A staffer on GOG mentioned that due to legal reasons, the classic Delta Force series is going to be removed from all storefronts.
Here's what the GOG team said:
Hey all, I don’t know what’s wrong with this week, but I have to post another delisting news.
Just now, we’ve received a request that we have to delist all Delta Force titles that are available in our store, due to legal reasons that are beyond our control. Affected titles are:
Delta Force: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force
Delta Force 2: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force_2
Delta Force: Land Warrior: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force_land_warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force_task_force_dagger
Delta Force Xtreme: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force_xtreme
Delta Force: Black Hawk Down Platinum Pack: https://www.gog.com/game/delta_force_black_hawk_down_platinum_pack
The removals will happen today - June 7th, 1 PM UTC.
They will be removed from all storefronts.
Pictured - Delta Force
So you have just under an hour from this post until they're gone if you did want to quickly grab them. Delisting means no one can buy them, but they will not vanish from your own library. The notice from GOG does clearly say "all storefronts" so they will presumably vanish from Steam too.
A shame, this always makes preserving gaming history far more difficult, but that's not to say they won't return at some point in future.
There is a new game coming called Delta Force: Hawk Ops, which will be a free to play shooter. So it will likely have some form of anti-cheat, which means the likelihood of it working on Linux / Steam Deck is pretty slim.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Update, they're gone from GOG now, but still on Steam for now.
The only one that's not there on Steam is Delta Force Black Hawk Down (main game and not the DLC).
Last edited by ToddL on 7 June 2024 at 2:28 pm UTC
PublicNuisance Jun 7
The new game they are putting out looks crap.
(TL DR if you did not see the trailer , it starts out with a graphically upgraded Black Hawk Down that gets you excited then jumps into the future to the actual game - lasers , drones , Rainbow Six Siege basically)
And i am wondering if they removed the old games on purpose so you can't compare to them anymore ?
Unusual take , but :Honestly, that wouldn't surprise me, given that one reason so many game companies lash out at emulation and the like (including doing so in an official capacity - there are companies that would definitely rather not have their older games available) is partly because they know that they can't compete with the past.
The new game they are putting out looks crap.
(TL DR if you did not see the trailer , it starts out with a graphically upgraded Black Hawk Down that gets you excited then jumps into the future to the actual game - lasers , drones , Rainbow Six Siege basically)
And i am wondering if they removed the old games on purpose so you can't compare to them anymore ?
It was actually my first thought as soon as it was mentioned that they have a new free-to-play game coming out.
Last edited by Pengling on 7 June 2024 at 5:10 pm UTC
TactikalKitty Jun 8
I think that, when a deal is struck, licensing an item (music, audio, artwork) to be used in a medium such as a video game, that license should never expire.In other words: No more licensed work in games. That's already possible today.
In Theory, it doesn't on physical media, but that rule should also apply to any digital media as well.It does. As soons as the license is expired, the licensee is no longer allowed to sell its work. But games are a short lived medium & when this happens, physical mediums of the game are already long out of production. But physical mediums can be sold without licensee involvement, but that privilege was taken from us by Steam (& people worship Newell for that…).
Didn't take me long to find that the games are still preserved, though not via official routes. Aarrr, mateys!
Well, that's the only way that games are preserved as long as someone is willing to put them up and no matter how many times it gets taken down, it'll still be around for years to come. It'd be nice if it didn't have to be this way but these game companies are not making it easier to preserve games with their tactics.
Last edited by ToddL on 8 June 2024 at 1:04 pm UTC
Sadly I can no longer add BHD to my Steam library, at least I got the first 4 games...oh well piracy saves the day once again.
Piracy is a service problem. - Lord Gabe
One of those timeless quotes you can always find a good reason for saying
Last edited by based on 8 June 2024 at 6:10 pm UTC
Pretty sure most companies give people time to buy them, and normally put them on sale at the same time
EDIT: Like, seriously, no one here, nor on the GOG forums, is asking for them to elaborate? Everybody is just eating it up, no questions asked? As if "legal reasons" is just a valid carte blanche, instead of barely even an explanation?
I guess that's what I'm going to use next time I'm late for a meeting at work. "Why weren't you at the sprint review and planning today?" - "Legal reasons." - "Okay, move along."
Last edited by DrMcCoy on 9 June 2024 at 2:53 pm UTC
...So, is nobody going to ask what mysterious "legal reasons" these are?
Probably the reason is that they hate gamers. Especially those pesky Linux gamers.
CanadianBlueBeer Jun 9
(no idea if the disk is still good, but...)
:)
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