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Old PC Games Will Be Playable Again Thanks to GOG’s Preservation Efforts

By: Kyle Barr
5 December 2024 at 04:05
Gog Office Retro Station For Playing Old Games

In an exclusive interview, GOG, with its new Good Old Games preservation label, promises to preserve out-of-print titles, even ones that publishers try to delist.

Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program

2 December 2024 at 10:25

When an updated, remastered, or otherwise spiffed-up version of a game is released, nobodyβ€”not long-time fans, not archivists, not anybody, reallyβ€”ever asks for the original version of that game to be taken down. Does this seem to stop game studios from committing this unforced public relations error? Absolutely not.

Blizzard, a company that has recently released remastered versions ofΒ Warcraft andΒ Warcraft II for $10 and $15, respectively (or in a bundle with III for $40) on its Battle.net storefront, has asked GOG to remove its non-remastered, DRM-free $15 bundle of those games from its store on December 13.

GOG (aka Good Old Games), which recently included Warcraft I and II in its Preservation Program, with a "Make Games Live Forever" tagline, suddenly finds itself with a new policy to figure out. So GOG is putting the Warcraft I & II Bundle on sale (discount code "MakeWarcraftLiveForever" for $2 off) and is letting folks know that if they buy it before December 13, they will keep access to it after the delisting, complete with offline installers.

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