This time of the year is usually fairly dead for iOS gaming news aside from the sales we’ve been combining in our mega sale list. But, as veterans of TouchArcade are more than aware of, there’s almost always some kind of App Store weirdness or other associated drama that goes unexplained until the App Store freeze is over the following week. This year that drama involves The Binding of Issac. Quite a few people have reported, and we’ve since verified that the game is not only gone from the App Store, but has also vanished from the iTunes purchase history that typically lets you re-download anything you’ve already bought- Even if it was removed from sale.
I don’t think this is worth getting upset about just yet, beyond just raising an eyebrow. The App Store folks are all out of the office, so there’s not really anyone for Nicalis to call to complain about getting the game back on the App Store. Also, more often than not when a SNAFU like this happens it’s caused by a developer who forgot to renew their Apple developer license. Either way, the iTunes freeze is over tomorrow, so we’ll follow up and see what happens with Issac once things return to normal.
But, in the meantime, if you’ve got the game on your iPhone or iPad, don’t delete it.
