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Posted November 15, 2012
I added a wish in the wishlist that hopefully GOG and Zenimax (parent of Bethesda Softworks & ID Software) and see if they can sell their game catalog here. Here's the link: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/strike_a_deal_w_zenimax_media_inc

Now let's get this sucker alot of votes!
Post edited November 15, 2012 by DustFalcon1985
Posted November 15, 2012
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DustFalcon1985: I added a wish in the wishlist that hopefully GOG and Zenimax (parent of Bethesda Softworks & ID Software) and see if they can sell their game catalog here. Here's the link: [url=]http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/strike_a_deal_w_zenimax_media_inc[/url]

Now let's get this sucker alot of votes!
Bad link...
Posted November 15, 2012
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DustFalcon1985: I added a wish in the wishlist that hopefully GOG and Zenimax (parent of Bethesda Softworks & ID Software) and see if they can sell their game catalog here. Here's the link: [url=]http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/strike_a_deal_w_zenimax_media_inc[/url]

Now let's get this sucker alot of votes!
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Licurg: Bad link...
Fixed the bad link now.
Post edited November 15, 2012 by DustFalcon1985
Posted November 15, 2012
I asked about ZeniMax a few months back. Apparently they have some deal with 3C (publisher from Russia) that makes 3C the exclusive distributor of ZeniMax products in Europe. Since GOG.com is an international site, the ZeniMax deal with 3C would preclude ZeniMax games from appearing on GOG.

It's a bummer, but there's nothing to be done until ZeniMax's deal with 3C expires. And even then, perhaps ZeniMax is perfectly satisfied with the situation and would sign up again with 3C. We'll just have to see...

EDIT: Ooops, I meant "1C Company" above, not "3C"
Post edited November 15, 2012 by gammaleak
Posted November 15, 2012
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gammaleak: I asked about ZeniMax a few months back. Apparently they have some deal with 3C (publisher from Russia) that makes 3C the exclusive distributor of ZeniMax products in Europe. Since GOG.com is an international site, the ZeniMax deal with 3C would preclude ZeniMax games from appearing on GOG.

It's a bummer, but there's nothing to be done until ZeniMax's deal with 3C expires. And even then, perhaps ZeniMax is perfectly satisfied with the situation and would sign up again with 3C. We'll just have to see...
Got proof of it? Looked everywhere on the web for that. Nothing came up.
Posted November 15, 2012
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DustFalcon1985: Got proof of it? Looked everywhere on the web for that. Nothing came up.
Nope, just what a fellow GOGer told me. I trusted them, but didn't verify like I probably should have.
Posted November 15, 2012
Vote for ZeniMax games on the wishlist:

Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
+ [url=http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/games/brink_agents_of_change]Agents Of Change + Doom / Fallout / Psycho / SpecOps Packs
Burnout: Championship Drag Racing + Player's Choice Edition
Call Of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth
Castle Wolfenstein
Commander Keen 1: Marooned On Mars
Commander Keen 2: The Earth Explodes
Commander Keen 3: Keen Must Die!
Commander Keen 3½: Keen Dreams
Commander Keen 4: Secret Of The Oracle
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
Commander Keen 6: Aliens Ate My Baby Sitter!
Delta V
Dishonored
Doom
Doom II: Hell On Earth + Master Levels For Doom II + Final Doom + No Rest For The Living
Doom 3 + Resurrection Of Evil
Doom 3: BFG Edition
Doom 4
Echelon
An Elder Scrolls Legend: Battlespire
The Elder Scrolls Adventures: Redguard
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind + + [url=http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/games/the_elder_scrolls_iii_bloodmoon]Bloodmoon
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion + Knights Of The Nine + Shivering Isles
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim + + [url=http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/games/the_elder_scrolls_v_hearthfire]Hearthfire + Dragonborn
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
F-16 Aggressor
Fallout 3 + Game Of The Year Edition
Fallout: New Vegas + Ultimate Edition
Gromada
Gromada Revenge
+ [url=http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/games/heretic_shadow_of_the_serpent_riders]Shadow Of The Serpent Riders
Heretic II
Hexen: Beyond Heretic + Deathkings Of The Dark Citadel
Hexen II + Portal Of Praevus
Hockey League Simulator
Hockey League Simulator II
Hunted: The Demon's Forge
IHRA Motorsports
Magic & Mayhem
Magic & Mayhem: The Art Of Magic
NCAA: Road To The Final Four
NCAA: Road To The Final Four 2
NIRA: Intense Import Drag Racing
PBA Bowling
PBA Tour Bowling 2
PBA Tour Bowling 2001
Pirates Of The Caribbean
Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Legend Of Jack Sparrow
+ [url=http://www.gog.com/en/wishlist/games/quake_mission_pack_1_scourge_of_armagon]Scourge Of Armagon + Dissolution Of Eternity
Quake II + The Reckoning + Ground Zero
Quake III: Arena + Team Arena
Quake 4
Rage
Return To Castle Wolfenstein + Enemy Territory
Rogue Warrior
Sea Dogs
Star Trek: Legacy
Sword Of Sodan
Symbiocom
The Terminator
The Terminator 2029 + Operation Scour
The Terminator: Future Shock
The Terminator: Rampage
The Terminator: SkyNET
Wayne Gretzky Hockey
Wayne Gretzky Hockey 2
Wayne Gretzky Hockey 3
Wolfenstein (2009)
Wolfenstein 3D
Wolfenstein 3D: Spear Of Destiny + Return To Danger + Ultimate Challenge
XCar: Experimental Racing
Zero Critical
Posted November 15, 2012
Isn't Zenimax going to get the Fallout games eventually?
Posted November 15, 2012
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DustFalcon1985:
From everything that I've read about 1C on the forums here, they seem fairly shady. I doubt an agreement like that would be made public if it did exist.

Edited: I was wondering if 3C had any relation to 1C...
Post edited November 15, 2012 by ShadowWulfe
Posted November 15, 2012
One more thing... looks like I botched the company name.

The Russian publisher in question is "1C Company."

I'm not sure where I got "3C" from.
Here's my old thread where the 1C thing came up:
http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/whats_up_with_bethesdaid
Post edited November 15, 2012 by gammaleak
Posted November 15, 2012
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gammaleak: One more thing... looks like I botched the company name.

The Russian publisher in question is "1C Company."

I'm not sure where I got "3C" from.
You're just not that good at math :P
Posted November 15, 2012
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gibbeynator: Isn't Zenimax going to get the Fallout games eventually?
Yes. After December 31 2013, I think. Interplay will no longer sell Fallout 1&2 and Fallout Tactics. Those games and the Fallout IP will be %100 owned by Bethesda Softworks.
Posted November 15, 2012
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gibbeynator: Isn't Zenimax going to get the Fallout games eventually?
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DustFalcon1985: Yes. After December 31 2013, I think. Interplay will no longer sell Fallout 1&2 and Fallout Tactics. Those games and the Fallout IP will be %100 owned by Bethesda Softworks.
Then it's either "sign Zenimax" or "don't sell classic Fallout games any more".
Posted November 16, 2012
I want, you want, everyone wants Zenimax here on board

Everybody wants elder scrolls, Doom and wolfenstein here

GOG knows it and I'm sure they are doing what they can to bring the publisher and it's games here, alas, just like with anything, it's going to take a ton of time for anything to actually move forward in this case
Posted November 16, 2012
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Roman5: GOG knows it and I'm sure they are doing what they can to bring the publisher and it's games here, alas, just like with anything, it's going to take a ton of time for anything to actually move forward in this case
Not to mention that Zenimax seems obsessed with using Steamworks in its games to the point of absurdity, such that even rereleases of games such as Morrowind and Doom are inexorably tied to Steam nowadays.

The conspiracy theorist in me believes that Valve has some kind of exclusivity contract with Zenimax bound to a non-disclosure agreement designed to maintain the illusion of Valve being some kind of benevolent overlord in the PC market, but it's probably really only due Zenimax having an obsession with DRM.
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