Anamanaguchi, the American band behind the excellent soundtrack fromScott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, has taken to Twitter to clear the air regarding their lack of involvement in getting the Ubisoft developed and published title de-listed from the digital marketplace.The band’sofficial Twitter accountreleased a recent status update regarding the situation, asking for Ubisoft and Universal Pictures to re-release the game so they would stop being “falsely accused of removing it from stores” themselves:
In a later reply to one of many responses to the tweet, they further revealed that this was hardly the first time the band has had to field this sort of accusation:
The accusations can be summarized as such: that Anamanaguchi is responsible forScott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game’s de-listing from both PSN and Xbox Live stores due to licensing issues arising from their provided music.
However, the more likely scenario is that in 2014, contracts with its publisher Ubisoft and the movie rights' holder Universal Pictures were expiring, resulting in complications that eventually lead to the complete take-down of the digital only title. Unfortunately, no official statement has ever been released since then and fans have been forced to speculate on the likely causes, leading to the unfortunate situation with Anamanaguchi.
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Gamefirst landed in trouble when planned DLC wasdelayedand thendelayed again. Eventually the gamewas taken downfrom the online marketplaces with no warning or explanation, leaving fans reeling.
Scott Pilgrimcreator Bryan Lee O’Malley thentook to Twitterto let fans know that he was actively searching for a way to re-release the side scrolling action beat-em-up. The creator stated: “My #1 goal in life is to get the Scott Pilgrim video game re-released. Give me time.” Though this was posted back in 2016 so it seems his efforts have been so far fruitless.
