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We’re nonetheless making it by means of 2023 and a shocking variety of video games have already been killed off, as devs have introduced their impending deaths. Usually, we’d reserve this checklist for the end-of-the-year round-up, however we’re ringing the dying 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 not obtain updates, and/or are scheduled to be delisted within the close to future. This brings our complete variety of useless or soon-to-expire video games to a whopping 27. That’s a number of dying.
Replace 05/03/2023 5:35 p.m. ET: One other couple of months have passed by, which suggests we’ve up to date this story with one other crop of video games which have unceremoniously died indirectly, form, or type. This time, we convey phrase of the premature demise of an extra 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 complete’s now 43. Y’all shall 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 complete of video games that died in 2023 is as much as 54. Wow, we’re getting near 100.
Replace 11/28/2023 4:45 p.m. ET: Identical to that, three months have come and gone. Rather a lot has occurred in that interval—particularly, a number of video games have been taken offline eternally, so we figured it was excessive time to replace this checklist of video games that met their ends in 2023. Earlier than we have been at 54 useless video games. As we speak we added six extra, pushing the entire to 60. Is 2023 over but?