{"id":1941046,"date":"2026-05-18T09:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1941046"},"modified":"2026-05-18T09:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T06:35:10","slug":"as-the-stop-killing-games-initiative-advances-blocky-racing-game-lego-2k-drive-is-being-delisted-tomorrow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1941046","title":{"rendered":"As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lego-2k-drive\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Lego 2K Drive<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">Into the garage.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/lego-drive-delist.jpg?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Lego 2K Drive delisted\" loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"lego-drive-delist.jpg\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"321\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Eurogamer\/2K<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/fran-j-ruiz-author.png?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Fran Ruiz avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"fran-j-ruiz-author.png\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/fran-ruiz\">Fran Ruiz<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Contributor<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-05-18T09:35:10+00:00\">May 18, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<div class=\"comments\">\n      <a class=\"comments__link comments-bubble\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lego-2k-drive-delisting?view=comments\" rel=\"nofollow\"><br \/>\n          7 comments<br \/>\n      <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"b25f582b-44cd-45b8-8e15-84f1ef8d7a86\" data-name=\"Lego 2K Drive\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Lego 2K Drive\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Lego 2K Drive\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Lego 2K Drive\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Lego 2K Drive\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Lego 2K Drive\" title=\"Follow Lego 2K Drive\"><br \/>\n  Follow Lego 2K Drive<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games\">Stop Killing Games<\/a> initiative, which is fighting against the full termination of games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-european-parliament\">recently made it to the European Parliament<\/a> and has pushed publishers like Ubisoft to make their games accessible when the servers are shut off &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-celebrates-crew-2-offline-support\">The Crew 2 is the most recent win<\/a>. Now, 2K games is delisting casual racing game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lego-2k-drive\">Lego 2K Drive<\/a> this week, but it&#8217;ll remain playable online for another year and work offline once support ends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1451810\/LEGO_2K_Drive\/\">As revealed on the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a> and other official channels, Lego 2K Drive won&#8217;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&#8217;ll be forced to seek the remaining digital codes elsewhere or find physical copies if you want to own or play the game. It&#8217;s unclear if digital copies gifted via platforms like the Epic Games Store will be affected by the delisting.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"LEGO 2K Drive - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybQgJMCN6JE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ybQgJMCN6JE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">LEGO 2K Drive &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>LEGO 2K Drive &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ybQgJMCN6JE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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&#8217;t work anymore from that date onwards. The game, however, will remain playable in its offline mode.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The move doesn&#8217;t entirely come as a surprise, as the fate of many licensed games <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_delisted_video_games\">is to inevitably be delisted<\/a>, especially when they have ties to big-name brands. Still, it&#8217;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&#8217;s distressing that players don&#8217;t have control over online functionalities in most cases after publishers and rights-holders move on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lego-2k-drive-review-a-plastic-dream-with-too-much-grind\">Eurogamer&#8217;s three-star review of Lego 2K Drive<\/a> called it &#8220;a plastic dream with too much grind&#8221;, but noted its creativity and sense of humour were enough to carry it to the finish line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/esa-e3-california-law-stop-killing-games\">Stop Killing Games<\/a> initiative, which is fighting against the full termination of games, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-european-parliament\">recently made it to the European Parliament<\/a> and has pushed publishers like Ubisoft to make their games accessible when the servers are shut off &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/stop-killing-games-celebrates-crew-2-offline-support\">The Crew 2 is the most recent win<\/a>. Now, 2K games is delisting casual racing game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/lego-2k-drive\">Lego 2K Drive<\/a> this week, but it&#8217;ll remain playable online for another year and work offline once support ends.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/1451810\/LEGO_2K_Drive\/\">As revealed on the game&#8217;s Steam page<\/a> and other official channels, Lego 2K Drive won&#8217;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&#8217;ll be forced to seek the remaining digital codes elsewhere or find physical copies if you want to own or play the game. It&#8217;s unclear if digital copies gifted via platforms like the Epic Games Store will be affected by the delisting.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"video_wrapper youtube\">\n<a aria-label=\"LEGO 2K Drive - Official Launch Trailer\" class=\"video-facade full-size\" data-platform=\"youtube\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ybQgJMCN6JE?autoplay=1\" title=\"Click to play video from YouTube\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cover image for YouTube video\" class=\"video-facade__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/ybQgJMCN6JE\/hqdefault.jpg\"><span class=\"video-facade__title\">LEGO 2K Drive &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/a>\n<\/div><figcaption>LEGO 2K Drive &#8211; Official Launch Trailer<a class=\"video\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ybQgJMCN6JE\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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&#8217;t work anymore from that date onwards. The game, however, will remain playable in its offline mode.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"injection_placeholder\" data-position=\"1\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The move doesn&#8217;t entirely come as a surprise, as the fate of many licensed games <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_delisted_video_games\">is to inevitably be delisted<\/a>, especially when they have ties to big-name brands. Still, it&#8217;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&#8217;s distressing that players don&#8217;t have control over online functionalities in most cases after publishers and rights-holders move on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/lego-2k-drive-review-a-plastic-dream-with-too-much-grind\">Eurogamer&#8217;s three-star review of Lego 2K Drive<\/a> called it &#8220;a plastic dream with too much grind&#8221;, but noted its creativity and sense of humour were enough to carry it to the finish line.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Lego 2K Drive As the Stop Killing Games initiative advances, blocky racing game Lego 2K Drive is being delisted tomorrow Into the garage. 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