Difference between revisions of "Store:GOG.com"
(changed developer to internal link) |
(added GOG Galaxy client mention) |
||
Line 9: | Line 9: | ||
'''Key points''' | '''Key points''' | ||
{{ii}} Launched by [[Developer:CD Projekt Red|CD Projekt Red]] in 2008. | {{ii}} Launched by [[Developer:CD Projekt Red|CD Projekt Red]] in 2008. | ||
− | {{ii}} [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]]: no DRM on any game. [http://www.gog.com/downloader GOG.com Downloader] | + | {{ii}} [[Digital rights management (DRM)|DRM]]: no DRM on any game. [http://www.gog.com/galaxy GOG Galaxy] and [http://www.gog.com/downloader GOG.com Downloader] clients are optional and not required for launching games. |
{{ii}} Refund policy: Purchases can be refunded within 30 days if the game has not been downloaded.<ref>[http://www.gog.com/news/state_of_bcustomer_experience_b State of Customer Experience ● GOG.com]</ref> [http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee] for technical issues only.<ref>[http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - FAQ - GOG.com]</ref> | {{ii}} Refund policy: Purchases can be refunded within 30 days if the game has not been downloaded.<ref>[http://www.gog.com/news/state_of_bcustomer_experience_b State of Customer Experience ● GOG.com]</ref> [http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee] for technical issues only.<ref>[http://www.gog.com/support/website_help/money_back_guarantee 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - FAQ - GOG.com]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 22:26, 6 May 2015
300px | |
Release dates |
---|
Key points
- Launched by CD Projekt Red in 2008.
- DRM: no DRM on any game. GOG Galaxy and GOG.com Downloader clients are optional and not required for launching games.
- Refund policy: Purchases can be refunded within 30 days if the game has not been downloaded.[2] 30 Day Money Back Guarantee for technical issues only.[3]
Official Links
Community Links
- PCGamingWiki's GOG.com Enhancement Project - A project which aims to create PCGamingWiki articles for all games available on GOG.com.
- GOG Community Wiki - a large wiki for every GOG.com product, founded by forum community members. Registration closed due to spam, must contact a sysop for an account.[4]
Service
GOG.com primarily sells classic PC games, although as of March 2012 they became committed to providing newer titles too. All GOG.com games are released in a single self-extracting installer and contain no DRM; an internet connection is only necessary to buy and download a game. There is no client, although an optional downloader is provided.
Downloader
GOG.com does not supply a client like Steam, but does provide an optional downloader. The downloader installs to your computer and downloads are added via your GOG.com shelf. The downloader also supports downloading extras.
Updates
Games are rarely updated on GOG.com, but when they are, the entire installer is re-compressed and published quietly, usually with no notification. The GOG.com Downloader will download and replace your old installers, provided they are contained in the same folder they downloaded to. You must manually add a game to the downloader and simply see if it downloads to determine if it has been updated.
Free Games
While the vast majority of the available games on GOG.com is made for the reasonable prices of $5.99 and $9.99, as well as having weekend bundle sales, GOG.com has a small but reasonable amount of games that are available for free:
Issues fixed
Can't extract BINs manually
- Newer multi-part Windows installers cannot be extracted with innounp or innoextract due to using password-protected RAR archives (
.BIN
).[5] - Archive protection is due to be removed.[6]
Instructions |
---|
References
- ↑ GOG (Good Old Games) to offer classic PC DRM-free games for download
- ↑ State of Customer Experience ● GOG.com
- ↑ 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - FAQ - GOG.com
- ↑ http://www.gog.com/forum/general/gogwiki_gone_live/page1
- ↑ On GNU/Linux, has anyone be able to extract the RAR InnoSetup installers?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ On GNU/Linux, has anyone be able to extract the RAR InnoSetup installers?, page 24 - Forum - GOG.com