Telltale Games unfortunately closed down last year after failing to recover from financial issues and shrinking sales. At the time, multiple Telltale series began to disappear from sale on digital storefronts but eventually, issues were resolved and some fan favourite games managed to remain on sale. Now, that situation is …
Read More »Razer is shutting down Ouya
A few years ago, there was a big push to bring Android into the living room as a competitive console offering. This resulted in a few different products, including Ouya, the MadCatz Mojo (which used the Ouya store) and the Razer Forge TV. Razer acquired Ouya back in 2015 and …
Read More »Coinhive is shutting down ahead of Monero algorithm changes
Over the last couple of years, Coinhive has appeared in the news multiple times. The service was used by a number of websites to use visitor's PCs to mine Monero coin. The Pirate Bay notably started using it to circumvent low advertising revenue, although other websites were less upfront about …
Read More »Telltale games start to disappear from sale as shutdown begins
It has been a tumultuous couple of months for Telltale Games. The studio announced that it would be shutting down back in September, putting the final season of The Walking Dead in jeopardy. At this point, most of the studio's former developers have moved on and now, the company has …
Read More »WildStar is officially going offline in November, Carbine Studios will close too
WildStar looked like it could be the next big MMO when it launched in 2014. There was plenty of excitement surrounding the game and its potential to take on WoW at the time but shortly after its launch, players started leaving. The game had a brief resurgence in 2015 after …
Read More »Telltale Games is still attempting to finish The Walking Dead: The Final Season
Across the weekend, staff at Telltale Games were devastated by the sudden closure of the studio, prompting a wave of discussion in the video game industry. Caught in the crossfire is the last two episodes of The Walking Dead: The Final Season, however it seems that Telltale has offered a …
Read More »Telltale Games is closing down, The Walking Dead final season may not be finished
Over the weekend, Telltale Games made the surprising announcement that the studio would be closing down, laying off almost all employees effective immediately. Nobody was given a heads up, leaving around 225 developers to search for new studios to work at. Telltale will keep 25 employees on until early 2019 …
Read More »LawBreaker’s servers officially went offline this week
There was a point in time where LawBreakers was looking to be an exciting launch. The game went through lengthy public alpha/beta testing but unfortunately, by the time the game launched, a lot of people had already had their fill. The game struggled to compete against Overwatch and now, the …
Read More »H1Z1’s ‘Just Survive’ mode is shutting down
Back when H1Z1 first launched on Steam Early Access, it was pitched as an open-world survival game with zombies spread across the map. This brought the game its initial success but over time, the focus shifted to Battle Royale and H1Z1 was split into two games. Now, Daybreak Studios will …
Read More »Boss Key shuts down, says Radical Heights was ‘too little too late’
Just one month after launching Radical Heights, Boss Key Productions has announced that the studio is closing down. The studio was founded by Cliff Bleszinski, who previously helped lead work on the Gears of War series for Epic Games. Boss Key Productions was founded in 2014 and the studio immediately …
Read More »Raptr is closing down for good one year after being dropped by AMD
This week, the PC gaming service ‘Raptr' announced that it would be shutting down at the end of this month, just one year after AMD officially dropped support for the app. Raptr has been around for close to ten years and for a while, it also came bundled with Radeon …
Read More »OnePlus 5 emergency service shutdown bug now has a fix
Earlier this week, a worrying and dangerous bug affecting the OnePlus 5 came to light. Owners of the smartphone came forward to confirm that their OnePlus 5 smartphones were forcefully shutting down whenever an emergency service number was called. Given the severity of this issue, OnePlus began investigating immediately and …
Read More »Oculus is shutting down its award winning Story Studio
A lot of changes have been going on behind the scenes at Oculus over the last six months. Palmer Luckey is out, Brendan Iribe is no longer the CEO, Oculus won't be turning up to E3 for the first time in years and now, the award winning Oculus Story Studio …
Read More »Players give Asheron’s Call a final, communal send off
17 year old MMO, Asheron's Call, has finally been shut down for good. To celebrate its life and mourn its death, players clubbed together on various servers to bid farewell to the world they had been questing and fighting in for the best part of two decades. Originally released by …
Read More »What.CD the world’s biggest music torrent tracker has shutdown
While everyone has heard of giant public torrent trackers like The Pirate Bay and KAT, there are some pretty massive private sites too, with some specialising in just one area, like ebooks, TV shows or music. This week, we saw the closure of the world's largest music tracker, What.CD, a …
