Remember Firewall Ultra? Well, it seems Sony just did, as it's now unceremoniously pulling the plug.
If you try to search for the game on PS Store, you won't find it; the page has been delisted from Sony's storefront, seemingly with no warning.
Moreover, a brief update regarding the title's online services has been made on an old PS Blog post, of all places, confirming that not only is it being delisted, its online features will soon be closed down.
"Online features for Firewall Ultra will be terminated and will no longer be available on September 17, 2026," the update says. "As you must be online to play this title, this game will no longer be playable starting September 17, 2026 at 10:00am PDT (GMT -7)."
So, if you currently own the game, you have about six months left to enjoy it before it's taken offline for good.
Sony published the tactical shooter as a PSVR2 exclusive back in 2023.
Developed by First Contact Entertainment (which sadly also closed its doors following this game's launch), Firewall Ultra was a follow-up to the very warmly received Firewall Zero Hour.
Unfortunately, the sequel failed to live up to what was achieved in the first title, and despite efforts to build the game for long-term post-launch support, it didn't do enough business to see the full vision come to light.
We can only presume why the game is suddenly being taken down; we'd have to guess it simply isn't selling, and probably isn't being played much either.
Even so, it's always disappointing to see games vanished away like this, even if the game isn't particularly well-remembered.
Are you still playing Firewall Ultra on PSVR2? Tell us in the comments section below.
[source blog.playstation.com, via playstationlifestyle.net]
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Jesus this is an absolutely terrifying precedent to set: they legit just made this lost media out of nowhere for anyone who didn't already buy this beforehand ðŸ˜
Yes you could say 'but what about Concord!' but at least that had a PC version and physical release to try and kickstart a preservation effort, this didn't have either and now its just....gone.
Here we go again. Im sorry but how does this put a nail in the coffin in PSVR 2? As your article explained, this was a flop sequel to a celebrated game whose studio had closed down a while ago, is it surprising its being shuttered? Because Concord was shut down, is the PS5 on deaths door? Im not going to act like VR is thriving, its had a tough 2026 for certain, but it will survive, and if the writer thinks it doesnt, i certainly would welcome a more compelling argument. Instead Stephen Tailby shoehorning this narrative into anything VR related is getting tiring. You got my click mate, good on you, last time you will though, your play is getting transperent now.
Have to question why they didnt put it on to ps+ a while ago. Wouldn't have cost them anything to do it and perhaps could have given it some kind of bump in playerbase. Not suggesting it would have resulted in a different outcome but at least be seen to be trying.
Was the coffin ever open?
@Haruki_NLI due to all these comments and news it was open for one week and then closed… since around 3 years now.
Aren't you guys going to report that Death Stranding 2 PC version got cracked already on PC thanks to Steam's mistake? lol
@ThorsHammer Agreed...very clickbaity, and as you said, gane was pretty much DOA due to poor development decisions. Never have I known a PS site to actively crap on a Sony product so much!!
Had some good times in Firewall Zero Hour with the Aim controller back on PSVR1, but I heard the sequel just didn't live up to expectations. Missing things like manual reloads and physical throwing of grenades is a big no-no when players are used to that from competing shooters.
Weird headline since the studio has been gone for a while now. I’m pretty sure Pavlov is the dominant game in the ‘PvP PSVR2 shooter’ subgenre.
And the refunding of Highguard also means the death of all live service
This is so depressing. Sony sold excellent hardware, and now it pulls the plug of 50% of SIE published games.
Yes, Sony published only two (2!) PSVR2 games, not counting GT7 and this climate change thing.
I‘m still wondering what the discussions inside Sony before the PSVR2 release would have been.
I'm still buying one even if GT7 is the only game I'll play using it. If support is cancelled completely I'll buy a PC and use the psvr2 to race games on that instead..
@Fizza And this is why not doing PC releases is bad for game preservation, especially when it comes to VR titles. At least with PC there's almost always a way to keep a copy of the game, even if said game is no longer functional.
In the future, how is it gonna be possible to play this game? Someone will have to make a PS5 emulator that can play PSVR2 titles, which likely won't be functional anytime soon
Wake me up when VR is on the level of the NerveGear or AmuSphere
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