Warner Bros. Discovery and its Cartoon Network Games publisher were planning to quietly delist a number of games from major online storefronts. And they would have gotten away with it too, if it wasn't for you meddling BlueSky users.
User Wario64, who is not affiliated with Nintendo despite what the handle may suggest, noticed today that at least five Cartoon Network Games titles were wiped earlier today, with no apparent explanation. Michael McWhertor of Polygon broke the story.
The victims of today's delisting are OK K.O.! Let's Play Heroes, Adventure Time: Finn and Jake's Epic Quest, Adventure Time: Magic Man's Head Games, Steven Universe: Save the Light, and Steven Universe: Unleash the Light.
Despite not being nominally published by Cartoon Network Games, a Samurai Jack game (Samurai Jack: Battle Through Time) also went missing today.
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