Today is the final day you may declare 13 free video games GOG is gifting away to mark the launch of FreedomToBuy.games, a brand new initiative to protest censorship in gaming. The video games included within the bundle all fall underneath the broad NSFW umbrella that has been underneath fireplace from cost processors on Steam and Itch.io. In response, GOG is gifting away NSFW video games and vowing to guard players’ proper to purchase any authorized sport.
GOG announced on Sunday that FreedomToBuy was an enormous success in its first weekend: “In 24 hours, one million people have claimed the FreedomToBuy games and shown their support. The response is so much beyond our expectations that our team needs to work around the clock to maintain the stability of the platform.”
“For people who had difficulties claiming the games, we’re expanding the action by a few hours; take action quickly. And remember: any DRM-free game you get and download from GOG can never be taken away from you. Any game that disappears today becomes exponentially harder to revive later.”
The 13 video games on this bundle are solely out there till midnight EST tonight, however it seems like GOG may provide extra bundles down the road. There’s an e mail on the FreedomToBuy web site for builders who need to present their video games “as part of the protest,” so FreedomToBuy may simply be getting began.
Judging by the response to FreedomToBuy’s first bundle, it is clearly a preferred initiative, one which’s not essentially about NSFW video games themselves, however extra about exhibiting opposition to the brand new wave of gaming censorship at giant.
As the FreedomToBuy web site places it: “Some games vanish. Not because they broke the law but because someone decided they shouldn’t exist.” Today it is adult-only video games getting censored, but when this pattern continues, virtually any sport might get delisted if a loud sufficient group calls for it.