It’s that time of the new year again. Well, ok, it’s a little past time for a 2018 recap but I’ve been busy adding more games to the site, taking a work-sponsored vacation, and continuing to deal with our first house. But enough about me, here’s some year-end figures for the site: We created 256
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Hey, hopefully you never see this.
The creator of Unreal PT is pulling the game offline next week
P.T., the much-loved, Playable Teaser for what would’ve been a fresh start to Konami’s Silent Hill franchise, might as well be as cursed as the characters in the game. After Silent Hills was abandoned, Konami announced that P.T. would be removed from the PlayStation Store and fans have been fighting to keep it alive ever
The Walking Dead: The Final Season begins again on January 15th, full game now exclusive to Epic on PC
When we last got an update on the fate of The Walking Dead: The Final Season back in November, it was simply confirmation that series creator Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment would bring the final two episodes to release… sometime. There was a lot of behind-the-scenes work “logistically and legally to get us to a place
DMCA takedown pulls Star Control: Origins off of Steam and GOG
A DMCA takedown notice has resulted in Star Control: Origins being removed from both Steam and GOG.com on December 31st. The take-down notice is the latest development in a years-long feud between Stardock — who purchased very specific rights to the Star Control IP from Atari in 2013 — and the franchise creators, Fred Ford
Kung Fu Panda “Showdown” delisting coming January 1st
Thanks to a submission to the site we’ve got news today from publisher Little Orbit who has announced the end of their licensing deal with Dreamworks Pictures. That means Little Orbit’s last licensed title, Kung Fu Panda: Showdown of Legendary Legends, will be going away on January 1st, 2019. Unfortunately the license for Kung Fu
Heroes of the Storm development slowing but Blizzard promises “long-term” lifespan
A news announcement out of Blizzard on Thursday may not be the death knell for Heroes of the Storm but it’s a sign that the game’s most lively years may be behind it. Blizzard president J. Allen Brack and chief development officer Ray Gresko penned the post that outlines a change in direction for the
Total War: ARENA shutting down February 22, 2019
While Creative Assembly continues refining their Total War series of single-player, campaign-focused strategy games, they began working on a multiplayer off-shoot in 2017 with the help of Wargaming.net known as Total War: ARENA. From closed Alpha to open Beta, the game has been under development with feedback from its pool of players since last September. Unfortunately,
Delisted PlayStation 3 shmup sees a re-release on PlayStation 4 & Vita
PlayStation shmup fans have one-third of a reason to celebrate this week with the release of Gundemoniums on PlayStation 4 and Vita. The $15 title is a revamped edition of the 2003 PC original that was later released and then delisted on PlayStation 3. Known as Gundemonium Recollection on PS3, it was published by Sony
Skybound posts update on The Walking Dead, relisting soon
Skybound Entertainment, the multiplatform distributor co-founded by The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, has finally broken their silence on the future of Telltale Games’ adventure series. In a post on Skybound’s blog the team explains that all the work up to this point has been “logistically and legally to get us to a place where
Age of Empires: Castle Siege shutting down May 2019
Sadly, it’s time to bid farewell to another online-only iteration of the Age of Empires franchise. After retiring the multiplayer RTS, Age of Empires Online, Microsoft announced on November 13th that Age of Empires: Castle Siege would be the next title to be shut down. The game’s homepage now displays only the following announcement: “We
PlayStation MOBA, Invokers Tournament, shutting down May 2019
Invokers Tournament was another attempt to capitalize on the MOBA craze when DOTA 2 was blowing up the scene in 2013. Unfortunately, like many other MOBA-likes, Invokers wasn’t able to catch a large enough audience and on November 15th the team at StormBASIC announced it would finally be drawing the game (and their studio) to
Beginning of the End: More Telltale Games titles delisted
Word broke on the afternoon of November 14th that Telltale Games had entered an Assignment of Contract with the business consulting firm Sherwood Partners. GameDaily has an extensive recount of the publicly available details, including their conversation with Sherwood’s co-founder Martin Pitchinson, but for our purposes I think this snippet sums it up: “Telltale Games