Xbox backwards compatible game turns off online services

An Xbox 360 and PS3 game that was playable on recent Xbox consoles via previous compatible devices no longer supports its online services. The game in question has already been taken down, so there hasn’t been an option to buy the game digitally for some time, but just today EA shut down its online services on Xbox 360, Xbox One, and PS3. The game in question is Shadows of the Damnedwhich is fortunately an offline game with only simple online elements.

For those who are not familiar Shadows of the Damnedfirst appeared on June 11, 2011 via publisher EA and developer Grasshopper Manufacture, the latter best known for No more heroes series. The result of a collaboration between Goichi Suda (No more heroesAnd Killer 7And Popsicle saw) and Shinki Mikami (vampireAnd Dino crisisAnd inner evil), Shadows of the Damned It is an action-adventure game with horror elements. It had a score of 77 on Metacritic when it was released. As for how well it sold, we don’t know, but the lack of information indicates that it sold poorly.

Shadows of the Damned It follows a demon hunter named Garcia Hotspur deep into a re-imagining of hell where he must save the love of his life by defeating armies of darkness with the power of light,” reads the official teaser about the game.Shadows of the Damned It offers shocking and unique gameplay experiences that include over-the-top action, massive devastating battles, insane puzzles, gruesome enemies, heart-pounding moments, and psychotic visuals. He makes his way through the City of the Damned to regain his love, he is aided by ex-demon Johnson who has the ability to transform into an array of ferocious weapons, Garcia will tear through the horrific forces of the underworld to protect what he loves most. Its genre of light vs. dark that will forever change the way players look at puzzles, combat, and action. City of the Damned.”

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