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Rhonin the wizard said:

JEMC said:

It’s time for the Thursday news:

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Indie developer makes his game free after Warner unceremoniously tells him they're 'retiring' it from Steam and the PlayStation Store
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/puzzle/indie-developer-makes-his-game-free-after-warner-unceremoniously-tells-him-theyre-retiring-it-from-steam-and-the-playstation-store/
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Related to this, all games published by Adult Swim Games are at risk of being removed.

Fist Puncher has been confirmed to be removed.

And Warner Bros Discovery doesn't seem interested to transfer ownership.

Devs left with tough choices as Warner Bros. ends all Adult Swim Games downloads
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/03/devs-left-with-tough-choices-as-warner-bros-ends-all-adult-swim-games-downloads/
Warner Bros. Discovery seems set to remove at least 16 games from its Adult Swim Games subsidiary from games markets and has told the affected developers that it will not transfer the games back to them nor offer other means of selling them in the future.

That's awful.

See, that's something that I've never understood, and it's not limited to gaming: the "if I can't have/use it, no one can" mentality. If Warner doesn't want to publish those games anymore, then just transfer the rights to the studios that developed those games so they can still get something out of them.