GoG, or Good Old Games, as it was once called, is officially 10 years old. What started as a side-project of Witcher developer, CD Projekt Red, is today, arguably is its biggest impact on the world of gaming. Of all of the Steam-alternative game stores out there, GoG is the most popular and with the most expansive range of titles. Many of which aren't available elsewhere.
To celebrate its 10-year anniversary, GoG is running a big sale and free game giveaway, as well as detailing the story of its creation and development over the years. The ethos of GoG was actually born back in 1994, where CDPR was a struggling developer looking to provide value and physical extras to gamers to encourage them to buy retail, rather than use pirated copies or purchasing cheaper grey imports.
"This was the defining moment that would inspire the very soul of GOG.COM years later: the belief that gamers want to support devs, they appreciate respect, and just love it when games are affordable," GoG said.
When GoG was born in 2008, it debuted with a collection of classic titles, like Duke Nukem 3D, Simon the Sorcerer, Freespace, and Disciples. They each were DRM free and worked on modern PCs -- an amazing feat at the time. Publishers like Ubisoft soon joined, leading to big-name titles like Heroes of Might and Magic, and Rainbow Six, were then more available than ever before.
In 2010, GoG faked its own death -- something that the developers still feel bad about, we're told -- to help drum up interest for its mainstream launch. It left the beta tag behind and launched into full operation. In the years that followed it would evolve and provide not only classic games, but new ones too, all DRM free.
For the full history of GoG and to see some of the great anniversary deals, head to the main GoG website.
