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Posted January 24, 2012
Rebellious JC Denton or death-dealing Mr 47? What kind of hero will you be today?

GOG.com is proud to announce that Square Enix is the newest heavyweight addition to our ever-growing GOG.com catalog of great games. SquareEnix is one of the biggest publishers of the modern gaming world with almost 30-years of experience and famous releases for every single existing gaming system.

Deus: Ex Game of the Year Edition and Hitman: Codename 47 are the first titles we’re releasing from Square Enix, and they're available today for $9.99 and $5.99 respectively. Both games were originally released by Eidos in 2000, but not a single drop of greatness has been lost since then. Deus Ex is a magnificent blend of remarkable storytelling, RPG customization, and action-packed shooting. With all GOG.com’s heart we recommend Deus Ex for $9.99 as one of the most captivating and rewarding games ever. EVER! Hitman, a demanding stealth/action/planning game, created a now-iconic bald assassin Mr 47. With a vague name and a vague past, Agent 47 at least has a clear goal: eliminate the target at all costs. For you, the cost of Hitman: Codename 47 is $5.99.

There are a few more heroes from SquareEnix, that deserve a special treatment from GOG.com, and we will be announcing them in coming weeks. Today, it’s time to shave your head and buy an AMT Hardballer or wear sunglasses at night and save the world from the Illuminati.

You decide what kind of hero you want to be.
Posted January 26, 2012
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Kyojinmaru: It's not the same, those game are from PC, ScummVM and DOSBox are included because they originally run in MS-DOS. You are talking about console games, so we need emulation, and that is something illegal seeing from companies perspective.

You seem new to the PC gaming.
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GeneticFreak: Oh well, I didn't know about the illegal part. Here's hoping for Commandos and Thief then.
Commandos:
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/commandos_ammo_pack

Commandos 2+3
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/commandos_2_3

GOG has had them for years since Eidos is no longer the publisher for them.
Posted January 26, 2012
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Kyojinmaru: It's not the same, those game are from PC, ScummVM and DOSBox are included because they originally run in MS-DOS. You are talking about console games, so we need emulation, and that is something illegal seeing from companies perspective.

You seem new to the PC gaming.
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GeneticFreak: Oh well, I didn't know about the illegal part. Here's hoping for Commandos and Thief then.
you seem new too.

dosbox is emulation too , wether its dosbox or amiga it wouldnt make no difference.
might matter if you want to emulate something deserted or something 'like ps2.
Posted January 26, 2012
A few weeks for the other heroes? But I want them NOW! *stamps feet* :p

Lara has to be a hero. I'd hate for her not to be part of the first wave of games.
Post edited January 26, 2012 by Kabuto
Posted January 26, 2012
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Max_R: What kind of problems?
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Kyojinmaru: 16-bit Z-buffer
I don't have problems at all...
Posted January 26, 2012
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Kyojinmaru: You are talking about console games, so we need emulation, and that is something illegal seeing from companies perspective.
How interesting, considering the fact that Sega uses emulation for all their classic game packs on the PC...
Posted January 26, 2012
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Kabuto: Lara has to be a hero.
Heroine's better. Never seen a gender change mod for Lara, and I've even seen the fan made extra bouncy enlarged boobs for the Underworld.
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kalirion: How interesting, considering the fact that Sega uses emulation for all their classic game packs on the PC...
Sega just might own both the rights to the games and the hardware. Square is neither Sony nor Nintendo.
Post edited January 26, 2012 by grviper
Posted January 26, 2012
Another great publisher addition, good work GoG!
As many others, I also anticipate Anachronox.
Posted January 26, 2012
Congrats for signing Square Enix!
Posted January 26, 2012
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grviper: Sega just might own both the rights to the games and the hardware. Square is neither Sony nor Nintendo.
Emulators have actually been legal for as long as they've existed - you don't need the rights to the hardware to create them. And as long as you have the rights to the game, you can distribute the ROM.
Posted January 26, 2012
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DarkMaverik: While it's true that Steam can have downtime, it's also true that if you're the kind of person who experiences such downtimes, you can easily fix the "Steam doesn't work in offline mode" bug. Just look into it.
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jamyskis: Offline mode works fine with me. The problem is if I decide to install a game en route, I'm buggered. You need to have been online once with the game installed for offline to work.
You... Kinda need that anyway? I don't think you're exactly in the majority of people who keep their GoG library downloaded but not installed. I just have any games I want to play any time in the near future pre-installed because of the online nature of PC gaming these days.
Posted January 26, 2012
Nice addition
Posted January 26, 2012
Anyway, these are the GOGs, but I would really like some games which aren't on Steam to come in future weeks :)

Maybe the classic Tomb Raiders?

Edit: oops, just realized Tomb Raiders are from a different company altogether >_>
Post edited January 26, 2012 by kalirion
Posted January 26, 2012
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grviper: Sega just might own both the rights to the games and the hardware. Square is neither Sony nor Nintendo.
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kalirion: Emulators have actually been legal for as long as they've existed - you don't need the rights to the hardware to create them. And as long as you have the rights to the game, you can distribute the ROM.
Not true. Emulators are legal but you must own and dump the bios from your own machine. Square has no rights to distribute the hardware bios.
Post edited January 26, 2012 by Kabuto
Posted January 26, 2012
Good job on landing Squeenix, I'm sure they must have one or two interesting licenses for Good OLD Games.
Posted January 26, 2012
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DarkMaverik: You... Kinda need that anyway? I don't think you're exactly in the majority of people who keep their GoG library downloaded but not installed. I just have any games I want to play any time in the near future pre-installed because of the online nature of PC gaming these days.
I burn them to CD immediately when I buy any games. While my desktop PC has four rather large hard discs, my laptop hard drive isn't all that big. I'm pretty sure others are in a similar position to me.
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