A Bigger, Fresher, Newer GOG.com

The grand daddy of DRM free games website has gotten, by their own words, Bigger, Fresher, Newer. Right from the horse's mouth:-

Bigger
Year after year we’re getting bigger and so our service needs to adjust. Bigger means more users, and therefore more website features, more social interaction, more customer love. Bigger means AAA new and newer titles and more partners--and especially developers!--signed every month. Bigger means a mix of the classic titles that you’ve come to know and love from GOG.com and newer with the kind of great gameplay that makes them feel like instant classics.

Fresher
GOG.com does not need a brand-new start. We’re doing great and hundreds of thousands of you agree that the road we’ve taken is the right one for the industry to follow. However, spring is nearby, and a little cleaning to spruce up the place is never amiss. Fresher GOG.com means changes to the website layout, which now offers a more modern look; it also means we’re featuring our Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus accounts at the footer of every page and more social integration overall. Fresher means more of the features you want. The My Account page now has a built-in search feature, new organization options for the games library, and the website is no longer the only way to deliver notifications to gamers. We’re offering the new, faster than ever GOG.com downloader, which integrates support for downloading game patches, goodies, and notifications to keep GOG users up to date on changes to games they have purchased, replies to forum threads, or PMs.

Newer
Don’t worry, no matter how new we’re getting, GOG.com will always stick to our three core values: No DRM, Fair Pricing, and Love for our GOG-ers. Newer means simply newer games, whether they’re big, recognized names, indie games, day-one releases, or pre-orders. Pre-order for Legend of Grimrock for only $11.99 today, or pick up Trine and The Whispered World right now; Spacechem, Machinarium, and Darwinia are coming soon. We have more than 20 great indie and newer games signed on GOG.com that will be showing up in the next few months.. These games lead the way on our the transition from Good Old Games to simply GOG.com. It doesn’t matter what G, O, and G stand for, Gee Oh Gee dot com stands for high-quality, DRM-free gaming, each week with bigger and newer games.

Future
As the world changes, so are we, and this is only the beginning. As always, we rely heavily on user opinions and wishes. A new revamped Community Wishlist now allows users to suggest, vote, and discuss games and site features they'd love to see on GOG.com. You make all of this possible. Thank you and stay tuned for more amazing in coming days, weeks, months, and years to come.

The website now sports a modern look, far off from its "good old" image. Hopefully more newer games, particularly indie titles will be on the deck. If you are a fan of older RPG games this is the place to hunt for. Two biggest advantages of games purchased from GOG are:-

1) DRM free (goes without saying)
2) Guaranteed to run on both 32-bit & 64-bit Windows 7 apart from Vista & XP, no matter how old the games are.

GOG.com

Nice

But they do need to improve their DLM. Was a probem while downloading Witcher 1.

No experience about their DLM, (I) always download files manually. They have said the DLM has been improved, so may be the bugs have been taken care of.

Does "DRM FREE" keep standing in case of Diablo III ?

If they offer then it will be DRM free at their portal. Though I doubt Diablo III will be offered via GOG.

Got this mail from GOG:-

*i.imgur.com/1f6yz.jpg

10:30 pm ist...

Quite nice move.

They are talking about a "legendary" rpg as a free gift. Any guess?

Could be DAO, some Betheda game, Baldur's gate, wither.

Last 2 are possibilities as they are available in GOG.

Skud said:
They are talking about a "legendary" rpg as a free gift. Any guess?

Legendary = Deus EX

hopefully and how are they gonna give it for free ?

If you have an account in GOG, you have to make the purchase for $0.00 once it is live, mostly within 24 hours unless it is absolutely free. After purchase, you can download it anytime.

If Deux Ex (they have the GOTY edition in their catalog), then it would be probably for 24 hours.

Spring Conference is live now, they have started with Witcher 2.

Enhanced Edition update for PC is 10+GB. :shock:

My oh my...

And it's Fallout - free for next 48 hours!!!

Awesome.

Just fallout or it have some suffix with it. :wink:

No, it's the original Fallout.

Good game but very old game.

I got like 6 games nao.

Whats NAO ??

Faun said:
I got like 6 games nao.

6? It should be 7. Add Treasure Adventure Game.

gameranand said:
Whats NAO ??

now.

Skud said:
6? It should be 7. Add Treasure Adventure Game.

Yeah, will check.

Well 1 hour remaining to complete

Hopefully my connection stays on for that long.

Doesn't matter. Once the game is in your account, you can download n no. of times. Also if the link get expired, just get a fresh one clicking the download at GOG, cancel the download, copy the link, replace the link of the old download and start from where it was left. That's if you are using a download manager.

Or you can use the vastly improved GOG downloader. No problem with resuming downloads. Also you can download all the goodies at a single go.

