Hacker News with Generative AI: Digital Distribution

GOG revamps its "Dreamlist" feature to better pry old games out of publishers (arstechnica.com)
PC game storefront GOG, which has recently pledged to focus on restoring and preserving Good Old Games, has now revamped its community wishlist for games to bring to its storefront.

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Digital Distribution, Game Preservation

42 points by Tomte 23 days ago | 0 comments

Blizzard's pulling of Warcraft I and II tests GOG's new Preservation Program (arstechnica.com)
Blizzard, a company that has recently released remastered versions of Warcraft and 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.

Gaming, Business, DRM, Preservation, Digital Distribution

239 points by Tomte 81 days ago | 185 comments

GOG's preservation program lets you keep playing games after they're delisted (theverge.com)
GOG has announced that even if games in its recently launched preservation program are delisted from its store, it will maintain compatibility with those games and offer players “a seamless experience and tech support for those titles.”

Gaming, Preservation, Digital Distribution

10 points by Shank 81 days ago | 0 comments

GOG's Preservation Program Is the DRM-Free Store Refocusing on the Classics (arstechnica.com)
The classic PC games market is "in a sorry state," according to DRM-free and classic-minded storefront GOG.

Gaming, Digital Distribution, Preservation, DRM-Free, Classics

161 points by m463 99 days ago | 61 comments

GOG will delete cloud saves bigger than 200MB after August 31st (support.gog.com)

Cloud Storage, Gaming, Digital Distribution

41 points by haunter 260 days ago | 22 comments