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No, it's not just you – Palworld's co-op servers are down again.

Once again, Helldivers 2 has raised its concurrent player cap, this time to 800,000 players.

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead says it has had to «cap» concurrent players to around 450,000 to «further improve server stability».

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead has apologised for ongoing server «capacity issues» and says it is working to «increase server capacity to accommodate all».

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League developer Rocksteady has confirmed that addressing its login and server issues remain the team's «top priority», but warned that it may «not be able to fix all those issues right away».

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Game Studios has confirmed that the «rapid patch» the team deployed to Steam yesterday is «now on PS5 as well».

If you're encountering an infinite loading screen when trying to connect to Palworld servers this weekend, you are not alone.

Palworld was obviously destined for success the moment a million games journalists and Twitter users wrote “Pokémon with machine guns”. (Acceptable alternate nicknames include “Eevees with uzis” and “Abras who’ll stab-ya”.) Having finally launched into Early Access on Steam and Game Pass this week, that prophecy has rung true as the monster-catching survival game has caught (ha, ha) so many players that its servers are struggling to handle the load.

Palworld, the upcoming open world survival and crafting game which the internet has dubbed 'Pokémon with guns', is already seeing some impressive player numbers on Steam — to the detriment of its servers.

Palworld developer Pocketpair has addressed why the Xbox version of the game only supports 2-4 players in co-op multiplayer.

Palworld has sold over one million copies just eight hours after launch, developer Pocketpair has said.

Palworld's developer knows it's game servers are unstable right now, but it's actively working on a fix.

'Pokémon With Guns' survival game Palworld is currently blowing up on Steam, where players can create and join dedicated servers that enable up to 32 players to play in the same world and create guilds together. On Xbox however, co-op is much more limited.

APB Reloaded is being shut down on PS4 and Xbox consoles, Little Orbit and PLAION have announced, though the PC version will remain online. The Xbox version has been offline for a little while due to technical issues, and now there are no plans to bring those servers back. From February 1st, monetisation options will be taken offline for the PS4 version with the final shutdown taking place on August 2nd.

AI PCs for consumers and AI servers are expected to witness huge growth in 2024 with Microsoft propelling the memory segment with its new baseline of 16 GB system RAM.

APB Reloaded is being shut down on PS4 and Xbox consoles, Little Orbit and PLAION have announced, though the PC version will remain online. The Xbox version has been offline for a little while due to technical issues, and now there are no plans to bring those servers back. From February 1st, monetisation options will be taken offline for the PS4 version with the final shutdown taking place on August 2nd.

In preparation for the launch of Patch 10.2.5, NA servers are expected to be down until 3 PM Pacific time. While you wait for the Patch to come live, check out our Patch 10.2.5 preview! Patch 10.2.5 Overview

T-Pain is annoyed. The singer, songwriter, and producer, most famous for featuring on Flo Rida’s smash hit Low, has revealed that he’s landed a gig working on the biggest video game in development right now: Grand Theft Auto 6, due out in 2025. Good news, you might think, but it’s earned him a ban from one of his favorite leisure pastimes, which is playing on GTA 5 roleplay servers.

Fans of creature-collecting titles will have a new adventure when Palworld releases on Friday, January 19th, 2024. The game boasts a wide range of content on its Steam description outside of just being ‘Pokémon with Guns’. This creature collecting, open-world, dungeon-crawling, multiplayer experience has players catching all sorts of ‘Pals’.

Throne and Liberty has been out in Korea for a month now, and it looks like anyone trying to get in with a foreign account will have a tough time thanks to new changes. 

Showing just how much the development team cares for and supports their players in times of crisis, Final Fantasy XIV has temporarily suspended the auto-demolition of player housing on Japanese Servers after a massive magnitude 7.6 Earthquake that hit the Noto Peninsula on January 1.

With GTA 6 generating buzz for its gripping single-player storyline, the spotlight is increasingly turning toward the highly anticipated online component. The success of GTA 5's online experience, particularly the meteoric rise of GTA Online RP servers, has captured the imagination of gamers worldwide, paving the way for a call for dedicated support in the upcoming GTA 6.

Before the age of World of Warcraft’s absolute domination of the MMORPG market and the subsequent “WoW Killers” that attempted to compete Blizzard’s behemoth of a game, the MMORPG scene was ripe with a healthy selection of different titles. While this age of MMORPGs is on the cusp of returning, there are still some games of that era that have managed to hang on. 

Chinese chipmaker, Zhaoxin, has unveiled server solutions for the domestic market based on KH-40000 CPUs, featuring up to 64 cores in a single rack.

Despite the shutdown of the beloved superhero MMO City of Heroes over a decade ago, fans have been keeping it alive for years with a variety of custom server efforts. Now, one of those projects has just gotten the blessing of the game's original publisher and license holder, NCSoft.

World of Warcraft has one of the biggest gaming communities that has been going strong since its release in 2004. The fans have expanded the WoW player experience over the years, creating private servers that have brought new dimensions and life into the game.

