
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.
@PercyChuggs Are you being obtuse on purpose? If it happens with one game, it can happen with another.
Aw, thinking about Tearaway makes me miss my Vita
@WhatTheFrog Can you still play these online if you own them physically? Nope didn't think so. Online games servers being shut down is nothing to do with the physical v digital debate.
Anyone expecting online elements of games to be there forever are naive at best.
@WhatTheFrog The Crew had a disc, what good did that do?
Youre focusing on the wrong thing.
@Pat_trick I am aware, as should anyone who has purchased a game with online functionality within the last 24 years.
@get2sammyb - I’m using an iPad 9th generation (2021) and the ads absolutely do impact the ability to read this site - not all the time, but sometimes crippling it completely. Every now and then I sign out, reject cookies, etc just so it still functions!
I'm 25 points short of getting a £5 voucher on ps stars and that's all I could possibly buy.give me 25 points sony you cheap asses
@PercyChuggs yeah I'm gutted with that one.i don't know how I'll cope😂🤣
*****, it's true then. It's sad, but I've really enjoyed Let It Die over the years. I'm glad I bought the physical Japanese Uncle Prime edition, even if I'll not really be able to play it anymore - it's a cool little memento.
I love my Nintendo Switch 2 so I own it with Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X and PS5. Nintendo Switch 2 is my priority gaming console while others is behind but Switch 1 playable on Switch 2 anyway. I getting tired of Sony and Microsoft continue battling each other with a lot of bad things going on now. I stay with Nintendo Switch 2 for long time and watching at Sony and Microsoft up to in their future with physical media banned for their next generation consoles with PS5 says goodbye discs in 2028. For Microsoft keep closing down great studios and cancelling more games. I very disappointing with both this generation and continue future generations. Plus prices up thanks to AI, RAM, Chips and Trump Tariffs etc
Can't wait for GTA 6 on my PS5 again disappointed that no disc for it too. 🎮👍
Well, this is going to be a common site for Sony.
@PercyChuggs Cool beans bro. If you like being taken for a ride by corpos, fun.
I'll support initiatives like Stop Killing Games so we actually have ownership over games and BS like doesn't happen.
We'll never see eye to eye, so you follow your path and I'll follow mine.
Am I wrong in my thinking that even when the game is delisted, it can be downloaded by those who’d purchased previously?
@Pat_trick imagine defending Madden 23 this much.
Owning plastic ***** is overrated. Especially old, obsolete plastic ***** nobody else wants to play with you anymore.
@KendoHead don’t mention you bought physical. The digital media elite will say you own plastic waste because they don’t understand that physical copies are usually cheaper and you can still sell them after
It's crazy there's people defending Sony decision to kill physical games while in the same time Sony / publishers delisted digital games (and movies) from the store like it's nothing.
@PercyChuggs It's not Madden 23, it's online games in general, genius.
I'm now sure you're just obtuse, not deliberate.
@get2sammyb now i may be quite critical of the articles that get posted on the site but articles like this are important it gives people prior knowledge before something is closed or delisted so there's still time to play it or buy it
I can't begin to describe just how done with Playstation I am. It was a good run.
@WhatTheFrog
What?
Discs or not, the same thing would happen. A company can switch off online components or delist a game completely even if it as a disc
Please see high profile examples, the crew , Forza horizon 1 to 4, Forza 1 to 7, Friday 13th, gran turismo sport, marvels avengers .
All of them physical releases. I don't know why people think a disc protects the game
The only protection you have is older games with pre heavy online components
Digital only what a great future were heading for.
@Anthony_Daniels Still you can go play the game offline of the disc.
@AhmadSumadi You said it right but why lose the option to play fantastic games that are not even not online. Why lose the option to play great games because corp doesn't want to keep them up when in a lot of games they don't even need online.
@PurpleG Nintendo isn't that great either with their fake physical copies. And taking away the option to use your console the way you want.
