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Swedrami: I imagine they'd at least try to get the racing games back that had been sold on GoG before but were removed due to expired licensing (I think, not sure) years ago:

From the top of my head those would include (among others?):

Colin McRae Rally 2005
GRID a.k.a. Race Driver: Grid
Re-Volt

GoG likely looks and tries to get racing games/sports games in general on the store, but the reasons that they don't end up here are likely the infestation with micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics/always-online DRM and license-holders like Codemasters not willing (for reasons) to sell DRM-free versions of their games. From a technical point of view I imagine it's also no trivial thing or even nigh impossible to remove the micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics and the always-online requirement to get a truly DRM-free version.
Thanks for your reply.

I have just played GRID Ultimate Edition (2019) an F1 2019 Anniversary Edition in Steam offline mode and my internet connection turned off. Both games run perfectly and I have could played in any game mode less online mode, because the games couldn't connect to the official game servers to play online.
Post edited June 21, 2020 by Kengy
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Kengy: Thanks for your reply.

I have just played GRID (2019) an F1 2019 in Steam offline mode and my internet connection turned off. Both games run perfectly and I have could played in any game mode less online mode, because the games couldn't connect to the official game servers to play online
"Unintrusive" DRM is still not the same as DRM-free. If a publisher doesn't want to sell their game here, there's nothing GOG can do about it. And because of licenses, a lot of sports games aren't for sale on Steam anymore... and there's nothing Valve can do about it.

It's not that complicated; the publisher decides where and when to sell their game (or not). It's always been like that, even before digital distribution. Actually, sports or movie related games might be the exception - often, the IP belongs to a third party.
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Then, I will go to spend my money only on Steam Store. I have waiting the last 7 years and GOG can't includes sport games in his game catalogue.

Thank for your help, guys.
Post edited June 22, 2020 by Kengy
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Kengy: I have almost 500 games in Gog and more than 2500 in Steam. I'll wish to buy only in one of these stores and I prefer GOG. But GOG had a big problem (It's a opinion personal and dont want to open a new boring post talking about it) :

1. I need a lot of more racing and sport games. I love it a lot.
2. More AAA games (I'm happy that GOG is solving this issue with a lot of AAA games including in his games catalogue)

I don't play games to get achievements, don't use galaxy or another thing. I only need offline dowload packages of the games.

But each time a racing game (mostly Codemaster racing games) is retired from Steam catalogue (Grid 2 - Dirt 3 - ... ) without having been released in GOG... I always think if I should buy only games in Steam.

¿Do you think GOG is interesting in get sport games?. I meant, ¿is GOG making any effort to add Codemasters racing games and other sport games to their games catalogue?

I'm sorry for my horrible English.

Edit: There are a lot of great or funny games that I "think" (obviusly, it's a personal opinion) could get realeased in GOG easily:
For example in this bundle there are any of them:
https://www.fanatical.com/es/bundle/fanatical-anthology-racing-bundle
GT Legends, GTR Evolution, Race 07.

Also GTR 1 and 2, Race Injection and many others.
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Swedrami: I imagine they'd at least try to get the racing games back that had been sold on GoG before but were removed due to expired licensing (I think, not sure) years ago:

From the top of my head those would include (among others?):

Colin McRae Rally 2005
GRID a.k.a. Race Driver: Grid
Re-Volt

GoG likely looks and tries to get racing games/sports games in general on the store, but the reasons that they don't end up here are likely the infestation with micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics/always-online DRM and license-holders like Codemasters not willing (for reasons) to sell DRM-free versions of their games. From a technical point of view I imagine it's also no trivial thing or even nigh impossible to remove the micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics and the always-online requirement to get a truly DRM-free version.
Sports/driving games tend to include a lot of licensed music, too. I can see how that could be a challenge.
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New company in the catalog: Funselektor Labs Inc.: Absolute Drift, art of rally

GOG release for art of rally confirmed .
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Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be launching in 2021:
https://nisamerica.com/ys-ix/
GOG.Com, great news ! I really like Trails in the sky and Cold Steel but i will always prefer Ys so i'm happy.
Post edited June 23, 2020 by ChrisGamer300
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Grargar: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be launching in 2021:
https://nisamerica.com/ys-ix/
this is actually *officially* confirmed, given the GOG logo at the bottom
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GemCraft: FrostBorn Wrath has a release date of June 24th:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZregCPV9gR8

