Digital Arts instantly made its free-to-play shooter Rocket Area unavailable to buy on both Steam or its personal on-line retailer.
As famous by Rock Paper Shotgun, the sport was quietly taken off the EA Play service earlier this week on November 14, however the writer made no point out of it going offline. Builders who take video games offline usually give a superb quantity of warning upfront, however at time of writing, neither EA or Closing Strike have commented on the matter.
Rocket Area launched again in 2020 for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The sport hasn’t acquired a brand new replace since 2021, and because it’s not accessible for buy on the PlayStation and Xbox shops, PC was the one option to play it till pretty just lately.
Closing Strike’s latest historical past
Closing Strike’s net web page reveals it is engaged on a brand new unannounced venture. Stated venture was allegedly for the PlayStation 5 and PC, with a report from earlier this 12 months claiming the studio laid off 40 % of its workers. Its final social media post dates again to early Might.
Starting with 2021, Closing Strike started to supply dwell service assist for Fortnite, and is constant to take action for the in-progress Fortnite OG occasion. It is unclear if the studio will proceed to assist Epic’s shooter or return to its personal nonetheless unannounced work.