GOG.com, formerly known as Good Old Games, is a Polish digital distribution platform for video games and films that was founded in 2008. It is currently headquartered in Warsaw, Poland.[1] It is owned by CD Projekt.
History[]
Pre-beginnings[]
In May 1994, GOG's owner, CD Projekt was founded by Marcin Iwiński and Michał Kiciński.
Beginnings[]
In 2008, Good Old Games was founded.
Shutdown Hoax[]
During September 19-22, 2010, the GOG.com website was disabled, leaving behind messages on the website and their Twitter accounts had announced that the site had been closed.[2] However, A spokesman for Good Old Games announced that the site was not being shut down, and on September 22, 2010, GOG.com revealed that this shutdown was a marketing hoax as part of the site coming out of beta.[3]
Nvidia Collab[]
On November 19, 2020, Nvidia and GOG.com announced a collaboration that allows GOG.com users to launch Cyberpunk 2077 through the cloud gaming service GeForce Now.[4]
YouTube[]
On January 16, 2009, GOG created their YouTube channel. The first video was uploaded on January 17, 2009, titled "Unofficial promotional video for GOG.com".
Content[]
GOG usually uploads gaming videos.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- GOG.com is available in English, German, French, Polish, Russian and Simplified Chinese.
- GOG.com is available in Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux.
References[]
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20171021140933/https://support.gog.com/hc/en-us/articles/115003539989-Company-Reorganisation
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100922032047/https://kotaku.com/5642141/what-happened-to-good-old-games
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20100925213228/http://www.bit-tech.net/news/gaming/2010/09/22/gog-relaunches-admits-closure-was-a-hoax/1
- ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20201207160824/https://www.gog.com/news/bthe_gogcom_version_of_cyberpunk_2077_will_be_playable_via_geforce_now_on_december_10thb
