There’s nothing as bewildering as celebrating the legacy of your landmark franchise by removing a bunch of the titles from sale, but that’s exactly what’s happening. Alongside the announcement of Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy — an updated, upgraded bundle featuring GTA 3, Vice City, and San Andreas coming to all current (and last gen)
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PlayStation 3, Vita lose direct payment options October 27th, some titles become inaccessible in Japan
Although Sony has delayed shutting down the PlayStation Store for their older consoles, they are now shoring up the store’s functionality on PlayStation 3 and Vita. For most of us this will make things a little more inconvenient but it’s going to result in Japan’s CERO Z-rated titles becoming unobtainable after October 27th. First, here
Super Cloudbuilt delisted, Steam remaster coming in 2022 but console versions are gone for good
Coilworks announced in short order on September 23rd that Super Cloudbuilt would be delisted on Steam later that same day. In a reply on Twitter on the 24th the studio confirmed that the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions would also be delisted… later that same day. Fortunately, the Steam version is being rebuilt and
Madden 17, NFL Blitz lose online features December 7th
Electronic Arts’ support team made a post back on September 7th to announce the end of online services for another pair of older NFL titles. Both Madden 17 and NFL Blitz will be losing online features in just over two months, on December 7th. Thank you for your loyalty and passion for Madden NFL over
LittleBigPlanet servers return, but only for LBP3 on PlayStation 4
Sony and the LBP team announced today that online servers for LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2, LittleBigPlanet 3 (on PlayStation 3), and LittleBigPlanet for Vita will not be coming back online. Access to community created levels and online features for those games was initially shut off on May 22nd as a “temporary” measure to stop DDoS attacks
Classic PC Star Trek titles now available digitally on GOG.com
It’s not a delisting or a relisting but it’s always great to see older games on sale again, especially when they’ve never been available digitally before. Activision and GOG.com teamed up for “Star Trek Day” on September 8th and announced the release of eight classic PC Star Trek titles, each priced at $10. GOG.COM and
Beyond Eyes to be delisted soon as publishing deal comes to an end [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 09/08/21] Team17 Support tweeted on September 3rd to confirm that the Steam version would be removed from sale on September 8th. As of midnight September 7th, the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions were also removed from sale. Our original post from September 2nd follows below. Heads-up today on an undated but almost certain
Fallout 76 ‘Nuclear Winter’ mode shuts down in September [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 09/07/21] Bethesda recently confirmed that the Nuclear Winter mode will be retired alongside the release of the Fallout Worlds Update on September 8th. In their post from August 26th the team noted that “we’re also going to be saying goodbye to Nuclear Winter when the Fallout Worlds Update arrives. All players will receive rewards
Stranger Things 3: The Game leaving PC on Aug 31st, console delistings likely to follow [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 09/02/21] By no later than the evening of September 1st, the remaining console and PC versions of the game were also delisted. iOS and Android as well. Our original post from August 30th follows: First Dead by Daylight announced it would be retiring its Stranger Things content on November 17th, and now we have
Metal Gear Solid V for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 loses online features May 2022
Konami announced today that online services for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain and its accompanying Metal Gear Online mode will be shut down for older platforms in 2022. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 releases will lose online features including the full multiplayer Metal Gear Online mode and the multiplayer aspects of Mother
WWE 2K20 losing modes on Sept. 26, 2K19 and 20 lose online features March 2022
2K Support made a new post regarding existing matchmaking and online features for WWE 2K19 and 2K20 on August 26th. Gameplay modes in 2K20 will be retired starting in late September with online play and user-created content being shut down in both titles alongside the release of the next WWE 2K game, currently planned for
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance missing on PlayStation 4, expected to return soon [UPDATE: It’s Back]
[UPDATE: 08/26/21] True to their quote below, Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance has returned to the PlayStation Store. No further explanation but I’m glad to see it returned so quickly. Original post from August 19th follows: A few folks pointed out earlier this week that Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance had disappeared on PlayStation 4. The fan-favorite