First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn't manage to download all their games. Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons.I wonder whats happening.
At the same time we guarantee that every user who bought any game on GOG.com will be able to download all their games with bonus materials, DRM-free and as many times as they need starting this Thursday.
The official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events is planned on Wednesday. If you want to receive further information about GOG.com, please send an email to update_media@gog.com if you're a media representative or to update_users@gog.com if you're a user without a GOG account.
Dear GOG users,Very, very sad news.
We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We've debated on it for quite some time and, unfortunately, we've decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current form.
We're very grateful for all support we've received from all of you in the past two years. Working on GOG.com was a great adventure for all of us and an unforgettable journey to the past, through the long and wonderful history of PC gaming.
This doesn't mean the idea behind GOG.com is gone forever. We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await.
On a technical note, this week we'll put in place a solution to allow everyone to re-download their games. Stay tuned to this page and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates.
All the best,
GOG.com Team
Sometimes it's really hard being DRM-free... hard to keep things the way they are and keep management and publishers happy :(
Date of conference is about 22th of September, early evening. Information shortly on GOG.com, but please do not panic after seeing information presented there. Please remember, that it's an online conference organized in that way the first time.
[Update: 1:27 p.m.] When contacted for a comment regarding the current GOG.com situation, a Good Old Games representative told Shacknews, "As the message on the site says, this doesn't mean GOG is gone :) We'll have more to share in the coming days." Conspiracy theories online point to the "shut down" as a marketing ploy from GOG.com to exit its longstanding beta status.It better be a HUGE change, because if this is some PR stunt then no one is impressed.
The official statement from GOG's management about the situation will be announced soon. We'll have more details about this tomorrow.
First of all, we apologize everyone for the whole situation and closing GOG.com. We do understand the timing for taking down the site caused confusion and many users didn't manage to download all their games. Unfortunately we had to close the service due to business and technical reasons.
At the same time we guarantee that every user who bought any game on GOG.com will be able to download all their games with bonus materials, DRM-free and as many times as they need starting this Thursday.
The official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events is planned on Wednesday. If you want to receive further information about GOG.com, please send an email to update_media@gog.com if you're a media representative or to update_users@gog.com if you're a user without a GOG account.
We confirm that the official statement from GOG.com's management concerning the ongoing events will take place on Wednesday at 12 p.m. EDT (6 p.m. CET)
Thanks for being with us.
First of all we’d like to apologize to everyone who felt deceived or harmed in any way by the closedown of GOG.com. As a small company we don’t have a huge marketing budget and this why we could not miss a chance to generate some buzz around an event as big as launching a brand new version of our website and even more important, bringing back Baldur’s Gate to life!
We believe this title was extremely expected by all our users and PC gamers in general. It would have made no sense to announce it in a typical plain corporate way. Our aim at GOG is to promote the greatest DRM-free PC classics ever in a creative way and allow people to escape from the usual boring mainstream marketing. We are also gamers and this is why we played a bit with this announcement.
Once again, we apologize for any harm we might have caused and we do hope people will keep the essence of our message in mind: GOG is doing things differently than elsewhere and yes, Baldur’s Gate is finally back (with more great releases to come)! We are working hard to provide users with much fun, so do expect some great surprises until Christmas.
. . . I’m really annoyed when I see examples of companies who release single player games and they ask you to be online. I think it’s just bollocks, pretty much. Frankly speaking, I have my notebook and I’m going, I don’t have internet access. Though people wouldn’t like to think so, there’s no internet access in many places in the world where you go, or it costs a lot of money, so I’m not able to play the game.
Normally what a lot of gamers will do is say “This is not a good offer, this is not a good value, I’ll go download this game from torrent, or I’ll copy it from my friend. It’s cracked, and the annoyance of being online is removed.” and I’m totally separating it from cases when the game has online elements and it makes perfect sense.
That made the whole read worthwhile.
