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So 2014 has rolled around and you have finally decided you want to play the 8th worst game of 2013, Deadpool? Well you’re year is off to a bad start unfortunately as you can’t anymore.

As the calendars rolled over to a new year the digital versions of Deadpool, and other marvel titles, mysteriously disappeared from online stores like the PSN and Xbox Live Arcade.

Some online stores still have availability but they are being taken down as quickly as possible.

So is this Marvel clearing their name by removing bad titles or has Activision just decided it wants nothing more to do with the titles?

Well neither and both really, According to a tweet from Dan Amrich, Activision’s Community Manager, the titles were taken down as they only had the licence for 2013. But it’s not just Activision who was affected as the Marvel titles released by Capcom have also mysteriously disappeared, Marvel or their power hungry owners, Disney, have not stated why they have not renewed any licensing deals but I can’t imagine they don’t have a plan for all of these games.

If you already own a copy of the game it will continue to be playable but if you missed out and were waiting for an awesome $2 sale then I’m sorry to say it’s not going to happen.

But really the game wasn’t good so do we really care? Though we do have to ask how Activision only managed to keep a licence for a title for the year it was released, surely they should have at least got the 2014 licence as well?

Last Updated: January 2, 2014

86 Comments

  1. VampyricSquirrel Monk

    January 2, 2014 at 10:22

    Ah Disney trying to make more cash… not like they make enough anyway.

    Happy New Year LG pplz.

    Gavin… I think you need to order your minions back to work… it’s unfair that I’m at work and they’re not 😛

    Reply

    • Hammersteyn

      January 2, 2014 at 10:24

      Happy New Year one and all. Feeling your pain. At least it’s quiet in the office. Also it’s already Thursday so weekend is almost here.

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 10:31

        It’s pretty quiet here too… but got so much other crap to do lol

        Weekend! So happy I didn’t finish all my beers lol

        Reply

        • JJ's horrible secret (John)

          January 2, 2014 at 10:41

          Yea man. Same here. Not happy about being at work.

          Reply

    • UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

      January 2, 2014 at 10:25

      Been here the whole time… Can I get some feels?

      Also Happy new year! o/

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 10:30

        I was on call on Friday, Monday and Tuesday… so got to chill at home and do some work between gaming sessions… but still had to work

        Edit: *passes on some sympathy*

        Reply

      • Her Highness the Hipster

        January 2, 2014 at 11:28

        shame! that’s no fair. if it’s any consolation, i’m apparently unable to stay off this site, even during leave 🙂

        Reply

        • UltimateNinjaPandaDudeGuy

          January 2, 2014 at 11:29

          Hahaha! My co-workers know that when I leave the office I am OUT! Work myself to death when I am here though… I LOVE doing nothing.

          Reply

    • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

      January 2, 2014 at 10:31

      Happy new year to you and the rest of Lagz too.

      I’m also back in office. It’s super quiet. My boss told me to see what it’s like at 2pm and to take a “late” lunch

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 10:32

        That’s so unfair… I’ll be here till 5 lol

        Hopefully you get a good 3 hour lunch from 2pm

        Reply

        • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

          January 2, 2014 at 10:44

          Nah Man…. if you work an 8 Hour day, you start at 06:30, then you duck at 2:30 🙂

          Reply

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 10:48

            Unfortunately I don’t have that choice… I work 8-5, Mon-Fri

        • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

          January 2, 2014 at 10:47

          Agreed. Got some Skyrim expansions to finish still. Then Oblivion and Knights of the Nine add-on. Then some Hitman Absolution to DL and play. Then FF8 to DL and start….. Gonna be a busy gaming year of backlogs for me

          Reply

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 10:48

            Someone got abused by the Steam sale as well?

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 10:49

            Actually. No.

            I got gifted FF8 and Hitman.
            For Christmas my sister bought me the Elders Scrolls Anthology.

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 10:55

            Nice!

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 10:58

            Yeah, feeling super spoilt hehe 🙂

          • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

            January 2, 2014 at 13:05

            Just finished Hitman, so much win! Happy new Year! 🙂

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 10:51

            Lol! Damn… all I’m doing is playing World of Warcraft again… my backlog is forgotten for the time being.

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:00

            Is it worth going back to WOW?

            The OCD wants me to purchase game time, lvl the toons to 90, but then my sanity kicks me in the kidneys like Peter Griffin and the Giant Chicken fights..

