GOG's Awesome Presentation on CDP Days!

He mentioned signing "one of these [big publishers]" for Spring (i.e. they're signing the papers for it, right now), and he added "two more of these [big publishers]" by this Fall.

So, either they've got plans to sign three of "the big five," or he misspoke.

Edit: No, I was right. Confirmation of "three of the big five" can be found in the official announcement regarding the...erm...announcement. Click HERE.


-Khalaq

I would like to make an announcement please! Everyone listen to me! Everyone Pay attention to me! Everyone's attention locked on my every word and move? Good and Great! Talk to you later!
That was my announcement...pretty sweet I know! : )

ATTN: Another announcement forthcoming soon!

Stay tuned!

So can we all put our minds together and work out what Atari/Hasbro games relate to the clues given ?

- What game made you dream of the stars - Homeworld?

- What game did you ride with Outlaws - Desperados?

- What game made you feel like a hero - Quest for Glory?

Good, I can say that it's one of those time where I am happy of being wrong :-)

It seemed like they were going to announce which new publisher they got, and that the hints meant we were going to be getting those games starting today, like they did with Baldur's Gate. They already had Atari so AitD isn't a huge surprise (hell, they already had a bad game in the series, so getting the good ones, while nice, doesn't really quality as HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT news), and the rest felt like an announcement for an upcoming announcement.

I'm very, very excited for whatever may be happening in the coming months. But this announcement in and of itself was a dud and gave us no new information that we couldn't have just inferred. If they're not ready to say which new publishers they have on board, then there probably shouldn't have been so much build up.

"- What game made you feel like a hero - Quest for Glory?"

Yes, please!

Dream of the stars? Given that we now know that Atari will release the games, I'm thinking UFO. Enemy Defence (the original X-COM game)

Go in here and join the guessing then.....OFFICIAL ATARI RELEASES GUESS THREAD

[EDIT: Changes made to improve accuracy.]

While I agree that not getting the name (and the name of a "first game") from them kinda sucked, the way they talked about it made it seem that they had hoped to already have that publisher ready to announce by today. If that had actually happened, I expect they would have announced it during CD Projekt's press release.

HOWEVER, life rarely goes as planned, and I'm guessing the paperwork is taking them longer than they had anticipated. There are legal reasons why cannot announce a publisher before certain criteria are met, so that may have left them in a rather awkward position. They could be stuck in final preparations to announce a publisher they've been trying to get for a while, but they can't tell the press anything quite yet.

What would you have said if you were them? "Hey, guys! We have signed a publisher, but we're not allowed to tell you who it is, yet." Personally, I'm not sure I could have "spun" such a situation any better than they did.

Of course, another possibility is that they're trying to milk the publicity cow by refusing to divulge which big publisher they've signed. Personally, I think that would be a mistake. If you tell people you're going to announce a publisher within a certain time period, then you should do what you say. Besides, announcing a publisher without announcing which game will be first generates more of a buzz than withholding the publisher's name does..

Anyhow, those of us who have been gaming for a long time already have a very good idea of who the "unnamed publishers" are. Not to worry, we'll still be getting our classic games when the right time comes.


-Khalaq

I think most people know here what publishers are in the pipeline (or at least, which ones they'd like to see), the issue is that this announcement didn't really... announce anything. Of course GoG were in negotiations with other publishers, that went without saying, so making a big production about saying it is kind of odd.

And yeah, if there's a reason the announcement was so vague then I can't blame GoG for it. Last minute stuff happens and I understand that. But a dud's still a dud, even if it's got a reason, and this announcement was a dud.

The moment you have all been waiting for is upon us all!
Announcement!!!!!!!!!!!
This post is long and delicious!
GOG is Cool and unpretensious
And if you get a bit suspicious
Of marketing ploy rendintions
Just remember your supersitions
And play the games of Yore!

I Love you GOG! ; )

Fear your past: If it's Atari, maybe Indigo Prophecy?

No, it's Planescape: Torment 2, developed in secret over the last decade!!!

If only. P:T:2 would be complete nerdgasm overload.

Speaking of Outlaws, I wish they would release the game Outlaws here, but sadly it probably won't happen considering it was for windows 95 which is harder to port to vista/7 than dos games. :(

http://xlengine.com ;) Just wait for it.

Can't wait for Wing Commander.

This could be the biggest release for GOG.

However, I hope they go for quality and maybe a higher price, rather than focus on a cheaper price, but leave things out.

The Wing Commander franchise is huge, there are a ton of spin offs such as Wing Commander Armada, Wing Commander Academy, Privateer 1 and 2 and many more...

There is also Wing Commander - The Kilrathi Saga. I would love to see this version be included.

What game made you go to the underworld?
Ultima Underworld
Ultima Underworld 2
Heck even Ultima VI The False Prophet. Maybe even the other Ultimas.

It ended up being Dragonshard. :( Extreme disappointment. I enjoyed playing Dragonshard in the past, but it's not really a classic (though neither was Witcher), and no one would have guess it was this game based on the clue. Ultima Underworld would have been a far better choice. I hope this trend isn't the actual route gog is heading.