Square Enix has suspended its housing demolition process in Final Fantasy 14, following an earthquake in the Noto Peninsula of Japan on New Year's Day. The 7.6 magnitude earthquake has left thousands without power or shelter.

From today, January 1st, NBA 2K22 is no longer available for sale and the online servers for those who own the game have been switched off permanently. The game was released in September 2021, and follows 2Ks pattern to switch off servers for its NBA 2K games a couple of years after the initial release.

DC and CCG Lab has announced that the collectible card game DC Dual Force will be shut down in February, barely a few months after leaving beta and fully launching. DC Dual Force is a free to play card game that had its full release on PC on 18th October. The open beta for the game began on July 14th, 2023.

Earlier this month, the once-highly-anticipated The Day Before launched and quickly crashed and burned in dramatic fashion. As many had begun to suspect, the project was essentially a fake – rather than the open-world zombie MMO promised, developer Fntastic delivered a limited extraction shooter filled with cheap purchased assets and not a lot of fun. Fntastic promptly announced they were shutting their doors, and Steam delisted the game and begun offering refunds to those that asked.

FromSoftware has announced that it will be switching off the online servers for Dark Souls 2. This will affect the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, meaning that all online play for Dark Souls 2 will cease on those platforms. The date of the server shutdown has been confirmed as March 31st, 2024.

Dark Souls 2 was initially released in March 2014 for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. While the game might be the worst in the series, according to many fans, it’s not without its charm. Today, developer FromSoftware shared the news that after a decade, those original servers would be shut down.

This year’s most infamous video game, The Day Before , will see a timely and expected end on January 22nd, 2024. 

What has been a bizarre development and release saga for The Day Before is coming to an end, after it has been announced by Mytona that the game will shutdown on January 22nd. The Day Before was billed as an open world survival MMO, but the actual released game was far from what was expected, receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews. The game was released on December 7th, yet a few days later developer Fntastic closed its doors.

DC and CCG Lab has announced that the collectible card game DC Dual Force will be shut down in February, barely a few months after leaving beta and fully launching. DC Dual Force is a free to play card game that had its full release on PC on 18th October. The open beta for the game began on July 14th, 2023.

It's startling to think The Day Before was once the most wishlisted game on Steam, given how fast and spectacular its fall from grace has been. Earlier this month, the game launched to scathing reviews from critics and players alike, panning it as a shallow, empty extraction shooter that was nothing like what its developer Fntastic originally promised. Just four days later, Fntastic announced it was shutting its doors, with the developer claiming that it «lack[ed] the funds to continue». A few hours after that, the game was pulled from sale on Steam, though the actual servers remained online.

Online servers for Dark Souls 2 will be shut down in March, for anyone still playing on either PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360.

Fntastic announced earlier this month that it would be closing down, just days after launching its controversial game, The Day Before. It said at the time that servers for The Day Before would remain in operation but that the game's future was unknown. Now, the studio has announced that it has officially ceased operations and The Day Before's servers will be turned off next month. 

The Day Before, once Steam’s most wishlisted game before experiencing a bizarre journey through multiple delays, accusations of being a scam, apparent legal disputes and a catastrophic Early Access launch, will shut down its servers in one month. The effective end to the game will accompany refunds for anyone who brought it on Steam.

With developer Fntastic ceasing operations just days after The Day Before’s release, publisher MyTona has announced that servers are shutting down on January 22nd, 2024.

Game development disaster The Day Before will go dark forever on 22nd January 2024.

It’s been confirmed that The Day Before’s servers will be shut down on January 22, 2024, as developer Fntastic has now “officially ceased operations.”

Bandai Namco and From Software have announced plans to close the Dark Souls 2 PS3 and Xbox 360 servers in early 2024.

FromSoftware has revealed that it’s the end of an era for Dark Souls 2 on seventh-generation consoles.

The Day Before, one of the most controversial and catastrophic games in recent memory, will have its servers shut down in January 2024, just 45 days after the game launched in Early Access.

Dark Souls 2's PS3 and Xbox 360 versions will have their servers taken permanently offline next year.

FromSoftware has announced that it will be switching off the online servers for Dark Souls 2. This will affect the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game, meaning that all online play for Dark Souls 2 will cease on those platforms. The date of the server shutdown has been confirmed as March 31st, 2024.

Games losing their multiplayer components years on from their releases is far from an uncommon occurrence, and another nearly-decade-old game’s servers will soon be shutting down- on some platforms, at any rate.

The Day Before is 2023's fastest-moving disaster—starting off as a top-wishlisted game on Steam after an alluring trailer, it only took four days after its (eventual) launch before the thing was taken down. Following that, theDiscord server, YouTube, and even CEO's social media channels disappeared or were scrubbed. The developer's response? «Shit happens.»

The Finals developer Embark Studios has shut down a frequent request from its community to introduce region locking to combat cheating in the hot new FPS. 

The last Cord of the Rings stream for The Lord of the Rings Online team has come and gone last Friday, and community manager Jerry «Cordovan» Snook touched on some interesting topics, from hardcore servers to a business meeting with publisher Daybreak.

Data scraped from the servers for Apple's TestFlight service circa 2012 to 2015 have been leaked, giving access to tens of thousands of iOS apps and games.

