Warcraft 1 and 2 are being removed from the DRM-free GOG.com at the behest of Blizzard, for sadly obvious reasons.

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.

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 have updated their preservation policies in response to Blizzard pulling the original Warcraft I & II from sale later this month.

GOG has vowed to preserve Warcraft 1 and 2 even though they're set to be delisted from its store on 13th December, 2024.

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.

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.

Two classic Blizzard Entertainment games will be removed from the GOG platform on Dec. 13: Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft 2. GOG, which is a distribution platform known for selling DRM-free games,