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Posted February 26, 2015
Herzlich Willkommen!




GOG.com goes German. Not completely, mind you, but starting today we'll be spreading our DRM-free love in one more language. Whether you're here because of the news, or you've been with us for a while, here is what we're doing to make our German speaking friends feel a little more welcome on GOG.com:




-A German version of our website. You can change your language using the drop-down menu towards the bottom of every page.
-A German corner of our forums. Your home away from home.
-German customer support. If you're more comfortable talking to us in your native language.
-More games in German. We're rolling out 25+ German localisations for our games today, bringing the total up to 350+.




No big announcement would be complete without a huge sale! This weekend we're holding the German-riffic <span class="bold">Herzlich Willkommen!</span> promo. The highlight is a ridiculous 97% off Deponia, but there are over 25 other German gaming hits available as well. There is adventuring with the remaining Deponia games, the cult strategy of The Settlers, the tough and turn-based tactics in Blackguards 1 and 2, and many, many more feats of German game design.


Check out <span class="bold">the weekend promo page</span> to see the full lineup. The promo will last until Tuesday, March 3, at 4:59 AM GMT.




Update:
Two games from our catalog had to be made unavailable in Germany: Commandos Ammo Pack and Commandos 2+3. Offering or promoting these games is considered a serious criminal offence according to German law, and we have to abide by this law to avoid the risk of serious legal action taken against GOG.com and GOG.com employees. Rest assured that if you've already bought a game - nothing will retroactively disappear from your shelves.
Post edited February 27, 2015 by Chamb
Posted February 26, 2015
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Ciris: We've updated this post with information about the locked games.

Update text:

"Two games from our catalog had to be made unavailable in Germany: Commandos Ammo Pack and Commandos 2+3. Offering or promoting these games is considered a serious criminal offence according to German law, and we have to abide by this law to avoid the risk of serious legal action taken against GOG.com and GOG.com employees. Rest assured that if you've already bought a game - nothing will retroactively disappear from your shelves."
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Digital_CHE: Why the simple fact of distributing those games is considered a CRIME?? That is RIDICULOUS

People, If You want the Commandos games DRMFREE, You can try with www.dotemu.com
Can`t find any information about if I can pay with paysafecard or not.
Posted February 26, 2015
Hallo GOG,

Danke für die deutsche Sprachunterstützung. Finde ich eigentlich ziemlich cool, aber kann es nicht bei der Sprachunterstützung bleiben?

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Ciris: We've updated this post with information about the locked games.

Update text:

"Two games from our catalog had to be made unavailable in Germany: Commandos Ammo Pack and Commandos 2+3. Offering or promoting these games is considered a serious criminal offence according to German law, and we have to abide by this law to avoid the risk of serious legal action taken against GOG.com and GOG.com employees. Rest assured that if you've already bought a game - nothing will retroactively disappear from your shelves."
Ich kann die folgenden beiden Spiele nicht mehr im Spielekatalog finden:

Blood Rayne
Blood Rayne 2

BTW: Es gibt noch einige weitere Spiele im Katalog, die in Deutschland genauso indiziert oder beschlagnahmt sind und nicht gesperrt sind. Ganz oder gar nicht. Ich bin für gar nicht.

Bitte stoppt diesen Wahnsinn! Ich dachte Ihr wärt die Guten. :(
Posted February 26, 2015
Great, we can make a list of games that will disappear for German users.

Commandos
Dark Forces
Medal of Honor
BloodRayne
Mortal Combat

to be continued
Post edited February 26, 2015 by volcatius
Posted February 26, 2015
Sounds like you dun goof'd GOG.

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Digital_CHE: People, If You want the Commandos games DRMFREE, You can try with www.dotemu.com
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Klumpen0815: Bookmarked, thanks.
I'm looking for alternatives now, Shinyloot is the first one (just have to mind the DRM-free sticker).
Good points, thanks. I'll see what their FPS selections are like.
Post edited February 26, 2015 by tfishell
Posted February 26, 2015
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SixDollarMan: Ich kann die folgenden beiden Spiele nicht mehr im Spielekatalog finden:

Blood Rayne
Blood Rayne 2
Try those ;)

Bloodrayne

Bloodrayne_2
Posted February 26, 2015
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volcatius: snip
Jetzt hört doch mal auf, ständig schlafende Hunde zu wecken!
Solche Beiträge könnten einen entscheidenden Teil dazu beigetragen haben, dass es überhaupt so weit gekommen ist.
Posted February 26, 2015
@Digital_CHE: thx for the dotemu site ;) Looking now for alternatives.
@SixDollarMan: BloodRayne ist NOCH vorhanden ;)

Dark Forces can be buyd on Steam, so i dont think it will disappear.
Posted February 26, 2015
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Ciris: We've updated this post with information about the locked games.
Thanks. A shame we had to hold GOG's feet to the fire to get this, though. Hasn't GOG learned by now that these things will come out? Where is the harm in saying it up front from the start?
Posted February 26, 2015
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doc_dos: are we expect so see more geof**** soon?
Once the door is opened ... probably yes :(
Posted February 26, 2015
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SixDollarMan: Ich kann die folgenden beiden Spiele nicht mehr im Spielekatalog finden:

Blood Rayne
Blood Rayne 2
Für mich erscheinen beide noch:
http://www.gog.com/game/bloodrayne
http://www.gog.com/game/bloodrayne_2
Posted February 26, 2015
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Ciris: We've updated this post with information about the locked games.

Update text:

"Two games from our catalog had to be made unavailable in Germany: Commandos Ammo Pack and Commandos 2+3. Offering or promoting these games is considered a serious criminal offence according to German law, and we have to abide by this law to avoid the risk of serious legal action taken against GOG.com and GOG.com employees. Rest assured that if you've already bought a game - nothing will retroactively disappear from your shelves."
You seem to be misinformed. Only the first game is actually banned or "Beschlagnahmd" as it's called there. The second and third Commandos are freely available, even in their uncut version. There was never any "Indizierung".
Posted February 26, 2015
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Melc0r: You seem to be misinformed. Only the first game is actually banned or "Beschlagnahmd" as it's called there. The second and third Commandos are freely available, even in their uncut version. There was never any "Indizierung".
Commando 2 and 3 were not banned in Germany because they were only distributed/sold as censored versions here.
So the not being banned applies to the German censored versions.
Posted February 26, 2015
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Digital_CHE: People, If You want the Commandos games DRMFREE, You can try with www.dotemu.com
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Klumpen0815: Bookmarked, thanks.
I'm looking for alternatives now, Shinyloot is the first one (just have to mind the DRM-free sticker).
DotEMU is DRM-free (at least for PC titles) but applies standard regional pricing, ShinyLoot is to the best of my knowledge the only remaining store with flat pricing but also allows DRM for some titles so careful with the stickers, and then there's little FireFlower Games, also DRM free but adds VAT to price for EU customers. Afaik none support PSC or anything else of the sort unfortunately :/
Posted February 26, 2015
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volcatius: Great, we can make a list of games that will disappear for German users.

Commandos
Dark Forces
Medal of Honor
BloodRayne
Mortal Combat

to be continued
I don't think Bloodrayne was ever officially released in Germany right? Please correct me if i am wrong also isn't the PC version censored anyway?
Posted February 26, 2015
The regional pricing thing worked okay for me as people got compensation and anybody could buy the games. This, though, is making me ... well, not 100% sure what to think, but I think GOG is going to lose some future sales from me to Shinyloot, DotEmu, and Amazon/eBay.
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