All News tagged with 'Server Closure'

Some of the older Microsoft Casual Collection titles are being left behind. One of those is Microsoft Jackpot -- the servers will be closed in June 2019 and the game has already been delisted.

Posted 28 days ago by Rebecca Smith, 32 comments

Microsoft Studios has announced they are in the process of sunsetting Age of Empires: Castle Siege. Purchases have already been disabled in the Windows real-time strategy game, and the servers will close in May 2019.

Posted 2 months ago by Kelly Packard, 53 comments

Final Fantasy XV: Comrades will be spun off into its own title. It's not clear if it will have achievements, but the achievements for the DLC in the main game will become discontinued on December 12th.

Posted 2 months ago by Kevin Tavore, 200 comments

UNO & Friends' server closure schedule is heading toward more delays than Duke Nukem Forever. Gameloft has announced that the servers for the Windows PC and Windows Phone title won't close until February 2019 now.

Posted 2 months ago by Kelly Packard, 15 comments

On November 19th, the servers will be closed for Just Dance 2017 (Xbox 360) and Just Dance 2018 (Xbox 360). The Xbox One version of both titles will not be affected.

Posted 3 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 22 comments

A wave of server closures will hit the Just Dance series in November, with all versions of Just Dance 2014, all versions of Just Dance 2015 and the Xbox 360 version of Just Dance 2016 on the chopping block.

Posted 4 months ago by Kelly Packard, 45 comments

Toylogic has now announced the servers will be closing for Happy Dungeons on June 12th, 2019, meaning the game will only have been available for two and a half years at the time of closing.

Posted 4 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 36 comments

With FIFA 19 set to kick it all again later in the month, it shouldn't be all that surprising that EA are shutting down the time-specific FUT Champions mode for FIFA 18 this September.

Posted 5 months ago by Andy Mills, 12 comments

Second chances don't come along often, but in the case of the UNO & Friends server closure, players are on chance number three. You now have until the end of the year before the game's servers close.

Posted 5 months ago by Kelly Packard, 27 comments

The game was indeed delisted over the weekend, and Xaviant has now confirmed that as of 3:51 PM BST, the servers for the game would be officially shutting down.

Posted 6 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 49 comments

Sometimes things don’t go so well and you have to cancel a game two months after release, but it’s going really bad when you do that, release a sequel seven months later, and then cancel it after one week.

Posted 6 months ago by Kevin Tavore, 83 comments

On October 11th, the online multiplayer servers for Crysis 2 will be closed, and this will render 15 achievements as discontinued.

Posted 6 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 117 comments

When Sword Coast Legends developer n-Space removed the RPG from marketplaces in December, the servers were expected to remain open "indefinitely." Maybe not, though.

Posted 6 months ago by Kelly Packard, 107 comments

UNO & Friends has had a temporary reprieve. Players no longer have just a couple of days to get the achievements as the servers will now be running until the end of September.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 28 comments

Only a small number of these servers are available, but the team hopes to open more servers up once they've reclaimed some of the lesser-used legacy servers, which will be removed on June 12th.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 10 comments

Community made levels, and rotating through special characters that players could unlock every week, will be coming to an end in June/July.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 33 comments

In September, the game's dedicated servers will close, meaning the game will transition to peer-to-peer multiplayer. While the game will remain playable, the closure will remove some of the game's features.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 49 comments

Guitar Hero Live publisher Activision has announced the music game's Guitar Hero TV mode, which was Live's version of online play, will be sunsetted before the end of the year.

Posted 7 months ago by Kelly Packard, 32 comments

At retail, there's the latest instalment in the MotoGP franchise, Codemasters' latest frantic arcade racer, and a vampire RPG. Alongside the new ACA NEOGEO title, ID@Xbox offers up the remaining eight titles.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 15 comments

The online services for the game will be closed on July 2nd, 2018, but don't panic -- no achievements are affected by the closure.

Posted 7 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 18 comments

Due to the imminent expiration of their license with Mattel, the servers for UNO & Friends on both Windows Phone and Windows 8 are closing at the end of next month.

Posted 8 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 50 comments

Developer Ready At Dawn has announced the Deformers servers will shut down. The writing was on the wall as Deformers was removed from digital stores last month despite only releasing in April 2017.

Posted 8 months ago by Kelly Packard, 47 comments

Hitman series developer IO Interactive must close the servers for 2012's Hitman: Absolution Contracts feature in what the company hopes is only a temporary situation.

Posted 8 months ago by Kelly Packard, 111 comments

Server closures have become a fact of modern, online gaming. In this case, Ubisoft has announced Just Sing, a September 2016 Xbox One title, will have its online features disabled in June.

Posted 9 months ago by Kelly Packard, 55 comments

Today, AlphaJax and Snap Attack received identical server closure announcements. Both games will be shutting down and will no longer generate puzzles beginning May 18th, 2018.

Posted 10 months ago by Kelly Packard, 426 comments

Developer ToyLogic has today announced that Happy Wars will be closing down on Xbox 360 and Windows 10. December 17th, 2018 is the closure date.

