Good Old Ponies becomes just GOP.com : Othor Games

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:30 pm

After years of specializing in downloadable retro releases, Good Old Games is changing its name and focus. Tomorrow at 9 a.m. GMT, the CD Projekt-owned digital storefront is changing its name to simply GOG.com, and will start offering brand new indie games, as well as recent frontline titles from larger publisher's catalogs about one-to-three years after their debut.
The new approach kicks off this week with a site overhaul incorporating new social features and the addition of indie games Trine and The Whispered World to the GOG catalog. Other new indies on the way include Machinarium, Darwinia, and Spacechem. Like all games on the services, the new additions will be available for the same price worldwide, and will not include any manner of digital rights management.

From http://www.gamespot.com/news/good-old-games-shifts-focus-adds-recent-titles-6368125.

Also, http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=-zCtynCk-S0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=nRdfYwvGTos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iXd8w2wdz8&feature=player_embedded

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:39 pm

Awesome.

As long as they continue to offer reasonably priced games with no DRM then I don't really care what they call themselves.

» Mon May 14, 2012 5:55 pm

Gog is Welsh slang for people from north Wales. As a southerner this displeases me.

» Mon May 14, 2012 9:40 pm

Gog is Welsh slang for people from north Wales. As a southerner this displeases me.

GOG.com -- the most niche dating site on the net!

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:42 am

GOG.com -- the most niche dating site on the net!

Any idea how the sheep sign up?

Spoiler

Apologies to our Welsh friends :hehe:

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» Tue May 15, 2012 8:08 am

Awesome.

As long as they continue to offer reasonably priced games with no DRM then I don't really care what they call themselves. :smile:

Indeed. And as long as they keep offering classic games that are compatible with modern systems, I'm perfectly happy.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:39 pm

I'm looking forward to the bigger indie focus. There are a lot of titles I've wanted to get but didn't because of Steam. Hopefully they get Amanita on board, soon, too. And Quest for Glory, Lucas games, System Shock, etc.

» Tue May 15, 2012 6:03 am

Ahh, I thought it was always GoG.com?

By that, nothing changes for me I guess. :shrug:

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:28 pm

Yeah I've always typed in gog.com too...

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:23 pm

Yeah I've always typed in gog.com too...

Oh it's always been gog.com, they just stopped using the name "Good Old Games".

They've also started offering new indie games and other titles.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:48 am

What Exorince said.

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:23 pm

Ah. I'm an idiot...

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:11 am

Ah. I'm an idiot...

Yes you are but we all <3 you

» Mon May 14, 2012 10:41 pm

Oh it's always been gog.com, they just stopped using the name "Good Old Games".

They've also started offering new indie games and other titles.

Yup.
And not surprising. Everyone calls them GoG already. Kind of like how Federal Express went with FedEx, since everyone used that to refer to the company anyhow. Brand name recognition...go with what the customers want/know. heh

» Tue May 15, 2012 5:51 am

I went for the longest time not knowing what GoG meant anyway.

» Tue May 15, 2012 7:33 am

Just another two and a half hours to launch.

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:52 pm

http://www.gog.com/ :smile:

Great titles on the front page...

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/03/27/good-old-games-gone-relaunches-as-gog-com/

... the crucial thing, I think, is that they’re sticking by their previous mantra of no regional pricing, and no DRM. And in that light, the move is really interesting. Carrying more recently released games, but insisting that they sell nothing loaded with DRM, will be something to watch.
Also worth noting is the apparent addition of a new pricing level, with The Whispered World going for $14.99. At two years old, it’s slightly disappointing to see the game not dropping to $9.99 (although it currently costs $19.99/￡14.99 on Steam). The new site has a bunch of new features, and the new downloader will apparently be faster, as well as download new extras and patches, and even alert you to PMs and forum replies.
Quite how many new games will be willing to launch via their service, unable to fiddle with regional pricing to gouge the Europeans/Australians etc, as is the wont of our lovely industry, will be interesting to note. The current plan is to wait a while after the initial release before selling more mainstream games, perhaps a year later, at a point where publishers may be happier to see the DRM gone. But this of course gives more sensibly-minded pubs the opportunity to avoid the web of Steam/Origin’s intrinsic DRM. Interesting stuff.

Yes, it's exciting stuff. The past few years I've lived somewhere where price gouging just isn't possible, so that's not really a draw for me. DRM-less-ness is certainly attractive, though.

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:22 am

Yes you are but we all <3 you

<3

» Tue May 15, 2012 3:39 am

Steam needs more competition, so this is good. A DRM free alternative that doesn't screw you over with regional pricing. I can see it being rather popular for Europeans and even more so for Australians.

Plus all the extra stuff they tend to give you without charging extra (soundtracks, manuals, wallpapers, artwork) is also very nice.

I am rather curious how many publishers will put their new games on GoG though, a lot seem to be very stubborn when it comes to DRM. Don't expect Ubisoft titles. :tongue:

It'll probably be a lot of indie games.

» Tue May 15, 2012 1:48 am

GoG=epic
DRM free=win
new indie games=win

So it's epic win win.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:45 pm

There's a fourth GOG short video as well.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvaNgCTncLk

» Mon May 14, 2012 6:30 pm

Awesome.

As long as they continue to offer ~~reasonably priced~~ games with no DRM then I don't really care what they call themselves. :smile:

» Mon May 14, 2012 4:26 pm

In a perfect world I'd have already dropped a ton of money on GoG's classics, but I just haven't been able to buy anything unless it's on Steam. I just like everything in one place.

While I probably won't buy any of their new games, one of these days I'm going to play through half their old library.

» Mon May 14, 2012 8:23 pm

TA: Commander Pack.

Excellent. I never did manage to get the expansions.

» Tue May 15, 2012 8:04 am

It'll probably be a lot of indie games.

I'm okay with that.

In a perfect world I'd have already dropped a ton of money on GoG's classics, but I just haven't been able to buy anything unless it's on Steam. I just like everything in one place. :tongue:

While I probably won't buy any of their new games, one of these days I'm going to play through half their old library.

Boo. Get out of here, you heretic!