Warner Bros. leave developers feeling "sick and dizzy" as more Adult Swim games are being delisted

rockpapershotgun.com:

More developers have confirmed that they have been told by Warner Bros. Discovery that their games will imminently be delisted from digital storefronts. Soundodger+ and Fist Puncher are both due to vanish, following in the footsteps of puzzle game Small Radios Big Televisions, whose developer announced its imminent delisting earlier this week and released the game for free in response.

All of these games were published by Adult Swim Games, who are now owned by Warner Bros. Discovery. It increasingly seems likely that all Adult Swim games are going to be delisted - although as of right now, most developers say they have not been contacted.

Matt Kain, one of the developers of Fist Puncher, confirmed that Warner Bros. were delisting the game in an update on Steam.

"We've asked that Warner Bros. simply transfer the game to our Steam publisher account so that it can stay active, but so far they have said no with the reason being that they made the universal decision not to transfer the games back to the original studios and do not have the resources to do so. No, the transfer process is not complicated. It likely takes about 2 minutes on their end."

Studio Bean confirmed that the Soundodger+ would be delisted in the next 60 days. "I sent [Warner Bros.] the Steam Transfer link, explained that it takes 3 clicks, and they still refused, claiming it would only be fair to transfer no one's games since they can't do them all," the developer tweeted.

"They are allowing me to republish to Steam (with 0 reviews and 0 wishlists), as long as I remove any and all mention of Adult Swim in the game, including team members in the credits," he added. "I'm all for games preservation, and this ain't it chief."

Soundodger+ will apparently remain available via Itch.

These announcements have understandably caused panic among some other developers whose games were published by Adult Swim, even if they haven't yet been sent any legal notice of delisting.

Landon Podbielski, creator of Duck