With the release of Warcraft I and II Remastered, Blizzard is delisting the original games from sale. And with that GOG promises to preserve them.

Following its remasters of the first two 'Warcraft' games, Blizzard is pulling the original versions of the titles from game distributor GOG, but GOG is promising to support them well into the future anyway.

Blizzard is delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, the only PC gaming storefront the real-time strategy classics were available on outside of the company’s own Battle.net launcher. The move comes after the recent launch of its own expensive and lackluster remasters of the two games,

GOG is "saddened" to be delisting the original Warcraft RTS games from the store, but will update its Preservation Program going forward.

Blizzard has made another consumer-unfriendly move, but GOG has stepped in to keep Warcraft and Warcraft II available for owners in a less-expensive form.

Blizzard is pulling Warcraft 1 and 2 from the GOG marketplace. The classic real-time strategy games are currently only available from GOG, as Blizzard has already

Both games will continue to be ‘maintained and updated’ by GOG to stay compatible with new systems for game owners

In light of Blizzard’s plan to delist Warcraft 1 and 2 from GOG, it added: “We want to reveal a new feature to our recently announced Preservation Program. Once a game joins the Program, we pledge to maintain its compatibility even if it gets delisted from the store.

Come later this month, GOG will stop selling the first two entries in Blizzard’s seminal Warcraft real-time strategy game series. On December 13, the marketplace will delist Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Battle.

GOG will be delisting Warcraft 1 and 2 from their store following a request from Blizzard, but promise to offer continued support.

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