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GTA The Trilogy: Definitive Edition Pulled From Sale on PC; Rockstar Launcher Still Down
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
November 12, 2021
Konami Pulls Metal Gear Solid Games From Sale
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.
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Paul Musiolik
November 8, 2021
GTA Trilogy Disappears From Sale
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.
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Hubert Sledziewski
October 13, 2021
Original GTA III, Vice City and San Andreas Will Soon be Pulled From Digital Stores
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.
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Paul Musiolik
October 9, 2021
Forza Motorsport 7 About to be Pulled From Sale
Forza Motorsport 7's story is slowly coming to an end. The game will soon disappear from sale and Game Pass offer.
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Adrian Werner
July 30, 2021
Some Need for Speed Games Are Pulled From Digital Stores Today. Forever
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
May 31, 2021
LoK: Soul Reaver Temporarily Pulled From Steam Due to Important Patch
Square Enix has temporarily withdrawn the 1999 TPP action game Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver from sale.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.
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Agnes Adamus
March 26, 2021
Frogwares in Trouble; The Sinking City Pulled From Stores
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.
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Christian Pieniazek
August 25, 2020
Forza Horizon 3 Will Disappear From Microsoft Store in Late September
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.
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Bart Swiatek
August 12, 2020
Russians Outraged After a Game Shows Hitler's Victory Parade in Kremlin
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.
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Agnes Adamus
June 19, 2020
Valve Remains Silent on Black Lives Matter; Devs Withdraw Games From Steam
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?
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Mateusz Popielak
June 17, 2020
Industry Expert on Why Plague Inc. was Banned in China
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.
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Milosz Szubert
March 17, 2020
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Plague Inc. Removed From Chinese App Store for „Illegal” Content [Updated]
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.
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Paul Wozniak
March 2, 2020
Rockstar's Official Explanation for GTA 4 Disappearance From Steam
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.
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Agnes Adamus
January 13, 2020
We Will no Longer Buy GTA 4 on Steam
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.
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Konrad Serafinski
January 11, 2020
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Vanishes From Russian PSN
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.
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Jacob Blazewicz
September 13, 2019
Assassin’s Creed 3 Pulled From Steam and Uplay in Favor of Remaster
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.
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Bart Swiatek
April 1, 2019
Sony Removes DriveClub From Sale, Server Shutdown in 2020
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.
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Adrian Werner
March 30, 2019
The Division 2 Soon Available Only on Uplay and Epic Store
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
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Jacob Blazewicz
March 8, 2019
OVERKILL's The Walking Dead Removed from Steam, Console Versions Cancelled [Update]
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.
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Adrian Werner
February 27, 2019