Upcoming Server Shutdowns & Delistings (Retired)

[Red Solo Cup]

To put in my two cents about "why would they shut down servers if they gave the game in Plus not so long ago?" (sorry for offtop), just to point out that, imho, this is not a good argument.

 

There was a game called Dead Star or smth like that 5-6 years back. Online only. They gave it with Plus and later the same year (6 months later or so) servers shut down. Just soon after the release as well. So... There are probably more games like that, that I can't think of of the top of my head (Drawn to Death, maybe). This one stands out to me, just 'cause I was among those who were actively boosting it before closure and it kinda served as a lesson to me regarding MP games. 

 

Just because it was given away with Plus doesn't guarantee it will last for long. 

Edited September 12, 2023 by theomgkitteh

[HuntingFever]

6 minutes ago, theomgkitteh said:

To put in my two cents about "why would they shut down servers if they gave the game in Plus not so long ago?" (sorry for offtop), just to point out that, imho, this is not a good argument.

 

There was a game called Dead Star or smth like that 5-6 years back. Online only. They gave it with Plus and later the same year (6 months later or so) servers shut down. Just soon after the release as well. So... There are probably more games like that, that I can't think of of the top of my head (Drawn to Death, maybe). This one stands out to me, just 'cause I was among those who were actively boosting it before closure and it kinda served as a lesson to me regarding MP games. 

 

Just because it was given away with Plus doesn't guarantee it will last for long. 

This^

 

Don't forget Volition went bankrupt mere hours after announcing Saints Row (2023) was PS+ game for this month. Now the servers for that game are still up but heaven only knows for how much longer so yeah, being Plus title, doesn't mean a game won't get shitcanned if it bombs or the devs go under.

[XxIsa-GxX]

On 9/8/2023 at 2:06 AM, POEman553 said:

Crysis 3 shut down date has been changed to December 8, 2023:

 

https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/a-h

While it stays as December 8 on the website, Crysis 3 servers are down by the time of speaking (and the last achievers of multiplayer trophies were at September 7).

[cappone-ceraio]

On 9/11/2023 at 5:18 AM, BUdawg69 said:

From my experience, no.

My experience when playing earlier this year (on PS3) was that I stuck and couldn't progress until I did the account workaround.  But it does warrant additional testing, perhaps I was missing some way to get around it.

Black Flag works offline. I played the game recently while having no internet connection and it skipped that part.

 

On 9/12/2023 at 1:48 AM, Samurai_SNAAAKE said:

Okay guys, I've heard a new rumor, so listen up. You won't find the source, so you have to trust me on this one.

 

Evil Dead: The Game is going to die real soon. Support will be axed, servers, as I understand, will be closed. It's going to happen this year, 2023.

 

So if you wanted to start the game up and do it in the near future, you better start it now. I don't know if it can be done online and I don't know if they gonna patch it. I'll be glad if it's just a false alarm, but better safe than sorry.

 It wouldn't surprise me since the game is almost dead. Not a lot of people online, and just to start a match it took me some minutes.

Btw, all the trophies are online only. There is a solo mode but you can't unlock trophies in it

[Lord_Bane999]

 

Cult of the Lamb developers first to announce their game will be removed January 1st over proposed changes to Unity's agreement if their new "Fee" goes through. Other delistings may be incoming if other devs follow suit.

 

Basically the new runtime fee charges a flat rate per install per device. So a dev will charged a fee for the first time it's install and anytime the same user installs on a secondary device for a first time too.

 

[Ryan Industries]

Avengers is on sale for probably the last time. Sale ends on September 27, 2023. 3 days before delisting.

 

PSN Store US - $3.99

 

PSN Store Canada - $5.34

 

PSN Store Great Britain - £4.49

 

PSN Store Europe - €4,99

 

PSN Store Hong Kong - HK$30.80

 

Thread:

 

Edited September 13, 2023 by FallenRyan

[JorgeSleep]

5 minutes ago, Lord_Bane999 said:

 

Cult of the Lamb developers first to announce their game will be removed January 1st over proposed changes to Unity's agreement if their new "Fee" goes through. Other delistings may be incoming if other devs follow suit.

 

Basically the new runtime fee charges a flat rate per install per device. So a dev will charged a fee for the first time it's install and anytime the same user installs on a secondary device for a first time too.

 

I honestly think the tweet is part joke and part pressure on Unity. I don't think they will remove the game from the Stores.

