This $60 Aliens Switch game becomes unplayable as servers shut down, with no refunds offered

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WTF?! We live in a time when digital game ownership, or lack thereof, is under the spotlight like never before. Bringing more attention to the situation is the cloud version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite on the Nintendo Switch. Servers for the $30 game ($60 for the Ultimate Edition) are being shut down, meaning "owners" can no longer play it. Even worse, developer Cold Iron Studios isn't offering any refunds, just an apology for the "inconvenience" and a discount for the Switch 2 version of the game that people already paid for.

Buyers of the Switch version of Aliens: Fireteam Elite, which was a very disappointing 2021 take on the popular franchise, were even more disappointed in March when Cold Iron Studios said the game would shut down on August 5. The game was...

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