And Starmancer will be coming to GOG:
https://twitter.com/StarmancerGame/status/1275423140080910338
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cachirulo: this is actually *officially* confirmed, given the GOG logo at the bottom
The mere presence of a GOG logo is not enough to officially confirm stuff. I mean, sure, in this case the game is likely coming day-1 here and all (like other Falcom releases by NISA), but there have been cases where the presence of a GOG logo even in a trailer has not resulted in a release here. So, until the big G itself confirms it, Ys IX is currently an unofficial confirmation.
Post edited June 23, 2020 by Grargar
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cachirulo: this is actually *officially* confirmed, given the GOG logo at the bottom
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Grargar: The mere presence of a GOG logo is not enough to officially confirm stuff. I mean, sure, in this case the game is likely coming day-1 here and all (like other Falcom releases by NISA), but there have been cases where the presence of a GOG logo even in a trailer has not resulted in a release here. So, until the big G itself confirms it, Ys IX is currently an unofficial confirmation.
Never forget:
https://grandiahd.com/en/
https://grandiahd.com/en/img/parts/icon-set-steam.png
https://grandiahd.com/en/img/parts/icon-set.png
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Grargar: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be launching in 2021:
https://nisamerica.com/ys-ix/
Yeah, boi! Now the question is how closely they're going to release this to Cold Steel 4. I sure hope Ph3 will be working on this port as well. *crosses fingers*
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SCPM: GemCraft: FrostBorn Wrath has a release date of June 24th:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZregCPV9gR8
Cool.
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Alexim: NISA
Seeing how NISA has followed through on their previous announcements, I'm much more confident that they'll also stick with it.
Post edited June 23, 2020 by Mr.Mumbles
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Grargar: Ys IX: Monstrum Nox will be launching in 2021:
https://nisamerica.com/ys-ix/
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cachirulo: this is actually *officially* confirmed, given the GOG logo at the bottom
gog's curation will reject it because there are already 8 Ys games here :P
Post edited June 23, 2020 by alexandros050
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Kengy: I have almost 500 games in Gog and more than 2500 in Steam. I'll wish to buy only in one of these stores and I prefer GOG. But GOG had a big problem (It's a opinion personal and dont want to open a new boring post talking about it) :

1. I need a lot of more racing and sport games. I love it a lot.
2. More AAA games (I'm happy that GOG is solving this issue with a lot of AAA games including in his games catalogue)

I don't play games to get achievements, don't use galaxy or another thing. I only need offline dowload packages of the games.

But each time a racing game (mostly Codemaster racing games) is retired from Steam catalogue (Grid 2 - Dirt 3 - ... ) without having been released in GOG... I always think if I should buy only games in Steam.

¿Do you think GOG is interesting in get sport games?. I meant, ¿is GOG making any effort to add Codemasters racing games and other sport games to their games catalogue?

I'm sorry for my horrible English.

Edit: There are a lot of great or funny games that I "think" (obviusly, it's a personal opinion) could get realeased in GOG easily:
For example in this bundle there are any of them:
https://www.fanatical.com/es/bundle/fanatical-anthology-racing-bundle
GT Legends, GTR Evolution, Race 07.

Also GTR 1 and 2, Race Injection and many others.
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Swedrami: I imagine they'd at least try to get the racing games back that had been sold on GoG before but were removed due to expired licensing (I think, not sure) years ago:

From the top of my head those would include (among others?):

Colin McRae Rally 2005
GRID a.k.a. Race Driver: Grid
Re-Volt

GoG likely looks and tries to get racing games/sports games in general on the store, but the reasons that they don't end up here are likely the infestation with micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics/always-online DRM and license-holders like Codemasters not willing (for reasons) to sell DRM-free versions of their games. From a technical point of view I imagine it's also no trivial thing or even nigh impossible to remove the micro-transactions/lootbox mechanics and the always-online requirement to get a truly DRM-free version.
The problem with Re-volt was actually that there was a community patch to make it run on modern systems. The publisher used this community patch without permission from the community. That's copyright infringement and if I'm not mistaken Re-volt is one of the few titles that also had to be removed from the libraries of people who bought it. The publisher IIRC never contacted the developers of the community patch to try and come to an agreement.

Edit: guess I was mistaken, the game is currently still in the libraries of those who bought it at the time.
Post edited June 24, 2020 by W3irdN3rd
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W3irdN3rd: and if I'm not mistaken Re-volt is one of the few titles that also had to be removed from the libraries of people who bought it.
you are mistaken, it's still there