GOG to publish games as well after eighteen years
The Polish gaming platform is marking its anniversary with a new publishing partnership and a closed test of GOG Social.
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Gaming platform GOG has used its eighteenth anniversary to organise its first showcase. The company is announcing, among other things, a partnership with Retrovibe as a publisher and is working on a social feature for the platform.
GOG presents itself as selling PC games without mandatory digital rights management, or DRM. At the showcase, the company presented new features alongside restored classics, including several Anniversary Editions of old Wing Commander games.
One announced step is the partnership with Retrovibe. GOG calls this its first cautious step into publishing new games. The platform says it wants to focus on independent games with a classic design style and no mandatory online connection.
GOG also presented an update to its Preservation Program. According to the company, more than 300 classic games have been technically updated, with more than 1,700 improvements carried out for them. Those figures come from its own presentation and have not been independently verified.
GOG is also working on GOG Social, which is currently being tested in a closed beta. According to the company, the feature should give users more opportunities to interact and discover games within the platform. According to GOG, the existing forum will remain part of the website for the time being; the eventual relationship between the two features is not yet clear.
With the partnership, GOG says it is taking a first step towards publishing new games. For players, the choice of DRM-free distribution means that, according to GOG, they can also keep games with offline installers. That remains a company promise and is no guarantee that every future title will have the same terms.
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The announcements were checked directly against GOG's showcase publication and supplemented with independent reporting by Tweakers. Claims about user numbers and technical improvements are clearly marked as company claims.
- confirmed GOG organised its first showcase around its eighteenth anniversary. — GOG published the showcase announcement and dates it to fourteen hours before the search check. source
- confirmed GOG is to work with Retrovibe as a publisher. — The GOG publication calls this the first step towards publishing. source
- confirmed More than 300 classic games received technical improvements, according to GOG. — This is attributed to GOG as a company claim. source
- confirmed Wing Commander Anniversary Editions have been released. — GOG announces the releases; Tweakers reports on the reissues. source
Editor's note
The announcements come mainly from GOG itself; Tweakers confirms the releases and places them in the market context. Company figures on repairs and users have not been independently verified.Sources
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