As the week has gone on we’ve seen even more developers come out and confirm that they too were contacted by Warner Bros. Discovery — the parent company behind Adult Swim Games — …

This. Sucks. I really love games like Duck Game, Kingsway, and Super House of Dead Ninjas.

  • cm0002@lemmy.worldEnglish
    105·
    10 months ago

    Fuck does WB suck now, the second I see an announcement of something releasing and see WB is behind it I don’t even bother anymore because it’ll probably be cancelled and removed.

    and do not have the resources to do so

    That’s rich coming from a multi-billion dollar corporation lmfao

    • kaitco@lemmy.worldEnglish
      471·
      10 months ago

      Why won’t you ever consider the shareholders?! Won’t somebody please think of the shareholders!

      • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
        16·
        10 months ago

        Honestly, it doesn’t make sense at this point. Warner Bros Discovery is burning the place down to sell the remains as charcoal.

        • randomaside@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Yeah I think this is actually it. They fattened up the pig and now they’re butchering it down. Extracting every last ounce of value for shareholders.

    • Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.eeEnglish
      21·
      10 months ago

      From my understanding, it’s just one guy who bought the whole thing and believes that anything cartoon/comic related isn’t relevant anymore. He’s trying to move wb into the “reality tv” era.

      All of which is really stupid because wb is literally only known for its century-long run of pretty good cartoons and comics, and its reality aspect was so bad that they had to brand it off of wb, which is what the cw is.

      So yeah, this one guy is running wb into the ground and destroying one of the biggest animated repositories on the planet because he “doesn’t like cartoons”.

  • falkerie71English
    432·
    10 months ago

    Tax breaks. Woohoo!

    How this shitty legal manoeuvre is even allowed is so infuriating.

    • Abucketofpuppies@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      10 months ago

      Huh, that’s very interesting. I do like the idea that the actual creators of the show have the option to license it out themselves though.

  • gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    10 months ago

    Duck Game might be my favorite multiplayer game of all time. Fuck WB and the tax system in this country that allows corporations to get even the most miniscule of short term gains off of this kind of bullshit.

    • shani66@ani.socialEnglish
      18·
      10 months ago

      Yeah the rain world Dev fought to get their game back ages ago, it’s why they could continue working on it.

    • candid@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Yep, I’ve been holding out for that one, but looks like I’ll have to cop it before it goes away. Such a dumb fucking thing, fuck WB and Zaslav.

  • CharlesReed@kbin.run
    6·
    10 months ago

    Man, between this and various shows/movies getting removed from streaming, it is so frustrating to see.

  • Brkdncr@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    Could it be licensing costs? Things like music might be licensed separately.

    Could it be overhead? They probably have 1-2 people managing that stuff a few hours a month. They might be cutting checks for $100 or less and just think it’s a waste of time.

    • all-knight-party@kbin.run
      22·
      10 months ago

      If you’re talking Steam delisting just means no one can buy it, if you already bought it it remains downloadable in your library.