CD Projekt digital distribution platform Good Old Games today announced that renowned developer Apogee Software is now on board, with five DRM-free titles for sale in the weeks to come. "Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition" is now available for $6, and will be followed by first-person shooters "Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project," the two "Blake Stone" titles [...]
Continue reading...Friday, December 19, 2008
Before the modern first-person shooter taught me the joy of mouselook, I rarely bothered with pointing devices -- compared to a cruddy ball mouse, arrow-keys were so much simpler anyhow. But there was one good reason to clean the crud off my X and Y rollers: point-and-click adventure games. But though I've played a few here [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Does anybody remember Infinium Labs? You know, the folks that hyped their uber-awesome home console to end all home consoles, the Phantom, hyped since 2002, destined to never actually be released, only to be replaced by the equally awesome (so too awesome for words, right?) Phantom Lapboard? Yeah, that's the Infinium Labs I'm talking about. [...]
Continue reading...Sunday, December 7, 2008
See, sometimes people notice when a company is doing great things, even if a majority of gamers don’t. To prove the point, CD Projekt co-founders, Michal Kicinski and Marcin Iwinski, were named Ernst & Young Entrepreneurs of the Year. The two will go on to the Finals in June, representing their home country of Poland. [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, October 23, 2008
Ah, good old Good Old Games. The opportunity to actually play Fallout 1 and 2 so I'm not just excited by Fallout 3's hype for no reason? A chance to relive underappreciated classics like Sacrifice and MDK2? Fully-functional, XP and Vista-compatible retro titles with added bonus content and completely removed DRM?! Where do I sign [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ever since we spoke last month with CD Projekt's Tom Ohle about the company's new digital delivery system for recent-retro PC games, we've been looking forward to getting our hands on some Good Old Games. GOG.com, at present, is in the early stages of beta testing, looking to fully launch in September. GameCyte has had a [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, July 10, 2008
Earlier today, CD Projekt announced a new distribution system for PC gaming -- a service called Good Old Games, so named for its intent to focus on the treasured classics of our youth. Including semi-old-school favorites like Fallout, MDK, Freespace, and others, GOG's intent is to re-invigorate gamers' enthusiasm for these disappearing titles -- selling [...]
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