Posted April 25, 2011
UPDATED: So if you read this post earlier (or if you scroll down and read it now) you’ll see that we announced that the site update was going to be tomorrow, and that the site was going to be down. We figured, given our kind of rocky history with site updates, that you guys might like to know in advance.
Good news, then! We’re giving you more advance notice than we thought. It turns out that there are a few pernicious bugs with the new GOG downloader that we need to fix, so we’re pushing back the site update until the 35th of April (to keep things still as promised as “late April”) or, if you’re determined to stick with your “Gregorian calendar,” the fifth of May.
We’re still on schedule to have a game release tomorrow, but because we’re shifting our schedule around to reflect the changes wrought by moving the site update there won’t be a game on Thursday. On the bright side, we’ll be seeing a new and improved version of an old friend back on the site Thursday, and man do we ever have a great week-long promo starting for you guys tomorrow.
Unless we have to move it or something. ;)
[i]ORIGINAL POST: If you watched our presentation at CDP Days, you know that we have a plethora—a veritable cornucopia—of new and exciting site updates coming in late April. As late April is upon us, we'll be implementing those updates on GOG.com soon. Wednesday, to be exact.
As a result, we need to take the website down for a few hours to get all of our servers dusted and our databases lined up in rows. We're expecting the downtime to be sometime around 3AM EDT (or 7AM GMT) and should only be a few hours.
Also, because we want to encourage you to come to GOG.com and check out the new site features on Wednesday when they go live, we're holding our Tuesday game release to go out on Wednesday. So check back in at GOG.com on Wednesday (not too early, mind you) and check out the new digs![/i]
Good news, then! We’re giving you more advance notice than we thought. It turns out that there are a few pernicious bugs with the new GOG downloader that we need to fix, so we’re pushing back the site update until the 35th of April (to keep things still as promised as “late April”) or, if you’re determined to stick with your “Gregorian calendar,” the fifth of May.
We’re still on schedule to have a game release tomorrow, but because we’re shifting our schedule around to reflect the changes wrought by moving the site update there won’t be a game on Thursday. On the bright side, we’ll be seeing a new and improved version of an old friend back on the site Thursday, and man do we ever have a great week-long promo starting for you guys tomorrow.
Unless we have to move it or something. ;)
[i]ORIGINAL POST: If you watched our presentation at CDP Days, you know that we have a plethora—a veritable cornucopia—of new and exciting site updates coming in late April. As late April is upon us, we'll be implementing those updates on GOG.com soon. Wednesday, to be exact.
As a result, we need to take the website down for a few hours to get all of our servers dusted and our databases lined up in rows. We're expecting the downtime to be sometime around 3AM EDT (or 7AM GMT) and should only be a few hours.
Also, because we want to encourage you to come to GOG.com and check out the new site features on Wednesday when they go live, we're holding our Tuesday game release to go out on Wednesday. So check back in at GOG.com on Wednesday (not too early, mind you) and check out the new digs![/i]
