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Christopher Mysiak, 26 June 2024, 06:02

Forza Horizon 4 will approach the end of its life this year. The Festival Playlists will stop being refreshed in August, and the game will disappear from stores in December. Although the servers are expected to continue to work, and „exclusive” cars will become available to acquire in a new way.

Maciej Gaffke, 11 May 2024, 05:07

Days before its PC release, Ghost of Tsushima was withdrawn from sale in countries where the PlayStation Network isn't available.

Jacob Blazewicz, 03 January 2024, 03:45

Gran Turismo Sport is no longer available on PlayStation Store, but the players can still play online for a month.

Adrian Werner, 17 December 2023, 12:37

The PC versions of the Godus and Godus Wars, some of the biggest failures in Peter Molyneux's career, have been withdrawn from sale.

Adrian Werner, 15 October 2023, 08:49

Alien: Blackout, a mobile horror game that continues the storyline of the iconic Alien: Isolation, will soon be withdrawn from sale.

Marcin Przala, 10 September 2023, 21:00

At the request of the developer, the platform game Only Up!, which gained considerable publicity in June thanks to online content creators, has been withdrawn from Steam distribution.

Kamil Kleszyk, 10 July 2023, 00:04

A very pleasant surprise for their fans has been prepared by the developers of a highly praised horror game. In connection with the upcoming withdrawal of the game from official distribution, the developers have decided to offer its basic content completely free of charge.

Adrian Werner, 09 June 2023, 13:13

Friday the 13th: The Game will disappear from sale in a few months. All because of the end of the licensing agreement with the brand owners.

Adrian Werner, 28 May 2023, 15:37

Roots of Pacha, one of the surprises of April, has been removed from Steam. The reason is a conflict between the developers and the game's publisher.

Agnes Adamus, 10 January 2023, 15:29

Recent rumors suggest Leatherface will be leaving Dead By Daylight. In this news you will find a description of the rationale suggesting that Leatherface will be pulled from sale.

Jacob Blazewicz, 15 December 2022, 12:17

Next year, the Unreal series games will lose access to online features, as will a handful of other titles, and they are already disappearing from sales.

Agnes Adamus, 24 November 2022, 11:53

The small but cherished Deus Ex GO will soon be shut down. Square Enix Montreal's game will be deactivated early next year.

Adrian Werner, 23 August 2022, 13:22

The excellent racing games Project CARS and Project CARS 2 will soon disappear from sale. Iit's worth taking advantage of deals to buy them while it's still possible.

Kamil Kleszyk, 19 June 2022, 15:56

Tactical shooter Ready or Not has been temporarily removed from Steam, a week after it added a level depicting a mass shooting in a nightclub.

Miriam Moszczynska, 07 March 2022, 16:30

Ubisoft is joining the ranks of companies that have pulled their games from sale in Russia. It is also helping its employees from Ukraine to flee the war-torn country.

Dawid Wanat, 04 March 2022, 20:47

Electronic Arts has decided to stop selling its games in Russia and Belarus.

Jacob Blazewicz, 04 March 2022, 20:10

Microsoft is not stopping at actively supporting Ukraine in the fight against cyber attacks and helping refugees. The company has stopped selling new products and services across Russia.

Michael Zegar, 03 March 2022, 19:38

Both CD Projekt RED and Bloober Team have announced that they will temporarily stop selling their games in Russia and Belarus. This order also applies to GOG.com.

Jacob Blazewicz, 17 December 2021, 14:56

The Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker DLC turned out to be so good that Square Enix was forced to temporarily pull the game from digital and stationary stores.

Damian Gacek, 14 November 2021, 20:59

We've officially learned the reason why PC gamers can't play GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Files that were mistakenly placed in the game are to blame.

Jacob Blazewicz, 12 November 2021, 18:57

PC gamers have to do without GTA The Trilogy: Definitive Edition (as well as Grand Theft Auto Online and Red Dead Online) for now. Data miners, however, have found the „Holy Grail” of Rockstar Games mysteries.

Paul Musiolik, 08 November 2021, 13:11

Konami has temporarily removed the digital versions of several Metal Gear Solid games from stores. The reason is licensing issues that need to be resolved for the titles to return to sale.

Hubert Sledziewski, 13 October 2021, 17:08

Classic versions of GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas can no longer be purchased in several regions of the world. Rockstar Games is thus „preparing” for the release of GTA: The Trilogy - The Definitive Edition. Europe is expected to be next.

