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◆ Origin · announced byBandai Namco · Oct 30, 2026, 07:00 UTC

Bandai Namco ends distribution of One Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Film Red song pack

Bandai Namco is ending distribution of the DLC. Separately, a Pirat Nation post says GOG wants to bring back physical PC games.

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First published Nov 3, 2026, 01:17 UTC · Updated Nov 3, 2026, 01:21 UTC · Today's edition · All stories from Nov 3, 2026

Bandai Namco announced in a post published October 30, 2026, that it is ending distribution of the "ONE PIECE FILM RED Animation Song Pack" DLC for ONE PIECE Pirate Warriors 4. The announcement came from Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.

No end date or other details about the song pack were among today's sources.

In separate news, GOG wants to bring physical PC games back, according to a post from Pirat Nation. The post says the idea is to let players buy boxed versions of games directly from their GOG library and have them delivered to their homes. The company would also need approval from publishers to produce and sell physical copies.

The post says GOG has been discussing the idea for years, but there are still plenty of challenges to overcome. It quotes: "We need to think about logistics. We need to think about storage," and "I really hope that at some point we will be able to do it,"

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Built on the company's own post.

◆ Origin · announced byBandai Namco · Oct 30, 2026, 07:00 UTCEnd of Distribution for the "ONE PIECE FILM RED Animation Song Pack" DLC for ONE PIECE Pirate Warriors 4 | Bandai Namco Entertainment America Inc.How we know: first-party post · what an origin is

Tick-tock · UTC

  1. 1Oct 30 07:00original announcementBandai Namco
  2. 2Oct 30 21:00first of 3 follow-upsSiliconera
  3. 3Oct 31 19:02company statementPirat Nation

Also from the source

  1. First partyPirat Nation: GOG wants to bring physical PC games back. · 19:02 UTC

How others are covering it · 3 outlets

Commentary published after the origin, headlines verbatim. Repeating it is not confirming it. What a follow-up is

  1. SiliconeraOne Piece Pirate Warriors 4 Losing Film Red Song Pack · 21:00 UTC
  2. PC GamerGOG wants to bring back physical games, but it's 'a very, very complicated thing' · 17:45 UTC
  3. DestructoidGOG wants to bring back physical PC games, just like in the good old days—but the logistics are ‘very complicated’ · 19:18 UTC

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