'Celeste' and 'Towerfall' Delisted From Xbox as Dev Joins Boycott

Celeste and Towerfall are no longer on Xbox. Developer Maddy Thorson has explained why in a social media post: to support the ongoing pro-Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Microsoft. Thorson, who led development of both titles at Maddy Makes Games, confirmed in a post on Bluesky that her studio delisted both games from the platform. Celeste , which happens to be one of the best 2D platformers ever made, was released in 2018 for PC, Switch, PS4, and Xbox One, while Towerfall: Ascension is a single-screen multiplayer action game that Polygon once described as "the new gold…