GOG News and Updates 2012

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Marcin Iwinski said:
I believe a huge majority of digital distribution platforms (from Apple's App store to Valve's Steam, and many others) have become gigantic black holes that sign hundreds of titles and run tons of promotional sales. Running so many discounts decreases the perceived value of our entire entertainment media. When you can buy a bundle of fantastic indie games for $1, it's that much harder to convince someone to shell out $10 to try one indie game.

Of course you see a huge number of people buying games when they're on such incredible sale, but how many of them are enjoying the games they buy? Buying a dozen games, if you never play them, means that you're just a cow to be milked by the industry. I don't think this is good for the industry or the gamers who pay our salaries.
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Ciastek3214 said:
OH SHIT!
That's like Kings of DRM abandoning DRM.
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I think they might have been the first really big publisher to sign on, actually. They've been with GoG for *ages*.

Clearly *someone* in the executive board somewhere has their head screwed on.

Edit:

Interplay & Codemasters were the very first, signed up at the press beta stage. They appeared to promise TOCA at that point in this news post; wonder what happened to that. (Edit: Limited-duration license)

A bit later they got Strategy First and Pluto13 (who?), then Epic... then lots of small companies.

Ubisoft was March 26th 2009.
 
They'll likely never be satisfied, but at least they'll keep trying. Doubt Nintendo or Sony put as much effort into getting stuff on the VC or PSN (though they should!)

Of course they also need to market it better. Maybe Nintendo can start running some web ads with Wii U or something, try to revitalize when they have a new system people will be more willing to just buy crap for.
 
Ciastek3214 said:
Building backlog on Steam is what I meant, apparently they don't like that.
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But they said fucking true words.

I have a lot of games bought from steam sales and most of them are just beacuse they were cheap and i can't find reason to play them. They are as only single sentence on my games list.

Meanwhile as i do something close to Steam sales on GOG even if i won't play some game i still love to download wallpers, soundtracks and shit to watch them. Even manuals (dat BG1 and Fallout 1 Survival wasteland guide... ) and i in short while i sometimes play them because swag was cool :)
 
GS: What are some of the most frequent outstanding requests for additions to your catalog?
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Why is it that someone writing for GameSpot is paid to ask the GOG guys what the most frequent outstanding requests are when GOG makes this exact information available for free and with fifteen seconds of programming they could turn that "top 10" list into a fully ranked list of every request ever?

