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Posted August 19, 2014
50 games for the free OS available right NOW!

A while ago, [url=http://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_soon_on_more_platforms]we've announced our plans to add Linux support as one of the features of our digital platform, with 100 games on the launch day sometime this fall. We've put much time and effort into this project and now we've found ourselves with over 50 titles, classic and new, prepared for distribution, site infrastructure ready, support team trained and standing by, and absolutely no reason to wait until October or November. We're still aiming to have at least 100 Linux games in the coming months, but we've decided not to delay the launch just for the sake of having a nice-looking number to show off to the press. It's not about them, after all, it's about you. So, one of the most popular site feature requests on our community wishlist is granted today: Linux support has officially arrived on GOG.com!

The first 50+ titles we've have in store for you come from all the corners of our DRM-Free catalog. Note that we've got many classic titles coming officially to Linux for the very first time, thanks to the custom builds prepared by our dedicated team of penguin tamers. That's over twenty fan-favorite GOG.com classics, like &[url=http://www.gog.com/game/flatout_2]Flatout 2, , <a href="http://www.gog.com/game/darklands">Darklands, or Realms of the Haunting we've personally ushered one by one into the welcoming embrace of Linux gamers. That's already quite a nice chunk of our back-catalog, and you can expect more from our dedicated Linux team soon!

Now, for the recent titles. We've got some indie games with native Linux versions that finally find their well-deserved spot in our store. Among them, debuting on Linux, - a well received original comedic Sci-Fi puzzler. On top of that, be on the lookout for two new additions to the GOG.com catalog: [url=http://www.gog.com/game/gods_will_be_watching]Gods Will Be Watching (coming in a couple of hours) and Unrest:Special Edition (Linux build coming right up!), both of them very fresh and intriguing. This is the very first time we can provide you with all the PC versions of a premiere game, and we will continue to do so in the future. If there's a Linux version of a title we're releasing, our aim is to deliver it to you Day-1. But enough about us, let's talk about the games. Here's what you can be playing on Linux today:

Anomaly Warzone Earth
Ascendant
Bionic Dues
Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold - first time on Linux!
Blake Stone: Planet Strike - first time on Linux!
Bloodnet - first time on Linux!
Braveland
CLARC - first time on Linux!
Darklands - first time on Linux!
Darwinia
Defcon
Don't Starve + DLC
Dragonsphere - first time on Linux!
Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition
FlatOut - first time on Linux!
Flatout 2 - first time on Linux!
Fragile Allegiance - first time on Linux!
Gemini Rue
Gods Will Be Watching
Hammerwatch
Hocus Pocus - first time on Linux!
Kentucky Route Zero
The Last Federation
Legend of Grimrock
Litil Divil - first time on Linux!
Long Live the Queen
MouseCraft
Multiwinia
Normality - first time on Linux!
Pinball Gold Pack - first time on Linux!
Pinball World - first time on Linux!
Pirates! Gold Plus - first time on Linux!
Realms of the Haunting - first time on Linux!
Rex Nebular and the Cosmic Gender Bender - first time on Linux!
Rise of the Triad: Dark War - first time on Linux!
Shattered Haven
The Shivah HD
Sid Meier's Colonization - first time on Linux!
Sid Meier's Covert Action - first time on Linux!
Sir, You Are Being Hunted
Slipstream 5000 - first time on Linux!
Space Pirates and Zombies
Spacechem
Stargunner - first time on Linux!
SteamWorld Dig
Super Hexagon
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Sword of the Samurai - first time on Linux!
Teslagrad
Unrest:Special Edition (Linux build on the way!)
Uplink
VVVVVV

As if this wasn't exciting enough, we've put more than half of these titles on a special promo! Head out to the promo page and find out which of them you can get up to 75% off until Tuesday, 9:59AM GMT. Of course, all of the games from the list above that you already own will be updated with Linux versions with no additional cost for you, just as you might have expected from GOG.com.

"OK, but how will Linux support actually work on GOG.com" - you might ask. For both native Linux versions, as well as special builds prepared by our team, GOG.com will provide distro-independent tar.gz archives and support convenient DEB installers for the two most popular Linux distributions: Ubuntu and Mint, in their current and future LTS editions. Helpful and responsive customer support has always been an important part of the GOG.com gaming experience. We wouldn't have it any other way when it comes to Linux, and starting today our helpdesk offers support for our official Linux releases on Ubuntu and Mint systems.

