live-service games
Funcom Layoffs Explained: Dune: Awakening's Biggest Success Comes With a Restructuring
What Funcom Actually Announced Funcom has entered a formal restructuring that will reduce the size of its organization. The company declined to state how many employees will be affected until the...
Destiny 2's Impossible U-Turn: How Players Forced Bungie to Reverse the End of Its Own Game
In June 2026, Bungie laid off most of its Destiny 2 team, listed its office space for sublease, and described the "Monument of Triumph" update in its own Steam news posts as "our last live service...
When Six Figures Isn't Enough: Why TimTheTatman Walked Away from Arc Raiders
In the modern gaming economy, the sponsored stream has become the industry's most powerful marketing tool. Publishers routinely drop six and seven figures on top creators to showcase their latest...
Riot Winds Down 2XKO Development Less Than a Year After Launch, Refunds Purchases and Unlocks All Content
2XKO is not shutting down. But it is also not moving forward. On August 20, 2026, Riot Games announced it is ending active development on its free-to-play League of Legends fighting game, with work...
Horizon Hunters Gathering Reportedly Rebooted Without Live-Service Elements - and the Next Mainline Horizon Game Is Years Away
PlayStation’s live-service retreat has reportedly claimed another high-profile victim, and this time it is one of its most beloved single-player franchises. According to a new report from Bloomberg,...
Steam Refunded a Battlefield 6 Player After 470 Hours - and It Could Change What We "Own" in Live-Service Games
What does it take to beat Steam's famously strict refund policy? If one Reddit user's story is anything to go by, the answer is 470 hours of playtime, a $109.24 premium edition purchase, and the...
Mario Kart Tour's Final Lap: Nintendo Confirms Permanent Shutdown With No Offline Version
What Players Need to Know About the Shutdown The end is final and precise. Nintendo’s official end-of-service FAQ states that service will terminate at 11:00 p.m. PT on September 29, 2026, 12:00 a.m....
PlayStation’s Live-Service Fantasy vs. Bungie’s Bloody Reality: CEO Talks Revival While Hundreds Lose Jobs
The Same-Week Contradiction: CEO Optimism Meets Mass Layoffs In late June 2026, Nishino told Famitsu that live-service games are “relatively new” and that PlayStation wants to “revitalize the market”...
Destiny's Demise: How Sony's $3.6B Bungie Acquisition Led to the Layoff of Most of the Destiny Team
The Layoffs: Scope, Numbers, and Human Toll The latest cuts were announced via an internal memo from Hermen Hulst, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment's Studio Business Group. The memo confirmed...
Destiny 2’s Final Update “Monument of Triumph” Arrives June 2026 as Bungie Shifts Focus to Marathon and New Projects
After nearly a decade of weekly resets, raid nights, and Tower hangouts, Destiny 2 is getting its final goodbye. On June 9, 2026, Bungie will release "Monument of Triumph," the game's last major...