Upcoming Server Shutdowns & Delistings (Retired)

[setobox]

9 minutes ago, Super_Mep said:

It appears that a bunch of playlink games were delisted from at least the USA store. 

 

I just checked they are all gone except Battleship, Melbits, Word Hunter, Planet of the Apes Last Frontier, Uno and Ticket to Ride.

 

So both Knowledge is Power, that's you, hidden agenda, chimp party, Frantics, and just deal with it are delisted? Can someone check other store markets to confirm?

Woah and like Sony still had the playlink game page up for all of those games  but when you click on the "to buy" part for them, the lead to dead links or to the main page to buy spider-man 2.

 

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/accessories/playlink/

 

1 minute ago, Super_Mep said:

Hate to be a pain but it appears Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice was also delisted.... That was gonna be my H game for my alphabet challenge what the hell

 It's still here for me in the US https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3064-CUSA07511_00-HELLB2017NT002EN

[Super_Mep]

3 minutes ago, setobox said:

Woah and like Sony still had the playlink game page up for all of those games  but when you click on the "to buy" part for them, the lead to dead links or to the main page to buy spider-man 2.

 

https://www.playstation.com/en-us/accessories/playlink/

 

Did the same developer/publisher do all these games that are gone now? I'm gonna go investigate.

 

Update: Ok all the ones that are gone except for Just Deal With It were all published by Sony. All different developers except for the two Knowledge is Power power games of course. So they just pulled all these games with no notice or explanation?

6 minutes ago, setobox said:

 

 It's still here for me in the US https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP3064-CUSA07511_00-HELLB2017NT002EN

Ok weird I can see it in the ps app but on my PS5 it doesn't exist!?

Edited November 3, 2023 by Super_Mep

[setobox]

6 minutes ago, Super_Mep said:

Did the same developer/publisher do all these games that are gone now? I'm gonna go investigate.

 

Update: Ok all the ones that are gone except for Just Deal With It were all published by Sony. All different developers except for the two Knowledge is Power power games of course. So they just pulled all these games with no notice or explanation?

Ok weird I can see it in the ps app but on my PS5 it doesn't exist!?

 

It probably has something to do the google apps for them. Apparently those stopped working a while ago? The apple versions are still there since I just downloaded the one for hidden agenda a few hours ago onto my ipad.

[Super_Mep]

Just now, setobox said:

 

It probably has something to do the google apps for them. Apparently those stopped working a while ago? The apple versions are still there since I just downloaded the one for hidden agenda a few hours ago onto my ipad.

I just looked at the play store all the apps are there for download. Unsure if they are working or not.

 

I also found this:

 

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[setobox]

On 10/27/2023 at 12:55 PM, XxIsa-GxX said:

It’s still best to clear out the three online trophies for the VITA version of Liberation in case something happens. Though the online mode is most like a FaceBook game, and you send out troops for missions etc., it shouldn’t take very long to finish up (I would say probably around 5 hours or so).

I still don't understand how to play that online mode at all.

[Riiszk]

1 hour ago, Super_Mep said:

Ok weird I can see it in the ps app but on my PS5 it doesn't exist!?

Sometimes the PS5 store won't show PS4 titles. It'll act as if it's delisted when looking using the PS5 console, but it'll still be there on the app or PS4 store.. unless it actually is delisted of course. I have no idea why it does that.

[Dark_Overlord]

9 hours ago, Super_Mep said:

It appears that a bunch of playlink games were delisted from at least the USA store. 

 

I just checked they are all gone except Battleship, Melbits, Word Hunter, Planet of the Apes Last Frontier, Uno and Ticket to Ride.

 

So both Knowledge is Power, that's you, hidden agenda, chimp party, Frantics, and just deal with it are delisted? Can someone check other store markets to confirm?

 

Can't find them on UK store either

[HuntingFever]

I've checked various stores but Knowledge is Power has vanished from all of them .

[Kolm]

9 hours ago, setobox said:

 

It probably has something to do the google apps for them. Apparently those stopped working a while ago? The apple versions are still there since I just downloaded the one for hidden agenda a few hours ago onto my ipad.

 

9 hours ago, Super_Mep said:

I just looked at the play store all the apps are there for download. Unsure if they are working or not.

 

I also found this:

 

<Img>https://pasteboard.co/2uVfjXNuWdGQ.jpg</img>

Google decided to no longer show apps in the store if they're build with an SDK that's 3 or more versions behind the current one. So that's about 2-3 years old.
This means that app developers have to build their app again every 1-2 years with the new SDK, fix things if necessary and update it in the store to keep it visible.

If you don't own them and search for them, you won't find them.

If you do own them and got them before being invisible, then you'll still be able to find them.

Those apps might still work fine it's just that Google doesn't want to show them. It's a bit weird that now the simplest of apps has to be uploaded again every few even though it's not using anything fancy and the old version is working perfect on the newest phones.

[Maxie_M0us3]

14 hours ago, Super_Mep said:

It appears that a bunch of playlink games were delisted from at least the USA store. 

 

I just checked they are all gone except Battleship, Melbits, Word Hunter, Planet of the Apes Last Frontier, Uno and Ticket to Ride.

