Even more Adult Swim games are being removed from sale by Warner Bros, as a total wipeout looks increasingly likely
A couple days after the developer of Small Radios Big Televisions said his game was being «retired» from Steam at the behest of Warner Bros Discovery, it's starting to look like the entire catalog of Adult Swim games could be facing the same fate. At least two other developers have said they've also been informed that their Adult Swim-published games will be removed from sale within 60 days.
In a message posted on the Steam forums, Fist Puncher developer Team2Bit said they received the same message from Warner: That the game will be «retired and removed from Steam in the next 60 days.» A request to transfer the game to Team2Bit's own Steam publisher page was rejected on the grounds that Warner «made the universal decision not to transfer the games back to the original studios and do not have the resources to do so,» despite the process of making the transfers being relatively short and simple.
«This is incredibly disappointing,» Matt Kain Lewandowski of Team2Bit wrote. «I'm not entirely sure what will even happen if the game gets delisted, but it makes me sick to think that purchased games will presumably be removed from users' libraries.
Lewandowski also expressed concern that Fist Puncher owners could lose access to the game and all associated content once it's delisted, although that seems unlikely: Typically when games are removed from sale on Steam, existing owners continue to have access. Lewandowski said he's hopeful that will be the case, but it's not something he has control over.
On Twitter, Michael Molinari said Soundodger+ is also being removed, and that Warner has refused to transfer ownership. Warner will allow the game to be republished on Steam as long as it contains no 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 won't be able to compare achievements or trade cards with old ones,“ Molinari wrote.
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