In several of the cases listed here, the game's developers released the source code expressly to prevent their work from becoming abandonware. When there is no more expected revenue, these games enter the end-of-life as a product with no support or availability for the game's users and community, becoming abandoned. 4 Games with later released source codeĬommercial video games are typically developed as proprietary closed source software products, with the source code treated as a trade secret (unlike open-source video games).
