Earlier in the week, popular digital distribution site Good Old Games abruptly went down. The site, which has worked towards deals with publishers to offer classic PC games in downloadable form without Digital Rights Management, offered little in the way of explanation, but did hint that it would be back up in a different form. So what happened?
The entire site of Good Old Games, the online seller of classic – and DRM-free – video games, has been taken offline and replaced with a message saying the service has been closed.
Today, Outcast was released on retro downloadable games service Good Old Games. It’s only $US5, so I’m going to recommend it to almost everyone. And not because it’s a good game.
DRM-free classic PC game store GOG.com is rolling out Christmas deals, with up to 40 per cent off 171 titles, including Duke Nukem 3D, Freespace 2, Fallout and Beyond Good & Evil, with free Tex Murphy for everyone.
Good Old Games, the DRM-free digital download service for classic PC games, teams up with Cyan Worlds to bring classic adventure game series Myst back into service.
CD Projekt’s DRM-free classic PC game service GOG.com ditches class in favour of crass with the addition of Running With Scissors infamous Postal series.
Classic gaming website Good Old Games takes the last few moments of 2008 to bolster their adventure game line up with two more titles from Revolution Software’s Broken Sword series.
Folks looking for a last-minute gift for fans of classic PC games might want to check out the limited-edition holiday bundles now available over at GoG.com.