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 Good Old Games homepage. |
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| URL | http://www.gog.com/ |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Digital distribution |
| Registration | Yes |
| Owner | CD Projekt |
| Launched | 2008 |
Good Old Games (GOG) is a computer game sale and distribution service owned by Polish company CD Projekt.[1] The service sells older PC games. In order to ensure compatibility with newer versions of Microsoft Windows, some games are pre-patched or bundled with Open Source emulation and compatibility software, such as ScummVM and DOSBox. Unlike some other services, the games do not use digital rights management[2] and the user does not have to install special client software to download or run the games,[3] although an optional download manager is available.
Along with purchasing the games, customers are also able to download numerous extra material relating to the game they purchased. Often these extras include the game's soundtrack, wallpapers, avatars, and manuals. GOG also offers full customer support for all purchases.
Promotions are organized almost every week — usually at weekends. The style of these promotions varies from a discount for products that are bought in bundles, to thematic competitions like riddles, “guess a game from a picture” contests or “best time on a specific level”. Also GOG gives away promotion codes for a game with review contests.
The community is focused on the GOG.com forums, an unofficial IRC channel, and a Steam group. The official forum is divided into a general topic and specific game topics.
As of December 26, 2009, 177 games are available on GOG.[4] More games are made available on the service regularly. So far GOG.com has signed deals with the following companies:
On March 26, 2009, GOG announced it had signed a deal with Ubisoft to publish games from their back catalogue; this was the first deal with a major publisher to offer DRM free downloads. The deal to publish through GOG also included games that were not available through any other digital distribution channel.
On July 29, 2009, Colin McRae Rally 2005 was removed from the catalogue, following Operation Flashpoint and Toca Race Driver 3 which were also removed.
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