Is it? Steam does it all the time. Afaik they only completely remove games (meaning you they get removed from your account), when they break some TOS stuff.
As for Blizzard themselves (since this article is about Warcraft 1&2), they still offer downloads for old titles. I can just download Warcraft 3 or Diablo 2 right now, even though they’re remastered, and the old versions not for sale anymore.
Good for GOG, but I don’t think having games still available after they’re delisted is special. It would have been news if this didn’t happen.
Edit: I mean you can still download the games, if you’ve already bought them, not that you can still buy them.
Nice, thanks for the info. It has a few games I’m interested in, so I’ll get it.
Companies will find a way to apply this also to the rest of the world, citing some bogus reasons.
I struggled this year to find some proper nominees.
My favorite game this year isn’t on Steam, the World of Warcraft Pandaria Remix mode, which was some of the most fun I’ve had with WoW and gaming in general in a long time. The rest of WoW was also pretty good and the game just dominated almost half of this year for me.
Other games I really enjoyed were not from 2024, so I can’t nominate them for most cateegories. Baldurs Gate 3, Solasta, Lies of P, or the latest Doom re-releases.
I have watched a bunch of streams of 2024 releases though, so I managed to scrap some stuff together, although I’m not really happy with everything.
Nothing yet, maybe the Vampire Survivors Castlevania DLC. Otherwise probably nothing and wait for the Winter Sale.
The in-game shop, definitely, but out-of-game promos, I don’t know. Most of the stuff is US or China exclusive anyway, so you don’t know about them outside those countries.
I’d guess these kinds of promos are kind rare , and that’s the reason this one blew up so much. If WoW had something like this every few months, most people probably wouldn’t care anymore, and only those who want to collect everything will pay someone to get the codes.
Like I said, what’s the difference? You had Coca Cola promotions in the past, when the game was still “pure,” according to some. Why couldn’t people with money hoard those TCG codes back in the day? For me, it’s all the same.
I’ll say basically the same thing as two weeks ago, when this exact topic was posted:
I think you’re looking at this through rose-tinted glasses.
Back in the day you also already had Collectors edition mounts and pets, the stuff from Blizzcon (before it was digital), TCG codes, etc. Not much different than these Mountain Dew promos and whatever else you have.
Why is scalping promo codes bad now, but back in the day it didn’t matter?
It’s fun, but I don’t think I’ll stick with it for too long. I dig the top-down stuff a lot more.
I also never got to a point where I was completely overpowered, like in Vampire Survivors, which I always enjoy.
How so? I actually think in recent years, they’ve gone away from making you log in all the time, with less daily quest and much better catch up mechanics, so it doesn’t matter too much if you don’t play for weeks or even months.
I think you’re looking at this through rose-tinted glasses.
In my opinion mounts, pets, toys or whatever don’t count as content, so in that case, you still get everything with the expansion and a sub.
But even if you think it’s content, back in the day you also already had Collectors edition mounts and pets, the stuff from Blizzcon (before it was digital), TCG codes, etc. Not much different than today I think.
Stopped buying there a long time ago when I realised I can’t backup my purchases and have to use their platforms to play.
Many games on Steam are actually DRM-free, but of course it’s not as easy as just going on GOG. You’d probably have to go to some 3rd-party website, like PCGamingWiki or SteamDB to find out.
I don’t get how anyone is getting screwed over.
Also, what’s an alternative? Everything is physical again? 99% of indie games cease to exist. But hey, at least you don’t have to fumble around with a few accounts, although CD-keys will probably be back, which is basically the same. Or would you rather buy directly from the devs or publishers? Great, accounts for every single one. Have fun with that.
I have no interest in playing this game myself, but I’ve been watching a streamer go thorugh the story mode. The combat is whatever, probably good enough if you like this type of game. The story between all the fights is told absolutely horribly though. Lots of stuff just gets skipped over or mentioned in a single picture. Like suddenly Goku is Super Saiyan God, with no explanation or a character is dead.
Yes, that’s what I meant. I didn’t mean you could still buy them. Sorry, I probably should have clarified that in my first comment.