Several PopCap games no longer install / Community content wiped

[ThreeSon]

The following games from my library will no longer install, either from a backup or as a fresh download:

AstroPop
Big Money
Bookworm
Chuzzle
Dynomite
Feeding Frenzy 2
Hammer Heads
Heavy Weapon
Iggle Pop
Insaniquarium
Pizza Frenzy
Rocket Mania
Talismania
Typer Shark


Attempting to install any of them results in an empty folder. Verifying the cache reports success, but launching the game results in a "missing executable" error.

Further, some of the Community content for each of these games, including reviews, tags, and discussion threads, appears to have been wiped from the servers. Much of these categories are either partially or entirely blank now:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/3360/discussions/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/3380/discussions/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/3420/discussions/

What is going on?

[Aphixe]

Could this have something to do with EA? as they now hold the license? They did take dragon age 2 from sale in the past, as well as crysis 2 if i recall.

[ThreeSon]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Aphixe:

Could this have something to do with EA? as they now hold the license? They did take dragon age 2 from sale in the past, as well as crysis 2 if i recall.

Anything's possible, but that shouldn't result in the games disappearing from the libraries of the people who had already purchased them. People who bought Dragon Age 2 before it was pulled from Steam can still install and run the game.

[Laptop]

I would say they've been intentionally wiped but it looks more like some sort of error to be honest.

[TirithRR]

Same with Deadpool when it got yanked from the Store, people who own it from before can still download and install it.

It's likely just a bug.

[ThreeSon]

I also think it's just a bug, but it would be nice to know what the estimated fix time is, considering that this problem has been affecting people for the last week or so.

[TirithRR]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von ThreeSon:

I also think it's just a bug, but it would be nice to know what the estimated fix time is, considering that this problem has been affecting people for the last week or so.

It'd probably be fixed before Steam ever got back to any support tickets on it :)