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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 24, 2014
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Daliz: Thanks GOG!

Now fellow Linux users.. put your money where your mouth is! I know I will.. :)
Even though I own a ridiculous amount of games here already, I purchased three more today. I might get one more tonight.
And I've already purchased some games here that have Linux version since the announcement months ago.
Posted July 24, 2014
while this is great news, I can't help but hope the initial sales of those 50 games don't prevent future linux development. To be honest, my first thought at glancing over the list was... 'what are 48 games I don't plan on ever playing, and 2 good ones?". Obviously, this is opinionated... but I'm very surprised to not see some more well known titles on that list.

Here is hoping to whopping success and vast growth in the linux market... i REALLY want an excuse to leave Ubuntu on my system for more than a month. (sadly, this list isn't it).
Posted July 24, 2014
Thank you GOG, you are awesome!
Posted July 24, 2014
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acidbased: B-B-But.. When is The Witcher 2 coming to Linux? :(
Pls don't get us started on THAT fiasco....
Posted July 24, 2014
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acidbased: B-B-But.. When is The Witcher 2 coming to Linux? :(
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king_mosiah: Pls don't get us started on THAT fiasco....
They are working on the fixes, so don't worry, just wait :)
Posted July 24, 2014
Thanks for including both .deb and .tar.gz versions of your software. It allows people with a .deb-based distribution (like Ubuntu or Debian) to make use of their existing package-management capabilities while also providing an alternative for people with other versions of Linux.

Hopefully this means that when you make your library of DOS-based games available on Linux you'll be able to use the .deb format's automatic dependency-resolution capabilities to make use of the user's existing version of DOSBox instead of having to bundle a new copy of it with every game like you do with the Windows versions.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Barefoot_Monkey: Wonderful news! Even though I killed my Linux partition a while ago because I was running out of HD space :p Ah, but soon I'll have a new drive in need of filling... with Linux GOG games!

An Ubuntu logo makes sense, since that's the operating system that GOG's claiming to support, but the logo really doesn't scale that far down. This is probably the smallest you can get away with:
Except that they also support Mint and don't have a Mint logo, just like they don't display both the WinXP/Vista/7 and Win8 variants of the Windows logo. Instead, they use the single logo that's shared with Windows 95, 98, ME, and 2000... none of which they support.

...plus, the binaries tend to work on unsupported distros too. Hence, better to use the Linux logo rather than the Ubuntu one.

(Not to mention that the reason "it doesn't scale well" is that they're not actually using the Ubuntu logo. The Ubuntu logo is a big circle in three sections with smaller circles around it. The icon they're using is a triangle with circles on the corners in such a way that it makes one of the sides appear to curve inwards.)
Posted July 24, 2014
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hucklebarry: while this is great news, I can't help but hope the initial sales of those 50 games don't prevent future linux development. To be honest, my first thought at glancing over the list was... 'what are 48 games I don't plan on ever playing, and 2 good ones?". Obviously, this is opinionated... but I'm very surprised to not see some more well known titles on that list.

Here is hoping to whopping success and vast growth in the linux market... i REALLY want an excuse to leave Ubuntu on my system for more than a month. (sadly, this list isn't it).
I was surprised to see some native Linux titles aren't here today, like...

Shadowrun Returns
Battle Worlds Kronos
Eschalon Book1-3
Expeditions: Conquistador
Trine
Trine 2

Maybe GOG plans to release some Linux titles every week for a while.

I'm thrilled Legend of Grimrock was in the first batch.
Posted July 24, 2014
WOOHOO!!!
Posted July 24, 2014
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jalister: I was surprised to see some native Linux titles aren't here today, like...
I saw some developers writing, that they were simply not ready for releasing it on GOG right now (remember, official plan was in the fall). So just have patience - they'll come :)
Post edited July 24, 2014 by shmerl
Posted July 24, 2014
I'm already downloading the Linux versions of some of the games! I'd like to say, THANK YOU GOG. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US.
Posted July 24, 2014
it would be good if it could work with gog downloader or with new gog galaxy. So it would be even easier to manage and istall games on any linux
Posted July 24, 2014
Yay!

It's happening.
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Posted July 24, 2014
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Gunsik: it would be good if it could work with gog downloader or with new gog galaxy. So it would be even easier to manage and istall games on any linux
I think they haven't been really improving the downloader because Galaxy will replace it. So I think we'll have to wait for Galaxy.
Posted July 24, 2014
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Gunsik: it would be good if it could work with gog downloader or with new gog galaxy. So it would be even easier to manage and istall games on any linux
You could use lgogdownloader. It's not ideal, but it does do a better job than the browser in my experience.
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