Yesterday, Ubisoft announced it'd be removing The Crew — the original game in the series — from sale. Indeed, it's now not available on PS Store or any other digital platform. Furthermore, online servers for the open world racer will be switched off come 31st March, 2024.

Ubisoft has delisted open world racing game The Crew, with servers shutting down next year.

After March 2024, the game will be completely inaccessible.

Over nine years since it launched for PS4, PC, Xbox 360 and Xbox One, Ivory Tower’s The Crew is being delisted. It’s no longer available to purchase on Steam and the PlayStation Store (though some regions and the Xbox Store still have it). This move affects the base game, its various editions and DLC.

Ubisoft has delisted its online-only racing game The Crew as it winds down post-launch support for the title, with servers confirmed to shut down early 2024.

[UPDATE 1:50PM PT] After news that Fntastic was shutting down following the disastrous launch of The Day Before, it appears you can no longer purchase it on Steam, according to industry insider Wario64.

The saga of what was once The Day Before has been put to rest. New developments have been speeding by at a mile a minute, and the developers at Fntastic have shut down the studio. Here's a recap of what's happened since the gamelaunched 4 days ago.

A huge security exploit has been discovered in Counter-Strike 2, allowing malicious users to obtain the IP addresses of entire lobbies.

Greetings, gamers! Today, we take a closer look at the Tower of Fantasy Reboot Servers—a significant overhaul that introduces alterations aiming to redefine the gameplay experience.

In a move you wouldn't typically expect from a developer, Studio Wildcard has admitted Ark's servers are basically complete «ass».

Ark: Survival Ascended, the Unreal Engine 5 remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved, had a heck of a launch in early October. With 600,000 copies sold after only two weeks, it looked like it'd quickly march right up the list of the most played games on Steam, where the original dino survival game perched for so many years.

The Big Bang Event in Fortnite concluded the game’s OG Season with a staggering concurrent player count as millions of players flocked to the servers to witness how the best season in years came to a close and what Epic Games has in store for it in the future.

Fortnite is down for scheduled maintenance, and when the servers are back up, we'll be in Chapter 5 Season 1. Here's what happens next, and when it all occurs.

It's taken five and a half years of asking from the community, but Sea of Thieves' oft-requested private servers are almost here, with Rare now confirming the feature will arrive as part of the multiplayer pirate adventure's third major Season 10 update on Thursday, 7th December.

A "gamebreaking" League of Legends bug ruined the game's testing server by allowing players to cast their most powerful abilities on never-ending loops.

WoW’s Season of Discovery is almost here, and Blizzard has shared some details on what players can expect from the upcoming season regarding its servers and PvP faction balancing. Much to the delight of fans, there will be some helpful changes and tweaks to make the season run smoothly.

Blizzard will try to maintain faction balance on Season of Discovery's PvP servers, a first for the MMO.

Fractured Online  player cities were deleted as the result of a hack and the team has promised to get the servers back up and explain just what happened. Dynamight Studios has continued updating the community. Getting the game back online has finally happened, after extended maintenance.

After announcing new studio Fantastic Pixel Castle, and their first project, Ghost, MMO vet Greg «Ghostcrawler» Street and other members of the team held an AMA today to pull back the curtain a little bit on their development process, what they’re aiming for with this MMORPG, and more community questions.

In a group interview with Josh Greenfield and Nora Moletta, Blizzard has revealed that there are no Wrath-Era servers planned, but they are willing to listen to feedback. Click Here for the Full Interview Recap at Warcraft WIki This might come as a surprise to some players who were looking forward to having a permanent wrath server, being one of WoW's most popular expansions together with Mists of Pandaria.

Modern Warfare 3’s Early Access Period kicked off on November 2, and now multiple Call of Duty titles are experiencing service outages, with the servers being down across the franchise.

It’s been a long time coming, but Reverse 1999 has finally arrived on Android across the globe. It launched today on Google Play, and you can grab it right now.

Ukraine-based cloud gaming service Boosteroid was certainly among the happiest parties when Microsoft formally announced the closure of the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, as testified by this tweet.

Second Extinction, the online dinosaur shooter from System Reaction, will have its servers deactivated next year. The title has also been removed from every storefront to prevent any new purchases, but anyone with the game already in their library will still be able to enjoy it until the servers eventually close.

Second Extinction developer Systemic Reaction has announced it is ending active development on the game. The game's servers will remain online for now, but Systemic Reactions plans to shut them down next year.

Systemic Reaction’s co-op dinosaur slaying shooter Second Extinction is ending development. The developer officially announced that it will be delisted from sale, and servers will shut down in 2024. Along with not achieving the desired success, the team faced “unforeseen show-stopping issues that prevented us from leaving Early Access and Game Preview.”

Early Access dinosaur-themed multiplayer first-person shooter Second Extinction will soon be delisted from sale and servers will close sometime in 2024, developer Systemic Reaction announced.

Call of Duty enthusiasts, prepare to elevate your gaming experience! For those who have been diving into the Modern Warfare 3 beta, you might have noticed occasional high ping issues.