Name: Xbox Series X
Brand: Microsoft
Price: 487 USD

Summary

Xbox recently delisted 27 games from European markets without prior notice.
These games include well-known titles like Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Super Meat Boy Forever.
A bug may be responsible, though no statement has been made.

Xbox recently delisted 27 games from European markets, including some fairly well-known titles such as Kena: Bridge of Spirits and Super Meat Boy Forever. The sudden delisting of these games was not announced, so it’s possible that a bug caused these titles to vanish from Xbox storefronts in Europe.

Games often get delisted from online stores for numerous reasons, including licenses expiring or problems with publishers. Earlier this year, for example, six games were delisted from the Xbox Store: Daggerhood, Gravity Duck, Infestor, League of Evil, Outer Terror, and Royal Frontier. In this case, however, these games were confirmed to be leaving months before they were pulled from the digital stores.

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By Chris Nicholls

Now, as spotted by TrueAchievements, 27 games have vanished from the European version of the Xbox Store. The list includes some fairly well-known titles, like Grim Dawn: Definitive Edition, Gylt, Hyper Light Drifter, Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Ooblets, Steve Jackson’s Sorcery, Super Meat Boy Forever, and more. No Gravity Games was the company most affected by this change, as it published 12 of the 27 delisted titles.

27 Games Delisted From Xbox in Europe

Abo Khashem
Alder's Blood: Definitive Edition
Cats and the Other Lives
Creepy Tale
Creepy Tale 2
Destropolis
Exorder
Flippin Kaktus
Grim Dawn: Definitive Edition
Gylt
House
Hyper Light Drifter
Kena: Bridge of Spirits
Mundaun
One True Hero
Ooblets
Paper Dolls Original
Primal Light
Quest Hunter
REKT! High Octane Stunts
Song of the Deep
Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion: HD Renovation
Steve Jackson's Sorcery!
Strike Force Kitty
SuperMash
Super Meat Boy Forever
Will You Snail?

What’s odd about this is that nobody announced that this would take place, and the games can still be purchased in other regions, which could indicate that this happened due to a glitch. It’s quite unusual for a game like Kena: Bridge of Spirits, considered by some as one of the best action-adventure games on the Xbox, to simply vanish without its publisher acknowledging it. If this was caused by a bug, it’s likely that most, if not all, of these 27 games will return to the store within the next few days.

When major titles are delisted, fans often get some time to purchase them before they're gone. A good example of this was when Forza Horizon 4 was delisted last year. The game was announced to be leaving Xbox months before being delisted, and fans had several promotions and opportunities to acquire it.

Glitches on online platforms are not entirely unusual, either, and can happen for multiple reasons. Earlier this year, for example, the Xbox app recommended a delisted game to users. At the time, the platform recommended Forza Horizon 3 to some players, who immediately noticed the error, noting that the game had not been sold since 2020 and joking about the incident online. Hopefully, the delisted titles will be back on sale soon, and European players will get another shot at playing these games.

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