Top 100
Top Vote Getters:
11: System Shock 2 - 17538
12: System Shock - 12360
13: Grim Fandango - 5797
14: Thief II: The Metal Age - 2488
15: Thief: The Dark Project - 2393
16: The Operative: No One Lives Forever - 1828
17: Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter - 1706
18: Star Wars: Tie Fighter - 1690
19: Wing Commander IV - 1659
20: Homeworld - 1636
21: Wing Commander: Privateer - 1621
22: Thief: Deadly Shadows - 1599
23: Thief Gold - 1572
24: Syndicate - 1544
25: Homeworld 2 - 1447
26: Maniac Mansion: Day Of The Tentacle - 1413
27: Blade Runner - 1405
28: Thief 2: The Metal Age - 1403
29: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic - 1388
30: No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy In H.A.R.M.'s Way - 1356
31: Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss - 1350
32: X-COM: UFO Defense (UFO Enemy Unknown) - 1347
33: Ultima Underworld II: Labyrinth Of Worlds - 1290
34: Wing Commander III - 1287
35: Ultima VII: The Black Gate - 1282
36: Syndicate Wars - 1281
37: Mechwarrior 2 - 1278
38: Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II - 1261
39: Homeworld: Cataclysm - 1260
40: Wing Commander - 1235
41: Wing Commander: Prophecy (Wing Commander V) - 1234
42: Ultima VII: Serpent Isle - 1233
43: Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines - 1224
44: Wing Commander II - 1202
45: Diablo - 1191
46: Star Wars: X-Wing Vs. Tie Fighter: Balance Of Power Campaigns - 1174
47: Carmageddon - 1167
48: Star Wars: Dark Forces - 1139
49: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri - 1128
50: Final Fantasy VII - 1118
51: The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall - 1095
52: Star Wars : X-Wing Alliance - 1095
53: Wing Commander: Privateer 2 - 1076
54: Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga - 1067
55: Carmageddon 2 - 1061
56: Doom - 1058
57: Little Big Adventure 2 (Twinsen's Odyssey) - 1057
58: Wizardry 8 - 1054
59: Mechwarrior 3 - 1052
60: Little Big Adventure (Relentless: Twinsen's Adventure) - 1033
61: Ultima VIII: Pagan - 1030
62: X-Wing Collector Series (incl 3D Hardware Support For X-Wing And TIE Fighter) - 1029
63: Freelancer - 1023
64: Diablo II - 1018
65: Mechwarrior 2 - Mercenaries - 1009
66: Ultima IX: Ascension - 1008
67: Anachronox - 981
68: The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game Of The Year Edition - 980
69: Doom II: Hell on Earth - 979
70: Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri Alien Crossfire - 978
71: Ultima Collection - 973
72: American McGee's Alice - 972
73: Mechwarrior 2: Mercenaries - 967
74: Deus Ex II: Invisible War - 964
75: Age Of Empires II - 960
76: Discworld - 953
77: Theme Hospital - 950
78: Ultima VI: The False Prophet - 950
79: Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II - 939
80: Alpha Centauri And Expansion Set - 925
81: Master Of Orion II: Battle At Antares - 921
82: The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall - 920
83: Ultima IV: Quest Of The Avatar - 920
84: MechWarrior 2 - The Titanium Trilogy - 917
85: Discworld 2 - 914
86: Ultima VII: The Forge Of Virtue - 913
87: Ultima VII: The Silver Seed - 904
88: Starcraft - 903
89: Star Wars X-wing - 903
90: Discworld Noir - 899
91: TIE Fighter Collector's CD-ROM - 899
92: Diablo II: Lord Of Destruction - 895
93: Neverwinter Nights - 892
94: Ultima V: Warriors Of Destiny - 887
95: Warcraft II: Tides Of Darkness - 883
96: Homeworld 1 & 2 - 877
97: Dune II - 868
98: Mechwarrior 2: Ghost Bear's Legacy - 865
99: Star Wars: Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight - 859
100: Omikron: The Nomad Soul - 859
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(1638 games have at least 100 votes)

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ClovingSteam said:
You'd be wrong. One of the employees at GoG is a member of GAF.
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jaundicejuice said:
Legend of Grimrock is coming to GoG!? Fucking sick! Can't wait to buy that.
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Hi. Major pet peeve time.

Why do people do this? It's not just random internet users; Rock Paper Shotgun does it all the time, in every article about the website, and it drives me nuts.

GOG is an acronym. All the letters should be capitalized, except in rare exceptions, none of which apply in this case. There's an exception if you're treating the acronym as an actual word in and of itself, which would also call for the other letters to be lower-case; there's an exception sometimes used in British English that lower-cases everything except the first letter in the acronym, but clearly that doesn't apply here, either. Etc.

I know common usage of capitalization in acronyms sometimes deviates from formal style manual rules and follows the same capitalization scheme used in the phrase or title to which the acronym applies, but even given that, there is no scenario in which the O in GOG should be lowercase with the beginning and ending G capitalized. Good Old Games would, as a title, not have a lower-case O in Old, because it's an adjective, not a preposition or an article.

So why do people type GoG? It's GOG.

Sorry. But this bugs me, and I'm not registered on RpS so I can't tell them to hire a fucking copyeditor, so I'll post it on NeOGaF instead.
 
While it's gog in the logo, the news stories on the site clearly refer to it as GOG. So, yeah, it's all or nothing, no uppercase G/lowercase O crap.
 
ethelred said:
Hi. Major pet peeve time.

Why do people do this? It's not just random internet users; Rock Paper Shotgun does it all the time, in every article about the website, and it drives me nuts.

GOG is an acronym. All the letters should be capitalized, except in rare exceptions, none of which apply in this case. There's an exception if you're treating the acronym as an actual word in and of itself, which would also call for the other letters to be lower-case; there's an exception sometimes used in British English that lower-cases everything except the first letter in the acronym, but clearly that doesn't apply here, either. Etc.

