GOG.com
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| January 2025 | GOG announced a partnership with the European Federation of Video Game Archives, Museums, and Preservation to support ongoing game preservation efforts. |
| January 2025 | GOG unveiled the 'Dreamlist' feature, allowing players to raise awareness and prompt publishers to release classic games on the GOG storefront. |
| November 13 2024 | GOG launched the GOG Preservation Program, an initiative to ensure availability and compatibility of classic video games on modern systems. The program initially included over 100 titles and coincided with GOG's 16th anniversary. |
| June 19 2024 | First wave of GOG games integrated into Amazon Luna, including Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, Stardew Valley, and Hollow Knight. Users can access games with an active Prime or Luna+ subscription without repurchasing. |
| March 18 2024 | GOG announced a partnership with Amazon to integrate their game library into the Amazon Luna cloud gaming service. |
| January 2023 | GOG discontinued GOG Connect due to inactivity and lack of new titles for connection. |
| October 8 2021 | GOG removed the Hitman Game of the Year edition from their storefront, acknowledging they 'shouldn't have released it in its current form'. |
| September 17 2021 | GOG released the Game of the Year edition of Hitman, which sparked significant user backlash due to required online connections despite store page claims of offline playability. |
| September 8 2021 | GOG.com brought 6 classic Star Trek titles back to the platform, updating them to work on modern operating systems. |
| January 2021 | GOG.com was responsible for around 10% of total PC sales of Cyberpunk 2077 and accounted for one-third of early PC pre-orders. |
| November 19 2020 | Nvidia and GOG announced a collaboration to launch Cyberpunk 2077 through GeForce Now cloud gaming service, with plans to support The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in the future. |
| September 25 2020 | GOG.com announced the return of three Metal Gear titles (Metal Gear, Metal Gear Solid, Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance) and the Konami Collector's Series: Castlevania & Contra. |
| July 20 2020 | GOG announced official integration with the Epic Games Store for GOG Galaxy 2.0. |
| February 26 2020 | GOG.com expanded its refund policy to offer full refunds within 30 days of purchase, even for downloaded, launched, and played products. |
| 2019 | Devotion game was removed from digital storefronts after including content critical of Xi Jinping, leading to complaints from Chinese gamers. |
| December 2019 | GOG Galaxy 2.0 entered an open beta period. |
| June 2019 | GOG Galaxy 2.0 entered a closed beta period. |
| June 5 2019 | Diablo: Hellfire was added to GOG.com's Blizzard Entertainment catalogue. |
| May 2019 | GOG announced plans for GOG Galaxy 2.0, aiming to create a unified game launcher for GOG titles, Steam, Origin, Uplay, Epic Games Store, and console systems like Xbox and PlayStation. |
| March 2019 | Blizzard Entertainment joined GOG.com, adding classic titles Diablo, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, and Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition to the platform. |
| February 2019 | GOG announced layoffs and discontinued its Fair Price Package program, which previously provided store credit to customers purchasing games in regions with higher prices. Insider sources suggested the company was financially struggling due to market pressures for higher developer revenue shares. |
| August 2018 | GOG launched the 'FCK DRM' initiative, an anti-digital rights management program that promotes free culture by providing links to websites like Defective by Design, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Bandcamp, itch.io, Wikisource, and Project Gutenberg. |
| March 22 2017 | GOG Galaxy added cloud saves for 29 games in its catalog. |
| June 2016 | GOG Connect was revealed, allowing users to claim certain Steam games in their GOG.com library with publisher approval. |
| August 26 2015 | Bethesda Softworks joined GOG.com, bringing classic titles like Doom, Quake, Fallout, and Elder Scrolls games to the platform. |
| July 2015 | PC Gamer magazine reviewed the GOG Galaxy beta client favorably, particularly noting its focus on user respect compared to Steam. |
| May 5 2015 | GOG.com released Pacific General and Fantasy General, publishing the titles under GOG Ltd and indicating intentions to acquire more copyrights in the future. |
| April 2 2015 | GOG.com launched a program offering DRM-free downloads for game keys from boxed copies of select games with defunct DRM validation systems, including the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. and Master of Orion series. |
| October 28 2014 | GOG.com secured a partnership with Disney Interactive / LucasArts, beginning to re-release six highly requested game titles including Star Wars: X-Wing, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. |
| October 15 2014 | Open multiplayer beta of the GOG Galaxy client was launched, accompanied by a giveaway of Alien vs Predator. |
| September 5 2014 | GOG.com started selling Amiga games from Cinemaware's catalogue, beginning with Defender of the Crown, using Cinemaware's own 'Rocklobster' emulator. |
| June 2014 | GOG.com announced the development of GOG Galaxy, a Steam-like client for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms, designed as a storefront, software delivery, and social network client. |
| 2013 | GOG.com began offering indie developers the ability to publish their games on the platform, providing a standard 70/30 revenue split or an alternative upfront payment model. |
| December 9 2013 | GOG.com introduced a 30-day money-back guarantee for customers experiencing unresolvable technical problems with purchased games. |
| February 20 2013 | Defender's Quest developer Lars Doucet shared platform revenue data, showing GOG.com generated 8.5% of game revenue, second only to Steam's 58.6% among digital distribution platforms. |
| November 11 2011 | PC Gamer reported sales statistics for The Witcher 2, revealing GOG.com sold 40,000 copies (16% of total digital sales), compared to Steam's 200,000 copies (80%). |
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