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https://www.polygon.com/24093815/warner-bros-adult-swim-games-steam-delisting>
"Warner Bros. Discovery is telling developers it plans to start “retiring”
games published by its Adult Swim Games label, game makers who worked with the
publisher tell
Polygon. At least three games are under threat of being
removed from Steam and other digital stores, with the fate of other games
published by Adult Swim unclear.
The media conglomerate’s planned removal of those games echoes cuts from its
film and television business; Warner Bros. Discovery infamously scrapped plans
to release nearly complete movies
Batgirl and
Coyote vs. Acme, and removed
multiple series from its streaming services. If Warner Bros. does go through
with plans to delist Adult Swim’s games from Steam and digital console stores,
18 or more games could be affected.
News of the Warner Bros. plan to potentially pull Adult Swim’s games from Steam
and the PlayStation Store was first reported by developer Owen Reedy, who
released puzzle-adventure game
Small Radios Big Televisions through the label
in 2016. Reedy said on X Tuesday the game was being “retired” by Adult Swim
Games’ owner. He responded to the company’s decision by making the Windows PC
version of
Small Radios Big Televisions available to download for free from
his studio’s website.
Polygon reached out to other developers who had worked with Adult Swim Games as
a publisher. Two studios responded to say that they’d received a similar
warning from Warner Bros. Discovery, but they are still in the dark about what
it means for their games.
Developer Michael Molinari, who released
Soundodger+ through Adult Swim Games
in 2013, told Polygon he received a warning from a Warner Bros. Discovery rep
earlier this week that his game would be “removed from Steam” within the next
60 days."
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