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Since its inception, GOG.com has been in the business of classic PC games. It has worked to bring new and classic games to PC users without the baggage of DRMs. The next part of its mission is ...

Ask Mac owners where’s the best place to find and buy new games, and they’ll likely suggest Steam – or perhaps the Mac App Store. But there are other digital distribution platforms of note, one of ...

Let’s say that you’re trying to play Dungeon Keeper, a game that came out in 1997. That piece of software was designed to work with a version of Windows that is seven generations old. There’s no ...

Late last week, Brett posted an editorial which takes a look at the current state of the video game industry. He explores the current challenges facing gaming as a whole, and offers solutions and ...

Digital games distribution site GOG (Good Old Games) has spent the last five years offering classic videogame titles DRM-free to its customers. Earlier in 2013 the site launched an indie publishing ...

GOG.com may not always have the newest titles in its catalog, but the video game distribution service does a great job of keeping classic computer games alive on modern PCs. The itch.io marketplace is ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. We talk with GOG's boss about the company's famous anti-DRM stance, ...

In 2008, when GOG.com was launched, it was called Good Old Games. As Steam was on the rise and digital distribution was clearly to become the future of gaming, a Polish company that had just released ...

GOG.com wants to help you keep your sanity while everyone’s sheltering in place, so the DRM-free platform’s handing out a whole lot of oldies-but-goodies for free—27 of them (Fun fact: GOG.com started ...

If Steam and Epic Games Store are the video game industry's big box retailers, GOG.com and itch.io are the vintage and artisanal mom-and-pop shops. We tested these niche marketplaces to help you ...