[Lord_Bane999]

34 minutes ago, JorgeSleep said:

I honestly think the tweet is part joke and part pressure on Unity. I don't think they will remove the game from the Stores.

It's most likely to definitely to generate pressure but since this will greatly affect indie developers even more, it's best to still post on this until they announce a reversal.

[shipper321]

14 hours ago, Lord_Bane999 said:

 

Cult of the Lamb developers first to announce their game will be removed January 1st over proposed changes to Unity's agreement if their new "Fee" goes through. Other delistings may be incoming if other devs follow suit.

 

Basically the new runtime fee charges a flat rate per install per device. So a dev will charged a fee for the first time it's install and anytime the same user installs on a secondary device for a first time too.

 

This has now comfirmed to be a joke. A stupid "joke" to pull especially since there are people who actively track delistings, such as everyone in this thread and delistedgames.com.

[HuntingFever]

1 hour ago, shipper321 said:

This has now comfirmed to be a joke. A stupid "joke" to pull especially since there are people who actively track delistings, such as everyone in this thread and delistedgames.com.

It wasn't a funny "joke" either - I hope their PR department get's an ear bashing for this.

 

EDIT: That awful Popeye game has gone bye-bye: https://delistedgames.com/popeye-2021/

Edited September 14, 2023 by HuntingFever
Update.

[Lance_87]

18 hours ago, FallenRyan said:

Avengers is on sale for probably the last time. Sale ends on September 27, 2023. 3 days before delisting.

 

PSN Store US - $3.99

 

PSN Store Canada - $5.34

 

PSN Store Great Britain - £4.49

 

PSN Store Europe - €4,99

 

PSN Store Hong Kong - HK$30.80

 

Thread:

 

 

FFFFU- i just bought the physical version for twice the price LMAO. Still a bargain though, it's hard to find for less than 12-13 euros with free shipping.

Edited September 14, 2023 by Lance_87

[Dark_Overlord]

24 minutes ago, Lance_87 said:

 

FFFFU- i just bought the physical version for twice the price LMAO. Still a bargain though, it's hard to find for less than 12-13 euros with free shipping.

 

Guessing you don't have CEX in Italy?  They have hundreds of them for £6 each XD

[Lance_87]

2 minutes ago, Dark_Overlord said:

 

Guessing you don't have CEX in Italy?  They have hundreds of them for £6 each XD

 

Nah i used eBay.

[Metal Slime King]

20 hours ago, FallenRyan said:

Avengers is on sale for probably the last time. Sale ends on September 27, 2023. 3 days before delisting.

 

PSN Store US - $3.99

 

PSN Store Canada - $5.34

 

PSN Store Great Britain - £4.49

 

PSN Store Europe - €4,99

 

PSN Store Hong Kong - HK$30.80

 

I think Avengers has been on sale for the sale slash price like 3 times since the delisting was announced. I grabbed it the 2nd time it went on sale and for the amount of crap that game got it was alright for that price.  Pretty grindy but no issues getting through playing solo. Actually had more fun with Anthem at the same slash price and it can also be played solo fine but I guess nothing has been announced for that game yet.

[Ryan Industries]

A few places have picked up a Reddit rumor that EA will be ending support for Wild Hearts soon (it's been out for around 7 months). I assume it's going to be another Anthem situation where it's no longer updated but the servers will remain up. Judging by the trophy list, there are at least 2 online trophies, which are:
 

Quote

 

Team Hunter 
Successfully completed 20 quests online    

 

Helpful Heart 
Successfully revived a fellow hunter online for the first time

 

 

Maybe someone that has the platinum can provide more info. EA Play currently has a 10-hour trial of the game.

 

Source: Reddit, PSLS & Insider Gaming

 

 

 

 

 

[Needles]

EA is shutting down Madden NFL 20 for PS4 on April 15, 2024:

 

https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/i-q

 

Looks like the game has a few online trophies.

[iriihutoR84]

4 hours ago, FallenRyan said:

A few places have picked up a Reddit rumor that EA will be ending support for Wild Hearts soon (it's been out for around 7 months). I assume it's going to be another Anthem situation where it's no longer updated but the servers will remain up. Judging by the trophy list, there are at least 2 online trophies, which are:
 

 

Maybe someone that has the platinum can provide more info. EA Play currently has a 10-hour trial of the game.

 

Source: Reddit, PSLS & Insider Gaming

 

 

 

 

 

 

All of those sources point to one and the same source and ending support of a live service game doesn't mean shutdown of the servers. It just means that no new content will be added. We'll see but I don't see any indication of a server shutdown or delisting being imminent.

