Well, even though I have paid twice for both games, they are so good I didn't mind (especially because I got both on sale at GoG), but does this mean I have to uninstall my current TL2 and redownload and install from GoG? I am not sure why as the game hasn't had any updates in a while now and still runs fine for me.

As an American I nearly spat my coffee at my monitor I was laughing so hard!

It was at release, which I said.

Ah, thanks for clarifying

I only found out about that because I couldn't remember where I'd downloaded my copy.

Since GOG still lists "Runic Games Inc." I would assume that Runic is shutting down as a development studio but the company as a legal and economical construct still remains. Runic is a subsidiary company of Perfect World. So the most likely scenario seems that your money will go to the company who made the decision to close Runic down.

to the same people as before - Perfect World Entertainment. That has not changed.

So no money to runic games, uh? Now I don't know what to do anymore :/ . If only we could pay the game directly to them...

Nice article.

That's very sad.

I'm playin Hob right now and this game is really full of wonders. You guys did a great job. Good luck for the future.

By the way the article on kotaku is great.

Activision and EA get a lot of heat (a bunch deserved for killing studios), but Microsoft is the king of the heap in this regard.

Ensemble Studios, Lionhead Studios, Bungie, who decided to give up their baby Halo to get away from them, Rare - the only thing more rare than the studio's name is the last time they made a great game (we'll see about Sea of Thieves, if it ever comes out). They had Epic making Gears of War as an exclusive and Epic walked away from Microsoft like Bungie and decided a great IP wasn't worth keeping if it meant sticking with MS.

And when they sign great developers to make an IP they pull the plug all the time. Obsidian was making an XBoxOne exclusive RPG (Stormlands) that MS killed and almost sunk the company. Platinum was making the only truly original and interesting XBone game they showed off in Scalebound and MS killed that. Level 5 (developers of Dragon Quest 8 and 9, Dark Cloud 1 and 2, creators and developers of Jeanne D'Arc, Professor Layton, Yo-kai Watch, Rogue Galaxy, Fantasy Life and the Ni No Kuni series) had their MMO True Fantasy Live Online killed. They stopped being the publisher for the Blue Dragon series (which had a lot of great reviews to go with some average ones from some western outlets - it seemed to be a matter of taste in the west if the review liked JRPGs or not), but they never stick with anything to build up.

It's almost a wonder why MS has no XBox180 exclusives other than Halo and Forza.

Wait until it's heavily discounted or acquire the game through other means, then use the money you saved to support whatever project the ex-Runic devs will come up with next.

it would not have got there anyway. or more correctly, the developers got salary when making the game, and Perfect World Entertainment would then get the profits after sale. it's kind of how it works when you get bought up.

edit - basically, this has not changed anything in this regard

edit II - or another way to see it, Runic already got paid for the game. so the correct way to put it would be " So no more money to runic games, uh?" (as they no longer draw any salary, nor get any potential bonuses)

edit III - and frankly, it would still be hypocritical NOT paying for the game (the "other means" option) due to this, as in the end this was Runic's choice and Perfect World Entertainment did make the game happen. They did after all finance its creation and took the risk for it.

^So much this, still feeling hurt for scalebound, even more so since it would have been available for PC aswell.

Yeah, I'll probably do so.

This is a really nice farewell message. Seems to be passionate guys (and girls if there were any).