Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, developer Niantic’s augmented reality mobile game set in J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World, is shutting down on Jan. 31, 2022. Niantic announced the game’s closure on the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite website, and promised players that they’ll get a narrative conclusion — Harry Potter and Hermione Granger will put an end to […]
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Sony Appears To Be Shutting Down The Studio Behind Ape Escape And Knack
According to VGC, Sony is reportedly shutting down original game development at Japan Studio, the company’s oldest first-party developer. The studio, which has produced Ape Escape, Gravity Rush and Knack, has laid off most of its developers after their annual contracts lapsed. Japan Studio will maintain its localization and business staff, while the ASOBI Team, […]
Minecraft Earth Is Shutting Down In June
Minecraft Earth is a Pokemon GO-esque experience that brings the blocky world of Minecraft into the real world. It is immersive, but apparently not enough to compete with similar games on the mobile market that have adapted use around COVID-19’s quarantine restrictions because the team behind the game has confirmed that it will be shutting […]
Nintendo shutting down Super Mario Maker level uploads in 2021
Nintendo is ending support for some online features in Super Mario Maker, the original Wii U game, next year. Players will no longer be able to upload courses in Super Mario Maker as of March 31, 2021, Nintendo said in a support notice on its website. Super Mario Maker will be removed from the Nintendo […]
Amazon’s Crucible Is Shutting Down For Good
The team behind Amazon Games’ Crucible made the difficult decision to discontinue development. The player count simply isn’t there, and efforts to save the game haven’t paid off. After adding one last feature, the developers are going to move on to New World and other projects. Crucible is a hero-shooter-MOBA hybrid with a steep learning curve […]
FarmVille Is Shutting Down
FarmVille is finally shutting down after 11 years. Developer and publisher Zynga will no longer support the game once companies like Adobe, Facebook, and Google stop supporting the Flash Player that FarmVille runs on at the end of this year. “Following an incredible 11 years since its initial launch back in 2009, we are officially […]