But I agree with you, games that have no online benefit has no business needing a constant connection.Bingo. That's what disc-checking DRM is for. SP portion of games should NEVER require anything more than a disc check, honestly.
I don't think its Police Quest. I think its Zork.
I don't think its Police Quest. I think its Zork.You may be right, the text format is certainly evocative of classic Zork.. I'm just really excited about Police Quest! hehe
D may be right, it might be both. The police tape doesnt really have anything to do with Zork, and I don't know why they would hype up the release of a text adventure series. I doubt there are too many people just aching to spend $5 to play it, you know?Haha yep, especially when most of us likely have it running on DOSBox anyway. Zork Nemesis on the other hand.. Hmm..
Shit. Makes me wish I hadn't just torrented The Witcher in hopes of playing through again to prepare for the sequel (I own the game, it just isn't with me here in TX and it was still like $20 everywhere when I looked). Maybe I'll uninstall that and buy this. I'll have to check the extras.
They are announcing stuff today:
Alone in the Dark triology $5.99
The Witcher $4.99 till end of May, then $9.99. Comes with a bunch of extras as expected, like a calendar made from the nudie cards. May have to buy this "just because" even though I can install from disc.
More announcements may come today.
"PC users like it cheap and unprotected"
There have been questions why GOG.com updated our privacy policy. We think RPS has figured it out. http://bit.ly/jU5QrQ
It’s great that GoG are employing trust in their customers this way, because it means they know that no one in Australia would ever dream of breaking this bond by using the lack of IP geo-tracking to purchase a game that’s been censored by their country’s government. It’s arguably a big risk they’ve taken, but I’m sure that not a single Aussie will let them down in this way, by taking advantage of the honour system by entering another country as their location when pre-ordering or purchasing the DRM-free version of the game from www.gog.com.
French? Ubisoft?UbiSoft is already on-board w/ GOG and has been for some time. (http://www.gog.com/en/catalogue#all_genres/publisher/Ubisoft/)
Wont be Square. What kind of PC catalog do they even have? I doubt enough to be considered a "incredible increase in size" for the GoG catalog.Yeah, probably not a huge catalogue of PC games - when compared to say Microsoft, LucasArts, or EA.
Unless they've got some SNES/PSX emulator or something.
Infogrames?
Wait...Atari (who bought Infogames) is already part of GOG.Oh.. Perhaps Vivendi?
Oh.. Perhaps Vivendi?They're part of Activision (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivendi#2007) - who is w/ GOG already.
(http://www.gog.com/upload/strony_www/temp/en/img/map/map2gxvserv8wmp8pub.jpg)
I'm seeing logos from 2K, LucasArts, Microsoft Game Studios, Square-Enix, and EA.
Official announcement countdown is on GOG.com, 2 days and 10 hours to go.
We will be adding more than 25 titles from EA over the next few months, so the games will be unveiled gradually, but we can already reveal that the next upcoming titles from this huge deal are: Crusader: No remorse, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Magic Carpet.
Its EA. Privateer, Ultima Underworld 1 & 2, and Dungeon Keeper available now.
Oh! This means Crusader may eventually make it!
Crusader: No Remorse is coming soon at $5.99, according to GOG's latest e-mail.Awesome JUICE! ;D Although I'll likely wait for a sale to get both No Remorse and No Regret.
When GOG hits 6 million unique downloads, every GOG member will get Broken Sword: Shadow of the Templars - Director's Cut for FREE. (http://www.gog.com/en/news/help_us_achieve_6_million_downloads_milestone)What about those of us who already have it?
What about those of us who already have it?
“We’ve made GOG.com the destination for classic PC games, but now is the time to take this to the next level and emerge as the best alternative digital distribution platform for all PC games.”And they are still pushing DRM free. I imagine that will limit which companies jump on board but I'm all for this.
GoG to offer new games? (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011/11/17/good-new-games-gog-is-changing/)Awesome!
And they are still pushing DRM free. I imagine that will limit which companies jump on board but I'm all for this.