Paul Musiolik, 09 October 2021, 22:20

GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas will be removed from digital stores in a few days. Rockstar Games announced its decision shortly after the remasters were announced.

Adrian Werner, 30 July 2021, 18:04

Forza Motorsport 7's story is slowly coming to an end. The game will soon disappear from sale and Game Pass offer.

Jacob Blazewicz, 31 May 2021, 21:19

Today, Need for Speed Carbon, Need for Speed Undercover, Need for Speed Shift, Need for Speed Shift 2: Unleashed, and Need for Speed The Run will be pulled from digital distribution. EA also plans to end online support for all of these games after the holidays.

Agnes Adamus, 26 March 2021, 18:35

Square Enix has temporarily withdrawn the 1999 TPP action game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver from sale. The reason for this decision are works on an update.

Christian Pieniazek, 25 August 2020, 21:57

The Sinking City has disappeared from the stores. Developers from Frogwares published an open letter, in which they explain that the blame for this situation lies with its publisher - Nacon. At the same time, the devs convince that they are doing their best to get their work back on sale as soon as possible.

Bart Swiatek, 12 August 2020, 11:49

The creators of the racing game Forza Horizon 3 informed that at the end of September both this game and its expansions will be withdrawn from sale in Microsoft Store.

Agnes Adamus, 19 June 2020, 20:10

At the end of May, the WWII strategy game Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg was released. On this occasion, a short trailer was published, which shows Hitler celebrating in the Kremlin. As it turns out, this did not appeal to the Russian government, which demanded that the sale of the game be stopped in the country.

Mateusz Popielak, 17 June 2020, 18:52

Statements from developers began to appear on the web, as some of them decided to remove their games from Steam. Will Valve suffer from its silence?

Milosz Szubert, 17 March 2020, 16:48

Daniel Ahmad, senior analyst at Niko Partners, gave three reasons why Ndemic Creations' Plague Inc. was removed from distribution in China. The reasons included the lack of a proper license.

Paul Wozniak, 02 March 2020, 19:31

Plague Inc. was removed from the Chinese App Store. The reason for this is „content that is illegal in China as determined by the Cyberspace Administration of China”. For the time being we do not know the exact reasons for such a decision, although it can be assumed that it is related to the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

Agnes Adamus, 13 January 2020, 23:03

We've learned the reason why GTA IV can no longer be bought on Steam. It turns out that the fact that the PC version of the game was created for the now-unsupported Games for Windows Live platform is to blame. Currently Rockstar Games is looking for a solution to this situation.

Konrad Serafinski, 11 January 2020, 20:29

Since yesterday, we can't buy GTA IV on Steam any more. The game is still present in the store, but without a purchase option. This applies to both standard and complete edition. So far, we don't know what is the cause, and Rockstar hasn't released any official announcement on the matter.

Jacob Blazewicz, 13 September 2019, 15:12

Sony has withdrawn Call of Duty: Modern Warfare from the Russian version of PlayStation Store. It seems that players in Russia will have to do without it.

Bart Swiatek, 01 April 2019, 13:18

Ubisoft decided to pull the original version of Assassin’s Creed III from Steam and Uplay. From now on, the game will only be available in its remastered version, which costs more and has higher hardware requirements.

Adrian Werner, 30 March 2019, 23:53

Sony announced that it will remove DriveClub, DriveClub VR and DriveClub Bikes racing games from sale this August. The games' servers are scheduled to be shut down next year.

Jacob Blazewicz, 08 March 2019, 23:11

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 will only be available on Uplay and Epic Games Store beginning with the day of release. The info comes from the British website Gamesplanet, according to which Ubisoft will ban all independent digital stores from selling the

Adrian Werner, 27 February 2019, 16:12

Skybound Entertainment has broken the deal with Stabreeze. As a result, the console versions of OVERKILL's The Walking Dead have been canceled. What's more, the planned expansions for the PC version may be affected.

Christian Pieniazek, 03 January 2019, 19:59

Digital editions of LEGO The Hobbit and LEGO The Lord of the Rings have been withdrawn from sale on PCs and consoles. The official reasons for this are unknown.

luckie, 09 December 2016, 11:51

Digital store Games Republic is soon going to be closed. Despite some interesting ideas, the platform failed to turn profit for its owner - Polish 11 bit studios.

Goral, 25 June 2015, 11:54

A statement was released on the official forum of Batman: Arkham Knight, announcing that the sales of the PC version will be delayed until the issues are fixed. At the same time, the creators apologized to the players for this situation.