The studio behind the game told XBLA Fans that the title was removed in the confusion over who now owns the rights to it. It sounds like GarageGames was rebranded as Instant Action in 2009 and reformed after Instant Action shut down. Unfortunately, much of GarageGames’ intellectual property was sold off in the meantime. That included the rights to Marble Blast Ultra. It’s not even known who owns its rights.
Marble Blast Ultra sold 700,000 copies. Its downloadable content is still available on Xbox Live.
Marble Blast Ultra delisted (UPDATED) [XBLA Fans]
djmcbell
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 4:22 PMThat’s a shame. I bought the game and found it quite good – must play it more often. That and Switchball.
Vapor
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 5:03 PMThat’s dissapointing. Glad I still have my copy. Still annoyed that DOOM was removed though. I think removing something from being purchased new is fine, but when you have some issues and need to redownload a game you’ve paid for, but can not due to it being removed, that’s a silly system.
Hoping I never have to redownload MBU.
Karachi King
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 10:48 PMIf you’ve already purchased the game, you can still redownload it through your purchase history, even if it’s been delisted.
Justin Robson
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 9:25 PM@Vapor
Doom was removed? How come?
Also, I’ve had a copy of this for ages. It’s a good game, and a shame there was no DLC for it. I’m still going to be able to play it though right?
Taylor Gilbert
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 10:04 PMNot even kidding when I say I was going to buy this on my pay day. DAMN. The demo was great!
Thooperman
Thursday, April 14, 2011 at 10:12 PMThis is one of the things that I am concerned with digital distribution. If someone purchases so many games that they can’t all fit on the hard drive at once, what happens when the downloads aren’t available anymore? I like revisiting the past games/consoles, and I imagine I will do the same with this generation some time in the future.