54 Video games Have Already Been Killed, And 2023 Ain’t Over But

We’re nonetheless making it by 2023 and a stunning variety of video games have already been killed off, as devs have introduced their impending deaths. Usually, we’d reserve this listing for the end-of-the-year round-up, however we’re ringing the loss of life knell early as a result of, with 15 video games already lined up for public execution, we have to begin paying our respects now. So, let’s get proper into it.

Replace 03/08/2023 6:30 p.m. ET: We’ve added 12 extra video games to this text which have already been taken offline, will now not obtain updates, and/or are scheduled to be delisted within the close to future. This brings our whole variety of lifeless or soon-to-expire video games to a whopping 27. That’s plenty of loss of life.

Replace 05/03/2023 5:35 p.m. ET: One other couple of months have passed by, which implies we’ve up to date this story with one other crop of video games which have unceremoniously died ultimately, form, or kind. This time, we carry phrase of the premature demise of a further 9 video games. Pour one—or 36—out, people.

Replace 06/09/2023 1 p.m. ET: Right here we’re once more. A month later and we’re updating this story to incorporate extra video games which have been laid to relaxation in some capability. RIP to those seven video games. Our whole’s now 43. Y’all will likely be missed.

Replace 08/04/2023 2:15 p.m. ET: It’s been about two months since we final up to date this text, and 11 extra video games have croaked within the interim. Now, our whole of video games that died in 2023 is as much as 54. Wow, we’re getting near 100.