Oblivion and Ghostwire: Tokyo join GOG's Preservation Program
GOG has added Oblivion and Ghostwire: Tokyo to its Preservation Program with compatibility updates and limited-time discounts.
GOG has added The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – Game of the Year Edition Deluxe and Ghostwire: Tokyo to its Preservation Program, bringing both Bethesda-published games to the DRM-free store with updated PC builds and temporary discounts.1
The biggest change is in Ghostwire: Tokyo. Its new GOG build removes Bethesda.net integration and the login prompt from the main menu. The login bonus is now acquired automatically on first launch, while GOG says it has also validated stability and compatibility with Windows 10 and Windows 11.1
Oblivion has received a separate 1.2.0416 GOG build. The update adds the Game of the Year Edition with five localisations — English, German, French, Italian and Spanish — alongside support for modern controllers including DualSense, Xbox, Switch Pro and Luna hardware. It also fixes task-switching with Alt+Tab, addresses a memory leak during controller rebinding and optimises the default controller layout.1
Both games are listed at a 75% discount for a limited period. The Oblivion offer is scheduled to run until 26 October, while Ghostwire: Tokyo is discounted until 29 October.1 Those dates make the promotion more than a routine catalogue addition: players interested in either game have a short window to pick up the newly maintained versions at a lower price.
GOG's Preservation Program is designed to keep older PC releases playable as operating systems and hardware change. In this case, the practical benefits are clear: Oblivion gains controller and compatibility work, while Ghostwire: Tokyo loses an unnecessary account dependency. Neither update changes the games themselves, but both reduce the friction that can make older PC releases awkward to revisit.
Our opinion
This is the kind of preservation work players notice immediately. Removing a legacy login step from Ghostwire: Tokyo is a small change on paper, yet it makes the game easier to launch and keeps an old online dependency from becoming a future failure point. Oblivion's controller support is equally sensible for anyone playing from a sofa or on a handheld PC. The limited discounts are a useful extra, but the lasting value is that both releases should be less troublesome to install and play years from now.
GOG's store pages contain the two preserved releases, while the original report records the changelog details and discount dates.123