6款卡通网络游戏已下架

WarnerBros.Discovery'ssuddenremovalofseveralCartoonNetworkandAdultSwimgameshassparkedsignificantfanbacklash.Withoutexplanation,titleslikeStevenUniverse:SavetheLightandSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTimehavebeenpulledfromdigitalstorefronts,includingSteamandtheNintendoeShop.Thisleavesfansunabletolegallypurchasethesebelovedgames.

Atleastsixgameshavebeenaffectedbythismassdelisting,allbearingmessagesindicatingpublisherremovalwithoutstatedreasons.ThisactionislinkedtoWarnerBros.Discovery'scost-cuttingmeasures,previouslyseenintheshelvingoffilmsandremovalofcontentfromstreamingservices.AsimilardelistingofAdultSwimgamesoccurredinMarch2024,althoughsometitlesweresparedfollowingpublicoutcry.Thistime,however,theresponsehasbeenequallyswiftandcritical.

Therecentlydelistedgames,asreportedbyWario64onTwitter,include:

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

  ThesetitleswereremovedonDecember23rd,2024,withabriefmessageonSteamandotherplatformsannouncingtheirunavailability.Interestingly,someCartoonNetworkgames,suchasCartoonNetworkJourneysVRandMonstersAteMyBirthdayCake,remainavailable,asdoestheOKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroessoundtrack.WarnerBros.Discovery,CartoonNetworkGames,andAdultSwimGameshaveyettoofferapublicexplanationforthisaction.

  Theoldestgameaffected,AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest,debutedinApril2014.Othertitleswerereleasedin2018(StevenUniverse:SavetheLight,OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes)and2021(StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLight).TheremovalofSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime,inparticular,hasangeredfans,asitcontainedthecanonicalconclusiontotheshow'sfifthseason.Thelackofwarningandexplanationsurroundingthesedelistingshasfueledconsiderablenegativereactionfromthegamingcommunity.