Asmodee Digital’s Pandemic, based mostly on the favored co-operative board recreation revealed by Z-Man Video games, was quietly delisted from Steam on January 6. The cell model is not in the stores both, although house owners can nonetheless obtain any model they’ve already purchased.
Although no official announcement has been made, one participant contacted Asmodee assist and was advised through email that, “Now we have labored exhausting over 4 years on Pandemic and withdrawing it from the shops has not been a straightforward selection. This resolution was made with a heavy coronary heart for a large number of causes that we can’t disclose.” The e-mail additionally claimed that Pandemic can be leaving the Xbox retailer on January 31, and Change by the tip of July.
Pandemic is not talked about anyplace on Asmodee Digital’s website. A take a look at the Wayback Machine reveals that its web page was eliminated in November or December of 2021. Nonetheless, one digital model of Pandemic stays—on browser-based tabletop gaming platform Board Game Arena, which Asmodee purchased final 12 months. You’ll be able to play Pandemic there at no cost proper now, and with on-line multiplayer, one thing the Steam model did not have.
When a deliberate Pandemic giveaway on the Epic Games Store was canceled in 2020, it was assumed to be a matter of sensitivity given the Covid-19 pandemic was in its early levels. It appears a bit late to observe up for a similar cause, so presumably there’s one thing else behind this delisting—particularly since Pandemic’s nonetheless on Board Sport Enviornment. I’ve contacted Asmodee Digital for remark, and can replace this story if I get a reply.
In December, holding firm the Embracer Group announced plans to acquire Asmodee in a deal value €2.75 billion (over $US3 billion).
