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Oh boy, what a time for my bi-monthly article on delisted PS5 and PS4 games to drop.
For the record, I’m genuinely not trying to stick the boot in here, as I’ve been tracking these all year. I think it’s important for us all to know when digital games will be delisted or disabled, so we can act before it’s too late.
Obviously in the wake of Sony’s announcements regarding physical games, though, this article hits a bit harder this week. Fortunately, nothing is getting outright pulled from the PS Store this time, so that’s good news.
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Anyway, without further ado, here’s what you need to know about:
- DiRT Rally 2.0 (PS4): 8th July (Some Online Services Ending)
- Madden NFL 23 (PS5, PS4): 13th July (Online Services Ending)
- New World: Aeternum (PS5): 20th July (In-Game Purchases Ending); 31st January (Online Services Ending)
- Let It Die (PS4): 30th July (In-Game Purchases Ending); 31st August (Online Services Ending)
- PS Stars (PS5, PS4): 31st July (Redeemable Points Expire)
- Tearaway (PS4, PS Vita): 13th August (Online Services Ending)
- NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 (PS4): 20th August (Online Services Ending)
- WWE 2K Battlegrounds (PS4): 20th August (Online Services Ending)
- NHL 22 (PS5, PS4): 31st August (Online Services Ending)
- NHL 23 (PS5, PS4): 31st August (Online Services Ending)
As I mentioned, the good news this time is that, at the time of writing, there are no full-scale delistings – just a lot of titles losing their online functionality.
Remember, online services ending can result in Trophies becoming unobtainable, so if you want a Platinum in any of the above games, double-check the requirements quickly.
In the case of DiRT Rally 2.0, the sim racer is losing its Racenet Clubs feature, although all other online services will remain for now.
This is somewhat similar to what’s happening with Tearaway, which is losing its Tearaway.me companion website in August, which included optional creativity features for fans of the game.
Madden NFL 23 will be losing online play, including its Ultimate Team modes, on 13th July. This will be followed by two other EA Sports titles on 31st August: both NHL 22 and NHL 23.
New World: Aeternum was already delisted in January, but if you’re still playing, all in-game transactions will be ending on 20th July. That game will be permanently taken offline next year, on 31st January.
Meanwhile, Let It Die’s in-game transactions will be ending on 30th July ahead of its servers being closed on 31st August.
Any points you earned from Sony’s loyalty scheme PS Stars will need to be redeemed by 31st July, as they’ll officially expire on that date. You may have received communication from PlayStation about this via email already.
And finally, 2K’s two lighthearted sports games, NBA 2K Playgrounds 2 and WWE 2K Battlegrounds, will lose their online services on 31st August.
One other thing I’ll hastily add here is that the PS3’s store is closing in August 2026 if you’re from Mexico, Honduras, or Nicaragua. Everyone else has got until July 2027 to buy what you want on the PS3 and PS Vita, though.
That’s the full breakdown of everything you need to know for July and August, then, but I’ll obviously update if anything else comes to light over the coming weeks.
Is there anything you’re particularly going to miss here? Let us know in the comments section below.
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“Let it Die” how ironic 😅
Wonderful. Old games and PC with GOG games seems to be the way to go.
Before someone complains I've been running these at the start of the month every two months all year now.
I'm conscious of it adding to the doom gloom, but I think it's information people should know about.
Fortunately, this isn't the worst period on record, mostly server closures.
The adverts are so intrusive on this site that I thought those games were the ones being delisted. I was nearly annoyed about how quickly it was happening 😄
Hey I remember 2K Battlegrounds. Insult of a game, glorified mobile game with a $40 price tag. i think I played one royal rumble of that online and it was just one guy sitting on the turnbuckle and his friend immediately throwing everyone our of the ring. One of the worst gaming purchases I’ve ever made. I’m surprised it lasted so long, I’d have thought it’d be shut down years ago, I can’t imagine anyone has played it for a long time. I’m also surprised there’s no word on 2K25’s servers shutting down yet.
As one of Sony’s most vocal critics on this site as of late, these all look fairly standard to me. I believe all of these games have a story mode or career mode of sorts. I didn’t even know that Tearaway had an online mode.
Something to be cautious of going forwards, but I will save my complaining about this particular concern until a future date.
@BrokenByTheScream I bought New World and I'm all for it being confined to the annals of history. I don't know what I was thinking.
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It shouldn't be impacting your ability to read the site, but we can't do much if we don't know about the issues.
@get2sammyb Youre here to report whats happening in the industry, not run damage control for SONY.
Doing good job, keep it up, not your fault the whole industry is going to sh*t.
@get2sammyb OK. The floating one that pops up out of the blue and moves across the top third of the screen is very irritating.
And the adverts that are implanted into articles, I thought they were screenshot examples of games being delisted for a brief moment.
Being frank Sammy, I find it all egregious regardless when it interferes with the layout of the website and the articles. Some of them are the size of 3 or 4 article banners.
Edit: ummm don't know how to attach screenshots 😬
With random smaller games from 10 years ago where the team cannot afford to maintain dead servers or perhps they don't exist anymore, it's at least understandable to close down servers.
However, it is completely unacceptable that the annual sports games from one of the biggest gaming companies going last just 3 years before being unplayable.
Tearaway needs preservation
@get2sammyb I do not envy you one bit with having to add those disclaimers! List is helpful to me no matter the timing, so keep it up and ta very much!
@tameshiyaku Agreed! Absolutely loved it on PS Vita!
Nooo not Tearaway 🥺🥺🥺 loved both games on PS4 and Vita, I'll have to log back in
Was looking at New World: Aeternum the other day and i didn't know this so thank you.
I had the email saying "You have Playstation Stars expiring, don't forget to spend them" email the other day, but I have LITERALLY NOTHING I CAN USE THEM ON BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH! So what was the point in the email?
Discless future looking really bright now huh?
@Pat_trick man, you're really taking the loss of online play in Madden 23 hard, aren't you?
@WhatTheFrog nobody plays any of these games online and anyone who buys a digital game knows what they are getting at this point. Clutch pearls harder.
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