Michael McWhertor reports via Polygon: Warner Bros. Discovery has told developers it plans to begin “retiring” games published by its Adult Swim game label, a game maker who worked with the publisher told Polygon. At least three of his games are at risk of being removed from Steam and other digital stores, and the fate of other games published by Adult Swim is unknown. The media conglomerate's plan to remove these games reflects cuts from its film and television business. Warner Bros. Discovery infamously canceled plans to release the nearly completed films Batgirl and Coyote vs. Acme and removed multiple series from its streaming service. If Warner Bros. goes ahead with its plan to remove Adult Swim games from Steam and digital console stores, more than 18 games could be affected.
News of Warner Bros.' plans to potentially remove Adult Swim games from Steam and the PlayStation Store was first reported by developer Owen Reedy, who released the puzzle-adventure game Small Radios Big Televisions from the label in 2016 it was done. said in X On Tuesday, the game was “retired” by the owners of Adult Swim Games. He responded to the company's decision to make his Windows PC version of Small Radios Big Televisions available for free download from his website at the studio. Polygon reached out to other developers who were working with Adult Swim Games as a publisher. The two studios said they received a similar warning from Warner Bros. Discovery, but they don't yet know what it means for their games. […]
Polygon reached out to 10 studios and independent developers who publish games from Adult Swim Games to get their thoughts. Some say they haven't heard from WB Discovery, but expect they will. “From what I've heard from other people, we'll probably hear from them soon,” said developer Andrew Morrish, who has published Kingsway and Super Puzzle Platformer Deluxe through Adult Swim. Told. “It doesn't look good.” Molinari said that if his game Soundodger+ is removed from his Steam, he intends to republish it from Steam “with as little downtime as possible between the two versions.” He said that. This game is also available from his itch page on Molinari.