The GOG Preservation Program has expanded once again to include some of the most brutal action games around.
Today, June 1st, GOG revealed that Hatred has not only arrived on GOG but it enters the GOG Preservation Program at the same time. This one actually had a bit of a colourful history, as it was initially banned from being released on Steam during the days of Steam Greenlight - but Valve's own Gabe Newell actually stepped in to apologise about it and get it approved. It eventually went onto receiving an overall Very Positive rating from Steam players. The developer has since moved onto their next game Nailcrown.
Pictured - Hatred
Other titles that have arrived in the GOG Preservation Program include:
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Lmao does anyone else remember back when the old GOG wishlist was around, one of the top wishes in the games category was to keep HATRED off of GOG?
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I like playing Postal 2 for Linux, including expansions. Sadly, RWS didn't add them to GOG, which is a disappointment for me. I hope RWS will reconsider its decision regarding the Linux version of Postal 2 on GOG.
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Linux_Rocks a day ago
Quoting: gbudnyI like playing Postal 2 for Linux, including expansions. Sadly, RWS didn't add them to GOG, which is a disappointment for me. I hope RWS will reconsider its decision regarding the Linux version of Postal 2 on GOG.They didn't add the soundtrack for the first game on GOG either. They added it to Steam and the second game got it on GOG, but not the first one.
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Drawing Pixels a day ago
Why are we giving extra attention to them for keeping their products in saleable condition, isn't that the bare minimum?
Aren't the patches mostly Windows specific, since Wine has generally had better compatibility with older titles and the rest runs through emulation anyway?
Aren't the patches mostly Windows specific, since Wine has generally had better compatibility with older titles and the rest runs through emulation anyway?
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Quoting: Drawing PixelsWhy are we giving extra attention to them for keeping their products in saleable condition, isn't that the bare minimum?It should be. But we're being conditioned by the industry to expect less. Much less.
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Quoting: Linux_RocksThank you for mentioning itQuoting: gbudnyI like playing Postal 2 for Linux, including expansions. Sadly, RWS didn't add them to GOG, which is a disappointment for me. I hope RWS will reconsider its decision regarding the Linux version of Postal 2 on GOG.They didn't add the soundtrack for the first game on GOG either. They added it to Steam and the second game got it on GOG, but not the first one.
I didn't know about it, but they should add it, too
I have the Steam version of Postal 2. However, I treat Steam as a way to quickly install a game to check if I like it or not.
When I download something from GOG, it means that I want to play a specific game on Linux for the upcoming weeks/months.
I must admit one disappointing fact about the DRM-free games, which I can't ignore. The DRM-free games are awesome, but they exist only until a user or the company has a backup of the Linux version.
Unfortunately, the best versions of games for me are digital shareware games with offline keys, emails, usernames, etc. When I have the key that I bought, or I can still purchase it, then I can download a shareware version to activate it without issues.
Last edited by gbudny on 2 Jun 2026 at 7:53 pm UTC
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Gerarderloper 4 hours ago
Pretty sure Hatred is PERMA banned in Australia. Adults can't be trusted to see its content!
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PoliticsOfStarving 1 hour ago
Quoting: GerarderloperPretty sure Hatred is PERMA banned in Australia. Adults can't be trusted to see its content!I guess nobody told that to GoG? I could buy it with no problem. But now I have this game I've never heard of just to see if I could.
: /
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Quoting: GerarderloperPretty sure Hatred is PERMA banned in Australia. Adults can't be trusted to see its content!Would adults care? Based on the marketing, it always looked to me like a game designed by teenage edgelords for teenage edgelords. 😆
(Please don't be offended if you're a fan. I found the marketing so cringeworthy when it came out that I've completely ignored the game since, so I might be wrong. I doubt it though.)
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