Bits & Bobs: 19th July 2025
Bits & Bobs give you bite sized updates from across the web that don't warrant their own full-sized story.
John Wick Hex Delisted
Publisher Big Fan Games announced on 14th July that John Wick Hex was to be delisted from all storefronts only three days later on 17th July 2025. No explanation was given for the delisting, but it's probably due to the publisher and/or developer not renewing a licensing agreement for the game.
Humble Bundle ran a promotion on the game from the announcement through to the delisting. It was so popular that the keys ran out of stock (I'm still waiting on a key, so we'll see if I actually end up getting it!)
Blender Releases Godot/Blender Integration Tech Demo DOGWALK
Blender have released free and open source project DOGWALK, putting players in the role of a dog leading a child through a snowy wood scene. The team at Blender also put together a detailed devlog walking through the asset creation process and the development of the to seemlessly export assets into the Godot engine.
You can grab the game on Steam or on itch.io.
Guilty Gear Sequel Shelved
Insider Gaming has reported that an unannounced Guilty Gear game has been cancelled by developer ARC System Works. The last game in the series, Guilty Gear Strive, was released way back in 2021, leaving the future of the franchise in doubt.
ARC System Works still has multiple projects on the go, including a Marvel fighting game project and a Bubble Bobble sequel.
Dawn of War Definitive Edition Gets a Release Date
Relic Entertainment have announced that their second remaster of the year, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Definite Edition will launch on 15th August 2025. The release promises a 4k refresh of the base game and all expansions for modern system.
The original Dawn of War definitely ranks up there as one of my favourite RTS games. The recently released Space Marine Master Crafted Edition has been panned in the reviews as an incremental at best improvement on the previous Anniversary Edition release.
Dawn of War appears to have been handled entirely by Relic, whereas Space Marine was at least partially outsourced. It remains to be seen if that will make a difference or not.
Steam's Payment Processors Can Now Veto Games
Steam has recently updated its Rules & Guidelines with some interesting new language, specifying that publishers should not publish on steam:
Content that may violate the rules and standards set forth by Steam’s payment processors and related card networks and banks, or internet network providers. In particular, certain kinds of adult only content.
This becomes problematic when we remember that MasterCar, Visa and PayPal are all USA based companies, and thus required to follow US law. There's already been attempts to minimise and outlaw diversity in fiction, and I'd hate to see games being delisted or rejected from the platform purely because there is a transgender character in it, for example.
Old School Rally Hit with DMCA Notice
In a surprising turn of events, Old School Rally has been delisted from the Steam store. In a community post, developer Frozen Lake Games stated they had utilised a free car model from SketchFab and had confirmed the ownership of with the original uploader prior to adding it in.
However, after being contacted by a third party claiming they were the owner of the model and some back and forth between both the third party and the original uploader on SketchFab, a DMCA takedown notice was received by Steam who removed the game from the storefront as a result.
Frozen Lake Games have stated they will remove the contested model from the game to enable it to be restored to the Steam store, and will replace all car designs in the game with original models.
A cautionary tale around using free assets in a commercial game, I guess!