*i.imgur.com/gKVGi.jpg

Njoy.

Fallout MODs - Fallout Series - Forum - - GOG.com

also is this the only game that will be given out free for a limited time ?

Just registered on the site. the interface is nice.

and gues what, I also got 6 free games. yay!

axes2t2 said:
Fallout MODs - Fallout Series - Forum - - GOG.com

also is this the only game that will be given out free for a limited time ?

There are 7 games which is free and given to you when you register. And they periodically give free gifts like this one. Last Christmas it was Empire Earth Gold Edition.

thetechfreak said:
Just registered on the site. the interface is nice.

and gues what, I also got 6 free games. yay!

It's 7. Search for Treasure Adventure Game.

The one thing I found so attractive about GOG is that gamers like us who have started late or those who have just started gaming, can actually turn back the clock to see what veterans talk about, to get a feel of it and that too on the latest OS out of the box. Fallout can actually help me decide whether to support Wasteland 2 kickstarter project. Also there's the original Syndicate which gives you an insight of what it was actually 20 years earlier.

Not to mention, CD Projekt and GOG are one of those rare entities these days who actually listen to their customers and give them more than their money's worth. Hats off.

Those who are interested in seeing last night's conference have a look here:-

CD Projekt RED Group Spring Conference 2012, CD Projekt RED Group Spring Conference 2012 CD_Projekt_RED on USTREAM. Gaming Entertainment

A very interesting interview from GOG.com, on games, pricing, Kickstarter projects and obviously DRM:-

*www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/04/11/interview-gog-speak-their-brains-on-all-things-g/

Hope something big will come out soon, a DRM free Age of Empires may be?

GOG has "gotten really far" in talks with either Microsoft, Take-Two, or LucasArts | News | PC Gamer

Dangerous Dave lands on GOG:-

Dangerous Dave Pack for download $5.99 - GOG.com

News - Announcement: GOG.com Now Supports Windows 8 Officially! - GOG.com

Almost 90% games are covered.

Damn this site offers so much. Apart from game, it is offering Soundtrack, pamplets, maps, comics and what not. Its like I have fought a friggin Collector's Edition.

Yeah, and it is so disappointing to see OST missing from both the Book of Unwritten Tales games.

^^ Maybe it wasn't released officially. I guess if there was such thing then they would had included that as well.

GOG just got my favorite shop for games.

Not really, actually the deluxe editions in Steam have OST and other goodies, like making of videos etc. Strange really.

Skud said:
Not really, actually the deluxe editions in Steam have OST and other goodies, like making of videos etc. Strange really.

Well then its indeed strange. But still I won't complain, atleast games are DRM free unlike Steam.

That's true, but sometimes, "beggars are not choosers".

Skud said:
That's true, but sometimes, "beggars are not choosers".

True That.

Omerta: City of Gangsters landed in GOG, this year's first big release:-

Omerta: City of Gangsters for download $33.99 - GOG.com

Skud said:
Omerta: City of Gangsters landed in GOG, this year's first big release:-

Omerta: City of Gangsters for download $33.99 - GOG.com

What's so special about this game? Mafia like game?

I hope this piece of news is true, and if true, I can see an early Diwali at GOG:-

Fear Me, Hacker: System Shock Franchise To Resurface With GOG/Steam Release [UPDATE] | FleshEatingZipper

Skud said:
I hope this piece of news is true, and if true, I can see an early Diwali at GOG:-

Fear Me, Hacker: System Shock Franchise To Resurface With GOG/Steam Release [UPDATE] | FleshEatingZipper

Yeah indeed good news. Now games are preferring GOG also and thats a good thing. many new games are also there like AW and dome others.

Homepage is now showing:-

> System found!
> Loading in...

Roughly 23 hours remaining.

So System Shock 2 is coming to GOG and us, really.

GOG has confirmed the same at the Facebook page, and here's an exclusive interview with RPS:-

Many Questions: System Shock 2 Comes To GOG

Played the demo a decade earlier, anyone here completed the original?

Skud said:
Homepage is now showing:-

Roughly 23 hours remaining.

So System Shock 2 is coming to GOG and us, really. GOG has confirmed the same at the Facebook page, and here's an exclusive interview with RPS:-

Many Questions: System Shock 2 Comes To GOG

Played the demo a decade earlier, anyone here completed the original?

finished it...loved it...adored it...numerous times...tried this last year as well...and the game is still scarier than most of the current games...if HALF LIFE/DOOM is the mother/father of FPS...this is the 'BAAP' of RPG; SURVIVAL- HORROR game. The music, voice acting, exploring different parts, and the sinister SHODAN...Irrational Games created a masterpiece and waiting for the 3rd part...but it never came...