2K has quietly delisted almost all of the WWE games on Steam
Without warning, 2K has removed the majority of WWE games available on Steam from sale, along with all their DLC. Prior owners can still access the games, but anyone wanting to buy the games on Steam will have to hunt down a key from a third party seller while they're still available.
According to Steam-Tracker.com(opens in new tab), WWE 2K17, 18, 19, and 20 were all removed from sale on Steam around July 13. Because 2K made no attempt to announce or publicise the delistings, it was only when a curious Reddit user tried and failed to find the older games(opens in new tab) on Steam that their removal came to light.
The delistings mean that the only 2K WWE games currently available for purchase on Steam are this year's WWE 2K22 and the little-loved arcade wrestler WWE Battlegrounds. The good news is that WWE 2K22 was actually well-liked, while the games that preceded it ranged from 'mediocre' to 'a waking nightmare(opens in new tab)', so it could be that 2K have done everyone a favour by making sure no one picks up the older titles by accident.
Games disappear from sale on digital storefronts with unpleasant regularity, and it's often due to a licence agreement expiring. Alan Wake and Alpha Protocol are both games that have been yanked from sale on Steam due to expiring music rights, for example, while Metal Gear Solid 2 got pulled from GOG because of licensing issues around historical footage(opens in new tab). It's not unlikely that something similar has happened with the older WWE games.
2K hasn't yet said anything about the delistings, but I've reached out to the company for comment and will update if there's a response.
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