GB Feature: Good Old Games Preview
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All prices on GOG.com are either 5.99 USD or 9.99 USD. Most of the time, that price applies to single games, though some games are sold in pairs. For example, you can pick up Descent 1 and 2 for $5.99. As of this writing, the only payment methods are Visa and Mastercard, though CDP intends to add more methods of payment (PayPal being an obvious minimum candidate).
The GOG catalogue is currently limited to games published by Interplay and Codemasters, which means that it's somewhat small (though still packed with some real gems). CD Projekt promises that games will be added every Tuesday of the week, with the upcoming titles being announced on Thursday. There are certainly enough good old titles to get, but I have to wonder if GOG will keep a consistent line of providing only *good* old games, especially considering some older titles (all of the D&D-licensed games, for instance) might be harder to get due to multiple claims of rights on the title. Also, while the current games are all available worldwide, CD Projekt informs us that it is not unthinkable for future releases to be restricted in area of sale, though they are trying to keep this to a minimum. We might also see censored versions of games released on GOG if the publisher advises it. As of right now, games like Fallout are offered in the US uncensored version for everyone.
