Good Old Games

[kingoffighters]

Just got an email from GOG to preorder The Witcher 2. I guess they're not just old games anymore. If they keep the ball rolling I see no reason to support Steam considering you get drm free copies from GOG and don't have to worry about servers turning to dust.

GOG says this is a one-time deal because they have relationship or whatever with the developer. I do hope they bring out new games DRM free too but it seems unlikely.

[epmode]

Most publishers have a hard enough time just allowing their decade-old games to go up without DRM. No one would ever agree to it for new games.

And GOG is doing this for The Witcher 2 because they're owned by the same company that's developing the game.

[ChaoofNee]

Hey, so the original Broken Sword (Director's Cut) was just released on GOG and now the whole damn trilogy is on sale. 60% off all or 30% off each.

I just picked up the whole thing for a little over $7. I love point n' clicks, so I'm kinda stoked here. I mean, first the Gobliins games and now this!

By the by, between sales on this and Steam, is it even possible to put a dollar value on older PC games anymore?

[Cowutopia]

no

[Opaque]

By the by, between sales on this and Steam, is it even possible to put a dollar value on older PC games anymore?

Very low.

[bVork]

Looks like Infocom games are coming to GOG, at least judging from these not-exactly-cryptic clues:

[epmode]

Hey, so the original Broken Sword (Director's Cut) was just released on GOG

FYI: GOG just put up the original release of Broken Sword. Less content, but it doesn't have the half-assed Iphone concessions. A decent amount of dialogue is different in the old version too.

It's free for anyone who buys the Director's Cut version. <3 GOG <3

ALSO, with all of these Broken Sword remakes (part 2 is coming out this year but I'm not sure when), the developers mentioned that they're working on a brand new game in the series. 2D!

[epmode]

The Last Express is up. $6

[Mzo]

Nice! Yes!

[Dyne]

I was just reading about this in Ars feature on adventure games today. Sweet.