GOG.com

GOG.com

Infobox Website
name = Good Old Games


caption = GOG.com non-member homepage as of 2008-09-27.
url = http://www.gog.com/
commercial = Yes
type = Digital distribution
owner = CD Projekt
registration = invite-only, beta test
launch date = 2008

GOG.com (Good Old Games) is a computer game sale and distribution service owned by Polish company CD Projektcite web |url=http://www.destructoid.com/good-old-games-bringing-classic-pc-games-to-an-internet-near-you-94590.phtml|title=Good Old Games: Bringing classic PC games to an internet near you |accessdate=2008-09-27 |first=Justin|last=Villasenor |date=2008-07-10 |publisher=Destructoid] . The service sells older PC games that have been updated to function properly on newer versions of Microsoft Windows. Unlike other services such as Direct2Drive and Steam, the downloads do not use digital rights managementcite web |url= http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/idiocy-of-games-drm.ars|title=Good Old Games and the 'idiocy' of DRM |accessdate=2008-09-27 |first=Frank|last=Caron |date=2008-09-25 |publisher=Ars Technica] and the user does not have to install special client software to download or run the games.cite web |url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080909-first-look-gog-revives-classic-pc-games-for-download-age.html|title=First look: GOG revives classic PC games for download age |accessdate=2008-09-27 |first=Frank|last=Caron |date=2008-09-09 |publisher=Ars Technica]

References

External links

* [http://www.gog.com/ Good Old Games website]


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