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Just six weeks after launching Night School Studio’s Unhinged, Netflix has announced that they will be closing the Los Angeles-based developer, which it acquired in 2021. Netflix is also planning to close Helsinki-based Moonloot, which was founded in 2022, and hadn’t even released any titles.

TL;DR: The cloud-only Switch version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite stopped working on August 5, leaving owners with only an apology and a planned discounted voucher for the sequel on Switch 2; no refunds were announced, and affected players must effectively buy the new native Switch 2 release to regain play. Voice: Hassam NasirSpeed 0:00 /…

[DigitalToday reporter Chi-gyu Hwang (황치규)] Blockchain game developer Proof of Play is shutting down.

Blockchain game developer Proof of Play will cease operations after failing to build a sustainable business around its decentralized gaming thesis.

POAP, the proof-of-attendance protocol known for issuing digital badges to event participants, is shutting down its service, according to a report from The Block. The project had previously announced in March that it would halt new services and maintain only its existing system. The decision marks the end of a notable experiment in the $NFT…

D20 Labs has revealed it is shutting down all services for Sugartown, the web3 gaming platform that originally launched under Zynga before being spun out as an independent company

Some of the latest happenings in the game industry have had us thinking about the future, and Nintendo’s latest shutdown sets a worrying example for live-service games like Fortnite

Nintendo has announced that Mario Kart Tour will go offline on iOS and Android in September 2026

Mario Kart Tour is going off the rails, and Lakitu won’t be there to save it as Nintendo is taking the seven-year-old mobile game offline on September 30 at 2AM ET. Unlike with Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp (another mobile game it scuttled), the company doesn’t plan to introduce an offline version, so Mario Kart Tour…