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<span class="bold">GOG Galaxy</span>: our truly gamer-friendly, DRM-free online gaming platform. As we shared our vision with the world, we promised auto-patching, social functionality like chat, friends lists, and achievements. We promised our own multiplayer support and cross-play with Steam. Most importantly, we promised truly optional.



Today we deliver.
The <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy</span> client enters beta, open to anyone, with the most important functionality ready to try, test, enjoy (and break) at your leisure. We're proud to have gotten this far, and we know that we couldn't have done it without you all - that's everyone who spent months in alpha testing, that's those of you who talked to us about your needs and expectations, and it's every single one of you that has supported us since ever. So thanks, GOG Galaxy is for you!

With the <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy Beta</span>, you can install your games in one click and keep them up to date automatically, the beta currently supports this feature in all but a couple of titles available here. You can also perform backups easily by downloading a standalone installer through GOG Galaxy. The beta features a friends list, game time tracking, achievements, and chat. You can now talk to each other, connect with your group of friends, and see what everyone is playing. You can also try out our online multiplayer & matchmaking solution that, in select titles, includes cross-play: platform-independent multiplayer between gamers on GOG.com and Steam. If you download a patch that breaks something or if you just change your mind, the app will soon feature a unique rollback option to restore a previous version of your game.

Best of all, GOG Galaxy is optional. If you don't want to use any additional software, your experience with us won't change at all. If you only want to take advantage of select conveniences, you can toggle them on and off. It's all totally up to you.

You can sign up for the <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy Beta</span> and find out more on <span class="bold">gog.com/galaxy</span>, where we tell you about the features and answer many of the questions you may have. We'll be watching the forums carefully, so feel free to leave a comment if there is anything else that you'd like to know!
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lefantome89: awesome, are emails already being sent? I haven't got mine yet
It may take some time to get e-mails out to everyone who clicked the button (since it's not an instant sign-up) - so please be patient, you're sure to get your beta key soon! :)
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Maxvorstadt: Will the GoG downloader still work? And will there be updates for it in case of bugs?
Bear in mind that you can download installers through the Galaxy client. You can just click on "Extras" in the game in question, click on "Game" and it will download the installer without installing it.
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Fenixp: Will the alpha version of the client be automatically updated or do I need to reinstall?
It will be automatically updated to the Galaxy Beta.
http://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy is up now. No more need to post +1s on http://mantis.gog.com/view.php?id=977 :-)
How do I update the alpha to this new one?
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lefantome89: awesome, are emails already being sent? I haven't got mine yet
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GOG.com: It may take some time to get e-mails out to everyone who clicked the button (since it's not an instant sign-up) - so please be patient, you're sure to get your beta key soon! :)
Thanks.
Because I was already an alpha tester but it's not updating either.
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Maxvorstadt: Will the GoG downloader still work? And will there be updates for it in case of bugs?
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Erich_Zann: I think they mentioned that the downloader will be retired. You'll have to choose between joining us full luddites or Galaxy.

Edit : well I was partly wrong, my bad.
Using the downloader is only "partial luddite". Some of us don't use even that.
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Maxvorstadt: Will the GoG downloader still work? And will there be updates for it in case of bugs?
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Fallen_Zen: We have no plans to remove the GOG Downloader but we can't promise on updates either.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Tekkaman-James ;)
Is that a Horde shirt you have there?
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Wishbone: Is it odd that I feel much more comfortable about using this client going forward, knowing that I don't actually have to? Conversely, using Steam makes me feel annoyed that it is necessary.
Not odd. I hear life is all about choices. Incidentally, I - and probably a lot of other people - feel the same. Might just end up using Galaxy while loudly cursing Steam for its non-optional client.
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Erich_Zann: I think they mentioned that the downloader will be retired. You'll have to choose between joining us full luddites or Galaxy.

Edit : well I was partly wrong, my bad.
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mrkgnao: Using the downloader is only "partial luddite". Some of us don't use even that.
That was my point. I don't use the downloader, nor am I planning to use Galaxy except maybe for the odd deathmatch.
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Maxvorstadt: Will the GoG downloader still work? And will there be updates for it in case of bugs?
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Fallen_Zen: We have no plans to remove the GOG Downloader but we can't promise on updates either.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Tekkaman-James ;)
Please, do keep supporting GOG Downloader as an option. It would be good for your useres and, by extension, good for you.
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trusteft: No thanks.
I hate clients.
Don't fuck this up for us who don't want to use clients GOG.
dito
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GOG.com: It will be automatically updated to the Galaxy Beta.
Thanks to you both.
Post edited May 05, 2015 by Fenixp
Is there any way to force client updating? I have tried starting and restarting the client several times and it didn't update. There also isn't a new installer in the library as of now.
I uninstalled the Alpha build yesterday, because it stopped working, but I'll get the beta now .