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Nintendo has apparently issued a copyright claim that has forced the developer’s of “No Mario’s Sky” to take the Mario/No Man’s Sky game down. Developer ASMB Games wrote on its website that “No Mario’s Sky is no more-io!” This was probably always going to happen, considering the game’s use of the Nintendo IP.

“Thanks everyone for playing and enjoying our little fan game,” the studio said. “We would love to see an official Nintendo game in this style–a Mario Galaxy-style game in 2D within a procedurally-generated universe.”

While No Mario’s Sky is gone, it’s been replaced by what ASMB is calling “DMCA’s Sky.” It’s similar to No Mario’s Sky, but uses a character named Spaceman Finn instead of Mario who is searching for Princess Mango, not Princess Peach.

“Featuring crazy Moombas, An Infinite Universe, Muscle, Amazing Physics and a Radical Space Ship; DMCA’s Sky is the hackneyed remake-gone-mashup you’ve been craving,” the studio said.

You can download it here. As always, be careful when downloading anything from the internet.

No Mario’s Sky removal was basically inevitable. It’s also not the first fan-made Mario game that Nintendo has shut down. Two fan-made games, Pokemon Uranium and the Metroid 2 Remake, were recently taken down. Pokemon Uranium’s creators say they weren’t contacted by Nintendo’s lawyers and instead took it down out of respect for the right’s holders. The Metroid 2 remake, however, was issued a DMCA takedown notice by the Mario publisher.

Nintendo also had the Super Mario 64 HD fan project shut down. The project was a remake of the N64 game’s first level, Bob-omb Battlefield, built in Unity.

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Microsoft continues to add new features to Halo 5: Guardians. Developer 343 Industries has now confirmed that the game is getting a custom game browser on both Xbox One and PC.

343’s Frank O’Connor confirmed this on NeoGAF, possibly accidentally. When discussing Halo 5’s PC Forge tools, he said, “Once the custom game browser is available I think the community might get crazy legit.”

Studio head Josh Holmes added some further details, stating this is a feature that 343 has wanted to make “for years.”

“To be clear, it’s a new feature that will provide similar functionality to a custom game browser, extending the existing file browser,” he said, as reported by VG247. “It’s something we’ve wanted to build for years and managed to get done as part of our ongoing support for the game.

“We’ll be talking in more detail as we near release, but yeah it’s pretty megaton for Halo and will be a great addition on both PC and console,” he added.

Halo 5’s Forge tools and custom games support come to PC on September 8, which is also the day that the game’s newest expansion, Anvil’s Legacy, comes to Xbox One. The game’s file browser also arrives on both systems that day. There is no word yet on when the custom games browser will be available.

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With the release of FIFA 17 coming up soon, EA Sports has now revealed the professional soccer game’s highest rated players. For the first time in seven years, Lionel Messi is not No. 1.

This year, Cristiano Ronaldo is No. 1, with Messi, Neymar, Luis Suarez, and Manuel Neuer rounding out the top five. You can see the full top 10 list below, as taken from the EA Sports website (via IGN).

Top 10 Highest-Rated FIFA 17 Players:

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 94
2. Lionel Messi – 93
3. Neymar – 92
4. Luis Suárez – 92
5. Manuel Neuer – 92
6. Gareth Bale – 90
7. Zlatan Ibrahimović – 90
8. Jérôme Boateng – 90
9. Robert Lewandowski – 90
10. David De Gea – 90

FIFA 17 cover star Marco Reus lands at the No. 25 position with an 88 overall rating. You can see the Top 50 highest-rated FIFA 17 players and their statistics here.

FIFA 17 comes out on September 27 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

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