The Long Dark Removed From GeForce Now at Dev Request
The Long Dark has been removed from GeForce Now streaming service. One of the creators of the game, the founder of Hinterland Studio - Raphael van Lierop, commented on the matter. He informed that the owner of the platform - Nvidia - has never asked for permission to share their content.
In a nutshell
- The Long Dark from Hinterland Studio has disappeared from GeForce Now.
- The director of the studio, Raphael van Lierop, explains the disappearance by the lack of request for permission to share their content.
- Hinterland Studio is another developer that has removed its game from the service. Companies such as Bethesda and Activision Blizzard have done it before.
There's no denying that the GeForce Now streaming service has been conquering the market - recently we wrote that over a million players have already used it. However, this does not mean that Nvidia can rest easy, as more and more developers withdraw their games from the platform. The latest example is the survival game The Long Dark. Raphael van Lierop, the founder of Hinterland Studio, the game's developer, took the floor. He claims that the withdrawal of the title from GeForce Now is based on the fact that Nvidia had never asked for permission to release their game. In his tweet, he apologizes to all those who are disappointed in this state of affairs, but stresses that the creators should have the right to decide where their game is made available. He also adds - somewhat sarcastically - that Nvidia offered the studio a free GPU as an apology and maybe the disappointed players will be offered the same.
This is not the first time. In February, giants like Bethesda and Activision Blizzard pulled games from GeForce Now. However, these are not the only large publishers whose games are not available on the platform. For example, Rockstar Games and Capcom withdrew their titles during beta-tests, before the official launch of the platform (February 4). Of course, GeForce Now still has a lot to offer - in the future, the platform will feature Cyberpunk 2077 for example, but there is a dangerous trend - and what would a video game streaming be without games?
We would like to remind that GeForce Now is a streaming service that gives players the opportunity to play the games they already own - without forcing us to buy another copy of the game exclusively through the service. As we can read on the official website, "GeForce NOW connects to digital PC gaming stores so you can stream your game collection." Currently Nvidia offers two types of subscriptions - free and paid. The free offer is associated with some restrictions - queues and limited session time, which does not exceed 1 hour. The paid subscription eliminates the inconvenience by offering priority access, sessions of up to 6 hours and ray tracing support.
