10 Major Controversies That Killed Great Video Games

10. The Office Create IP - Cooking Mama: Cookstar

Cooking Mama is undoubtedly the definitive cooking simulator franchise in the gaming world, and its bright colours and overly happy presentation makes it one of the most inoffensive titles going for the most part. Cooking Mama: Cookstar was developed by 1st Playable Productions and published by Planet Entertainment, but its release remains one of the most speculated and controversial in recent times.

There's a lot within Cookstar that fans of the franchise can get behind; it has that casual arcade feel that is perfect for a handheld, the recipes are more detailed than most that had come before and it utilises the Nintendo Switch's controls very well for the most part.

Its controversial release ensured that there will always be a black cloud hanging over all of this promise however.

Originally released in March 2020 without any public announcements or high profile press statements, the game was pulled from the Switch EShop after just a couple of hours due to disputes between Planet Entertainment and the owners of the Cooking Mama IP, Office Create.

Rumours began to circulate that the game was a secret crypto miner, but it turned out that the dispute came from Planet Entertainment selling the game despite terminating their licence with Office Create prior to the game's release. The game was heavily condemned by Office Create when it did release in April 2020, no doubt impacting the review scores from critics, and the planned PS4 release of Cookstar has, at the time of writing, still not come about or even been acknowledged by Planet Entertainment.