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[MrHealthy]

5 minutes ago, Guardian_owl said:

Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe lists "Trinket Studios Inc." as publisher.

 

It also has this in the fine print.

 

'Adult Swim TM & © 2018 Cartoon Network. A WarnerMedia Company. All Rights Reserved.'

 

Could just be a failure to clean up the store listing. Could be that Warner still has partial ownership of the listing in some capacity.

[Ryan Industries]

36 minutes ago, Guardian_owl said:

I don't know for sure, but just looking some of them up on PSN don't have Adult Swim as the publisher.
Battle Chef Brigade Deluxe lists "Trinket Studios Inc." as publisher.

Death's Gambit: Afterlife lists "Serenity Forge" as publisher.

As previously mentioned, all 3 Rain World items are listed as published by "Akupara Games, LLC"

 

Delisted Games posted an article about this today. The ones you listed are no longer published by Adult Swim but they are still listed as published by them on there company website. Might be just down to laziness.

 

https://www.adultswim.com/games/battle-chef-brigade

https://www.adultswim.com/games/deaths-gambit

https://www.adultswim.com/games/rain-world

Edited March 9 by Ryan Industries

[Needles]

Battle Chef Brigade should be safe from delisting. In the Battle Chef Brigade Discord server, the president of Trinket Studios confirmed they regained publishing rights last year:

 

[tony_snake_24]

On 3/7/2024 at 5:16 PM, Ryan Industries said:

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down Rooster Teeth Productions, LLC over the next few months (Credit: Variety). I have no idea if this will affect their games but they published and/or developed at least 2 games on PS4, Bendy and the Ink Machine & Rwby: Grimm Eclipse. Bendy is an offline platinum, while Rwby has at least 27 online trophies spread across the base game and DLC (See Trophy Guide).

 

Both games got sequels but were published/developed by other companies, they are Bendy and the Dark Revival & Rwby: Arrowfell. Rwby: Arrowfell might be in trouble as well since Rooster Teeth owns the IP and Warner Bros. Discovery is apparently trying to sell it (Credit: SuperHeroHype).

 

Updated to reflect that LRG also has a physical release & that there is at least 27 online trophies (Credit: @grifteskymfning & @EqualityEarth)

 

Upon looking at the guides for RWBY Grimm Eclipse, there seems to be 11 online only trophies, with 5 of them requiring 4 people. The rest, you could self-boost with 2 consoles or do them solo. Most importantly, the guides say it should take 41 hours, 100+ is a huge difference. Am I missing something?

Edited March 10 by tony_snake_24

[Ryan Industries]

17 minutes ago, tony_snake_24 said:

Upon looking at the guides for RWBY Grimm Eclipse, there seems to be 11 online only trophies, with 5 of them requiring 4 people. The rest, you could self-boost with 2 consoles or do them solo. Most importantly, the guides say it should take 41 hours, 100+ is a huge difference. Am I missing something?

 

The 100+ hours was an error on my end. I believe I was looking at multiple guides (for other games) at the time. I will update my post with the correct info. Thank you.

[tony_snake_24]

So, to confirm, are these the only games that will be truly gone and not accessible by any other means, not even a limited edition, on PlayStation?:

 

- Small Radios Big Televisions

- Mega Coin Squad

- Rise and Shine

- RBWY: Grimm Eclipse (online trophies)

- Samurai Jack Battle Through Time (EU trophy list)

[Needles]

8 minutes ago, tony_snake_24 said:

So, to confirm, are these the only games that will be truly gone and not accessible by any other means, not even a limited edition, on PlayStation?:

 

- Small Radios Big Televisions

- Mega Coin Squad

- Rise and Shine

- RBWY: Grimm Eclipse (online trophies)

- Samurai Jack Battle Through Time (EU trophy list)

Yes - no way to get these games on PlayStation outside of the PS Store.

 

Small Radios Big Televisions is a confirmed upcoming delisting. The others are definitely at risk but not confirmed.

[shipper321]

I'm not sure if this has been brought up regarding Ticket to Ride, but the servers will be closing on June 17, 2024 if the PS Store page is to be believed. Even on the UK store, this notice is in Danish for some bizarre reason, so I've put it through Google Translate.

 

Ticket to Ride will be removed from the store June 17, 2024 11am CEST / 2am PDT / 5am EDT along with the game servers. Online games will therefore stop working together with all other online services such as chat. The game can still be played in offline mode, even in Pass & Play mode, as long as you own the game. Furthermore, you will still be able to use all the DLC you own. We are very grateful for your support and for the passion you have shown all these years. Thank you so much for wanting to join us on our journey.

 

Farewell, ferroequinologists.

 

This also means the delisting has been delayed from April 2024, which was the initial plan.

 

EDIT: All trophies are obtainable offline, they're all labelled as Single Player only.

Edited March 11 by shipper321

[grifteskymfning]

9 hours ago, shipper321 said:

Farewell, ferroequinologists.

