{"id":1722253,"date":"2026-10-17T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dMWgPCBzDpFWFQ6vhJSwyP"},"modified":"2026-10-17T15:45:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T15:45:38","slug":"ghostwire-tokyo-joins-gog-preservation-program-which-means-you-dont-have-to-deal-with-bethesda-net-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/ghostwire-tokyo-joins-gog-preservation-program-which-means-you-dont-have-to-deal-with-bethesda-net-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghostwire: Tokyo joins GOG Preservation Program, which means you don’t have to deal with Bethesda.NET anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ghostwire: Tokyo, Tango Gameworks’ spooky, neon-drenched action-adventure game, is now officially a good old game. Granted, it’s not that old, but ‘good’ seems about right given that contributing writer Imogen Mellor scored it a 72 in her review<\/a>. But what I mean is that it’s joined GOG’s Preservation Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re wondering why a game from 2022 would need to be preserved already, well, it kind of doesn’t. You may be thinking the game is finally free from its seemingly arbitrary implementation of Denuvo<\/a>, but that was actually removed shortly after it was added<\/a>. What this release does is remove Bethesda.NET integration (providing any extra goodies on your first launch of the game) and come with a promise from GOG that any stability issues that arise as decades pass and operating systems change will be addressed in future patches. <\/p>\n

That may just come into play given that Tango Gameworks would be closed right now if Xbox’s sudden closure of the studio<\/a> hadn’t been canceled out with an acquisition by PUBG owner Krafton<\/a>. It’s worth noting that the game still appears to be published by Bethesda Softworks, so if you’re trying to avoid Microsoft products for any genocide-related reasons<\/a>, you’ll have to weigh that as a consideration.<\/p>\n

As for Ghostwire itself, it proved surprisingly popular with over 6 million players<\/a>. We called it a great game that Elden Ring overshadowed<\/a> around release alongside the quietly adored Teardown and Sifu. Like its left-field follow-up Hi-Fi Rush, Ghostwire seemed to hit pretty hard for the cult it attracted. Hopefully Tango can capture some of that juice in the games it’s currently developing under Krafton<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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