ALL THE LATEST NEWS ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF PC GAMES

News

GOG pulls Hitman from sale following DRM controversy

GOG pulls Hitman from sale following DRM controversy

CD Projekt's GOG.com storefront has removed the 2016 Hitman reboot from its platform.

In a post on the company's forums, a rep said that it "shouldn't have released it in its current form." This came in the wake of Hitman: Game of the Year Edition launching on GOG back in September and sparked an uproar when it emerged that you cannot play the title offline.

One of GOG.com's main pillars is that it does not sell games with DRM, meaning that they should be playable offline. IO's murder simulator features a number of modes that require an online connection.

"Thank you for your patience and for giving us the time to investigate the release of Hitman GOTY on GOG. As promised, we’re getting back to you with updates," a GOG rep wrote.

"We're still in dialogue with IO Interactive about this release. Today we have removed Hitman GOTY from GOG’s catalog – we shouldn’t have released it in its current form, as you’ve pointed out.

"We’d like to apologise for the confusion and anger generated by this situation. We’ve let you down and we’d like to thank you for bringing this topic to us – while it was honest to the bone, it shows how passionate you are towards GOG."


Tags:
PCGamesInsider Contributing Editor

Alex Calvin is a freelance journalist who writes about the business of games. He started out at UK trade paper MCV in 2013 and left as deputy editor over three years later. In June 2017, he joined Steel Media as the editor for new site PCGamesInsider.biz. In October 2019 he left this full-time position at the company but still contributes to the site on a daily basis. He has also written for GamesIndustry.biz, VGC, Games London, The Observer/Guardian and Esquire UK.