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 them for under $10 apiece, updating them to work under Windows XP and Vista, and keeping them 100% DRM-free. Is such a thing possible? Will people be willing to pay for these games if they’re made cheap and easy enough to get? Are we ready for yet another collection of retro games or another digitial distribution service? Will I finally stop being the only person who ever played Sacrifice?

We spoke with CD Projekt’s VP of PR and Marketing, Tom Ohle, for more insight into GOG’s revival of the classics. Click ahead for insight into licensing abandonware, building a community for the classics, and whether or not I would steal from Tom. Continue Reading

What would happen if Space Invaders could smack each other with athletic equipment? This seems to be the question Yuke’s Company of America hopes to answer with their new Xbox Live Arcade title, Double D Dodgeball. The answer doesn’t involve Vince Vaughn or Ben Stiller in any way, sadly, but there’s still a fair amount of fast-paced, colorful, chaotic gameplay to be had by 4 local — or 8 online – players. We sat down with the game earlier today and pelted our way through a handful of matches with Yuke’s representatives for a hands-on preview of the game that sounds much, much filthier than it actually is. Continue Reading

“An unfairly addictive action-puzzle title which is both cross-platform and multi-platform; furious online four-player action.” When we asked Nokia’s Scott Foe, Executive Producer and Concept Author, to describe Reset Generation, this is what he said. The game, scheduled for release in Summer 2008 for the PC and N-Gage platform, had been known until now by the codename “Project White Rock.” Nokia, and Finnish developers RedLynx, have spent the last two and a half years on Reset Generation, and the result is a mash-up of puzzle gaming, turn-based strategy, and tongue-firmly-out-of-cheek fanservice. Continue Reading

Over at retro gaming website Racketboy, they’ve rounded up a list of the rarest and most expensive games available for the original Sony PlayStation. Dust off your slightly translucent, black-backed discs and see what your collection is worth.

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