’ve been working on some subtle (and not so subtle) changes to the site. GDPR, Privacy Policy, and SSL Security One that I think every visitor has run into is our new privacy pop-up message; yes, we