Everybody’s Golffrom Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Clap Hanz will soon be resigned to life as an offline single-player title. ThePlayStation 4title’s humorous take on golf will shut down its online servers near the end of the year.
In a pop-up on the game’s official PlayStation page, Sony says that the online servers forEverybody’s Golfwill shut down on May 20, 2025. All the online features, including its online multiplayer modes, will cease to be playable on that date. Players will still be able to play and enjoy the game in single-player offline modes after the servers shut down.
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Everybody’s Golf,which was originally released in 2017 for the PlayStation 4, becomes the latest victim of Sony Interactive Entertainments' cull of its older online multiplayer titles. It joins the PlayStation Vita fan favorites that have also recently had theironline services shut down inFreedom WarsandSoul Sacrifice,among others.
This news will pose a problem for the platinum trophy hunters out there.Everybody’s Golffeatures two trophies tied to online play. The first trophy is “Online Debut,” which tasks players with simply starting an online open course. The other trophy is “Walking Encyclopedia,” which is tied to catching every type of fish in the game and completing the fish encyclopedia. Some required fish are only obtainable through online play. Fans of the game have precisely six months to enjoy its online modes, features, and possiblychase down that platinum trophybefore it becomes unobtainable.
From the June 26, 2025, players will lose access to the following functionality:
The firstEverybody’s Golftitle on PlayStation 4 marked the end of the alternateHot Shotsbranding in the North American market, with the titleEverybody’s Golfbeing used worldwide. There were seven main games in the franchise that were published between 1997 and 2017 for every console in the PlayStation family, with a further four spin-off titles for the PSP andPlayStation Vita handheld consoles. The series has sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has enjoyed success in all the major markets, especially in its native market of Japan.
Everybody’s Golfis available now on PlayStation 4.
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