OHMYGODJCABOMB: GOG has turned down some 1C Entertainment games:
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7.62:
Wishlist entry;
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A.I.M.: Artificial Intelligence Machines:
Wishlist entry;
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A.I.M. 2: Clan Wars:
Wishlist entry;
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Konung III: Ties of the Dynasty:
Wishlist entry;
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Planet Alcatraz:
Wishlist entry.
These games have been mentioned in the community wishlist since the early 2010s. Last year, all of these games were released on the Zoom Platform
(another DRM-Free store). I asked 1C Entertainment why they decided to release these games on the Zoom Platform, but not on GOG, and received the following answer:
Yeah, maybe some of these games are controversial
(in terms of quality), but I think at least the
"A.I.M." series deserves to be on GOG. It's definitely no less legendary than the
Space Rangers,
Perimeter,
Parkan or
King's Bounty series, all of which are already here.
dgnfly: Thanks for the post and information. With another DRM free store i can finally Ditch GOG with their SJW like staff that dictate stupid art games are actual games while rejecting actual games and classics.
Swedrami: Better off to just keep on dropping votes on the titles in question.
As other formerly rejected titles that eventually got a GoG release have demonstrated, that's still the best way to go about it.
dgnfly: You are aware that the only few they did release were only released after creating a shitstorm? There are still many others that are still not released here. Just look at their latest garbage selection of artsy games that barely hit the top 10. Even the Weeb titles git the top 10 and that would have been considered "too Niche" by GOG criteria.
Lichtspeer (originally rejected about 3 and a half years ago), for example did get a release without raising any ruckus, though. The devs being Polish might have something to do with that but, again, at least I can't remember there being a considerable portion of the community explicitly demanding a release of it. I'm sure there are other examples as well.
I'd also argue that there are games, that got a release here in the meantime, for which it's unknown whether they even were former rejections or not, because there never had been any publically available information on this.
The fact of the matter remains, that the curation and evaluation process, over the last couple years, seemingly has been loosened up to a certain degree. Which doesn't mean that all formerly rejected titles (especially the ones we individually would like to finally get a GoG release) are subsequently and automatically waved through, of course. Different rights situations to the ones at the time of the initial rejection years ago, and other factors might come into play here too.
At least we can give GoG a heads up to and let them know what currently still rejected titles (that we know of at least) there's demand for, by voting for them on the community wishlist. It might still be all in vain and fall on deaf ears for certain titles (for various reasons) though.