If you haven’t been running Windows 8 lately you likely missed the news that Microsoft’s suite of casual games were removed from the Microsoft Store on December 14th, 2020. However, if you already had Solitaire, Mahjong, Minesweeper, or one of their other casual titles installed you’ll be able to continue playing (and earning Achievements) until
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Delisted Games 2020 Site Recap
2020 right? It was a suck-ass year for the world but it was our site’s best year ever, again. The header image is all you really need to see – leaps and bounds and all that – but here’s some quick stats from the year that was: 677,841 Views – Up more than 1.5x over
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 temporarily returns to Australia and EU regions [UPDATED]
[UPDATED 01/12/21] Whatever glitch or error was made that caused the game to reappear has apparently been fixed. The links are no longer active. Thanks to Wakayama_PT for pointing it out. ORIGINAL POST [01/08/21] Is Activision bringing last gen’s re-releases of Marvel: Ultimate Alliance back on sale or is this a happy accident? It’s hard
Over half of the DSi library was temporarily delisted across North America [FINAL UPDATE]
[UPDATED 01/12/21] More titles have returned since Monday the 11th. Digger Dan is a known quantity leaving Word Searcher 3 as the outlier. It was available when I recorded the eShop in 2019 and all of the other Word Searcher titles are available so it seems like it should too, but for now I’m calling
Scott Pilgrim gets physical PS4 & Switch releases, possibly hitting Best Buy too
The long sought after physical edition of Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game is finally coming! Limited Run Games has announced that pre-orders for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch releases, as well as an array of merchandise, will open on January 15th (10am EST) and close on February 28th (11:59pm EST). The game
ONRUSH relisted on Xbox One after missing December return
Last October Codemasters delisted ONRUSH from Xbox One, later explaining that a “security server update” was needed and that the game would be removed from sale as multiplayer features were temporarily offline. At the time Codemasters said that the game would return in December but the end of the year came and went without a
Immortal Planet leaving GOG.com on January 11th
It’s been a bit since the last game got delisted from GOG.com with a short heads-up notice. The latest is 2017’s Immortal Planet from solo developer teedoubleuGAMES. The announcement briefly confirmed that it will be leaving the DRM-free platform on Monday, January 11th by 2pm UTC. Anyone who owns the game can still re-download it
Darwin Project closing some servers Jan 5th, game not shutting down
Last May the team at Scavengers Studio made the tenuous announcement that Darwin Project would no longer be in active development and that the game would be playable “at least through to the end of the year”. I had penciled in a January 1st deadline but I missed the team’s tweet back in early November
Four years after its last update, Battleborn will shut down Jan 25, 2021
[UPDATED 12/29/20] At some point the 2K Support page was updated with a solid date: January 25th, 2021 is the day that Battleborn officially shuts down and becomes unplayable. Our original post from November 26th, 2019 follows: Despite receiving its final content update way back in September of 2017, Gearbox Software’s Battleborn has held on
Life is Feudal: MMO shutting down January 18th
Developer Bitbox announced on December 18th that Life is Feudal: MMO, their Early Access game of medieval crafting, construction, and combat, will be shut down on January 18th, 2021. Based on the announcement and discussion on the game’s forums, some legal complications and tough decisions have led to Bitbox being “forced” to shut the game
Seven Halo titles on Xbox 360 delisted, online features sunset in December 2021
“Every cycle spent maintaining and supporting Xbox 360 legacy services is time and energy not spent on the future of Halo”. This sentence alone, posted by 343 Industries on the future of Halo titles for Xbox 360, really sums up the struggle behind a lot of delistings. If the entirety of Microsoft’s game development division
Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store after first week on sale
In an unprecedented move for a release of its size Sony has decided to pull Cyberpunk 2077 from the PlayStation Store on the evening of December 17th, just one week after its release. In its place is a new page offering the following explanation. SIE strives to ensure a high level of customer satisfaction, therefore