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der bruder
Jul 9, 2007

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Jetsetlemming posted:

Hey, it was a feature of the Dark Engine and Thief games.

Maybe the new publisher will be Eidos?! They went bankrupt so they probably need to bulk up their wallets with precious Polandish metals.

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der bruder
Jul 9, 2007

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Vidmaster posted:

Personally I'm hoping for the original Rayman, that was a fun game.

Agreeing wit this, Rayman was a great old game!

der bruder
Jul 9, 2007

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Part of this whole mess is that Colin McRae isn't even an old game :I

der bruder
Jul 9, 2007

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The Machine posted:

It's almost five years old. That's like "one Blizzard title" in game years.

The point though is that old games have all this distribution contract buffoonery set. Sure five years is a long time but the binding document that says they have to pull the game is still current. Whatever the specifics, a real old game is just sitting in some company's closet without some impending legal nonsense to worry about.

I'm not saying that GOG should refuse a game because it's reached an abstract age, and I think they're handling the situation as well as they can. But just in the future, they should try to pick up material when the ink is dry.

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