I know common usage of capitalization in acronyms sometimes deviates from formal style manual rules and follows the same capitalization scheme used in the phrase or title to which the acronym applies, but even given that, there is no scenario in which the O in GOG should be lowercase with the beginning and ending G capitalized. Good Old Games would, as a title, not have a lower-case O in Old, because it's an adjective, not a preposition or an article.

So why do people type GoG? It's GOG.

Sorry. But this bugs me, and I'm not registered on RpS so I can't tell them to hire a fucking copyeditor, so I'll post it on NeOGaF instead.
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SteveWinwood said:
Yeah gog will get right on that banjo kazooie request guys.
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What about that?
 
They're changing their name? Gog won't mean anything from now on? Weird. Just because they have new games now doesn't mean they should get rid of that name. Good old is a common saying that can apply here regardless of their age imo.
 
Mmm, I'd love a GOG version of Final Fantasy 7.

Couldn't get it to work on my Windows 7 PC no matter what I tried. Every guide, every patch and still nothing. ;_;
 
Alextended said:
They're changing their name? Gog won't mean anything from now on? Weird. Just because they have new games now doesn't mean they should get rid of that name. Good old is a common saying that can apply here regardless of their age imo.
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They're in good company with that though, IGN hasn't actually meant anything in over ten years... but yeah, I would like to see the focus stay on older games, even if they do add some newer ones too.
 
Stumpokapow said:
Why is it that someone writing for GameSpot is paid to ask the GOG guys what the most frequent outstanding requests are when GOG makes this exact information available for free and with fifteen seconds of programming they could turn that "top 10" list into a fully ranked list of every request ever?
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hehe. to be fair to whoever at gamespot, hasn't it been a couple of years since that voting list/db was linked to from the front page or anywhere else on gog?

Rodney McKay said:
Mmm, I'd love a GOG version of Final Fantasy 7.
Couldn't get it to work on my Windows 7 PC no matter what I tried. Every guide, every patch and still nothing. ;_;
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isn't it easier to get the ps1 version and play it on an emulator? probably. ps1 version is probably better as well? PROBABLY

cartman414 said:
Quest for Glory too low for the list? Doh.
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the thing with the list there is that people are a bit bad at searching before adding games, or they were, when it was in very frequent use and growth. there are a few duplicates

746 Quest For Glory II (October 01, 2008)
752 Quest For Glory III (October 01, 2008)
773 Quest For Glory IV (October 01, 2008)
727 Quest For Glory V (October 01, 2008)
784 Quest For Glory (October 01, 2008)
783 Quest For Glory IV: Shadows Of Darkness (October 03, 2008)
734 Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero (October 24, 2008)
716 Quest For Glory II: Trial By Fire (October 24, 2008)
717 Quest For Glory III: Wages Of War (October 24, 2008)
739 Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire (October 24, 2008)
672 Quest For Glory Anthology (May 13, 2009)
211 Heros Quest - So You Want To Be A Hero (Quest For Glory) (June 25, 2010)
195 Quest For Glory: 1 (and 1 remake), 2, 3, 4 (windows voice version), and 5 (May 09, 2011)
95 Quest For Glory VI: Blood And Soil (February 13, 2011)
 
Joseph Merrick said:
hehe. to be fair to whoever at gamespot, hasn't it been a couple of years since that voting list/db was linked to from the front page or anywhere else on gog?


isn't it easier to get the ps1 version and play it on an emulator? probably. ps1 version is probably better as well? PROBABLY



the thing with the list there is that people are a bit bad at searching before adding games, or they were, when it was in very frequent use and growth. there are a few duplicates