Diversity and freedom of choice have always been an important part of the GOG.com way. We're very glad that we could improve our service with the addition of the free (and DRM-Free) alternative to the commercial operating systems. Talking with gamers is just as important, so we're counting on your feedback! If you've got any questions, suggestions, or run into any trouble, just tell us in the forum thread below this post. Just please be gentle, this is [url=http://youtu.be/qBxbPts5tOk" target="_blank]our very first time[/url] with Linux. Happy launch day, everyone!
Posted July 25, 2014
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Narushima: Is there a way to filter games in my library according to systems it's available on? That would make it easier to find those I can use on Linux.
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v1989: Yes, there is.:D Just click browse games, then filter by system.
I'd like that in my library of games.
Posted July 25, 2014
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SeduceMePlz: GOG flat out told us that the lack of the ability to set regional prices is a major barrier to getting more games here. Just because a vocal minority (or at least some unknown portion... since no actual poll was taken) refused to believe it or accept it doesn't mean it isn't true. Other than that... not sure. Your best bet is probably asking the developers or publishers why those games aren't here.
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Future_Suture: I totally forgot about that. So developers have the gall to defy the industry standard that is sadly to put DRM in games, but still let themselves be held back by regional pricing? So instead of making money, they would rather make no money at all? Sounds like a bad joke to me. Please do not think I am attacking you, I am rather displaying my discontent with the kind of thinking these developers portray. I am finding it really difficult to understand, so could you explain to me why regional pricing is more important than making money off of the sizeable community that GOG boasts?
I don't know about indies but major publishers have existing contracts with brick and mortar stores. Major brick and mortar store chains demand that digital versions of the games are priced same as the boxed version they allow on their shelves otherwise they'll refuse to sell the game at all thus people in some regions have to pay extra for digital editions due to distribution costs that only involve the physical edition. Also taxes and fees do differ from region to region so selling product at same price globally brings different amount of profit depending on country product will be sold at.
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heliar: As for NWN the Linux binaries (executable files, not platform-independent game data files) are freely accessible via BioWare website. I think there was a how-to somewhere on GOG forums, so one can play native version right now, giving he owns a Windows version (e.g. GOG one).
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Future_Suture: If they are freely available, GOG shouldn't face too many legal hurdles with regard to obtaining the rights to distribute Neverwinter Nights for Linux as well, right?
Common sense does not apply to lawyers, licenses, copyright law or corporate contracts unfortunately. Everything tends to get reeeeally complicated the moment lawyers get involved.
Post edited July 25, 2014 by Petrell
Posted July 25, 2014
How will we be able to know when you add more Linux installers ? Are you going to release them in batches and write a news piece each time ?
Posted July 25, 2014
Hi GOG team. I'm really happy that you've now made it possible to be the premier DRM free cross-platform store. There's a lot of Kickstarter projects for games recently where GOG is the only place I'd want to claim a reward. I'm glad that I'm able to do that now as a possibiltiy.

Thank you!
Posted July 25, 2014
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v1989: Yes, there is.:D Just click browse games, then filter by system.
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Narushima: I'd like that in my library of games.
In my opinion browsing games is opening faster than library and you can see games which you not own.
Posted July 25, 2014
/kudos for supporting linux, BUT it would be nice to have some indication about what am I downloading.
I run gog games on wine and wanted to try out the "new" version of FlatOut 2 for linux:
The download link was labelled as "Linux installer" (tar.gz archive).
But after downloading it turned out to be a 3.5 GiB pre-installed FlatOut 2 directory with bundled wine ;__;
The included wine (I ran it with start.sh) crashed after complaining about missing 32bit libraries, like glibc...

What I'm getting at is that it would be good to indicate (with an icon, label, tooltip, whatever)
if the download is a native build, installer (native or GOG one checking for dependencies required for the game to run), or a pre-installed game with bundled wine etc. :-?

For now I'm back to windows version of FlatOut 2 which works great under my system wine:-s
Posted July 25, 2014
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ghibley: /kudos for supporting linux, BUT it would be nice to have some indication about what am I downloading.
I run gog games on wine and wanted to try out the "new" version of FlatOut 2 for linux:
The download link was labelled as "Linux installer" (tar.gz archive).
But after downloading it turned out to be a 3.5 GiB pre-installed FlatOut 2 directory with bundled wine ;__;
The included wine (I ran it with start.sh) crashed after complaining about missing 32bit libraries, like glibc...

What I'm getting at is that it would be good to indicate (with an icon, label, tooltip, whatever)
if the download is a native build, installer (native or GOG one checking for dependencies required for the game to run), or a pre-installed game with bundled wine etc. :-?

