6款卡通网络游戏已下架

WarnerBros.Discovery'ssuddenremovalofseveralCartoonNetworkandAdultSwimgamesfromdigitalstorefrontshassparkedsignificantfanbacklash.PopulartitleslikeStevenUniverse:SavetheLightandSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTimeareamongthosenowunavailableforpurchase.Thepublisherofferednoclearexplanationforthedelistings.

Atleastsixgameswereaffected,disappearingfromplatformssuchasSteamandtheNintendoeShop.Agenericmessageindicatedpublisherremoval,leavingfansunabletolegallyacquirethesebelovedtitles.ThisactionisconsistentwithWarnerBros.Discovery'srecentcost-cuttingmeasures,whichhaveincludedshelvingfilmsandremovingcontentfromstreamingservices.AsimilardelistingeventoccurredinMarch2024,targetingAdultSwimgames,althoughsomewerelaterreinstatedduetopublicpressure.

TheDecember23rddelistingsincluded:

AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest AdventureTime:MagicMan'sHeadGames OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes SamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime StevenUniverse:SavetheLight StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLight

WhilesomeCartoonNetworkGamesremainavailable(e.g.,CartoonNetworkJourneysVR),thelackofcommunicationfromWarnerBros.Discovery,CartoonNetworkGames,andAdultSwimGamesregardingtheremovalshasfueledfanfrustration.TheremovalofSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime,particularly,isupsettingasitcontainedthecanonicalconclusiontotheshow'sfifthseason.AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest,theoldestgamedelisted,datesbacktoApril2014.Othertitleswerereleasedin2018and2021.EventhesoundtrackforOKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroesremainsavailable,highlightingthearbitrarynatureofthedelistings.ThesituationmirrorstheMarch2024incident,underscoringtheongoingconcernsaboutthecompany'shandlingofitsdigitalgamecatalog.