Digital distribution platform GOG.com published a new blog post titled “The future that comes from the past” to update users on the plans for the store. Originally, GOG stood for Good Old Games but as the store evolved, the team explored many directions and developed in ways that needed to support them.
Now the goal for GOG is to once again become the best place to play the classic PC games:
“The idea for the company was born from the wish to play older games in a legal and easy-to-use way. As the classic games hold a special place in our heart, we’d like to devote more attention to highlighting them.”
However, it is more than to simply release the games that are already on the market. It’s to make them available for everyone, which also often means fixing them and making sure they can be ran on the modern systems. The newest development in the area of classics’ visibility and discoverability is the revival of Good Old Games concept.
“We’re starting with adding the “Good Old Game” tag, which will showcase over 500 games that our Team has deemed iconic classics – games that are older than 10 years and are critically acclaimed, stand the test of time, defined certain mechanics, or simply created new genres. You’ll find there games like Bioshock, Baldur’s Gate, Fallout or Gothic. Of course, this is in part our subjective choice, but we hope to inspire you to check them out for yourselves, have fun with them, and see if you agree with our assessment.”
One of the most recent releases is the good old action game The Wheel of Time.