For now I'm back to windows version of FlatOut 2 which works great under my system wine:-s
It's not the most optimal solution, but you can check if a Linux game is running on wine by checking the game's requirements which are posted above a game's reviews. In the case of FlatOut 2:

Minimum system requirements (Linux): Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17, Processor: 2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce 8800GT, Radeon HD 5770 or better (Intel cards are not supported), Requires the following packages to be installed: libc6:i386, libasound2:i386, libasound2-data:i386, libasound2-plugins:i386 and dependencies, Notice: game comes with a 32-bit binary only, this is a Wine game.
Post edited July 25, 2014 by Grargar
Posted July 25, 2014
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Ovocean: How will we be able to know when you add more Linux installers ? Are you going to release them in batches and write a news piece each time ?
That's how they've done it with MAC games so I'd assume that's how they'll handle linux versions too.
Posted July 25, 2014
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yaster: You need to add filters to the Library (My Games). It's nightmare to navigate and search doesn't works with linux keyword...
We've added this option. You can now type "linux", "ubuntu", "mint", "mac" or "osx" in the search field on My Account and the list will be filtered accordingly.
Posted July 25, 2014
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Crosmando: I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/LInux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
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Sigh.

You GNU crusaders never stop, do you?

The thing is, your axiom that "the operating system" consists of the kernel plus all the tools you need to work in a text terminal, is totally outdated and arbitrary.
Modern computer users don't even use a text terminal, they use a graphical desktop environment, and they would consider that a part of the operating system too.
So if your idea of "all major components must be represented in the name, and those with bigger code size first" were actually applied consistently to modern Linuxes, you would have to call them something like "Gnome/Xorg/Systemd/Gnu/Linux". Have fun saying that monstrosity of a name every time instead of short and sweet "Linux"... :P

Or, you could stop and realize that semantic nit-pickery crusades do nothing to benefit the Linux community, and only harm its outside perception.
Just friggin' accept that "Linux" has become the established brand name for the whole operating system; put your energy to better uses. Mkay?
Posted July 25, 2014
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Niggles: Great new for Linux fans. Now you have no excuse for not buying games on Gog.
11. Only 50 games? I already own all those.
10. My backlog's already too big.
9. I'm broke until my next pay day (and I don't have a job!)
8. The wife took away the credit card.
7. My hard drive is full.
6. I love Linux! (But I wish I knew how to actually get it to run on my computer.)
5. Who's got time for games? I'm spending all of my time reading 47 pages of posts about GOG being on Linux.
4. HumbleBundle!
3. All of my Linux machines are headless.
2. GOG doesn't support my Linux distro. (And by "my distro" I mean the one I hacked together myself. It's on github, so I don't know why GOG can't support it. There may even be another user -- someone downloaded it once.)
1. If I run my games on an OS that doesn't phone home to validate itself after installation, then, like, my whole gaming experience would be totally DRM-free and we can't have that now, can we?
Posted July 25, 2014
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shmerl: Do you think it's a bug for KDE not to include it?
Not necessarily...the .?ubuntu-desktop metapackages are kinda "kitchen-sink" and I wouldn't expect the Debian KDE maintainers to make the same choices. I mentioned that because that's what goes in by default on an Ubuntu install, which is why Judas didn't see an issue.

Now, the GoG deb not declaring a dependency on something that's priority optional....that's a bug ;)
Posted July 25, 2014
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Crosmando: I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/LInux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
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archy2: Sigh.

You GNU crusaders never stop, do you?

The thing is, your axiom that "the operating system" consists of the kernel plus all the tools you need to work in a text terminal, is totally outdated and arbitrary.
Modern computer users don't even use a text terminal, they use a graphical desktop environment, and they would consider that a part of the operating system too.
So if your idea of "all major components must be represented in the name, and those with bigger code size first" were actually applied consistently to modern Linuxes, you would have to call them something like "Gnome/Xorg/Systemd/Gnu/Linux". Have fun saying that monstrosity of a name every time instead of short and sweet "Linux"... :P

Or, you could stop and realize that semantic nit-pickery crusades do nothing to benefit the Linux community, and only harm its outside perception.
Just friggin' accept that "Linux" has become the established brand name for the whole operating system; put your energy to better uses. Mkay?
Archy :) It's just a copypasta :)
Post edited July 25, 2014 by JudasIscariot
Posted July 25, 2014
Wow - this is great news ! Since 2008 I use Linux Mint - and now I can play (much) more - thanks to you !

THANK YOU for making it happen !
Posted July 25, 2014
Milestone day here. Well done GOG!
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