Deutsche Telekom to shutdown MagentaGaming
Jeffrey Rousseau
Staff Writer
Wednesday 26th January 2022
Deutsche Telekom AG
Yesterday Deutsche Telekom announced that it will discontinue its MagentaGaming service on February 26, 2022.
The Polish telecommunication firm shuts down the cloud gaming service after its two and a half year run.
MagentaGaming was a monthly service that allowed users to stream games across devices and it offered features such as online multiplayer, achievements, and leaderboards.
Also within its announcement Telekom s that said the service's storefront was no longer available after January 25.
Customers are still able to play the games that've already purchased until the service goes down in February.
"We continue to believe in the growth of cloud gaming services and are still working to provide our customers with the best possible gaming experience on our network," said Deutsche Telekom.
The company's statement didn't provide a reason as to why it was shutting down MagentaGaming.
However it may be attributed to Telekom's cloud gaming service provider, RemoteMyApp, being acquired by technology giant Intel in November of last year, as reported by VentureBeat.
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