Digital Release | Xbox 360 Steam |
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Delisting | October 2017 (See Below) | |
Developer | Cauldron | |
Publisher | Activision | |
Available On | Retail (See Below) | |
Links | ActivisionHunts.com series homepage [Archive] |
Delisting
All of the Cabela’s titles published by Activision were delisted on Steam on October 20th, 2017. The titles were likely delisted in the latter half of October on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, and Xbox One after being featured in various sales on each platform (PlayStation, Xbox). Two early PlayStation Portable releases may have been delisted earlier but at the latest they would also have been removed in October 2017. The mass delisting was likely due to Planet Entertainment’s acquisition of the Cabela’s license leading up to the 2018 release of Cabela’s The Hunt: Championship Edition. See the table below for more specifics on each title.
NOTE: The table is organized by title, by original release date. The Digital Release column is not in chronological order as titles were made available to download at irregular intervals.
More on Activision and Cabela’s History
Since 1997 Cabela’s exclusively licensed its brand to Activision’s ‘Value Publishing’ division for use in the video game space. This includes several early entries that were never released digitally. In June of 2003 the pair announced an extension of this lucrative deal for a further decade, ending in 2014. Whether due to a decline in sales or the financial struggles of the outdoor outfitter brand, Activision did not seek to extend their license for a similar block of time. The publisher also ceased marketing operations on social media, retiring the ‘Activision Hunts’ Twitter and Facebook accounts in 2014 and the activisionhunts.com website in 2015.
A brief licensing extension may have been struck as Activision released a port of Cabela’s African Adventures — initially released in 2013 — on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in 2015. It appears that the license was then dormant until 2018 when Planet Entertainment announced and released Cabela’s The Hunt: Championship Edition exclusively for the Nintendo Switch.
Title [chronological] | Digital Release | Developer | Availability |
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts Ultimate Challenge | PlayStation Portable Sept 30, 2009 | Retail (GC, PS2, PC, Xbox) |
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Cabela's Alaskan Adventures | Xbox 360 Oct 19, 2010 (EU, NA) | Retail (PS2, 360, PC) |
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Cabela's African Safari | PlayStation Portable Sept 30, 2009 (NA) Xbox 360 Sept 01, 2010 (NA) | FUN Labs (Xbox 360) Sand Grain Studio (PSP) | Retail (PS2, PSP, 360, PC) |
Cabela's Trophy Bucks | Xbox 360 Feb 01, 2011 (NA) | Retail (PS2, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Big Game Hunter, Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Trophy Bucks [Steam] | Steam May 16, 2008 Xbox 360 Nov 16, 2010 (NA) | Magic Wand (Steam) FUN Labs (Xbox 360) | Retail (PS2, Wii, 360, PC) |
Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2009 | Xbox 360 Jan 04, 2011 (NA) | Retail (PS2, PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Outdoor Adventures (2009) | Xbox 360 Jan 31, 2012 (NA) | Retail (PC, PS2, PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2010 | Xbox 360 Oct 04, 2011 (NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's North American Adventures | PlayStation Portable Sept 13, 2010 (NA) Xbox 360 June 26, 2012 (NA) | Retail (PS2, PS3, PSP, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2011 | Xbox 360 Sept 13, 2011 (EU, NA) | Retail (PS3, DS, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Big Game Hunter 2012 | Xbox 360 April 17, 2012 (EU, NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Adventure Camp | Xbox 360 Sept 04, 2012 (EU, NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Survival: Shadows of Katmai | Xbox 360 May 01, 2012 (EU, NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's Dangerous Hunts 2013 | Steam Oct 22, 2012 Xbox 360 Jan 22, 2013 (EU, NA) | Retail (PC, PS3, Wii, Wii U, 360) |
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Cabela's Hunting Expeditions | Steam Oct 22, 2012 Xbox 360 Jan 29, 2013 (NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii, 360) |
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Cabela's African Adventures | Steam Oct 16, 2013 PlayStation 3 Oct 23, 2013 (EU) Xbox 360 Oct 25, 2013 (NA) PlayStation 4, Xbox One Mar 17, 2015 (NA) Mar 18, 2015 (EU) | Retail (PS3, PS4, Wii, 360, Xbox One) |
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Cabela's Big Game Hunter: Pro Hunts | Steam Mar 25, 2014 PlayStation 3 Mar 25, 2014 (NA) Apr 02, 2014 (EU) Xbox 360 Mar 25, 2014 (NA) | Retail (PS3, Wii U, 360) |