2 Nintendo Switch Games Go Dark, Stranding $30 Aliens Buyers
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Updated · ComicBook.com · Aug 9
2 Nintendo Switch Games Go Dark, Stranding $30 Aliens Buyers
2 articles · Updated · ComicBook.com · Aug 9
Summary
Two Nintendo Switch titles — Aliens: Fireteam Elite and Apex Legends — have now shut down completely, leaving both games unplayable on the original console.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite is the sharper loss: the $30 Switch version was a cloud release, so server closure also killed its single-player mode, and buyers are not getting refunds.
Apex Legends was always online and free-to-play, but Switch players can no longer access the game there; progress can still carry over to the live Nintendo Switch 2 version.
Aliens: Fireteam Elite had already been delisted from the eShop in March, and the shutdown lands weeks before Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 is due on Aug. 25 — without a Switch 2 version at launch.