Except multiplayer doesn't run through Steam. Multiplayer doesn't run through Steam in any game, because Valve doesn't run the servers (except for their own games, of course). Matchmaking runs through Steam. Netherrealm/WBIE will be running their own servers. There's a subtle but critical difference. At best, the argument can be made that there is no server, and that Steam simply establishes a direct P2P connection between two players, but it's still matchmaking.

And personally, I wouldn't care about multiplayer being excised from the DRM-free version, given that online is likely to be dead within weeks anyway.

I wouldn't bet on it being dead. And most people buy fighting games for multiplayer. I doubt GOG would sell not a fully functional product.

Ahem.

Voted and thanks!

Secret Mystery Game for me

Voted for both (MK is cool!) and in for the secret mystery game.

And when MK servers are offline, then it may come here. As for now, it would be a product missing a key element that would be offered elsewhere.

In for Street Fighter Alpha 2

Thanks and +1 for your generosity, AmarKing!

Voted (#78 and #53, respectively).

Please, count me in for the mistery game. ;)

BUMP

Mystery Game, please (1st line-so don't kill me!)

MK on GOG would be pretty nice. I'd love if the GOG version had a cameo character like Geralt from Witcher :P (Would make Kratos look crappy!)

What are the GOG fighting games even like on PC? I went for the mystery game cause I didn't want to chance it.

Whoa, I'm not going to hurt anyone. I'm giving away a game ; ) Sorry if I sounded grumpy : )

It would certainly be cool to have Geralt in MK 9, but I think it's more likely he will be made as a mod. I would also like to see Raziel and Kain from Legacy of Kain being made by modders. I think they somehow fit in the series' dark yet colorful mood.

Well for your question about the fighting games, I think you should ask someone more skilled at the genre. I mostly play them for fun : )

Thank you for the giveaway! Voted for both, even though I'm not optimistic about it.
Let me try my luck on the secret mystery game.

Voted for both, would like to be added in for the super secret mystery game of doom. ;)

Sorry, must have been your avatar :P

Plus Scandinavians in my head stereotypically are all giant scary vikings :P

Forgot about Mods, that'd be cool, more likely to be a valve character officially anyway than Geralt tbh :(

Well controls-wise is PC bad compared to console?

Console controls aren't better than PC controls for fighting games, but arcade controls are. In most of them, manipulations are created to be done with this kind of controllers.

But, if you don't have an arcade stick, or don't want to buy it, or if you don't like to use it, if you have to choose between keyboard or gamepad, it's depend of your preference. Gamepads are more comfortable, but directions can make a pain in your finger. And find high punch and high kick can be difficult. Keyboard can be great if your hardware can understand two inputs in the same time.

All Xbox 360 controllers natively works on Windows (gamepads or arcade stick) but the original Xbox 360 gamepad is crap for fighting games.