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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.

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[–] SomeGuy69@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

As if I'd need any additional reason to not buy Warner Bros games. So stupid of them.

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago (13 children)

Not sure whether they will remove it entirely or just delist it. I love Steam and the convenience of it and the majority of my games are on Steam. But this is why we should be able to own our games. You never know when your favorite game decides to do something like this.

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[–] rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 8 months ago

Drink up me hearties yo ho

[–] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 13 points 8 months ago (2 children)

When something gets removed from steam and it's in your steam library but not installed, is it gone forever?

[–] Stern@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

You can still install and play it. If it has cards you can earn them and get account xp from making sets of them, same with emotes and wallpapers. You can't sell (or buy, obviously) any of that on the Steam marketplace though, but can still trade them. Achievements get a little wonky.

Source: I own Transformers: Devastation, which was delisted.

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 8 months ago

didn't think it was possible to be worse than aol time warner but zazlav did it.

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

I loved adult swim flash games in the 2000s would have definitely cared about this a lot more if flash wasn't already dead and they weren't preserved on internet archive and flashpoint

[–] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 10 points 8 months ago

That's all, folks!

[–] machiabelly@hexbear.net 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Why do they do this? It doesn't make sense. They don't have to pay to keep it listed.

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

If it's "failed" they can write off the investment as a loss. They get a tax break as a result. Capitalism rewards innovation (in tax avoidance), after all.

[–] Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Youre might be right right thats what theyre trying to doz but thats not how that works with complete games that have been released for ages. They're just being retarded.

More than likely they just want to shut down the entire publishing arm and going full scorched earth is the only way they seem to do things

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[–] SSJ2Marx@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Even if WB pursues Erasure, we will Always have these games in our heart.

[–] mudle@lemmy.ml 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

And our harddrives ;)

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