GOG's biggest announcement is approaching

[Azalin]

Oh wow, didn't read the official announcement on GoG until now. They've confirmed that Crusader No Remorse, Alpha Centauri, and Magic Carpet are all coming. Hot diggity.

No Syndicate or System Shock though

 

[Multi-headed Cow]

None mentioned yet anyway. THERE'S STILL HOPE THOUGH~~

 

[tarkin]

Actually there is a mention that Syndicate and System Shock are not included in the package.

 

[J_C]

Was anyone looking forward to the later Wing Commander games being offered on GOG? Well EA says fuck you, they will soon launch their own digital distribution system Origin, where (if the news are true) they will offer WC3-4.

I think there is no chance that they will let GoG to distribute those games.

 

[Elwro]

Magic Carpet is a bitch to configure in DosBox (tried it recently). I'm wondering if they managed to do it right...

 

[SuicideBunny]

Well EA says fuck you, they will soon launch their own digital distribution system Origin, where (if the news are true) they will offer WC3-4.

wat? ea already has a digital distribution system.

 

[Gragt]

They may still have their games sold in other places. They are already doing it now and they have their own online store.

 

[grdja]

But SMAC can be made to run on XP quite easily? Oh well. But sweet sweet Crusader. That will show the kids what action popamolle was back in '95

 

[Darth Roxor]

And btw, while we are on the subject of EA handing out auld games.


Remember when they declared C&C: Tib Dawn, Red Alert 1 and Tib Sun freeware downloadable from their site?

Well, they're not so freeware anymore for some time now.

 

[Sceptic]

Well, they're not so freeware anymore for some time now.

Didn't they stop being freeware when they started selling First Decade a couple of years back?

 

[Darth Roxor]

Well, they're not so freeware anymore for some time now.

Didn't they stop being freeware when they started selling First Decade a couple of years back?

Not really. The First Decade started getting sold before they made the games freeware - which was done somewhere around the release of Tiberian Twilight.

 

[J_C]

Well EA says fuck you, they will soon launch their own digital distribution system Origin, where (if the news are true) they will offer WC3-4.

wat? ea already has a digital distribution system.

This will be a new one. I don't know if both of them will work in the future, or the old one shuts down.

 

[Deleted member 7219]

Origin is a carbon copy of EA Store.

http://store.origin.com/store/eaemea/en ... cRef.en_US

No new stuff as of yet, just the same old shite. Sims, Battlefield etc.

 

[Metro]

Was anyone looking forward to the later Wing Commander games being offered on GOG? Well EA says fuck you, they will soon launch their own digital distribution system Origin, where (if the news are true) they will offer WC3-4.

I think there is no chance that they will let GoG to distribute those games.

Was looking forward to playing those as I stopped after WC2 but I'm wagering EA will have ludicrous price points for them -- probably $25+

 

[deuxhero]

Well, they're not so freeware anymore for some time now.

Didn't they stop being freeware when they started selling First Decade a couple of years back?

Not really. The First Decade started getting sold before they made the games freeware - which was done somewhere around the release of Tiberian Twilight.

In-fact, the release of Tiberian Sun is ripped transparently from that compilation.

Others might be as well.