The thing you love might not last forever. With the Stop Killing Games movement and the backlash to Sony's announcement of a digital-only future, video game preservation has never been a more heated topic, and nothing amplifies this discussion more than the announcement of a title's (or a Fortnite mode's) permanent death. By the end of 2026, several games will shut down for good, leaving their fanbases in mourning.
Generally, publishers give a few months' notice of a game's impending demise, giving the player base a chance to say their goodbyes and maybe set up community servers (which rarely happens for massive AAA games). However, unless you are plugged into that project's news cycle, you can easily miss these announcements and, consequently, the eventual sunset. Hopefully, this article helps diminish the chance of that happening.
All these games announced their closures a while back, and this article merely collects them into one place. If you want to visit these worlds for one last time, don't wait too long to do that.
I'm also not including any FPS games set to shut down, as I dedicated an article to that genre.
Epic Games Store expanded Fortnite significantly over the last few years, adding modes to the game's launcher that are essentially fully fleshed-out spin-offs. While some of these are relatively successful, Rocket Racing is apparently not one of them, despite being one of the most complete experiences. Honestly, this mode should have been a standalone game, especially since it was developed by Rocket League's Psyonix.
Earlier this year, Epic Games announced a wave of layoffs and cost-cutting measures, including culling modes like Ballistic and Festival Battle Stage in April because they failed to build a reliable community. Epic announced Rocket Racing's closure in the same message, but granted it a much longer sunsetting period. In 2024, Epic ended updates for the mode, suggesting that the player count was low enough to no longer warrant direct support.
Although fine in isolation, Rocket Racing drew controversy because it seemed to exist at the expense of the far more popular Rocket League. Epic killed player-to-player trading in the latter to seemingly promote the former's cross-game cosmetics, a decision that was not well received.
After two years of high-speed competition, Rocket Racing will leave Fortnite along with all UEFN islands built with Rocket Racing templates in October 2026.
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