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GOG have announced that Limbo and Inside from studio Playdead are being delisted, so you might want to grab them while you can.

The announced GOG made didn't go into details and just said:

Hi everyone,

I'm sorry to inform you that Limbo and Inside will be removed from our store on July 17th, 2025, 3 PM CEST.

We don't have any information on discounts yet.

Wish I could have better news for you, but grab it while it's still here!

Why? We can only speculate at this point but it's likely related to the ongoing legal spat between Playdead and co-founder Dino Patti.


Pictured - Inside from Playdead

Back in March, Patti posted on LinkedIn to note "My old partner has threatened me with an IP lawsuit because I used a publicly available picture, in a linkedin post 3 months ago, of the game LIMBO that we created at Playdead together" and that Patti would make it public if it continued (which it obviously did). The post showed the latest legal threat letter that Patti had received.

According to an article from 80.lv, Playdead followed up with an actual lawsuit against Patti in June.

No word if the games will be removed from other stores but it's entirely possible.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Pyretic 9 hours ago
Why on earth are consumers in the crossfire of a legal spat between two other dudes?
Linas 9 hours ago
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Some game developers and artists in general are absolutely paranoid delusional about their creations. It's like taking a screenshot will take their soul. Some are worse than others, but I have definitely met a few when I was involved with web and app development.

Programmers on the other hand, insert "I stole your code" "It's not my code" meme.
Taros 9 hours ago
Ok. This is a news I definitely did not expect today. WTF.
rea987 8 hours ago
Limbo has an unadvertised native Linux version on Steam as default, I suggest getting it.

https://steamdb.info/app/48000/depots/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/LIMBO/
klepon 7 hours ago
@Linas This seems like an extreme case.
No other artist will angry at their game screenshot being shared by fellow creator of the same project.

There might be some unknown problem that we don't know.
ScottCarammell 7 hours ago
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Limbo has an unadvertised native Linux version on Steam as default, I suggest getting it.

https://steamdb.info/app/48000/depots/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/48000/LIMBO/
Huh, looks like they stopped advertising the Linux version just last month...why? That's a bad sign.
rea987 6 hours ago
@ScottCarammell

Not a clue, as I have just tried with Ubuntu Mate 24.04, the native Linux version works perfectly.

Edit: The game is verified with native Linux version for Steam Deck.

recommended_runtime
native

https://steamdb.info/app/48000/info/


Last edited by rea987 on 14 Jul 2025 at 11:16 am UTC
clanta 6 hours ago
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Some game developers and artists in general are absolutely paranoid delusional about their creations. It's like taking a screenshot will take their soul.

That's true, but in this case in particular Playdead has been struggling to ensure that his artistic vision for video games prevails over the more purely economic vision of his former co-founder (the media was always told that it was a matter of the two not reaching an agreement, but it was always a matter of Playdead not being intimidated by pressure from the producers). I know this because I was doing some research on it a few years ago.
_Mars 5 hours ago
I consider Limbo one of the major games during the fairly early indie game times. One of the games that really showcased that we don't need to rely on massive companies to create iconic and memorable videogames.
It's sad to see it disappear (at least in the legal realm).
Eike 4 hours ago
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I consider Limbo one of the major games during the fairly early indie game times. One of the games that really showcased that we don't need to rely on massive companies to create iconic and memorable videogames.
It's sad to see it disappear (at least in the legal realm).

This. Limbo has got a little place in many hearts. 💔
tfk 3 hours ago
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So the devs are angry with each other and therefore they delisted the games?

Why not just be angry with each other and NOT delist the games?

I guess it's OK to get a difforce, but think about your children?
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