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Just in case you thought reviving dead games seemed easy enough, GOG had to hire a private investigator to find an IP holder living off the grid for its preservation program (www.pcgamer.com)
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[–] 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I don't understand how these guys did not support Stop Killing Games. I seemed right up their alley and they didn't say a word about it.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Not only that. They were actually working up to support it, together with their preservation program but then just dropped it for unknown reasons.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Is it possible they got an ultimatum by an important company they work with?

    E.g. imagine the damage Bethesda could do to GOG by refusing to allow their games on GOG any more.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Bethesda

    That's Microsoft now. And they've never seemed gung ho about GOG (I can't think of any MS game that GOG listed while MS had control over it). Considering their "Dreamlist" thing and the status of Freelancer on it, I'm sure GOG has been lobbying hard with Microsoft to work with them, though.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Oh shit it is, and is owned by a Microsoft subsidiary that owns all sorts of games on GOG. Elder scrolls, Fallout, Doom, Quake, Dishonored, and more. GOG would be screwed if they pissed them off enough to get all those series taken off!

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