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New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
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triock: Heh, I also noticed that 1 game (Divine divinity) is missing from my library. Not good GOG, not good. :(
Did you buy it in the last few days? I have unredeemed gift codes that were redeemed 5 days (or 4?) ago.
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triock: Heh, I also noticed that 1 game (Divine divinity) is missing from my library. Not good GOG, not good. :(
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real.geizterfahr: Did you buy it in the last few days? I have unredeemed gift codes that were redeemed 5 days (or 4?) ago.
Nope, it was a gift from like 2 years ago.
I can't seem to find a list of games that are on sale. Did that feature get removed or can I just not find it?
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YaTEdiGo: Ok, I found how to change dollars to euros, and euros back to dollars...

So 1$ isnt a 1€ right?

THEN WHY THE GAMES THAT USE TO COST 5 DOLLARS NOW COST 5 EUROS AND 5.99 DOLLARS?

http://cdn.meme.li/instances/250x250/53035340.jpg

HOW MANY GAMES YOU ALREADY RISED THE PRIZE? O_O
There were no game that used to cost $5.00 (except when they were on sale). They were all $5.99 or more.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by Lillesort131
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ajkishel: I can't seem to find a list of games that are on sale. Did that feature get removed or can I just not find it?
Just click on the picture under "latest deals" (the one that is labeled "last chance specials"). It took me a while to find that. ^^
Post edited August 27, 2014 by Mondkalb
While the new design seems to be much more appropiate for mobile devices I really dislike the grey GOG.com logo.

Have to take a closer look at all the other changes.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by ShadowOwl
Half the time, 'search' in the top-right gives me a drop-down search box that works like the old one; the other half, it takes me to http://www.gog.com/games
All this greyness is not conducive to sales. Grey = depressing.

Can you please bring back the tag that said if I owned a title or not already, when viewing the titles in the homepage?

Thanks.
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ajkishel: I can't seem to find a list of games that are on sale. Did that feature get removed or can I just not find it?
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Mondkalb: Just click on the picture under "latest deals". It took me a while to find that. ^^
Unfortunately, this only takes me to whichever deal is pictured.
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Lillesort131: There were no game that used to cost $5.00 (except when they were on sale). They were all $5.99 or more.
There were a few, and there still are: http://www.gog.com/game/escape_goat (Okay, strictly speaking it's $4.99.)
Post edited August 27, 2014 by VanishedOne
low rated
In all DRM isn't so bad......
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maginaTor121: How come I don't see on gamecard if I own the game? And also why can't I download my games from their gamecards anymore?
This! I like the new design otherwise. I'm curious about the removal of colour from the logo, though.
First I was taken aback by movies icon. I thought I clicked on a wrong link... Then I realized I didn't and was pleasantly surprised until I discovered prices are in euros (foreign currency which value is artificially increased in my country). Oh, right, sad they went the usual route of movie distributors I said to myself... And then I realized you changed prices to euros for everything.

You still have $1 =/= 1 euro at the top, really? Where is the concrete, final cost you pay me back included in the game details? Is CZK - EUR convert ration considered?

The shock is far too great to word my opinion right now.
Is it intentional that games listed on the front page, either in the "panels" or in the list on the right, no longer tell me that they're on my wishlist? That's certainly a backstep, functionality-wise.

(Concrete example: "Divintiy: Original Sin" gives no indication that I've wishlisted it)
Post edited August 27, 2014 by geminidomino
Yeah! Responsive design. I'm glad for that, fairly well done too. Your meta viewport is a little confused, when you try to log in on a phone it gets resized and you have to scroll around.

I don't like the grey logo. You can still be forward-looking but stand out a little, guys.

As for the navigation bar, you should look into the pattern where when you scroll down the top bar shrinks to a smaller, less obtrusive one, and when you scroll back up it resizes. It's pretty gaudy right now.

Next step is to fix the forum for mobile devices.