USGamer posted earlier today about several new delistings from Activision. The Amazing Spider-Man and The Amazing Spider-Man 2, based on the 2012 and 2014 films as well as Platinum Games’ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan have been removed from Steam, the Xbox Marketplace and the PlayStation Store.
The first Spider-Man title was released on handheld, PC and last generation consoles while the sequel and Mutants in Manhattan were released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well. All of the games were released on physical media for consoles. Disc versions for PC were released across Europe except for Mutants in Manhattan which was only released on Steam and is now extinct on that platform.
Licensing is once again to blame although USGamer’s Mike Williams points out one interesting wrinkle in the case of TMNT. “[Mutants in Manhattan] was released only eight months ago. It seems odd that Activision would have a license for under a year, making it possible that Mutants in Manhattan was rushed simply to capitalize on a license before it expired.”
I’ll get pages up on the site and dig for some more details soon.