@Bluemoon2008 But it also happens to offline games with shoehorned in on-line stuff that dont benefit the game whatsoever.
@AhmadSumadi Yeah. Marvel Ultimate Allience 1/2 and Marvel's Avengers were delisted years ago yet i can download them just fine.
@PuppetMaster Anyone who owns these games can still download them.
@Anthony_Daniels All the Forza games and Avengers can still be downloaded and played by those who own them. Avengers can still be played online as well.
Tearaway was my first Platinum. Sad times.
@DennisReynolds
Yea they can but they won't be the same as they were on release.
Pop.in a disc of avengers or drive club and see how it reacts ...I can tell you it won't be a smooth experience , or in the case of the crew your plastic disc is gonna do absolutely nothing
As for your other point you can still play your digital purchase if it's been delisted . My ancient copy of persona 4 golden still works on my psvita , and can still be downloaded despite there not even being a vita store
What digital stops you from doing is buying it if you didn't already own it. For example if GTA 7 got delisted and you never bought it then you'll not be able to every get again through normal channels. Where as a disc u could find it on eBay or whatever minus all online functionality should the game even run without a check like the crew or diablo 4
I think people don't quite know how this works really , just red mist without reasoning .
That's the issue will all digital in the current space, if an old game gets delisted and you've never purchased it then your screwed out of getting it again and or if you make it a habit to sell/trade your old games
But this weird take of a disc being some form of protection is nonsense
@Anthony_Daniels Avengers can be played online still and its even better then launch as they made all the skins free.
I just started tearaway yesterday on my psvita and i thought "wow, the website still works". If i just shut my mouth....
@DennisReynolds
The raids don't work properly and the market place has gone, seasonal events and challenges have gone.
so the point is it hasn't at all been preserved disc or no disc , features are missing as is the nature of modem gaming. The disc isn't a bulletproof vest
@Anthony_Daniels The marketplace and battle passes are gone because all the content on them was giving to players for free in the last major update as a goodbye present, would you rather pay for that stuff instead? Raids were always a buggy mess.
This is another great example of why Sony going All digital is a bad idea for the player. We are going to be forced to buy games and pay the same amount as for a physical copy. That at any time they can delist, and then our game is gone.At least with physical, we can always play the classics on our console at home. I would hate to imagine my entire P. S1 and PS2 library gone because it's digital and Sony felt like deleting them.
I hope they realize the mistake. Because from what I've seen, they're going to lose a huge consumer base by going all digital
Comment section is very funny. I wonder if people bother to read the article as least.
Also, this website is getting very clickbait!!
The headlines says 10+ games will be delisted… when you read the actual story, you know that 0 games will be delisted.
:/
Very sad to read this kind of bad written articles.
@Flaming_Kaiser While 🔑 cards suck goomba nuts, Nintendo themselves have released all their first party S2 games as complete, hard copies.
@Mondohelmet When they delist a digital game you own, it's not gone. Stop spreading misinformation.
@EVIL-C That is awsome I love that i gladly pay premium for fully patched and complete games you know the old GOTY Editions.
@FredBiletnikoff It's gone for those who haven't bought it, which is of zero consolation to the would-be buyer. Hence one of the biggest problems/criticisms with relying on digital 100%. Physical media in theory solves this problem, assuming it even had a retail release to begin with.
@EVIL-C That's not what they said though.
@FredBiletnikoff My comment was a general comment on what happenes when games are delisted. Once it's gone, it's gone for new potential buyers.
@BrokenByTheScream What? They announced the 2K25 server shutdown date almost a year ago now. It's been 10 months since they announced it. LOL!
“ Fortunately, nothing is getting outright pulled from the PS Store this time, so that’s good news.”
So why does the title of the article include the word “Delisted”?
not subscribing anymore , better to have something you can keep and play when you want , not forcing people to rush cause the game will be delisted . btw there is last of us 2 factions on pc soon playable mod .
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