Posted April 12, 2023
coates32: That's not always the case. Microsoft owns Double Fine and Psychonauts 2 came out here just fine with no delays.
SargonAelther: Psychonauts 2 is an example of how we won't get anything new from Microsoft, not the opposite. Double Fine made promises to release on GOG before the Microsoft acquisition and now it remains as the one and only Xbox Game Studios game on GOG. P-E-S: Well, Bethesda released Skyrim here a good while after they were gobbled up by Microsoft, so anything can happen I guess.
SargonAelther: Microsoft is not touching many already published games, but they block all the new ones. We may still get Fallout 4 and a few Dooms, but we will not get Starfield, or Elder Scrolls 6 or Fallout 5. Probably not even in 10 years from now. We have Obsidian games on GOG, but not Pentiment or Grounded, which were published by Xbox Game Studios. We have Remedy games on GOG, but not Quantum Break, which was published by Xbox Game Studios.
We also do not have any classics. We have no Halo, we have no Fable, we have no Gears of War, we have no Forza, etc. We have NOTHING! Microsoft is one of the largest DRM-Lovers out there. They're opposed to everything GOG stands for.
Remember, Microsoft is a bad guy, trying to pretend to be good. They will not yank existing games from PlayStation or block some existing legacy Bethesda titles from coming to GOG. They will block new ones though. It's funny how they keep promising COD for PlayStation for 10 years, but say nothing about Bethesda, Obsidian or any other studio's games.
So again, just because we have the original Hellblade, does not mean that a sequel is guaranteed. There's a whole thread dedicated to abandoned series on GOG.
I would love nothing more than to be proven wrong, but I don't think that I will.
InExile said
We're excited about the news and we're continuing to develop all of our games with no changes, so no worries, we're still planning to support GOG.
Thank you for reaching out to us with your concern about where our games are released. While we can't make any mentions or promises of where our games will drop, I can at least assure that our leadership teams will always advocate for releasing on as many platforms as possible so more players can enjoy them. Whether or not Xbox will listen to or allow that is something else, but we hope to continue releasing where we can when we are allowed to
But, yes, for me Hellblade 2 is the Litmus test for that as its an AAA rated and hugely anticipated game