GOG Denies Policy Changes Due to The Witcher 2 Censorship

As if there was any doubt, Gamasutra reports that Good Old Games’ head of PR and marketing Trevor Longino denied that GOG’s move away from Geo-IP was to allow Australian gamers to buy an unedited version of the game.

Trevor Longino, the head of PR and marketing at Good Old Games, denied the allegations, telling Gamasutra that the policy change “has nothing specific to do with Australia in particular. Our new policy simply reflects the way we think global digital distribution should be.”

“We’re not stupid, of course and realize that some users may abuse this to obtain a version of a game that is not approved by their local Certification Board,” he said.

“GOG.com has always been about giving our users the power of choice; if they willingly choose to violate their local censorship laws, we can’t condone that,” he explained.

“Given how easy it is to circumvent the protections that most retailers use (like geo-IP location), no one can control it, and we don’t think our approach is inherently more open to exploitation than any other. We trust our users not to pirate our games, and we trust that they won’t abuse this new feature either,” he added.