--- title: Celeste & Towerfall Dev Explains Why Games Were Removed... description: Maddy Thorson, developer of Celeste and TowerFall at Maddy Makes Games, says both games were delisted from Xbox to support the BDS boycott. Thorson confirmed... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/celeste-towerfall-dev-explains-why-games-were-removed-from-xbox-nraxcgker twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Celeste & Towerfall Dev Explains Why Games Were Removed from Xbox | daily.dev og:description: Maddy Thorson, developer of Celeste and TowerFall at Maddy Makes Games, says both games were delisted from Xbox to support the BDS boycott. Thorson confirmed... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/celeste-towerfall-dev-explains-why-games-were-removed-from-xbox-nraxcgker og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NRaXCGKEr.png og:image:alt: Celeste & Towerfall Dev Explains Why Games Were Removed from Xbox og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Celeste & Towerfall Dev Explains Why Games Were Removed from Xbox **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Maddy Thorson, developer of Celeste and TowerFall at Maddy Makes Games, says both games were delisted from Xbox to support the BDS boycott. Thorson confirmed on Bluesky: 'yes we delisted Celeste and TowerFall on XBox. We did this to support the BDS boycott.' TowerFall Ascension launched in 2014, and Celeste, released in 2018, won Best Independent Game at The Game Awards that year. The BDS movement lists Microsoft as a target. Another studio, House House, said it decided not to release its game Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the BDS movement's call to boycott Microsoft. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### Why were Celeste and TowerFall removed from Xbox? Maddy Thorson of Maddy Makes Games delisted both games from Xbox to support the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) boycott movement, which targets companies it considers connected to the Israeli government, including Microsoft. Thorson confirmed the decision on Bluesky, stating it was done specifically 'to support the BDS boycott.' _Developers tracking industry stances on BDS and platform boycotts can follow updates like this on daily.dev._ ### Which other game studios have boycotted Xbox over BDS? House House, the studio behind Untitled Goose Game and the co-op title Big Walk, announced it would not release Big Walk on Xbox, citing the BDS movement's designation of Microsoft Games and Xbox as a priority boycott target. This followed a similar move by Maddy Makes Games, which delisted Celeste and TowerFall from the platform. _Anyone weighing platform choices against industry boycotts can follow how studios like these respond on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [House House will not release Big Walk on Xbox in support of pro-Palestinian BDS campaign](https://daily.dev/posts/house-house-will-not-release-big-walk-on-xbox-in-support-of-pro-palestinian-bds-campaign-35jfz6p7w) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Report: Xbox to shut down Compulsion Games](https://daily.dev/posts/report-xbox-to-shut-down-compulsion-games-3c4r9vsi4) · Game Developer · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Rumor: Xbox Planning to Close South of Midnight & Hellblade Studios](https://daily.dev/posts/rumor-xbox-planning-to-close-south-of-midnight-hellblade-studios-qauzukhpo) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Compulsion Games officially separates from Xbox – "The team told me we would rather eat rocks and drink gasoline than be split up"](https://daily.dev/posts/compulsion-games-officially-separates-from-xbox-the-team-told-me-we-would-rather-eat-rocks-and-dr-mudqkqfaj) · GamesIndustry.biz · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#xbox](https://daily.dev/tags/xbox) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/celeste-towerfall-dev-explains-why-games-were-removed-from-xbox-nraxcgker) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Celeste \u0026 Towerfall Dev Explains Why Games Were Removed from Xbox","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/celeste-towerfall-dev-explains-why-games-were-removed-from-xbox-nraxcgker","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/celeste-towerfall-dev-explains-why-games-were-removed-from-xbox-nraxcgker"},"datePublished":"2026-10-30T12:01:31.701Z","dateModified":"2026-10-30T12:12:09.833Z","description":"Maddy Thorson, developer of Celeste and TowerFall at Maddy Makes Games, says both games were delisted from Xbox to support the BDS boycott. 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