It feels like a bit of a dream writing this, but it would seem that Monolith's legendary spy-thriller-shooter No One Lives Forever and No One Lives Forever 2 might finally be getting pulled out of legal quagmire when it comes to licensing of the franchise - and getting re-released on GOG
Currently, these classic titles are simply unavailable for purchase altogether, and cannot be found on any modern video game marketplaces, short of scouring the web for resellers of old physical copies. As you might assume, this makes for a bit of a problem if you suddenly get a harkening to replay them, but some new information seems to be pointing toward a potential digital release.
Let us remind you that there've been previous attempts at re-releasing the No One Lives Forever games, only for them all to end up as failures. The latest such attempt was by Night Dive Studios, who simply couldn't figure out who had the rights to the IP. The rights were stretched between such giants as are Warner Bros and Activision; neither of which was particularly willing to help Night Dive in their quest.
However, in a NoClip documentary, which tried to demystify the process through which the employees of GOG re-release old games and get them working on modern machines, No One Lives Forever was name-dropped - specifically with the suggestion that a company person who previously claimed they didn't have the series rights may have been mistaken, and so one of the roadblocks to re-release may have been removed.
Furthermore, after Stephen Kick, the CEO of Night Dive Studios, was asked about what this meant on Twitter, he only responded with a smirking emoji.
What might this mean, we wonder...