 

As a train driver by trade, I took that personally.

[GravityQueeen]

What about Headlander, made by Double Fine and published by Adult Swim? Probably at risk of delisting, too?

[HuntingFever]

7 minutes ago, GravityQueeen said:

What about Headlander, made by Double Fine and published by Adult Swim? Probably at risk of delisting, too?

Limited Run Games released a retail version for that one a while ago but it will almost certainly be hideously expensive now .

[JeManquedHygiene]

11 hours ago, shipper321 said:

Ticket to Ride will be removed from the store June 17, 2024 11am CEST / 2am PDT / 5am EDT along with the game servers. Online games will therefore stop working together with all other online services such as chat. The game can still be played in offline mode, even in Pass & Play mode, as long as you own the game. Furthermore, you will still be able to use all the DLC you own. We are very grateful for your support and for the passion you have shown all these years. Thank you so much for wanting to join us on our journey.

 

This also means the delisting has been delayed from April 2024, which was the initial plan.

 

EDIT: All trophies are obtainable offline, they're all labelled as Single Player only.

 

This is however a Playlink couch co-op game, which means "offline" will require at least two mobile devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your console.

 

Furthermore, it looks like the Playlink app was delisted from Google Store a while back ? Anyway I couldn't find it today, so I don't know how doable this game is if you only have Android devices. Finally, I couldn't find the information if Playlink games are PS4-only or compatible with PS5 as well. Any help much appreciated. 🙏

 

[GravityQueeen]

2 hours ago, JeManquedHygiene said:

 

This is however a Playlink couch co-op game, which means "offline" will require at least two mobile devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network as your console.

 

Furthermore, it looks like the Playlink app was delisted from Google Store a while back ? Anyway I couldn't find it today, so I don't know how doable this game is if you only have Android devices. Finally, I couldn't find the information if Playlink games are PS4-only or compatible with PS5 as well. Any help much appreciated. 🙏

 

Any ps4 Playlink game can be played on ps5 normally. In most cases their apps will only be available from sources like APK Pure which is not considered 100% safe, but personally I downloaded Hidden Agenda app for Android in the site mentioned, didn't have any issue and it worked perfectly. I don't have the exact link and also there will always be more than one version of the app available, so either search which version is the most recommended or do a little bit of trial and error; also, you don't need to accept every permission it will be asked from you before downloading it.

Edited March 11 by GravityQueeen

[CelestialRequiem]

14 hours ago, tony_snake_24 said:

So, to confirm, are these the only games that will be truly gone and not accessible by any other means, not even a limited edition, on PlayStation?:

 

- Small Radios Big Televisions

- Mega Coin Squad

- Rise and Shine

- RBWY: Grimm Eclipse (online trophies)

- Samurai Jack Battle Through Time (EU trophy list)

Thanks a lot for this.

[RNumbers]

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/spearhead-games-lays-off-majority-of-staff

 

Spearhead games seems to be on the ropes. At potential risk are:

 

Stories: The Path of Destinies (PS Plus Dec 2016, I believe)

Omensight

Tiny Brains (PS3 and PS4 stacks; looks like both were delisted some time ago already)

 

Edited March 11 by RNumbers

[tony_snake_24]

1 hour ago, RNumbers said:

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/spearhead-games-lays-off-majority-of-staff

 

Spearhead games seems to be on the ropes. At potential risk are:

 

Stories: The Path of Destinies (PS Plus Dec 2016, I believe)

Omensight

Tiny Brains (PS3 and PS4 stacks; looks like both were delisted some time ago already)

 

Tiny Brains was delisted around 2021 at least.

[Needles]

NHL 20 will shutdown on September 16, 2024.

 

The Platinum is unobtainable for new players, but maybe you want to get some online games in.

 

https://www.ea.com/legal/service-updates/i-q

[Abby_TheLastofUs]

The Japanese release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will be delisted on Steam at the end of the month.

 

This might mean nothing for the console version of the game, and other regions, but Konami's the publisher in all regions across all platforms, and TMNT games always end up getting delisted eventually, so might want to keep an eye out. There are physical copies, but the price is bound to go up if the collection ends up delisted.

 

Edited March 14 by Abby_TheLastofUs

[Lord_Bane999]

Well some good news for once of the Embracer debacle that's always ongoing. It was announced this morning that Saber Interactive was able to come to agreement to buy themselves out. Even better they took a bunch of studios with them with the possibility of taking two more if they buy them also.

 

https://www.ign.com/articles/saber-interactive-splits-from-embracer-taking-38-video-game-projects-with-it

 

Two sad pieces of information to come with this though. First Embracer seized the Metro IP and while 4A (4A will be part of Saber though now) will still make the next game they will not be relinquishing the IP as part of the deal. Second Embracer still holds a partial piece of games made while it owned these studios and also some select games still to be released.

 

Hoping we will find out more if there's other IPs Embracer retained and what will happen to them. (Possible shutdowns or delistings, maybe end of service due to split with dev studios.)