 

So both Knowledge is Power, that's you, hidden agenda, chimp party, Frantics, and just deal with it are delisted? Can someone check other store markets to confirm?

 

The only option right now to get these delisted games is in physical media. Long live physical!

There was Frantics left in my digital library of PlayLink games, was on sale last week, I wanted but I was watching on my economy so I didn't buy it. Little did I know it would disappear out of thin air after it, with no notice whatsoever. I gotta find a cheap second hand copy of it.

Edited November 3, 2023 by MaxieM0us3

[Dinniestar]

14 hours ago, POEman553 said:

 

Since this morning (at least since the weekly server maintenance) the servers appear to not be working now. I'm hoping they didn't shut down early because they are idiots.

servers are still down 

 

I'm expecting its due to high amount of players on game due to announcement 

 

 

[Super_Mep]

26 minutes ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

 

The only option then is to get these games in physical media, which they all are. Long live physical!

There was Frantics left in my digital library of PlayLink games, was on sale last week, I wanted but I was watching on my economy so I didn't buy it. Little did I know it would disappear out of thin air after it, with no notice whatsoever. I gotta find a cheap second hand copy of it.

I'm concerned the playlink app won't work so I guess ill test the original knowledge is power before I go searching for a physical of its sequel. I'd be really annoyed if I find it and buy it and can't play it haha

[Maxie_M0us3]

10 minutes ago, Super_Mep said:

I'm concerned the playlink app won't work so I guess ill test the original knowledge is power before I go searching for a physical of its sequel. I'd be really annoyed if I find it and buy it and can't play it haha

 

All PlayLink apps on my iPhone work.

[GravityQueeen]

I played Hidden Agenda months ago and found that PlayLink app on APK pure. It worked perfectly.

[Maxie_M0us3]

1 hour ago, GravityQueeen said:

I played Hidden Agenda months ago and found that PlayLink app on APK pure. It worked perfectly.

 

Yep, in case the apps get delisted from App Store or Google Play, then the last resort is getting them via APKPure for Android (both emulator or importing to devices).

[Dry]

12 hours ago, Riiszk said:

Sometimes the PS5 store won't show PS4 titles. It'll act as if it's delisted when looking using the PS5 console, but it'll still be there on the app or PS4 store.. unless it actually is delisted of course. I have no idea why it does that.

PS4 games with known backwards compatibility issues don’t appear on the PS5’s PS Store.

 

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is one of those games but I personally encountered no such issues while playing through the game twice on my PS5 (first platinum run was on the EU version, followed by NA).

Edited November 3, 2023 by Dry

[pavelbagirov]

17 hours ago, Super_Mep said:

It appears that a bunch of playlink games were delisted from at least the USA store. 

 

I just checked they are all gone except Battleship, Melbits, Word Hunter, Planet of the Apes Last Frontier, Uno and Ticket to Ride.

 

So both Knowledge is Power, that's you, hidden agenda, chimp party, Frantics, and just deal with it are delisted? Can someone check other store markets to confirm?

All available physically or some digital only?

[Dark_Overlord]

40 minutes ago, pavelbagirov said:

All available physically or some digital only?

 

All the delisted ones are available physically

Edited November 3, 2023 by Dark_Overlord

[Maxie_M0us3]

51 minutes ago, pavelbagirov said:

All available physically or some digital only?

 

Battleship, Uno, Planet of the Apes: The Last Frontier and Ticket to Ride are digital only. Ticket to Ride will be delisted when a new version of this game will be released in April 2024.

[Dark_Overlord]

16 minutes ago, MaxieM0us3 said:

 

Battleship, Uno, Planet of the Apes: The Last Frontier and Ticket to Ride are digital only. Ticket to Ride will be delisted when a new version of this game will be released in April 2024.

 

Planet Of The Apes: Last Frontier got a physical from Limited Run

[Maxie_M0us3]

1 minute ago, Dark_Overlord said:

 

Planet Of The Apes: Last Frontier got a physical from Limited Run

 

Well, nevermind.

[timpurnat]

8 minutes ago, Dark_Overlord said:

 

Planet Of The Apes: Last Frontier got a physical from Limited Run

Are both stacks available physically?

[Dark_Overlord]

1 hour ago, timpurnat said:

Are both stacks available physically?

 

No, just the US stack

[theomgkitteh]

Planet of the Apes is available in US store, I just checked. What are you talking 'bout, people? 🤯

[Lord_Bane999]

21 hours ago, Super_Mep said:

It appears that a bunch of playlink games were delisted from at least the USA store. 

 

I just checked they are all gone except Battleship, Melbits, Word Hunter, Planet of the Apes Last Frontier, Uno and Ticket to Ride.

 

So both Knowledge is Power, that's you, hidden agenda, chimp party, Frantics, and just deal with it are delisted? Can someone check other store markets to confirm?

They've been "delisted" for a while now. You can still find them manually though if you have the web link to each store page. But currently it's impossible to download them again from Google Play Store on some newer Android Devices as it just gives an unsupported device / Android Version for them. They've also blocked manual searches for them or the pages appearing on the Google Play Store directly, but you can still view them through Google Play Store if you downloaded them previously and check you uninstalled apps tab.

Edited November 3, 2023 by Lord_Bane999