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| + | |introduction = The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a video game digital distribution service and storefront operated by [[Company:GamersGate AB|GamersGate AB]]. | ||
| − | '' | + | The storefront primary distributes games and activation keys. For games that doesn't sold as activation keys, users are requires to use GamersGate Downloader to download the purchased games, even for games that were sold as DRM-free (see [[#Install without internet access|Install without internet access]]).<ref name="offline installation">[https://www.gog.com/forum/general/warning_gamersgates_drm_free_games_are_not_really_drm_free/page14 WARNING: GamersGate's DRM Free games are NOT REALLY DRM FREE!!!, page 14 - Forum - GOG.com]</ref><ref>{{Refurl|url=http://www.gamersgate.com/info/faq|title=GamersGate|date=May 2023}}</ref> Publishers are free to use either [[Digital rights management (DRM)#SecuROM|Sony SecuROM]] or 3rd-party DRM.<ref>"[https://www.gamersgate.com/info/publisher Publisher / Developer]". ''GamersGate''. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120730235653/http://www.gamersgate.com/info/publisher Archived] from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019. Quote:<br /> |
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'''d. ''What options is there concerning DRM?'''''<br />You have 3 options: | '''d. ''What options is there concerning DRM?'''''<br />You have 3 options: | ||
# Sell the game DRM Free | # Sell the game DRM Free | ||
# GamersGate can add DRM, if so Sony SecuROM will be the provider. | # GamersGate can add DRM, if so Sony SecuROM will be the provider. | ||
| − | # If the game is already wraped with DRM then GamersGate can sell that version.</ref> | + | # If the game is already wraped with DRM then GamersGate can sell that version.</ref> |
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| − | + | Similar to [[Steam]], games and activation keys sold through the storefront are region-locked to specific country/region where they were purchased. Do note that acquisition methods for a game can be changed by the publisher after the user had already purchased the game, as it had happened where some game downloads were replaced with [[Steam]] keys.<ref>{{Refurl|url=https://www.gog.com/forum/general_archive/gamersgate_wtf_is_going_on/page1|title=GamersGate, WTF is going on?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com|date=May 2023}}</ref> Multiple Games are also region-locked for purchase in Latin America. | |
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| + | |release history = GamersGate was launched in 2006. | ||
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'''Official Links''' | '''Official Links''' | ||
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The GamersGate is a video game digital distribution service and storefront operated by GamersGate AB.
The storefront primary distributes games and activation keys. For games that doesn't sold as activation keys, users are requires to use GamersGate Downloader to download the purchased games, even for games that were sold as DRM-free (see Install without internet access).[1][2] Publishers are free to use either Sony SecuROM or 3rd-party DRM.[3]
Similar to Steam, games and activation keys sold through the storefront are region-locked to specific country/region where they were purchased. Do note that acquisition methods for a game can be changed by the publisher after the user had already purchased the game, as it had happened where some game downloads were replaced with Steam keys.[4] Multiple Games are also region-locked for purchase in Latin America.
GamersGate was launched in 2006.
Official Links
Issues fixed
Install without internet access
- Game installation requires internet access even for games sold as DRM-free.[1]
| Bypass setup removal[1] |
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 WARNING: GamersGate's DRM Free games are NOT REALLY DRM FREE!!!, page 14 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ GamersGate - last accessed on May 2023
- ↑ "Publisher / Developer". GamersGate. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 24 September 2019. Quote:
d. What options is there concerning DRM?
You have 3 options:- Sell the game DRM Free
- GamersGate can add DRM, if so Sony SecuROM will be the provider.
- If the game is already wraped with DRM then GamersGate can sell that version.
- ↑ GamersGate, WTF is going on?, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023