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The Unreal series may have been shelved years ago, but Epic is letting its first two installments live on through the Internet Archive.

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[–] Glide@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

While I don't approve of Epic's stabs at exclusivity, Steam needs a competitor to keep it in check, and one that is making some efforts to support the preservation of art is a welcome choice.

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

But GOG is alresdy the Steam with Principles..

[–] echodot@feddit.uk -1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

As much as I like them I don't think you can call them a competitor.

I've seen games that are available on both platforms that sell hundreds of times more copies on Steam simply because of steam's reputation.

A competitor actually has to be able to compete.

[–] szczuroarturo@programming.dev 3 points 4 hours ago

Im pretty sure gog is more popular than epic games . Alghtough i might be biased due to my country of origin.