Happy 2019 everyone! Hope folks enjoyed their holidays and are ready for another exciting year in gaming. Let's kick things off with some joy- oh... well, err... ok, some not happy news. It appears that LEGO: The Lord of the Rings and LEGO: The Hobbit have both been removed from digital stores on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation. No more digital hobbitses...

It appears Activision's license with the Marvel franchise has expired, as their recent reissues of the popular action-RPGs, Marvel Ultimate Alliance and Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, have been pulled from Steam, the PlayStation Store and the Microsoft Store. The good news is that if you bought them from any of those sources prior to today, you should still have access to them.

In a forum post yesterday, Hawken Entertainment announced that their cooperative, free-to-play mech shooter, HAWKEN, will officially be shutdown and removed from Steam early next year. All DLC and purchasable content has been removed from the Steam store, though you can still play the game and enjoy any content you may have previously purchased until January 2, 2018.