Criterion Games took to Twitter on April 17th to announce that multiplayer servers for the original 2008 versions of Burnout Paradise would be shut down on August 1st, 2019. The tweet pretty much says it all: Burnout Paradise fans, after over 11.5 years of service, the servers for the original 2008 game will be closing
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Breach shutting down only three months after release
The 4-vs-1 multiplayer action/RPG, Breach, initially seemed like an up-and-coming contender when it debuted on Steam Early Access back in January. But just over two months later, QC Games has announced plans to shut down the servers at the end of April. Popularity and profits are to blame according to QC Games CEO, Dallas Dickinson,
Free-to-Play Wii U title, Lost Reavers, shutting down May 30th
Bandai Namco announced via Twitter back on February 27th, 2019 that Lost Reavers, their free-to-play multiplayer title for Nintendo Wii U, would be shut down on May 30th. The game’s page at Nintendo.com offers a slightly longer explanation and timeline, and follows below: Thank you for playing Lost Reavers! We regrettably inform all users that
A good read on mobile games, delistings, and Rolando
Polygon has a great post up about the unstoppable black hole that pulverizes mobile games out of existence (aka iTunes) that’s told from the unexpectedly hopeful perspective of developer HandCircus. Rolando was one of the earliest iPhone games I can remember but with Apple’s mandate to update older titles to 64-bit architecture, the entirety of
Inaugural PSVR shooter, StarBlood Arena, shutting down July 25th
Although it was just officially confirmed by Sony Europe, the writing has been on the wall since the end of January for the PlayStation VR shooter from 2017, StarBlood Arena. When developer WhiteMoon Dreams first received word from Sony that the game’s servers were going to be shut down, CEO Jay Koottarappallil took to the
Driveclub delisting in August, Servers offline in 2020
The news that Sony will be shutting down online servers for the Driveclub series of titles probably isn’t a surprise to anyone, but it’s still a bummer to read. The news broke on March 29th thanks to a tweet from Wario64 that links to Sony Europe’s decommissioned servers page. The full update on Driveclub follows:
Sony pulls PlayStation download codes from retail
If you’ve been waiting to pick up a delisted PlayStation game by buying a download code from sites including GameStop, Amazon, or Best Buy, act fast! UPDATE: Thanks to a tip on Twitter, here’s a forum thread from the fine folks on ResetEra’s forums who are compiling a list of the remaining GameStop download codes
Studio closure puts AER on the Watch List
Thanks go to TrueAchievements.com for this tip on a potential upcoming delisting for AER Memories of Old. The small indie team at Forgotten Key announced the sad news in January that the studio would be shutting down. In a post on Medium from January 15th, Forgotten Key’s Robin Hjelte explained some of what led to
Delisted Games 2019 Refresh Recap
If you’ve visited the site at any point over the last two years you may have noticed there have been some long-overdue visual improvements recently. When I launched the site in 2016 my focus was on simple layouts with the one visual flair being the ever-present search bar filled with box art images. In the
Skybound pulls support for Overkill’s The Walking Dead, delisting expected soon
The future for Overkill’s The Walking Dead has gone from bad to worse since its release last November, and today things have grown even more grim. Skybound Entertainment, the company co-founded by The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman, announced yesterday to IGN that they are pulling their licensing and support from Overkill’s The Walking Dead, published
‘Devotion’ pulled from Steam for depiction of China’s President
Delistings happen for a lot of reasons but political dissent is a rare one. Devotion, a new horror game from Taiwanese developer Red Candle Games, was seemingly pulled from Steam on Monday the 25th for a jab at China’s president, Xi Jinping. The artwork at the center of the controversy is a poster that could
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