Good news.

Maybe there is hope that Grimrock will be available on gog.com.

Haha! The fun has been doubled!

Now release all those Steam-Exclusives I want to play in DRM-Free format so I can give you all my money already!

Even though GOG has confirmed new titles, that doesn't mean AAA titles. About every big publisher has it's own digital download site, so they have no need to include GOG. My guess is (eastern) European smaller development studios.

And of course indie developers. But here GOG is up against Desura, which also has that corner of the market targeted. And they also go DRM free.

Will know more in two month time, but I don't see Batman: AA, Assassins Creed, Deus Ex: HR or the like coming to GOG...

Question: Won't publishers get greedy and try to sell some of their old games at the highest price? I know it backfires sometimes, depending on the game and judging from some games that have gone from the $9.99 price range to the $5.99 one (and I'm talking about old games that are still not for sale on GOG) but I guess it'll be up to our wallets to decide.

These are very exciting news! I've been pestering GOG with e-mails asking them to sell newer titles since I'm mainly aiming for DRM-free games

Man oh man this is gonna be awesome if it works! Best of luck to the GOG-chaps, I for one am prepared to pay good money for DRM-free games, both old and new!

That depends, Minecraft will run on an old machine. PC games encompass so much more than AAA titles, I'd argue that's where a lot of the charm of the PC actually exists, in fact.

So I think the general consensus (and my personal opinion as well) is that new DRM-free games is an awesome idea, as long as they don't lose the old games as well. It'd be awesome if they could continue to release 2 old games a week, and simply add on to that number with new games :)

I'm not (yet) worreid about this. GOG released sum $ 5.99 recently were I would have guessed $ 9.99 (Fahrenheit, e.g.). My personal guess is that $5.99 is the overall better price. I think you sell in many more than twice the amount of games with $ 5.99 than with $ 9.99. (AAA titles excluded) and as the games don't cost any "raw materials", you make more of a profit.

That is why steam is making massive profits with their daily deals, the whole "digital" part of digital purchase is a godsend for distributers (and in many cases consumers).

OK there is maybe a definite silver lining to my dark cloud of fear if this is the case!

Just as an FYI - not really a big deal since this is big news - but it appears we the community are having this discussion in two different threads and I thought I would include pertinent information from the other thread.

older thread: http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/cdprojekt_press_conference/page1

Link to CDP/GOG's announcement (in Polish):

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/cdprojekt_press_conference/post61

Translation by Google:

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/cdprojekt_press_conference/post68

Yes, the day I've been waiting for!
I've already shown obivious interest in buying games from GOG than Steam if a specific game is on GOG and Steam (like the Unreal Tournament games, that's what I'd definately rather buy) and I'm only going to buy games from Steam if they're only available on Steam. I thought that there were a lot of games on GOG and Steam, but with this direction GOG is going, and after a bit of time, I doubt I'll ever buy any non-VALVE-or-some-other-studio-that-grabs-Steam-tightly title from Steam again!
I wonder what the first few GNGs will be...

It's fine if a company with an overly-specific name expands beyond the name if it becomes restrictive.

20th Century Fox. That century is done now.

7-Eleven used to be open from 7 am to 11 pm. They are now (mostly) 24 hours.

Five Guys - There's six of them now.

GEICO - Government Employees Insurance COmpany. The public can buy from them now.

Kentucky Fried Chicken - They sell grilled chicken now.

These are perfectly accepted companies who are not mocked for their inaccurate names. I mean honestly, if you were running a company, would you choose profitability or the integrity of a name?

My concern is download speeds. If they're going to add big, modern games to this service, they pretty much have to beef up their server bandwidth rather significantly, right?

And they need to maintain something of a link to classic games, otherwise they essentially become just another digital games retailer.

That would make them the only 100% DRM free digital game retailer. Gog.com has done a great job so far by upsetting the apple cart, I like that and I hope they'll keep it that way. And who knows, in the long run they might become a real alternative to Steam, for people like me who don't like to be shepherded to Steam to buy games.

As long as they keep a nice balance between oldies and newer game releases, I'm all for it.

I'm all for it as long as they continue as they are doing. Giving us great games from the past via DRM free and if they keep the price of the newer titles in fair range and again DRM free.
They have my support as well as money from me.

Solo