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Activision will shut down Call of Duty: Warzone Mobile servers on April 17, 2026, ending all updates, social features, and in-app purchases; after shutdown, guest accounts will be inaccessible while Activision accounts remain usable on other titles.
Amazon Games is winding down New World: Aeternum, with servers set to go offline on January 31, 2027; players who purchased the game before January 15 can continue playing until shutdown, in-game purchases end from July 20, 2026, and no new content will be released as the team winds down the game amid broader Amazon restructuring.
Konami’s WBSC eBASEBALL: Power Pros (PS4) is being delisted from the PlayStation Store on January 30, 2026, with its servers set to shutdown on March 31, 2026. The game will still be playable offline for those who already own it, and a purchaser can still complete offline content, though there will be 16 trophies affected (no Platinum). The price has dropped to $1 ahead of the delisting.
In January 2026, three Xbox games—Anthem, Warlander, and NBA Live 19—are confirmed to be shutting down their servers, with Anthem's closure being the most notable as it will no longer be playable online or offline after January 12th. WWE 2K24's server shutdown has been delayed to March 31st, and more closures are expected throughout the year.
Ubisoft shut down Rainbow Six Siege servers after hackers gained control, allowing them to ban users, send messages, unlock items, and distribute 2 billion R6 Credits worth approximately $13.33 million, with service still offline as Ubisoft works to resolve the issue.
2K Sports announced that WWE 2K24 will be delisted and its servers shut down by March 31, 2026, after which online features will no longer be available. The game, released in March 2024, will have been online for about two years, with offline modes remaining accessible. This is part of a broader trend of server closures for sports and online games by 2K and other publishers.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodhunt is shutting down its servers on April 28, 2026, due to declining player numbers, shortly after the release of Bloodlines 2, which is still performing relatively well and has an active modding community.
2K Games has extended the online service shutdown dates for WWE 2K24 and WWE 2K25 to early 2026 and 2027 respectively, and announced that PGA Tour 2K23's servers will close on February 28, 2027, giving players more time to earn online achievements before the servers go offline.
A PS Plus Extra game, WWE 2K25, is scheduled to have its servers shut down on March 14, 2027, giving players 1.5 years to enjoy its online features. Several other sports and gaming titles also have scheduled shutdown dates, so players should be aware of these timelines when purchasing or playing these games.
EA announced that the servers for BioWare's live-service game 'Anthem' will shut down on January 12, 2026, making the game unplayable. The game has been removed from EA Play and in-game purchases are no longer available, marking the end of its troubled lifecycle since its 2019 launch. EA cited careful consideration and thanked fans for their support.
BioWare will shut down the multiplayer shooter Anthem in January 2026, with servers going offline, but no layoffs are planned. The game will be removed from EA Play in August, though existing players can still access it until the shutdown. Anthem, launched in 2019, faced a troubled history with plans for major overhauls that were eventually canceled.
EA announced that the online game Anthem will have its servers shut down on January 12, 2026, making it unplayable after that date, with the game being removed from EA Play in August 2025. Despite initial plans to overhaul the game, BioWare decided against it, and the game's discontinuation follows its poor reception and the broader movement against game server shutdowns. The game, released in 2019 for PS4, was a commercial and critical failure, and its servers' closure marks the end of its online existence.
BioWare's Anthem will officially shut down on January 12, 2026, with servers going offline and the game becoming unplayable, marking the end of its troubled lifespan after a series of development issues and poor reception.
Ubisoft is facing a potential class action lawsuit from two Californian players over the shutdown of servers for the online-only racing game, The Crew, which has rendered the game unplayable. The lawsuit, filed under California's new digital ownership law, claims Ubisoft misled consumers into believing they were purchasing the game rather than merely licensing it. The plaintiffs argue that they would not have bought the game had they known the servers would be shut down, and they seek to have the lawsuit approved as a class action to allow other affected players to join.
Ubisoft is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly misleading consumers into believing they owned The Crew game, which became unplayable after server shutdowns. The lawsuit claims Ubisoft misrepresented the nature of game ownership, as players only had a license to access the game via servers, not actual ownership of the game data. The plaintiffs seek damages and class action status, following Ubisoft's decision to shut down the game's servers in March 2024, despite offering refunds only to recent purchasers.