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 11:25

            Lol! I wouldn’t do it… I was gifted my game time, but wouldn’t have bought it… and quickly lost about 4 days of my life gearing, LFR’ing, levelling etc… Sure it’s all well and good getting your 4th or 7th toon to lvl 90, but then you gotta gear the bugger and get their professions up and do the new raids etc… it’s still the same thing lol

            The Isle of Giants, Timeless Isle and Thundering Isle are nice additions, but most people would get bored in the first month of their 2 month subscription and then you’re just throwing money away.

            That being said I’ve gained a total of 94 levels across 4 characters in about 5 days (one went from 1 to 66) and geared up all 4 of my lvl 90’s to LFR level gear. Levelling through Outlands, Northrend and Pandaria is tedious though.

            WoW rant done

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:32

            Sweet, that is just what I needed to hear.

            The constant grinding for gear, levels etc is just too tedious.

            Always the same… never ending…

            sigh, on the other hand, at least you did it now, before the next expansion hits..

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 13:56

            yeah but i did it with one character after MoP came out, then they patched new gear onto the game… twice I think since then… so I’m grinding through the older gear to get to the newer stuff. Always happens, new expansion brings new gear, a few months later a patch and new gear, then another patch and new gear and then new expansion… it’s never ENDING!!!!!

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:01

            Lucky for me I was never a WoW fan and somehow I’ve been cured of my Eve Online fetish. I am free from the clutches of MMO’s! YES FINALLY!!!

            Oh look! Elders Scrolls Online… Damn… There goes my life again… Sigh

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 10:53

            Don’t get me started on Skyrim, made a boo boo with my ENB settings, had to reinstall the game (60 Hours in and not a singel main story done yet 🙂 ) Oblivion is laying in wait till i’m done…

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 10:56

            I managed to bork my weather for the skybox in the Soul Cairn because of RCNR mod. Had clear skies in the realm instead of all the purple lights and stuff. Was rather upset but was unwilling to start a new fresh char and save just to have it sorted. Level 40 already.

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 10:57

            Feel you on that… Lvl 39 and had to re-install game… luckily for Steam backups (and save game sync)

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 10:59

            The issue is with my save. The weather bork is part of the save so there is nothing I can do as a clean install with 0 mods on still affects the weather the wrong way. That’s the only issue I have with Bethesda games. Their save files include info like that in their save states and once it’s there… No amount of anything can clean up that save

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:01

            Noooooo noooooo don’t say that…

            Just finished my re-installation last night, haven’t tried the game yet..

            I am not going to be impressed if i have to redo it all over again

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:02

            What exactly was your booboo?

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:23

            After changed over to Realvision ENB from K ENB.

            worked fine for 2 hours, then PC hung

            After reboot game would just CTD, no matter if i tried to uninstall ENB, delete the ENB files as well) it would keep trying to load the ENB and CTD.

            Chop that i was, did not make a backup of my Skyrim.ini file (had my SkyPrefs.ini though, replacing that did not help)

            Ran Boss to see if any of my Mods were corrupt or not compatible with each other, and did some Mod cleaning, but to no avail

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:37

            solution 1: Disable FRAPS or MSI Afterburner

            You see ENB changes your graphics card Vendor name under your settings in the Skyrim settings config menu.

            Example: My 560Ti would show as a Gigabyte 560Ti with no ENB installed but would be named something like “ENB Graphics adapter” or some such thing when ENB was installed. Now, if you have something that does some form of on screen display (Even if it isn’t currently set to display) it causes an issue because your OSD program reads the proper vendor name but Skyrim reports a differant name. CTD. Instant.

            Now if you completely disable the on screen display (Not simply hide the OSD but actually disable it) then you should stop getting a CTD.

            Solution 2
            If you changed between 2 different ENB’s then it could be possibloe the vendor names between the two have been set differant. To fix that simply just open up your settings from the launch menu and it will redetect your graphics settings with the new “ENB Graphics driver” vendor ID set by the ENB files.

            That’s what helped me as I had the same issues. Both the incompatibility of ENB with MSI Afterburner OSD and then at a later stage the changing between ENB mods.

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:43

            Checked that, the Display Adapter was picked up by both ENB’s as AMD Radeon 6900 Series, but i did not think of disabling Trixx.

            Will keep an eye out for it later when i get home thanks.

