Disney Pulls 14 Classic Games From PC Storefronts With No Explanation

Disney has unceremoniously pulled 14 of its licensed games disconnected of Steam with nary explanation, leaving america incapable to acquisition games similar Disney's Hercules Action Game and Finding Nemo.

This was spotted by HappyCatEW implicit Steamgifts and Wario64 connected Twitter/X, and shared by Polygon. The games are mostly older ones from the 90s and 00s, and portion they tin inactive beryllium played if you already owned them, they are nary longer disposable for purchase. The newest crippled successful the radical is Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell's Adventure (2014), portion the oldest, Stunt Island, is from each the mode backmost successful 1992.

Most of these games had reasonably mediocre reviews, but whether oregon not immoderate of them were bully is beside the point. For a fig of games connected this list, Steam was the lone spot to play them connected modern platforms. It's worthy noting that immoderate of these games, similar Afterlife and Stunt Island, were besides disposable connected GOG, and look to person been removed simultaneously with the Steam removal, meaning they're conscionable not connected PC anymore astatine each if you didn't already ain them. So unless you ain carnal copies for past consoles instead, galore of these games volition beryllium inaccessible.

The games removed are arsenic follows:

• Afterlife
• Armed and Dangerous
• Disney's Chicken Little: Ace successful Action
• Disney Fairies: Tinker Bell's Adventure
• Disney's Hercules Action Game
• Disney Planes
• Disney The Princess and the Frog
• Disney Winnie the Pooh
• Disney•Pixar Cars: Radiator Springs Adventures
• Disney•Pixar Finding Nemo
• Disney•Pixar Toy Story Mania!
• Lucidity
• Phineas and Ferb: New Inventions
• Stunt Island

Why is Disney doing this? We person nary idea. We've reached retired to Disney for remark connected the situation, and volition update if we get a response.

Disney's committedness to having a games concern has been wishy washy implicit the years. After a roar of licensed games successful the 90s and 00s (including galore of the games listed above), Disney yet slowed its output successful the 10s and seemingly vanished from games wholly for respective years. It much precocious reentered the abstraction with its classical characters successful games similar Disney Dreamlight Valley and Disney Illusion Island. However, it seems similar it whitethorn beryllium slowing down erstwhile again, astatine slightest for properties that aren't Marvel and Star Wars (whose past successful video games is simply a spot much analyzable and robust). Its astir caller non-Marvel/Star Wars games came retired successful 2023 (Tron: Identity, Gargoyles Remastered, Disney Speedstorm), and determination don't look to beryllium immoderate plans for much anytime soon.

Rebekah Valentine is simply a elder newsman for IGN. Got a communicative tip? Send it to [email protected].