Two days after Small Radios developer Big Televisions announced that its game had been “pulled” from Steam at the request of Warner Bros Discovery, it's starting to look like Adult Swim's entire game catalog might face the same fate. At least two other developers said they were also told that their games published for adults would be removed from sale within 60 days.
in message Posted on the Steam forums, Fist puncher Developer Team2Bit said they received the same message from Warner: that the game “will be delisted and removed from Steam within the next 60 days.” A request to port the game to Team2Bit's Steam publisher page was denied on the grounds that Warner “made a global decision not to port games back to the original studios and does not have the resources to do so”, despite the process of making the game. Transfers are relatively short and simple.
“This is incredibly disappointing,” Team2Bit's Matt Ken Lewandowski wrote. “I'm not entirely sure what would happen if a game was deleted, but what makes me sick is the thought that purchased games are meant to be removed from users' libraries.
Levandowski also expressed concern that owners of Fist Puncher may lose access to the game and all associated content once it is deleted, although this seems unlikely: typically when games are removed from sale on Steam, current owners continue to have access to them. Lewandowski said he hopes that's the case, but it's not something he can control.
on Twittersaid Michael Molinari SoundDodger+ It is also being removed, and Warner has refused to transfer ownership. Warner will allow the game to be republished on Steam as long as it doesn't contain a mention of Adult Swim in the game “including team members and credits,” but that will leave it with no reviews, wishlists, or any other connection to the original release. “New customers will not be able to compare achievements or trade cards with old ones,” Molinari wrote.
Duck game Developer Landon Podbielski said he has not received any word about the delisting, but he expects it to happen. “I don't know much yet, sad but not really surprised,” he said. chirp. “I loved ASG and its people, but that's history now as they've been practically shut down for years. Podbielski added that the takedowns could be a good thing if Warner can return ownership of the games to their developers — something it has so far indicated it won't do.” .
Andrew Morrish, developer Kingsway“He also pointed out He did not receive a notice of delistingBut he said if that happens, “I will do what I can to relist the game on Steam and other stores.”
The developers of other Adult Swim-published games haven't mentioned any potential removal from the list, but a blanket removal wouldn't be completely out of step with Warner Bros Discovery's recent maneuvers. Over the past two years, at least two major films have had their releases cancelled, Bat girl And Coyote vs. Acme, both of which were complete, and they chose to write off the taxes instead. It was also dropped Dozens of shows and movies From the streaming service Max (formerly known as HBO Max).
Neither Adult Swim or parent company Warner have commented on the status of Adult Swim's catalog at this point, but as Podbielski pointed out, Adult Swim Games has been inactive for quite some time: its most recent release on Steam is Samurai Jack: Battle Through Timewhich was released in 2020, and Twitter account He has not been active since June 2021. It is not a situation that inspires confidence in the future.
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