            Then it is re-installing the 70 Mods

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:44

            70 mods 0.o. And here I thought my 26 odd mods was quite a bit. Sheesh

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:46

            Yup, Most are HD texture packs, Texture Pack Combiner, Climate Overhauls, Lighting changes, more textures for Armors, weapons, better sorting etc… and then there is that massive 30 Hour Falskaar Mod…

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:49

            I still need to get that Falskaar mod. Sounds awesome.

            Have you got the Skywind mod? I want to still download at some point too

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:52

            Nah, for that you need to have Morrowind installed already on the PC as well, and there are too many bugs at the moment.

            Once it seems a bit more stable, then i’ll grab it.

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:55

            Well Morrowind on PC won’t be an issue for me anymore so that’s allright. Bugs I can handle as it’s more a novelty than something I despirately need lol

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:53

            So my Skyrim is based Loosely on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yr4uRW0cwY

            same type of textures for rocks, lighting, weather

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 12:00

            Very cool. Some nice mods there. THis is why I love Elders Scrolls on PC. So much modding to enhance the game experience

      • Alien Emperor Trevor

        January 2, 2014 at 12:16

        My colleague is moaning to me about how quiet it is at work today. So glad I put in leave for this couple of days.

        Reply

        • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

          January 2, 2014 at 13:07

          Me too man. Was good catching up the other day. Will get together when Little John is back 😉 (I think this Sunday, so maybe we meet up for a pint next week, will let you know).

          Reply

          • Alien Emperor Trevor

            January 2, 2014 at 16:41

            lol Was the monster unleashed once I left?

          • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

            January 2, 2014 at 17:11

            Like a damn of broken dreams!

    • JJ's horrible secret (John)

      January 2, 2014 at 10:39

      Happy things and friendly words here.

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 10:40

        Thanks for the happy and friendly stuff and right back at you

        Reply

      • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

        January 2, 2014 at 17:12

        You better make a plan to meet up with us this year man!

        Reply

        • JJ's horrible secret (John)

          January 3, 2014 at 08:08

          I shall. No longer will an event be missed.

          Reply

    • Gavin Mannion

      January 2, 2014 at 10:57

      I know the bloody lazy lot are playing games and getting drunk without pants on… life sucks

      Reply

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 2, 2014 at 11:04

        Please stop putting that mental picture in our minds. I keep getting these images of Darryn and Geoff and I can’t bleach my brain!

        Reply

        • VampyricSquirrel Monk

          January 2, 2014 at 11:26

          No images of Zoe? lol

          *runs*

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:40

            I would if the other images weren’t so overpoweringly disturbing

        • Her Highness the Hipster

          January 2, 2014 at 11:27

          then just imagine i’m the drunken pants-less one 😛 better? no? damn!

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 11:40

            You know, by all logic that’s what we should picture first. It would be logical really. But alas, somehow the Darryn and Geoff image is the only one that ever jumps forth and then I just want to sit in a corner and cry my sorrows and pain away

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:44

            Tequila…

            Tequila helps to forget the images…. lots and lots of tequila…

            DAMN you , now you made me remember…

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 12:02

            Tequila is but a temporary solution that just adds the following to my ini file:
            wakeup_hangovermode = “1”

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 12:01

            Speaking of… When are you gonna be ION?

          • Her Highness the Hipster

            January 2, 2014 at 12:35

            lol! as i’ve already promised, when I finally become batman, I will be ION 🙂

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 12:44

            Oh right… So… where is the script kept on the server? I think it needs some tweeking

    • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

      January 2, 2014 at 13:04

      Do you know I am sitting in no pants with a beer in my hand NOT in my office? *RUNS

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 14:43

        Do you hear that? It’s me not caring that your a soulless, pantsless, beer wielding holiday person.

        Reply

        • RinceGivesRspectsToMadiba

          January 2, 2014 at 14:46

          *you’re BOOM! *Burp

          Reply

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 14:52

            There.. I fixed it… happy now Grammar Ginger?

  2. Hammersteyn

    January 2, 2014 at 10:26

    Was really disappointed by this game. Maybe it’s time for a new Xmen game?

    Reply

    • JJ's horrible secret (John)

      January 2, 2014 at 10:40

      Only if they can go the route of the Batman games and do it properly and unique (not a stupid movie play version)

      Reply

      • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

        January 2, 2014 at 10:47

        Still haven’t played them… They are in the Steam Backlog for 2020..

