Editing Descent (video game) (section)

===Re-releases===
''Descent'' was re-released on modern [[digital distribution]] services. It was one of the launch titles for the open beta version of [[Good Old Games]] on September 8, 2008,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/54545/good-old-games-launches-public|title=Good Old Games Launches Public Beta Sept. 8|last=Faylor|first=Chris|work=[[Shacknews]]|date=September 3, 2008|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628211943/https://www.shacknews.com/article/54545/good-old-games-launches-public|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by a [[Steam (service)|Steam]] release on February 13, 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2014/02/13/classic-pc-shooter-descent-plots-a-course-for-steam/|title=Classic PC shooter Descent plots a course for Steam|last=Hinkle|first=David|work=[[Engadget]]|date=February 13, 2014|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=February 10, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240210135311/https://www.engadget.com/2014-02-13-classic-pc-shooter-descent-plots-a-course-for-steam.html|url-status=live}}</ref> However, the game was withdrawn from Good Old Games in December 2015 along with ''Descent II'' and ''Descent 3'', and later from Steam. A representative of Parallax Software responded to speculation on the Good Old Games forums regarding the withdrawal of the titles. Interplay owned the ''Descent'' trademark and the publishing rights to those games, but their developers still retained the copyrights to them. The latter pulled their games off because Interplay purportedly had not paid them royalties since 2007. As a result, they had terminated the sales agreement, disallowing Interplay from further selling them.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/descent-games-pulled-from-sale-dev-claims-it-hasnt/1100-6433434/|title=Descent Games Pulled From Sale, Dev Claims It Hasn't Been Paid Royalties in Years [UPDATE]|last=Makuch|first=Eddie|work=[[GameSpot]]|date=January 11, 2016|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-date=June 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190627232205/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/descent-games-pulled-from-sale-dev-claims-it-hasnt/1100-6433434/|url-status=live}}</ref>

However, in November 2017, Good Old Games announced that the Descent series would be available for sale again on their platform.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Welcome back Descent series!, page 2 - Forum - GOG.com|url = https://www.gog.com/forum/general/welcome_back_descent_series_ff934|website = GOG.com|date = November 24, 2017|access-date = June 27, 2019|archive-date = March 28, 2019|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190328124101/https://www.gog.com/forum/general/welcome_back_descent_series_ff934|url-status = live}}</ref> The game has also since resurfaced on Steam.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/273570/ |title=Descent Video Game on Steam |website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]] |publisher=Parallax Software|access-date=June 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217155044/http://store.steampowered.com/app/273570/|archive-date=December 17, 2017 }}</ref>