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29 games are getting delisted from GOG

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GOG have announced some bad news across two separate announcements, with a total of 29 games that are going to be delisted this month. This means you'll still be able to download them if you own them, but no new purchases on any of them.

The first is from Adult Swim with these games vanishing from GOG on September 30th (time TBC):

GOG said they will "do our best to try and bring them back".

The bigger list comes from Meridian4 where 27 titles will be gone on September 20th at 1PM UTC:

Two of those are bundles of the other games. The article originally said it was 31 in total so updated to correct.

For all of those GOG simply said "I can't share any more details about it". That's a pretty abrupt delisting too for the Meridian4 titles, giving only a couple of days notice.

If you've been on the fence about wanting to pick up any of those from GOG, now is the time.


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Cyba.Cowboy Sep 18
GOG.com aren't the same company they used to be... I used to buy all of my games through them, but there's so many games they just don't have these days; and it's not uncommon for them to delist games (hell, half my library has been delisted!).

There was a time they actively pushed for new Linux titles, too... But now, most of their Linux stuff is "shovelware" and there is a HUGE list of games that have a Linux version elsewhere, but not on GOG.com.

I've not seen it myself, but apparently some of their titles even have DRM these days - which is in stark contrast to one of the early goals of GOG.com (the other big one being "old" games, which they sort-of adhere to still).
Maybe one day they start consider potential Linux customers first class customers and release the official client. Never bought anything from GOG during all these years because obviously they don't need our monys. And there is always Collection Chamber.

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_gog_galaxy_20_for_linux
Stella Sep 18
Good Old Games? More like Good Delisted Games…
GBGames Sep 18
First Oxenfree, now these games. Is there something going on?
ToddL Sep 18
Quoting: GBGamesFirst Oxenfree, now these games. Is there something going on?
Sounds like these companies aren't happy with whatever sales they're getting on GOG and probably decided to delist the games but if GOG are willing to work with a company like Adult Swim to bring it back in the future, then they're might be a slim chance of making it happen like Alpha Protocol.
Liam Dawe Sep 18
Quoting: GBGamesFirst Oxenfree, now these games. Is there something going on?
Oxenfree was itch.io, not GOG.
Liam Dawe Sep 18
Added to the article but will also comment for visibility:

PSA: If our GOG links don't open - blame your plugins. Some browser plugins at some point decided to just auto-close certain affiliate links, the same links we've used for a long time now. They used to give a message asking if you wish to proceed, now some just…don't. You should report the issue to whatever plugins you're using.
slaapliedje Sep 18
I haven't heard of any of those games. They delisted The Suffering 1&2, but those were awesome and I already own them. My guess is usually that means a new bundle will appear...
Jarmer Sep 18
Quoting: dziadulewiczMaybe one day they start consider potential Linux customers first class customers and release the official client. Never bought anything from GOG during all these years because obviously they don't need our monys. And there is always Collection Chamber.

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_gog_galaxy_20_for_linux

This is my feeling toward them as well. If they can't even release a linux client after ALL this time, they clearly don't care about us at all.
Cyba.Cowboy Sep 18
Remember when they first started selling games for Linux-based operating systems?

They made this BIG song and dance about how they were going to be these HUGE supporters of Linux going forwards... But it didn't last long and now, most of their Linux games are plain old "shovelware", with many of the games available for Linux elsewhere completely missing from GOG.com.

Heck, I've even got a number of games in my library that were released for Linux on GOG.com, only for GOG.com to remove the option to buy the Linux version later on (sometimes I don't even get the option to re-download the Linux version anymore - but thankfully, I have backup copies of all my GOG.com games on a storage drive).

I have plenty of gripes with Valve Software - but at least they have proactively continued to work towards advancing the cause for Linux gamers since they started offering Official Linux support... Which is not something that can be said of GOG.com, who seemingly became bored of Linux gaming after five minutes.


Last edited by Cyba.Cowboy on 18 September 2024 at 2:42 pm UTC
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