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Another live-service game comes to a quick end.

Highguard, the free-to-play squad shooter that generated a considerable amount of online discourse after The Game Awards, is coming to an end.

Wildlight Entertainment says that Highguard will be shut down permanently on March 12, 2026. To note, Highguard released only on January 26, 2026. The studio says, "despite the passion and hard work of our team, we have not been able to build a sustainable player base to support...

Maybe making everything live service isn't actually the play after all.

A new report from Bloomberg's Jason Schreier says that PlayStation has canceled two unannounced live service titles on Thursday. These were unannounced titles that were being developed at two PlayStation subsidiaries: Bend Studio and Bluepoint Games. Both of these titles were live service projects that would be regularly updated with new content and contain several ways of pulling in recurring revenue from player...

Six titles are coming, six are now stuck in limbo.

PlayStation had no fewer than 12 different live service games being worked on at various PlayStation Studios. Only six of them may see the light of day by the end of Sony's financial year 2025, or by the end of March 2026 for us non-business types.

This information comes direct from Sony president Hiroki Totoki in a recent financial call with investors. Though 12 titles remain in development at present, there is no saying...

Because this was forgotten about last week.

Last week during the PlayStation Showcase, Warner Bros. Games and DC revealed a decently long look at the co-op gameplay for Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. This is the upcoming third-person action-adventure title in development by Rocksteady Studios.

This video shows off parts of the open-world of Metropolis, some enemies, character abilities, traversal, and more. You can play this with up to three other friends or you...

The locations and time periods will change over time... perhaps every Season, if you catch my drift.

It looks like another game has succumbed to the live service model. The latest is none other than Assassin's Creed. Shortly after a Bloomberg story broke about the next game, Ubisoft confirmed a few of the details. So, what are we looking at here?

Well, the next game is going to be called Assassin's Creed Infinity. It will be a title that is designed to run for years....

Co-op, live service, hack 'n slash game from Platinum.

A new PlatinumGames offering was shown off during Square Enix's E3 showing yesterday. It's called Babylon's Fall and it's a live service, co-op action title where players take on the role of fierce warriors known as sentinels.

Babylon's Fall is coming to the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC via Steam. Though no release date was given for the title, Square Enix says that there will be a series of closed beta tests...