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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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[-] rizoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 1 year ago

Drink up me hearties yo ho

[-] amanaftermidnight@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

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

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[-] cupcakezealot 11 points 1 year ago

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

[-] mrmacduggan@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

That's all, folks!

[-] Snapz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

If you're buying games these days, STOP buying non physical media

[-] GerPrimus@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago

I bought GTA 5 as a disc back then. You can't even install it without the Rockstar Game Launcher. What do the discs do for me?

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[-] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Better still, stick with DRM free games.

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[-] TacoThrash3r@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Not hemp tycoon!

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