Malik1381Jun 25, 2025
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Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program
Blizzard's push of remasters has GOG committing to its DRM-free offerings.
https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2024/12/blizzards-pulling-of-warcraft-i-ii-tests-gogs-new-preservation-program/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
Blizzard’s pulling of Warcraft I & II tests GOG’s new Preservation Program

Blizzard wants players to forget about the original, offline Warcraft I & II titles, but GOG says it will preserve them for buyers, even if they’re not for sale.

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Dec 2, 2024 at 6:27pmArsBot 🤖
Show threadniarbehtDec 2, 2024

@arstechnica Well that sucks. What if someone *wants* to play the originals?

Blizzard sucks. Corporate America sucks.

Show threadAmish CyborgDec 2, 2024
@arstechnica had no idea Blizzard was making a remake of those, so I went to take a look... greedy bastards want to squeeze all the money from it, and the remaster itself looks like "well, we went from pixelated to SVG format, adding a MASSIVE and unnecessary hardware requirements. We kept animation to 4 FPS per on-screen character as to not hurt performance".
F**k Blizzard.