Aliens: Colonial Marines and AvP (2010) have vanished from Steam

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It's a new year which brings about all sorts of self-help resolutions, new beginnings and a healthy dose of optimism. It also brings about expired video game licenses resulting in a slew of titles being removed from digital distributors.
Chief among these are Aliens: Colonial Marines and Aliens vs. Predator (2010), which have both been delisted on Steam. First discovered on Reddit, Gearbox and Rebellion's Aliens-based first-person shooters are no longer available for sale on Valve's popular storefront, nor are they on GoG or Green Man Gaming.
One would assume this is a rights issue and the Aliens license simply expired from publisher Sega, but that doesn't quite add up as Colonial Marines is still available on both PlayStation Network and the Xbox Marketplace, while AvP is only on the latter.
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