As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow


The Stop Killing Games initiative, which is fighting against the full termination of games, recently made it to the European Parliament and has pushed publishers like Ubisoft to make their games accessible when the servers are shut off – The Crew 2 is the most recent win. Now, 2K games is delisting casual racing game Lego 2K Drive this week, but it’ll remain playable online for another year and work offline once support ends.

As revealed on the game’s Steam page and other official channels, Lego 2K Drive won’t be available for purchase starting tomorrow, 19th May. You can still grab it alongside all its DLC packs (pricing may vary depending on the platform) through the PC and console digital stores, but after that point you’ll be forced to seek the remaining digital codes elsewhere or find physical copies if you want to own or play the game. It’s unclear if digital copies gifted via platforms like the Epic Games Store will be affected by the delisting.

LEGO 2K Drive – Official Launch TrailerWatch on YouTube

As teased before, the additional note is its online servers will fully go offline on 31st May, 2027, meaning all the online functionalities and services won’t work anymore from that date onwards. The game, however, will remain playable in its offline mode.

The move doesn’t entirely come as a surprise, as the fate of many licensed games is to inevitably be delisted, especially when they have ties to big-name brands. Still, it’s yet another example of why initiatives like Stop Killing Games are so necessary. While this specific game will remain playable in the future, it’s distressing that players don’t have control over online functionalities in most cases after publishers and rights-holders move on.

Eurogamer’s three-star review of Lego 2K Drive called it “a plastic dream with too much grind”, but noted its creativity and sense of humour were enough to carry it to the finish line.



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