PC

RPG Classic Fallout Is Free For 48 Hours

For the next two days, the classic post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout will be a free download from Good Old Games. Looks like it’s time to explore the wastes again.


February 1, 2012
PC

Stealth Classic Thief Comes To Good Old Games

1998′s much-lauded PC stealth game Thief has arrived at Good Old Games, where it can be downloaded for $US9.99. Thief is widely to be one of the most innovative, standard-setting sneaking games ever made.


January 18, 2012
News

Get Your Hands On The Original Syndicate

If you’ve never played Bullfrog’s acclaimed cyberpunk masterpiece — you know, the one that EA’s re-animating as a FPS — you’ll get you chance this week. Retro PC Gaming retailer Good Old Games will be making the classic available for $US6 starting on Thursday.


June 3, 2011
Retro

Good Old Games Adds EA Classics To Its Catalogue

Kotaku AU

GOG.com has announced that, over the next couple of months, it will be adding 25 classic EA games to its back catalogue, including classics such as Ultima Underworld, Peter Molyneux’s Dungeon Keeper, and Wing Commander: Privateer.


May 10, 2011
News

Good Old Games No Longer Using Geo-IP To Determine Your Region

Kotaku AU

Yesterday we spoke to the Managing Director of Good Old Games, who flat out admitted that region based pricing for digitally distributed content was unfair. Now, quite possibly as a result of the Australian Witcher 2 fracas, Good Old Games has now updated its privacy policy and will no longer use Geo-IP to determine your region.


May 9, 2011
In Real Life

Why Does The Witcher 2 Cost More In Australia?

Kotaku AU

Why are Australians paying more for The Witcher 2? And how long will we have to put up with this kind of price fixing on Digital Distribution? We spoke to the Managing Director of Good Old Games, Guillaume Rambourg, to get some answers. Turns out he was way more frank than we expected….


May 6, 2011
News

Australian Gamers: You Have 17 Hours To Pre-Order The Witcher 2…

Kotaku AU

… At the reasonable, original price of $42.27. According to the Good Old Games Facebook page, on Friday, May 6 at 1500 GMT, GOG.com will have to increase the price to $62.99 for licensing reasons.


May 3, 2011
News

What Is Happening With The Witcher 2 In Australia?

Kotaku AU

Roughly three weeks ago we reported that The Witcher 2 had been removed from Steam in Australia. Now, less than two weeks from its retail release, there is still no option to pre-order the game on Valve’s online service.


April 13, 2011
PC

How The Piracy Debate Is Like The Emperor’s New Clothes

It takes an (admittedly self-serving) quote from an online retailer to say what every other industry executive must surely be thinking, but can never dare to say out loud.


September 24, 2010
News

How Successful Was GOG’s Prank?

Kotaku AU

Yesterday, we learned that Good Old Games didn’t actually go down – they were just building a new site and decided to have a bit of mischeivous fun with it. They may have pissed a few fans off in the process, but it looks like the stunt worked. Shortly after the site went back up, it had trouble staying up – due to server demand.