Posted 10 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 105 comments

Capcom has announced the online features for the Xbox 360 version of Dragon's Dogma will be disabled at the end of March. This affects the online Ur-Dragon and service that allowed players to rent pawns.

Posted 10 months ago by Kelly Packard, 48 comments

Bandai Namco has announced that the Global Colosseum online game mode will be coming to an end in SoulCalibur V on Xbox 360.

Posted 11 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 10 comments

The writing was on the wall for Gigantic. Back in November, developer Motiga closed its doors, leaving nearly all of its development staff without jobs. Now, the game's servers will be closing on July 31st.

Posted 11 months ago by Rebecca Smith, 85 comments

With old games often comes the discontinuation of features and services. The Saints series is no different. Volition has announced the My Steelport function, which allowed players to share characters and screenshots, will close.

Posted 1 year ago by Kelly Packard, 194 comments

EA has announced that the servers for the game will shutdown on Friday, December 15th. If you're reading this, that's either today or it's about to be today. Time to build some houses.

Posted 1 year ago by Kevin Tavore, 122 comments

The online services for PES 2017 have been scheduled for termination next year and this will mean that several of the game's online achievements will become discontinued, as well as myClub coins and GP.

Posted 1 year ago by Ashley Woodcock, 17 comments

After initially being announced for December 31st, a rumor popped up last week indicating the end might be sooner than expected. It seems that rumor was well-founded.

Posted 1 year ago by Kevin Tavore, 117 comments

Rumors indicate that Gazillion, the game's developer, has been shut down and is in bankruptcy. Many employees have been terminated and creditors are supposedly requiring the servers be shut down early.

Posted 1 year ago by Kevin Tavore, 157 comments

It’s been a great year for Marvel fans, but the ending will be a bit sour. Launched only months ago, Marvel Heroes Omega will soon come to an end.

Posted 1 year ago by Kevin Tavore, 125 comments

A few days ago, we learned that the Windows Phone version of Dragon Mania Legends had seen its Xbox Live support completely removed. Now it seems like the same has happened to Asphalt 8: Airborne (WP).

Posted 1 year ago by Rebecca Smith, 37 comments

As even Microsoft winds down its support for the aging Xbox 360 console, so do developers and publishers. Ubisoft has announced they will end support for another batch of titles.

Posted 1 year ago by Kelly Packard, 101 comments

The Hong Kong version of Neverwinter will be no more as the development team has announced that the game server will be shut down next month, followed by customer and forum services in December.

Posted 1 year ago by Ashley Woodcock, 54 comments

With almost 12 years gone since the Xbox 360 landed on the Marketplace, support and features for it are in a steady decline. Microsoft has announced that support for the Kinect Share feature has become officially disabled.

Posted 1 year ago by Kelly Packard, 153 comments

Server shutdowns aren't taken lightly by this community, so allow me to take the time and calmly remind you all to not shoot the messenger. EA has revealed several servers will be going offline later in 2017.

Posted 1 year ago by Mark Delaney, 128 comments

Despite millions of players enjoying sports titles every year, they're a ticking time bomb as far as discontinued achievements go. EA has announced FIFA 14 will be having its online services shut down come October.

Posted 1 year ago by Kelly Packard, 60 comments

The online services for Nike+ Kinect Training will be coming to an end next month as Microsoft and Nike have announced they will be shutting down the game's servers.

Posted 1 year ago by Ashley Woodcock, 41 comments

Various FIFA titles will see their online services shut down as Electronic Arts have decided to pull the plug on services for FIFA 12, FIFA 13, and FIFA 15 Ultimate Team (WP).

Posted 1 year ago by Ashley Woodcock, 43 comments

As recent players of the game Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 are already aware, Konami has scheduled a server shutdown for the soccer title in August. Another round of PES servers bite the dust.

Posted 1 year ago by Kelly Packard, 34 comments

REAL STEEL, an Xbox LIVE Arcade title released in October 2011 by developer Yuke's, will see its online services discontinued later this year. Five of the game's 12 achievements will become unobtainable.

Posted 1 year ago by Ashley Woodcock, 94 comments

Some companies celebrate their anniversary with... well... celebration, others do it with server closures! Who am I to judge? WB Games has announced Batman: Arkham Origins' multiplayer portion will close shortly.

Posted 2 years ago by Kelly Packard, 155 comments

Game Troopers' Free Slots Fun Factory's game-breaking issues were more than just a bug as the entire game has now been removed from the Xbox LIVE store.

Posted 2 years ago by Ashley Woodcock, 45 comments

Today we bring you the regrettable news that Ubisoft has detailed their plans to shut down the services for five Xbox 360 titles less than a month from now. We've compiled a list of achievements that may be affected.

Posted 2 years ago by Kelly Packard, 165 comments

After Disney Infinity announced its discontinuation of the toys in May, it comes as no surprise they have detailed an outline for the servers' shutdown. All online services will be discontinued as of March 2017 with some earlier.

Posted 2 years ago by Kelly Packard, 118 comments

The Day One Kinect-enabled title Xbox Fitness announced today it will be receiving the "Project Spark treatment" — that is, slowly closing down in multiple phases. As of July 2017, the title will not be accessible at all.

Posted 2 years ago by Kelly Packard, 233 comments