
In the latest debacle surrounding publisher Dispatch Games, digital versions of Radirgy Swag have been delisted from the North American, Australian, and European Switch eShops.
The game, which was published by Dispatch Games in the West, was removed back on April 7th, 2023 for Europe and Australia, and on April 11th, 2023 for North America. As for the reasoning behind the removal, it's probably safe to assume at this stage that Dispatch Games has lost its license to publish the game digitally, after effectively ceasing operations back in August 2022. Radirgy Swag is still available in Japan, having been published by developer RS34.

When we last covered Dispatch Games in September 2022, the company provided some information regarding its status at the time via Twitter, claiming that its entity had not been revoked by the state of Tennessee, but this was simply down to a paperwork issue. Nine months later and the company's status has remained unchanged.
Needless to say, it doesn't look like Dispatch Games' physical line-up will be making its way to customers any time soon. Frustrated users have been frequently reaching out via Twitter for updates on both deliveries and potential refunds, but have been consistently met with silence from the publisher.
We've reached out to both Dispatch Games and RS34 for comment and will update this article with their responses.
Are you waiting on products or refunds from Dispatch Games? What do you make of this latest development? Let us know with a comment.
[source delistedgames.com]
Comments 16
Much like Warned Collectors, any funds sent to Dispatch Games for the purchase of this game are gone. And publisher First Press Games are slipping towards that territory themselves, in my opinion. I ordered Psychotic Adventures Origins from FPG back in 2019, but here in 2023 it's still "in production", lol.
https://seafoamgaming.com/2022/06/01/ive-seen-enough-the-final-verdict-on-dispatch-games/
Licensed games are games I technically would not want to get digitally.
Yeah I feel for those who lost money in this. its pretty low to do that to their customers. I just don't get how companies can get away with this legally. its shameful.
Every time I think Dispatch Games can’t get any worse, it does. What a mess.
Physical copies still on Play Asia, but that price is creeping up!
It is crazy how many companies take the money and run.
🎵Yo ho ho... A pirate's life for me! 🎶
I’ve got the Japanese Rail Sim game on my wishlist, I wonder if I should just bite the bullet on it?
I will never get what people see in companies like this
I've never even heard of them before, but I'm super glad I didn't pay for any of their games
I pre-ordered two games from them about four years ago and of course never received anything. Oh well
Awful situation. Nowadays we even have to be careful who to get our physical games from as it seems we’re almost never guaranteed a copy unless they cut a deal with big box retail store to carry them.
I do recommend if you happen to have any of their games wishlisted on the eShop, take them off the list or buy them sooner rather than later as delisted games on your wishlist will appear to have “disappeared,” yet they’ll still secretly be there even though they can’t be bought, and they’ll still count towards the upper capacity of your wishlist (which is 400 games). Basically what’s left is Psyvariar Delta (and Cybattler DLC), Penguin Wars (and Hebereke/Ufouria DLC), Soldam, Daemonum, and Japanese Rail Sim: Journey to Kyoto.
I feel really bad for the people who pre-ordered any of their games physically, but ... how many examples do we need before we learn pre-ordering and Kick Starter is bad?
This is even more true when the publisher is headquartered in the US, where the lack of consumer protections means taking hundred of thousands of dollar in pre-orders and not delivering any product isn't a worst case scenario, it's a valid business model.
Guess it was a good thing they cancel my preorder when I tried to cancel a duplicate order of this game. Preorders and KS had nothing to do with how the company self-destructed here. The blame is on them not preorders or KS. If actually read KS pledges they clearly stated the risk of supporting KS indie games makers. So ReadUP on KS risk pledges before making false comments here.
@masterLEON Or use Deku Deals instead of the eShop's wishlist, personally I'm so glad I made that switch!
@SwitchForce Yeah, don't get why every time incidents with specific companies happen the blame is put also on Kickstarter in general when I've backed up many projects there and had practically zero issues.
If you're physical only I can see preorders for niche games, but I have a hard time justifying preorder for digital. This kind of reinforces that.
If I put down money I expect it to be downloading within 30 seconds. I'm not receptive to "floating" credit for publishers. Kickstarter is one thing and at least you know there's a risk of project failure before you commit.
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