WarnerBros.Discovery'ssuddenremovalofseveralCartoonNetworkandAdultSwimgameshassparkedsignificantbacklashfromfans.Withoutexplanation,titlesincludingStevenUniverse:SavetheLightandSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTimehavebeendelistedfromdigitalplatformslikeSteamandtheNintendoeShop.Thisdigitalpurgeaffectsatleastsixgames,leavingfansunabletolegallypurchasethesebelovedtitles.
ThisactionislinkedtoWarnerBros.Discovery'scost-cuttingmeasures,mirroringpreviousdecisionstoshelvefilmsandremovecontentfromstreamingservices.AsimilardelistingeventoccurredinMarch2024,targetingAdultSwimgames,althoughpublicpressurepreventedthecompleteremovalofsometitles.Thistime,however,thedelistingsappearfinal.
AsreportedbyWario64onTwitter,thefollowinggameswereremovedonDecember23rd,2024:AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest,AdventureTime:MagicMan'sHeadGames,OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes,StevenUniverse:SavetheLight,StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLight,andSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime.Eachgame'sstorepagedisplaysamessagestatingitsremovalfromsale.
<ThefollowingCartoonNetworkGamesarenolongeravailable:
<
<- AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest
<
- AdventureTime:MagicMan'sHeadGames
<
- OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes
<
- SamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime
<
- StevenUniverse:SavetheLight
<
- StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLight
Interestingly,someCartoonNetworkgames,suchasCartoonNetworkJourneysVRandMonstersAteMyBirthdayCake,remainavailable.ThesoundtrackforOKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroesisalsostillforsale.However,WarnerBros.Discovery,CartoonNetworkGames,andAdultSwimGameshaveyettoofferapublicexplanationforthesedelistings.
AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest,initiallyreleasedinApril2014,istheoldesttitleaffected.Othergames,likeStevenUniverse:SavetheLightandOKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes,launchedin2018,whileStevenUniverse:UnleashtheLightarrivedin2021.TheremovalofSamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime,containingthecanonicalendingtotheshow'sfifthseason,hasparticularlyangeredfans.Thelackofwarningandexplanationsurroundingthesedelistingshasfurtherfueledthecontroversy.