[XxIsa-GxX]

3 minutes ago, Needles said:

EA is shutting down Madden NFL 20 for PS4 on April 15, 2024:

 

https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/i-q

 

Looks like the game has a few online trophies.

Looks like EA is on a serious killing spree considering the previous announcements as well…

[CooL_BoY_777]

Maybe they are all planning to produce new games, thats why they close old games servers 

[shipper321]

2 hours ago, Needles said:

EA is shutting down Madden NFL 20 for PS4 on April 15, 2024:

 

https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/i-q

 

Looks like the game has a few online trophies.

Madden 20 has the trophies from Madden 18 and 19 which were easy as piss, but it also has three trophies which are a staple in future Maddens which are as follows:

Already In Progress

Head to Head

Bragging Rights

 

Only one that needs boosting is Head to Head. All others can be done solo, takes almost no time.

[Retrogamer125]

Warhammer 40k space wolf is still on psn also it seems the sale has been extended to sept 28th.

[Lord_Bane999]

1 hour ago, Retrogamer125 said:

Warhammer 40k space wolf is still on psn also it seems the sale has been extended to sept 28th.

Removal isn't till Oct. 12th, but final sale may end before then depending if they readd it to the next sale after or not.

[Danyy___85]

With all this Unity debacle, if Unity does not step down with their "install" fee. Whe Even older games will be charged. They have no clue who will install, or Re Install the game. They say they do, but don't clarefy how will they do it. To anyone! They should at least for people who have subscriptions on their service... This is just bad. 

 

This was a nail in the coffin for Unity trustworthy towards all of the devs, and trust me, this will have more to the story in the upcoming days.

 

The problem are the many many many games made in Unity Engine that will start to be charged by install base on even 10 year old games, that can ruin a financial stability of a developer. Dev Cult of The Lamb tweet was a "joke" but a serious joke to be accounted for. Because it's to put on some pressure on Unity too. But if no changes are made until the new year, you will see a whole lot of delistings happening. Because the financial risk is just immensly high with upcoming projects being hampered by older released Unity games for said Dev. 

 

This is insane in many levels. 

 

 

[HuntingFever]

1 hour ago, Danyy___85 said:

With all this Unity debacle, if Unity does not step down with their "install" fee. Whe Even older games will be charged. They have no clue who will install, or Re Install the game. They say they do, but don't clarefy how will they do it. To anyone! They should at least for people who have subscriptions on their service... This is just bad. 

 

This was a nail in the coffin for Unity trustworthy towards all of the devs, and trust me, this will have more to the story in the upcoming days.

 

The problem are the many many many games made in Unity Engine that will start to be charged by install base on even 10 year old games, that can ruin a financial stability of a developer. Dev Cult of The Lamb tweet was a "joke" but a serious joke to be accounted for. Because it's to put on some pressure on Unity too. But if no changes are made until the new year, you will see a whole lot of delistings happening. Because the financial risk is just immensly high with upcoming projects being hampered by older released Unity games for said Dev. 

 

This is insane in many levels. 

 

 

I can see companies like Rata and EAS either going out of business completely because of this, drastically raising their prices and/or being far more choosy about which games they publish and with how many stacks. Either way it's not going to be good for us gamers . If Unity doesn't rescind this boneheaded decision, things will go south pretty fast for everyone.

Edited September 16, 2023 by HuntingFever
Update.

[POEman553]

1 hour ago, Danyy___85 said:

With all this Unity debacle, if Unity does not step down with their "install" fee. Whe Even older games will be charged. They have no clue who will install, or Re Install the game. They say they do, but don't clarefy how will they do it. To anyone! They should at least for people who have subscriptions on their service... This is just bad. 

 

This was a nail in the coffin for Unity trustworthy towards all of the devs, and trust me, this will have more to the story in the upcoming days.

 

The problem are the many many many games made in Unity Engine that will start to be charged by install base on even 10 year old games, that can ruin a financial stability of a developer. Dev Cult of The Lamb tweet was a "joke" but a serious joke to be accounted for. Because it's to put on some pressure on Unity too. But if no changes are made until the new year, you will see a whole lot of delistings happening. Because the financial risk is just immensly high with upcoming projects being hampered by older released Unity games for said Dev. 

 

This is insane in many levels. 

 

 

Not to mention that several people within Unity sold their stock about a day before this was announced. So SEC may be calling Unity and those people soon.