I know that sometimes bizarre rights issues pop up,but hopefully we will get these ID games in the near future.
I really hope we get Hexan 2 with the Expansion pack,since the Version on STEAM does not have the expansion pack.

Activision Blizzard owns the games developed by Raven Studios. While the Hexen and Heretic games use id tech, the Heretic and Hexen IPs are not owned by Bethesda. The Heretic / Hexen games are included in the id bundle on Steam, so it looks like there may be an agreement between Activision / Bethesda in regards to distribution on Steam. Hopefully they come, but Activision would have to want to release them. Activision hasn't relased anything new on GOG in years. I'm not a GOG historian, but I think all the Activision games on GOG right now were from the original batch that was released five years ago.

Its 2020, will these games see the light of day here on GOG:
Hexen, Hexen 2, Heretic.

These games are on Steam so I can't think of a reason why they couldn't be here?

Any feedback would be appreciated.

Unknown, Either GOG hasn't pursued them or some bizarre rights issue is holding them up, gog never shares whats going with its internal processes nor shares how even games get on the site, all we know is that they have some kind of "curation" process.

I would very much like to see these games come to GOG, as they really belong here. It seems very strange that they would be on Steam, but not GOG.

it is isn't? they have been on the wishlist for YEARS.

If it was simple, they'd already be here. It is either messy rights or complete lack of interest from the holders.

Being on steam doesn't really mean much or is weird when the important question is when the deal was actually signed or renewed if that even has happened, before the issues of split rights to the game between Activision/Raven and Bethesda or after but it have to have been before that clusterfuck. If not then i would be inclined to agree.

ETA: 2028 year That's a really good question. We don't have a date but we have the indicative date when id Software published Heretic/Hexen games (without Portal of Praevus expansion for Hexen II produced by Activision) - 3 Aug, 2007.

We may assume that the agreement for publishing rights by id Software (now fully owned by Zenimax) was renewed around that time then we might apply the largest known agreement length in gaming history.
I am no historian so I added 21 years because I can.

Something tells me that Activision would not wait a day if given the opportunity to milk Heretic/Hexen franchise. Raven Software is now fully owned, the code to the games probably belongs to it's founders Brian Raffel and Steve Raffel, the rights to the franchise are in hands of Raven/Activision, but the publishing rights will expire when the games are gone from Steam under id Software label.

Yes and if that's the case then we can basically say goodbye to this game coming here now, i don't see then sitting down and resolve the licensing hell for a GOG release in this lifetime but we can always hope, it costs nothing.

It would be great to see these games here but as far as Heretic & Hexen 1 on GOG are concerned, like Doom 1-2 they are best played today in a high quality source-port like GZDoom where all you need are the 3x IWAD files (HERETIC.WAD, HEXEN.WAD and HEXDD.WAD), at which point there's zero practical difference between copying the same data files from a Specially Packaged GOG version vs original disc / Steam release. Hopefully GOG can get these games here for those who've never owned them, but for those who still have the discs / another version, if you want to play them DRM-Free & client-less you already can without waiting another 25 years "just in case" the rights holders eventually get their act together, and for which playing them via DOSBox (how GOG would package them as they do Doom 1-2) complete with 35fps frame-rate cap, no mouselook, 320x240 resolution, etc, isn't always the best option...

You unsheathe your sword and head into the cave. After about 5 minutes of twists and turns among jagged stalactite-covered walls, you reach an opening. In the distance, the giant statue of a GOGBear lingers, surrounded by two enormous lit braziers. You kneel and whisper to the strange oracle "Heretic, Hexen, Hexen 2", yet its APIs remain silent. You can only hear the sound of droplets of water falling off from cracks in the rocky surfaces of the cave and reptiles crawling, awakened by your presence.

Do you:

a) Turn back south and do not bother the oracle for another year
b) Circle around the statue, due north, to investigate the source of some flickering light rays
c) Attempt to approach the GOGBear statue and learn its secrets

Source port engines are a bless, mouse look in Doom/Heretic/Hexen 1 is pure blasphemy ;)

c)

You get within a meter of the statue and hit an invisible wall. Recovering from the initial shock, you put your hands on the invisible yet solid surface, to see if it has any cracks. Seen at an angle, several bumps spell the following message: "HTTP 403". Perhaps having a wizard in your party will help decipher this ancient riddle. You step back and return to your original starting point.