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Posted September 26, 2012
CD Projekt RED and GOG.com Special Event: 18 October 2012 at 18:00 GMT

New Games, New OSes, Cyberpunk® Announcements, and Something Special for Witcher 2 Modders--and more!--will all be announced at this live webcast Special Event.

The developers of The Witcher franchise CD Projekt RED studio and GOG.com the DRM-free, digital distribution platform will host a Special Event on the 18th of October at 18:00 (GMT). The whole event will be streamed online on facebook.com/thewitcher or www.gog.com.

During the conference the developer studio will announce the official name of their futuristic new IP, based on the classic pen & paper RPG Cyberpunk®. More exclusive details about the project will be shown.

Not only console and PC users should tune in for the conference. Mac Computer users should be prepared for a bunch of thrilling announcements including more information about the upcoming release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings for OS X.

Speaking of new operating systems, GOG.com will also be announcing that it is bringing the best PC games from throughout history to a new operating system. That’s not all of the news that GOG.com has planned for the Special Event, however: they will also be showcasing several new releases as well as giving gamers a unique chance to get some of the greatest classic games ever made for a literally unbeatable price.

Remember – the live stream from the CD Projekt RED and GOG.com Special Event starts October 18th, 18:00 (GMT). See you then!
Posted September 26, 2012
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If it's Windows 8, I'll piss myself laughing.
Posted September 26, 2012
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nansounet: "Speaking of new operating systems, GOG.com will also be announcing that it is bringing the best PC games from throughout history to a new operating system."

Linux??????
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TheJoe: No, unfortunately it's either Mac or a silly way of getting us excited about official Windows 8 support.
On one hand Windows 8 support will be nice for the people who will flock to it.

On the other, windows 8 isn't exciting to me.
Posted September 26, 2012
I hope Windows 8, Linux/Mac(Amiga?) is just going to divide GOG's resources. Not that I have a rush to get Windows 8 yet.

Maybe some details for the Cyberpunk game? Also, what was about it literally unbeatable prices. New price system? A bunch of new old games that can't be found anywhere else? :)
Posted September 26, 2012
That would be hilarious if it's windows 8. That is a NEW operating system, after all :)

And that would save my wallet too.
Posted September 26, 2012
WTF are you guys talking about with Windows 8?

Windows 8 isnt much different than Windows 7 under the hood. That's not the announcement.

Any single program that works on W7 will work on W8.
Posted September 26, 2012
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mondo84: WTF are you guys talking about with Windows 8?

Windows 8 isnt much different than Windows 7 under the hood. That's not the announcement.

Any single program that works on W7 will work on W8.
That's what they said about XP and Vista.
Posted September 26, 2012
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gameon: That's what they said about XP and Vista.
XP and Vista were quite different actually, so I don't recall anyone saying that. Vista and 7 is a more proper example, as is 2K and XP
Posted September 26, 2012
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mondo84: WTF are you guys talking about with Windows 8?

Windows 8 isnt much different than Windows 7 under the hood. That's not the announcement.

Any single program that works on W7 will work on W8.
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gameon: That's what they said about XP and Vista.
They did? Haha.

Well I've read that Windows 8 is pretty much a new OS, even Windows 7 had data that was originated from Windows 95.
Posted September 26, 2012
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gameon: That's what they said about XP and Vista.
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JMich: XP and Vista were quite different actually, so I don't recall anyone saying that. Vista and 7 is a more proper example, as is 2K and XP
The touch screen stuff with windows 8 also puts me off.
Posted September 26, 2012
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bazilisek: If it's Windows 8, I'll piss myself laughing.
Yeah, that would be quite a PR fail.
Posted September 26, 2012
The premature reactions are amusing.

And people why GOG didn't announce here earlier LOL. Nothing like weeks of overreactions and wild speculation!
Post edited September 26, 2012 by mondo84
Posted September 26, 2012
It's mostly about CD Projekt, but like every event also GOG will get some time. As result don't expect big news from GOG. Some of the bigger publishers (atari, ea) will again publish some games at once and GOG will say they now started to support the new releases also for Win8 and will test older games step by step. I doubt they found an easy (less time consuming for testing) and proper way to emulate most games of the catalog via wine for mac or linux, so better don't keep your hopes up for any official linux or mac support.

The only solution I would see is some kind of unofficial support, like linux/mac installers for indie games, zip-files for DosBox/ScummVM games or config files for wine - everything added as a bonus and not officially supported. But reading the last blue postings regarding mac and linux it's maybe not very likely GOG would do this in the near future.
Post edited September 26, 2012 by DukeNukemForever
Posted September 26, 2012
If the new OS is OS X and Linux is not following I'm going to be very disappointed.
Since GOG has no source access for ports I guess they would have to use wine and dosbox and scummVM etc., which are virtually the same on Linux & Mac.
Posted September 26, 2012
If it's Mac support on GOG, it would make sense to pull The Witcher Mac from Steam and put it on GOG.....Surely?

EDIT: It seems the windows versions of Witcher 1 and 2 are on steam......strange.
Post edited September 26, 2012 by gameon
Posted September 26, 2012
Damn, I gotta get my PC build finished in time for this stuff.

In the meantime...
Someone needs to make a version of that meme with one of the GOG staff, I would do it myself but I don't have photoshop and i'm a bit "artistically challenged".
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