Adobe is killing Adobe Animate, the Flash animation tool that defined the look of early web games

Animate's distinctive vector animation tools will no longer be available for purchase as of March.
GameSpot

Adobe Is Killing A Popular Animation And Game Development Program

Adobe Animate is being shuttered in March, and creators are fuming.

Adobe Animate: 30-year-old animation software shuts down, angers customers

Adobe has disappointed users by announcing the shutdown of one of its most popular products, which has been around for over ...
Cartoon Brew

Adobe Ends Animate, Abandoning Millions Of Artists Amid AI Push

The sudden shutdown ends decades of workflows, jeopardizes active productions, and deepens fears that AI-first strategies are ...
Yahoo

Why the end of Flash animation marks the end of an era for creativity on the web

A message to uninstall Flash appears above a Flash-based work of art by Rafaël Rozendaal titled "Future Physics," from 2007. (Screengrab by Carolina A. Miranda / Los Angeles Times) It was a tale of ...

Adobe’s AI pivot: Animate to be retired next month, here is exactly how long you can continue using it

The software that evolved from Flash and powered generations of web animations will stop sales in March, as Adobe shifts focus to newer tools and AI-driven platforms.
Gizmodo

Internet Archive Brings Flash Games and Animation to Its Vault

Adobe’s Flash died many deaths, but we can truly throw some dirt on its grave and say our final goodbyes because it’s getting the preservation treatment. The Internet Archive announced on Thursday ...
Los Angeles Times

Why the end of Flash animation marks the end of an era for creativity on the web

It was a tale of sex and death and Teletubbies. In 1998, programmer and animator Tom Fulp released an online video game titled “Teletubby Fun Land” that featured the characters from the British ...