Obsidian Leisure is pulling Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Pentiment, and extra from Steam and different digital storefronts on Friday after Unity, the sport engine used to make them, was revealed to have a years-old safety flaw. The corporate behind it’s now urging builders to replace their video games to keep away from any points.
“A security vulnerability was identified that affects games and applications built on Unity versions 2017.1 and later for Android, Windows, Linux, and macOS operating systems,” former Xbox mascot Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb wrote on the Unity forum earlier in the present day. “There is no evidence of any exploitation of the vulnerability, nor has there been any impact on users or customers.”
Hryb added that the corporate “proactively provided fixes that address the vulnerability, and they are already available to all developers” and is encouraging all of them to replace their merchandise as quickly as doable. Home windows, Steam, and others already applied fixes on the platform degree in the present day. Now some studios are taking their video games down whereas they get them patched. Certainly one of them is Grounded 2 maker Obsidian Leisure.
A safety vulnerability affecting our video games that use Unity has not too long ago been recognized.
As a precaution and to maintain you protected, now we have briefly eliminated the next titles and merchandise from digital storefronts whereas we implement the required updates to handle the problem:…— Obsidian (@Obsidian) October 3, 2025
“As a precaution and to keep you safe, we have temporarily removed the following titles and products from digital storefronts while we implement the necessary updates to address the issue,” it wrote on X. Along with Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and Pentiment, it additionally contains sure variations of Grounded 2 and Avowed which embody artbooks made with Unity.
“We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause,” the studio wrote. “Our team is working on a fix and will restore these games as soon as possible. We will provide additional information once they are available again. We also encourage players who have already downloaded these games to update them as soon as a patch becomes available.”
Hey everybody,
We’ve rolled out a fast patch to handle the Unity safety vulnerability.
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— No Relaxation for the Depraved (@wickedgame) October 3, 2025
Different builders have additionally began rolling out updates, some with out briefly eradicating their video games from digital retailer cabinets. Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and Pentiment, each nice video games, had been at present discounted for Steam’s autumn sale. Hopefully, they’re again quickly.