        The Batman games just look too… i dunno… boring

        Reply

  3. Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

    January 2, 2014 at 10:29

    Lol. Epic fail. But eish Disney, you guys are not making yourself a very likable entity for publishers. This could potentially harm further dealings. Just a thought

    Reply

    • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

      January 2, 2014 at 10:42

      I can see a Disney/EA merger in the future….

      Reply

      • VampyricSquirrel Monk

        January 2, 2014 at 10:43

        NOOOO!

        Reply

        • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

          January 2, 2014 at 10:45

          Think about it… Disney already owns LucasArts, and EA are making all the SW Games for the foreseeable future….

          Disney is trying to get the same title as EA with the hated Company, so why not Merge?

          Reply

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 10:48

            Your valid points are depressing

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 11:49

            Now that you are depressed on the 2nd day of the new year already, time for a beer..

          • VampyricSquirrel Monk

            January 2, 2014 at 14:11

            I’ll have one when I finally get home… going to need one 🙁 🙁 🙁 lolololol

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 2, 2014 at 10:48

        Are you freaking crazy? Don’t talk such things in to being. Can you just imagine. Dear grief no. I want 2014 to be a good year man.

        😛

        But that being said, I wouldn’t be surprised to see some form of exclusivity deal occur between Disney and EA. It’s just a matter of time

        Reply

        • Alien Emperor Trevor

          January 2, 2014 at 12:14

          With Xbone platform exclusivity!

          Reply

          • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

            January 2, 2014 at 12:19

            *shudders*

          • GalacticLordCaptainAwesomeness

            January 2, 2014 at 12:29

            with your mandatory Pizza Hut and Games with Gold subs, all orders are placed via IE…

    • Hammersteyn

      January 2, 2014 at 10:53

      Maybe they can make the cash back with another Wolverine game or movie?

      Reply

      • Sir Rants A Lot Llew. Jelly!!!

        January 2, 2014 at 10:57

        Lol. So sad yet so true

        Reply

  4. xboxforsale

    January 2, 2014 at 13:06

    Itagaki : Devil’s Third virtually finished, launching in 2014

    http://xboxforsale2.blogspot.com/2014/01/itagaki-devils-third-virtually-finished.html

    Reply

  5. melodicmizery

    January 2, 2014 at 13:23

    a little notice ahead of time would of been nice. i enjoy these shitty little games like the comic book games, captain america, wolverine and etc. when you go into those game if you expect it to be a billion dollar budget game then your going to be upset but if you go into it knowing that its going to be below average graphics and a shitty story sometimes the gameplay is actually really fun. ive played shooting games for the better half of 20 years, now i enjoy variety and anything thats as far away from everything else as possible. and a good flop game for cheap is always a killer deal for me. i liked duke nukem, aliens, wolfenstein, singularity, walking dead, and a few others that people hated. people are so spoiled and want everything to be bioshock, cod, borderlands, and bf. sometimes you need something different to change the pace

    Reply

  6. Mathias

    January 2, 2014 at 13:57

    I don’t think it was that bad. For what it is, and if you can take some of the humor, it’s an average game that mocks a lot of what’s wrong with gaming nowadays, even though I highly doubt that was something that was 100 % planned. I don’t want to call it a satire, because it strictly isn’t, but it is quite a parody.

    Also, as you’re on it, you could have listed the rest of the games that were pulled from the Marketplace, PStore and Steam, including the Shattered Dimensions and Web of Shadows Spider-Man semi-decent games, as well…

    Don’t be lazy, Lazygamers… People here even believe Sleeping Dogs was released for the new-gen…

    Reply

  7. Sk3tz0

    January 3, 2014 at 08:02

    Its early Morning brains not working.. does that mean the games only been discontinued in digital format, so might still be available in retail stores??? or are they recalling the retail disc aswell..?? maybe go look at BT for a 2nd hand version..

    Reply

  8. Sk3tz0

    January 3, 2014 at 08:07

    Disney / EA joint venture might be cool.. like a Disney Sims game.. imagine Snow white & the 7 dwarves Sims Expansion Pack.. spend hours of fun trying to get Grumpy, Dopey and Bashful to whoopee in the hottub, while Sneezy is trap in a Doorless, windowless room being starved..

    Reply

  9. Joshua

    September 23, 2014 at 08:27

    yeah, some of us care

    Reply

  10. Buddah

    October 1, 2014 at 17:44

    yay time for piracy

    Reply

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