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Posted May 05, 2015
Brought to you by GOG.com

<span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span>, the accessible, Panzer-like grand strategy classics, are available now DRM-free on GOG.com!

<span class="bold">Pacific General</span>, available for Windows, is a spiritual sequel from the studio behind the acclaimed Panzer General series - an improvement over the classic, but one that retains the same feel and concepts as its inspiration. Once more we return to the overhead battlefields of World War II in a series of quick-play scenarios and full-blown campaigns: everything from Pearl Harbor to hypothetical invasion scenarios is here, all packaged in a relatively newbie-friendly grand-strategy package. <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span> takes that same experience and sets it in a fantasy universe. This one's for you if you're a fan of large-scale hex-based battlefields and steampunk-infused fantasy. Fantasy General is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
<span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span> are being published by GOG.com. We are happy to release these titles not on behalf of another party, but by acting as the sole publisher for the very first time!



Unleash your inner armchair general with <span class="bold">Pacific General</span> and <span class="bold">Fantasy General</span>, available now, DRM-free on GOG.com!
Posted May 05, 2015
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME.
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Well, that's actually an interesting point :) This "GOG goes into publishing" thing is just the beginning for what we hope will be a very fruitful process regarding securing the rights to some classics that may not be completely abandoned but are up for sale for whatever reason :)

Keep in mind this doesn't mean we are going to work miracles with games whose legal limbo woes are worse than an infinity of Gordian knots.
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Fever_Discordia: Wait, might we see games listed as Published by 'GOG' turn up on... other DD sites?
Speaking for myself and myself alone from a gamer's perspective, I kinda hope they remain exclusive :)

What we, as a company, decide, well, my crystal ball is in the shop on that one :)
Post edited May 05, 2015 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: The approval process for these games and their official goodies was quite short...it involved me yelling across the room at my boss like this "Hey we got a manual and a reference card. Approved?" Boss says: "Approved!"

:D
I like this kind of practical approvals :D
Posted May 05, 2015
Not my cup of tea, but great you guys got into publishing.
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: The approval process for these games and their official goodies was quite short...it involved me yelling across the room at my boss like this "Hey we got a manual and a reference card. Approved?" Boss says: "Approved!"

:D
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Tarhiel: I like this kind of practical approvals :D
Me too :D
Posted May 05, 2015
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angelus04: Hope to see more SSI titles *coughs* Ravenloft damn need to do something about that cough of mine
You just reminded me I have a 4 CD set of SSI games called the definitive wargame collection 2 I'd nearly forgotten about... now I have to see what games are in that collection and if I could use dosbox to run any of them.
Post edited May 05, 2015 by cecil
Posted May 05, 2015
SSI Games... Mmmmh... Does this mean that there is still hope for the Gold Box games ?

Also does this mean that buying these games is like buying The Witcher ? Is it like supporting the company itself ? No annoying middlemen profitwise ?

And another one : will you make some new fantasy general games in the future ? Or even let some other third parties use the brand to Kickstarter them or something ? The dudes of seven dragon saga could be maybe love the idea of kickstarting that type of games again !

This is gonna be awesome :)
Post edited May 05, 2015 by MacArthur
Posted May 05, 2015
Congrats GOG for this BIG step:)
Posted May 05, 2015
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Fever_Discordia: Wait, might we see games listed as Published by 'GOG' turn up on... other DD sites?
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JudasIscariot: Speaking for myself and myself alone from a gamer's perspective, I kinda hope they remain exclusive :)

What we, as a company, decide, well, my crystal ball is in the shop on that one :)
Meh, I'm sure GOG will get a slice of the gravy wherever they're bought from so it's all good to me - Plus if you include them in the 'redeem backups of stuff bought elsewhere' program it could actually help bring GOG to people's attention...
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Yes, this is the BIG THING I was hyping a while back :D
Really? Wow, this is a real surprise. Hope, to see more games from you as a publisher :)
Post edited May 05, 2015 by opeter3
Posted May 05, 2015
Fantasy General is a must have!
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Cadaver747: Oh no, every company I liked which went into publishing ended up pretty badly financially, they were bought out by big companies and then disappeared ;)
Ok, so if it doesn't work out GOG will just have to get bought out by CDProjekt. :)
Posted May 05, 2015
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JMich: Double Woohoo!

Here you are.
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Epitaph666: Thanks mate!

Nocturne! Blair Witch Project Volumes! YEEEES

By the way Judas, can we have more info on how did you acquire the rights? Actually what i want to know is from who you obtained the rights? Ubisoft?
All I know and can comfortably share is that we bought them outright :) The finer details are not for me to know :)
Posted May 05, 2015
Thank you for releasing Fantasy General!

And congratulations on taking your first steps in the publishing business. I really hope this will end up bringing to GOG, Kohan 1+expansion+2 and Avencast.
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Well, that's actually an interesting point :) This "GOG goes into publishing" thing is just the beginning for what we hope will be a very fruitful process regarding securing the rights to some classics that may not be completely abandoned but are up for sale for whatever reason :)

Keep in mind this doesn't mean we are going to work miracles with games whose legal limbo woes are worse than an infinity of Gordian knots.
LOL, that's a mind knumbing visual. :)
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