Spec Ops: The Line is likely one of the most vital video games of the seventh console technology, however enjoying it on PC simply bought a bit of more durable. The acclaimed army shooter was delisted from Steam with out warning at the moment, although it’s nonetheless out there on other PC storefronts and Xbox, the place it’s backwards appropriate.
Spec Ops: The Line has been delisted from Steam https://t.co/DDxVUaOaWi
nonetheless out there on Xbox Retailer and different PC third occasion shops pic.twitter.com/JIW8JgitGv
— Wario64 (@Wario64) January 29, 2024
The elimination was first noticed by Wario64, who drew consideration to the delisting on X/Twitter. In case you navigate to The Line’s Steam page, you will be unable to buy the sport and see a discover saying, “Spec Ops: The Line is now not out there on the Steam retailer.”
It is commonplace for video games to delisted from Steam, nevertheless it does stand out given Spec Ops: The Line’s crucial acclaim and historic significance. The Line’s notorious white phosphorus scene nonetheless ceaselessly is available in conversations surrounding memorable (if horrific) moments in video games and participant selection, and The Line helped to usher in a brand new, extra crucial period of video video games primarily based on trendy battle.
In our evaluation, we wrote that “Spec Ops is a daring experiment price celebrating. For the primary time, a
sport with weapons does not need you to be the hero – it desires you to really feel horrible about attempting to be one,” and it is nonetheless very a lot a sport price enjoying at the moment.
It is a disgrace that, at the very least for now, gamers cannot buy it on one of many greatest storefronts on this planet, although fortunately it could nonetheless be skilled on different platforms.
IGN has reached out to 2K concerning the delisting. We are going to replace this story if we hear again.
Will Borger is an IGN freelancer. You’ll find him on Twitter @bywillborger