On X, Cory Davis, the game’s designer and director, was also out of the loop asking the game’s publisher 2K why this happened. “Makes no sense,” Davis wrote. “Especially because the themes portrayed in [Spec Ops: The Line] are more relevant now than ever.”
In an email to The Verge, 2K communications director Joe DiMiero offered the reason for the game’s removal:
Spec Ops: The Line will no longer be available on online storefronts, as several partnership licenses related to the…
