GOG crawls out from under CD Projekt Red with a new owner and teases 'ambitious' plans for classic game 'rescue missions' starting next year

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No one really does it like GOG, the classic and DRM-free digital storefront that, up until today, was owned by Witcher developer CD Projekt Red.

GOG always had you covered when you got an itch to play some old '90s shooter that you lost the CD key to long ago. And according to its new owner, it has some big goals for next year and beyond when it comes to expanding its library of classic games.

Announced today, GOG will now be in the hands of Michal Kicinski. Kicinski isn't some random suit, however, he was a co-founder of GOG when it started in 2008 under CD Projekt Red—which he also co-founded.

While the plans are to mainly embrace classic games and classic-styled games, it will also be interesting to see if GOG will also embrace being a safe haven for games that are rejected from other storefronts. Valve and Epic Games recently banned psychological horror game Horses from their platforms for breaking their rules on inappropriate content despite the developer's claims that nothing in the game was against the rules. Horses launched without a hitch on GOG and quickly shot up the list of top-selling games. Even though there aren't a ton of games coming out like Horses, GOG's insistence on giving users the freedom to own any games they want could help it become a home for outsider art that doesn't fit on the big platforms.

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Tyler has covered videogames and PC hardware for 15 years. He regularly spends time playing and reporting on games like Diablo 4, Elden Ring, Overwatch 2, and Final Fantasy 14. While his specialty is in action RPGs and MMOs, he's driven to cover all sorts of games whether they're broken, beautiful, or bizarre.

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