WarnerBros.Discovery'ssurpriseremovalofseveralCartoonNetworkandAdultSwimgameshassparkedsignificantbacklashfromfans.Withoutexplanation,titlesincluding
ThisactionislinkedtoWarnerBros.Discovery'scost-cuttingmeasures,whichhavepreviouslyimpactedfilmsandTVshows.Thecompany'shistoryofdelistinggamesincludesaMarch2024incidentinvolvingseveralAdultSwimtitles.Whilesomewerereinstatedafterpublicoutcry,others,likethoserecentlydelisted,wereremovedwithoutpriornotice.
AsreportedbyWario64onTwitter,thelatestroundofremovalsonDecember23rd,2024,affectedseveralpopulargames.Theseinclude
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AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest < AdventureTime:MagicMan'sHeadGames < OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroes < SamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime < StevenUniverse:SavetheLight < StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLight It'snoteworthythatsomeCartoonNetworkgames,suchas
CartoonNetworkJourneysVRand MonstersAteMyBirthdayCake,remainavailable.Similarly,thesoundtrackfor OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroesisstillforsale.However,WarnerBros.Discovery,CartoonNetworkGames,andAdultSwimGameshaveyettoprovideareasonfortheseremovals. AdventureTime:FinnandJake'sEpicQuest,initiallyreleasedinApril2014,istheoldestgameaffected. StevenUniverse:SavetheLightand OKK.O.!Let'sPlayHeroeslaunchedin2018,while StevenUniverse:UnleashtheLightdebutedin2021.Thedelistingof SamuraiJack:BattleThroughTime,especially,hasangeredfansasitcontainedthecanonicalendingtotheshow'sfifthseason.ThelackofwarningandexplanationhasfueledfurthercriticismofWarnerBros.Discovery'sactions.