746 Quest For Glory II (October 01, 2008)
752 Quest For Glory III (October 01, 2008)
773 Quest For Glory IV (October 01, 2008)
727 Quest For Glory V (October 01, 2008)
784 Quest For Glory (October 01, 2008)
783 Quest For Glory IV: Shadows Of Darkness (October 03, 2008)
734 Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero (October 24, 2008)
716 Quest For Glory II: Trial By Fire (October 24, 2008)
717 Quest For Glory III: Wages Of War (October 24, 2008)
739 Quest For Glory V: Dragon Fire (October 24, 2008)
672 Quest For Glory Anthology (May 13, 2009)
211 Heros Quest - So You Want To Be A Hero (Quest For Glory) (June 25, 2010)
195 Quest For Glory: 1 (and 1 remake), 2, 3, 4 (windows voice version), and 5 (May 09, 2011)
95 Quest For Glory VI: Blood And Soil (February 13, 2011)
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It is easier yes, but you can get it work on Windows 7, the main thing actually is both video codecs ( you can bypass these by enabling the truemotion codec in ffdshow) and graphics drivers settings (been a year or 2 since I last tried to run FF7 on windows, as I now run it on my ps3 mainly, so can't remember which settings I used). Also choosing right compatibility mode is important.
 
ethelred said:
Hi. Major pet peeve time.

Why do people do this? It's not just random internet users; Rock Paper Shotgun does it all the time, in every article about the website, and it drives me nuts.

GOG is an acronym. All the letters should be capitalized, except in rare exceptions, none of which apply in this case. There's an exception if you're treating the acronym as an actual word in and of itself, which would also call for the other letters to be lower-case; there's an exception sometimes used in British English that lower-cases everything except the first letter in the acronym, but clearly that doesn't apply here, either. Etc.

I know common usage of capitalization in acronyms sometimes deviates from formal style manual rules and follows the same capitalization scheme used in the phrase or title to which the acronym applies, but even given that, there is no scenario in which the O in GOG should be lowercase with the beginning and ending G capitalized. Good Old Games would, as a title, not have a lower-case O in Old, because it's an adjective, not a preposition or an article.

So why do people type GoG? It's GOG.

Sorry. But this bugs me, and I'm not registered on RpS so I can't tell them to hire a fucking copyeditor, so I'll post it on NeOGaF instead.
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My guess is that many of those people are from countries where there is more capitalisation in the language, then in English. I am from Austria for example and I like to write GoG. That's because the first G is the beginning of the acronym, therefor it is written in caps. The O in old is lowercase, because it's an adjective. Games on the other hand is writte in uppercase because "game" is a noun and nouns are written in uppercase in German. I know it's wrong but that's just what my brain does.
 
From the list, I am just missing Vampires.

It is 20E on Dotemu. I am willing to pay 10E on gog for that game.

MAybe Alice and Deus Ex 2.

Lucasgames will not come before LucasArts is signed.

I would be very suprised to the see the NOLF trilogy coming out of licensing hell, same for SS.
 
Lucasarts would be so great though. I need my GOG version of Grim Fandango asap.

Also which version of Alice? The HD version that shipped with Madness returns or the original?
 
ethelred said:
Hi. Major pet peeve time.

Why do people do this? It's not just random internet users; Rock Paper Shotgun does it all the time, in every article about the website, and it drives me nuts.

GOG is an acronym. All the letters should be capitalized, except in rare exceptions, none of which apply in this case. There's an exception if you're treating the acronym as an actual word in and of itself, which would also call for the other letters to be lower-case; there's an exception sometimes used in British English that lower-cases everything except the first letter in the acronym, but clearly that doesn't apply here, either. Etc.

I know common usage of capitalization in acronyms sometimes deviates from formal style manual rules and follows the same capitalization scheme used in the phrase or title to which the acronym applies, but even given that, there is no scenario in which the O in GOG should be lowercase with the beginning and ending G capitalized. Good Old Games would, as a title, not have a lower-case O in Old, because it's an adjective, not a preposition or an article.

So why do people type GoG? It's GOG.

Sorry. But this bugs me, and I'm not registered on RpS so I can't tell them to hire a fucking copyeditor, so I'll post it on NeOGaF instead.
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If you want to complain about grammar, learn the difference between acronym and initialism.
 
Site is up.
Legend of Grimrock preorder for 12 USD. Also Trine and Whispered world!
Seems that max price is now 15 USD (Whispered World)
 
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