Read More »TorrentHound becomes third big site to shutdown in 2016
2016 has not been a good year for torrent sites. On top of losing mainstream sharing traction to streaming sites and services, three of the top 10 torrent sites in the world have shut down. Following along with KickassTorrens and Torrentz, TorrentHound has now announced a sudden end to its …
Read More »Apple’s iBooks and iTunes Movies stores shut down in China
Apple has found itself unable to sell both ebooks and films over in China, after a government regulator took issue with the iBooks and iTunes movie stores. Right now, it is being reported that China's State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television is behind the block on two …
Read More »GameFront is shutting down after close to 20 years
In recent months it seems like Defy Media is cleaning house a bit when it comes to gaming sites. The first casualty was GameTrailers, which was put out of action back in February and now GameFront is also set to close its doors this month after close to two decades online. …
Read More »Microsoft’s list of game studios continues to shrink
Yesterday, Microsoft made the out of the blue announcement that it would be cancelling Fable Legends and proposed the closure of Lionhead Studios. On top of that, Press Play Studios was also shut down in the process. Following on from this, Microsoft has gone ahead and altered its list of …
Read More »Fable Legends cancelled, Microsoft to close down Lionhead UK
Microsoft is making some big changes to its studios based in the UK and Denmark this week. The company just announced today that firstly, Lionhead Studios will be ceasing production on Fable Legends and the studio will likely shut down following on from that. Secondly, a studio in Denmark will …
Read More »Blizzard is closing down the Overwatch beta for a while
Blizzard has revealed that it will be shutting down its Overwatch closed beta servers later this month, starting on the 10th of December. During this downtime, no more invites will be sent out and nobody will be able to access the game, though it will be returning next year and …
Read More »ATVOD is no more, OfCom to take over regulation duties
Authority for Television On Demand (ATVOD), the regulatory body for on demand TV platforms in the UK, like 4OD, BBC iPlayer and the ITV player, is set to close after just five years of operation. It's regulatory responsibilities, which lately have seen the organisation go after porn site operators, will …
Read More »Mojang is killing off Scrolls
It looks like Mojang is pulling the plug on Scrolls, its battle card game, which launched some time after Minecraft rocketed in to popularity. Scrolls did not achieve the same level of success as Minecraft did and now it will be shutting down entirely, although the game will continue to …
Read More »Lost Planet 3 developer ceasing operations
It looks like we are about to lose another game development studio as Spark Unlimited, the team behind Lost Planet 3, is ceasing its game development operations. All employees at the studio have also unfortunately lost their jobs, which is never good news. Spark Unlimited also developed Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden …
Read More »Grooveshark shuts down, apologises to everyone
Grooveshark was once upon a time one of the world's biggest music streaming platforms, with a peak user base over 30 million strong. However its near 10 years history has now come to a close, as with a looming damages payment in the hundreds of millions, the site settled with …
Read More »Sony is closing its stores in Canada
Sony has announced that it will be closing down all of its stores in Canada within the next six to eight weeks. From now on, Sony will be selling and supporting its products through a series of authorized retailers and its own online store. Sony confirmed the cost cutting move …
Read More »Business as usual: Silk Road 3 reloaded appears
In an almost immediate response to the shut down of the illicit substance marketplace, Silk Road 2 and the arrest of its alleged owner, Blake Benthall, Silk Road 3 “reloaded” has appeared on the dark net, advertising business as usual for underground drug sales. However, just because the name and …
Read More »MSN Messenger shut down coming on 31st October
If you've grown up with Skype, social networks and smartphones, then chances are the idea of an instant messaging tool is a bit bland to you, but for those of us that sat through the bleeps and screeches of 25.6k modems to get online, they were a window to a whole …
Read More »Borderlands update paves way for Steamworks
Borderlands is the latest title to be saved from the Gamespy shutdown as a new update removes the title's SecuROM DRM and paves the way for Steam Works integration. Right now Borderlands is a multiplayer-less game but co-op will soon be making a return for those who still play. The …
Read More »Game Ranger is saving multiplayer from Gamespy shutdown
Gamespy recently announced that it would be shutting down its servers which consequently made the multiplayer features on a lot of games obsolete. Some publishers chose to save their more recent titles that people still play but a lot of older titles would still be shut off from multiplayer. Fortunately, …
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