[iriihutoR84]

The Kom

9 hours ago, Abby_TheLastofUs said:

The Japanese release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection will be delisted on Steam at the end of the month.

 

This might mean nothing for the console version of the game, and other regions, but Konami's the publisher in all regions across all platforms, and TMNT games always end up getting delisted eventually, so might want to keep an eye out. There are physical copies, but the price is bound to go up if the collection ends up delisted.

 

Konami's official page has confirmed that it's being delisted on all platforms but they also point out that it's specifically just Japan for now. The same page in other languages than Japanese have no notice about a delisting.

 

Via Google Translate: 

"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection base game will be discontinued in Japan on the following dates:

Friday, March 29, 2024 0:00

After the sale ends, you can still play online matches. You can also re-download purchased base games from the Nintendo eShop, PS Store, Microsoft Store, and Steam Store."

 

https://www.konami.com/games/tmntcollection/jp/ja/press/1/

 

Edit: Game Informer has confirmed with Konami that it's not being delisted outside Japan. At least not at this time.

Edited March 14 by iriihutoR84

[NoraSilberreif]

On 3/11/2024 at 3:24 PM, GravityQueeen said:

Any ps4 Playlink game can be played on ps5 normally. 

Personally, I could not get PlayLink for Ticket to Ride to work on PS5. It did work in online and single player mode, though.

[CJStrawman]

Okay so I understand only one was confirmed but to clarify are these the one's in trouble of delisting?

- Small Radios Big Televisions (Confirmed) (Owned)

- Mega Coin Squad

- Rise and Shine

- RBWY: Grimm Eclipse

- Samurai Jack Battle Through Time

- Headlander

- Jazzpunk (Owned)

- Vorgarr the Viking

- Rain World

- Duck Game (Owned)

- Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

- Battle Chef Begaide (Owned)

- Death's Gambit

- ToeJam & Earl: Back in the groove

- RBWY: Arrowfell

- Bendy and the Dark Revival

- Bendy and the Ink Machine (Owned)

Also what about

- Omensight and Stories: The Path of Destinies?

On 3/10/2024 at 8:21 PM, shipper321 said:

I'm not sure if this has been brought up regarding Ticket to Ride, but the servers will be closing on June 17, 2024 if the PS Store page is to be believed. Even on the UK store, this notice is in Danish for some bizarre reason, so I've put it through Google Translate.

 

Ticket to Ride will be removed from the store June 17, 2024 11am CEST / 2am PDT / 5am EDT along with the game servers. Online games will therefore stop working together with all other online services such as chat. The game can still be played in offline mode, even in Pass & Play mode, as long as you own the game. Furthermore, you will still be able to use all the DLC you own. We are very grateful for your support and for the passion you have shown all these years. Thank you so much for wanting to join us on our journey.

 

Farewell, ferroequinologists.

 

This also means the delisting has been delayed from April 2024, which was the initial plan.

 

EDIT: All trophies are obtainable offline, they're all labelled as Single Player only.

Is the NA version getting Delisted and have they said anything about putting it on sale before it does? $50 seems steep for the game haha

Edited March 15 by CJStrawman

[shipper321]

11 minutes ago, CJStrawman said:

snip

All platforms, all regions. It hasn't been on sale since August of last year.

[SpaceIsDandy]

20 minutes ago, CJStrawman said:

Okay so I understand only one was confirmed but to clarify are these the one's in trouble of delisting?

- Small Radios Big Televisions (Confirmed) (Owned)

- Mega Coin Squad

- Rise and Shine

- RBWY: Grimm Eclipse

- Samurai Jack Battle Through Time

- Headlander

- Jazzpunk (Owned)

- Vorgarr the Viking

- Rain World

- Duck Game (Owned)

- Rick And Morty: Virtual Rick-ality

- Battle Chef Begaide (Owned)

- Death's Gambit

- ToeJam & Earl: Back in the groove

- RBWY: Arrowfell

- Bendy and the Dark Revival

- Bendy and the Ink Machine (Owned)

Also what about

- Omensight and Stories: The Path of Destinies?

 

I think the conclusion is that "most" of these are probably safe and the ones you really need to look out for have the roosterteeh/adult swim games as publisher on psn. 

 

I know grimm eclipse (never been on sale) and the EU stack of samurai jack(18 months ago but jp and us have discs) are "safe" to buy right now as in they have little to no chance of getting a discount before they are removed. @Ryan Industries has made several very helpful graphs on the last couple of pages that should list the status of each game

[Ryan Industries]

@CJStrawman For the record, this is just my opinion, I have no insider knowledge of what will be delisted or not delisted. I could be 100% wrong with the entire list. I wouldn't expect any of them to be discounted.

 

"The Adult Swim/Rooster Teeth Spreadsheet - Definitive Edition"

Note: Duck Game's platinum is currently unachievable

Edited March 16 by Ryan Industries