PlayStation Delists and Shuts Down Servers for Destruction AllStars, the Latest in a String of Struggling Live-Service Games

PlayStation has unexpectedly pulled the plug on Destruction AllStars, a live-service game released during the PS5's launch window. The game is no longer available for sale and its servers have been shut down. Those who still own the game can still play the game's arcade mode, going up against bots offline. Typically, these kinds of shutdowns are announced ahead of time to give players a chance to buy the game or rally others together for some final online matches, but Destruction AllStars was delisted and shut down seemingly simultaneously. Players were notified via PlayStation notifications. (The game's social media account hasn't been active since 2022, when X was still Twitter.) Destruction AllStars came out in 2021 and received a mixed reception. Despite releasing during a drought of games, early PS5 adopters largely rejected the game, even after PlayStation Plus subscribers were given two free months. We gave the game a 6/10 in our review, noting that although the game had some decent fundamentals, it failed to rise to the occasion as a compelling package. "Destruction AllStars can provide short bursts of action-packed chaos that are at their most fun when kept simple," reads