Beloved PS4 Exclusive Announces Shock 2026 Shutdown

The PlayStation 4 is a console that I’ll always look back on fondly given that it offered us so many incredible exclusive games.

There was God of War, Horizon Zero Dawn, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End and The Lost Legacy, Astro’s Playroom, Ghost of Tsushima, The Last of Us Part II, Marvel’s Spider-Man … I could go on.

It really defined modern day PlayStation in a way that the PlayStation 5 is struggling to keep up with.

Unfortunately, the end of the road is nigh for one PlayStation 4 exclusive from GungHo Online Entertainment and Grasshopper Manufacture.

Let It Die has announced that it'll be shutting down on 31 August.

Having first landed on the console in late 2016, Let It Die is a free-to-play online hack n’ slash game that is available on PC in addition to being a PS4 console exclusive.

In the title, players fight their way through a tower, obtaining weapons, armour, and health aids throughout their run.

If you die, your death data is distributed to other players, relaying how you did and potentially marking you as a stronger or more formidable opponent.

The game didn’t fare too badly upon release, securing a score of 72 on Metacritic, almost matched by the user score of 7.1.

An Alternative Mode Is On The Way After Shutdown

There is some light in all of us.

While Let It Die is shutting down as we know it, developers will be launching an offline edition in its stead.

Unfortunately, this offline mode isn’t free which feels like … a choice.

A cost hasn’t been revealed, with devs simply outlining that it’ll be made available for purchase once Let It Die has closed.

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There was no lengthy statement provided on the game’s online closure, but I’m not entirely sure an explanation is needed.

Let It Die isn’t as popular as it once was, and supporting a live-service title after nine years is quite a feat - especially as it didn’t even launch natively on the PlayStation 5.

On that newer console, you can enjoy Let It Die via backwards compatbility, so the offline mode will become available there too.

There’s also Let It Die: Inferno which launched in December of last year, acting as somewhat of a follow-up to that original title.

It’s a sad day to see another game somewhat bite the dust, but at least Let It Die lives on in some capacity and it’s had a hell of a run.