The game will be delisted in January and will no longer be playable in February
For quite some time, game preservation–or the lack thereof–has been a topic of discussion among those in the gaming industry. Another game is about to vanish into the ether, as Platinum Games has announced that World Of Demons, its Apple Arcade exclusive action game, will cease to exist in a month.
Today, the studio’s official blog published a short post confirming the game’s removal from the Apple Arcade service on January 18. The blog also confirms that the game will cease all functionality two weeks later, on February 1, even for those who were able to download before its removal.
Because Apple Arcade is the only platform on which World Of Demons is currently available, the game will cease to exist on February 1 unless Platinum decides to release it on another console. Platinum expresses gratitude to those who played the game prior to its removal, writing in a blog post that the developers “extend our gratitude to all players who have enjoyed the game since release.”
The two-week grace period between removal and full shutdown is consistent with Apple Arcade policy , which states that “you download a game before it leaves Arcade, you can play the game for at least two weeks after. If you try to launch an Arcade game that is no longer playable, you receive a No Longer Available message.”