Overview
- Developer Maddy Thorson confirmed on Thursday, October 29, 2026, that Celeste and TowerFall were removed from the Xbox Store at the studio’s request to support the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign.
- Both games remain for sale on PlayStation, Nintendo and PC storefronts and should still appear in players’ Xbox libraries if they already own them.
- The delistings follow other recent developer actions, including House House refusing to bring Big Walk to Xbox and Origame Digital restricting sales of Penguin Colony in Israel, and are being promoted by collectives such as No Games For Genocide.
- Microsoft has previously acknowledged supplying Azure and AI services linked to Israeli military use after 2025 reporting, but coverage of these specific delistings did not record a substantive public response from the company.
- The move narrows consumer access on one major platform, raises questions about platform–publisher relations, and could encourage more coordinated industry pressure on Microsoft if other studios follow this example.