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Posted May 22, 2019
There are two things that matter to all of us gamers: the games we play and the friends we play them with. But as more titles come with dedicated launchers and clients, our games and gaming buddies become scattered in between them. With GOG GALAXY 2.0, you’ll be able to combine multiple libraries into one and connect with your friends across all gaming platforms!

“As gamers, we need to juggle between multiple clients to access our games and see what our friends are playing,” says Piotr Karwowski, Managing Director at GOG. “We believe gamers deserve a better experience, and this became the driving force to redefine GOG GALAXY client,” Karwowski adds. “GOG GALAXY 2.0 is designed for all gamers and extends well beyond existing GOG.COM users, into both PC and console platforms.”

Once you connect GOG GALAXY 2.0 with other platforms, it will import all your games into one library. You will see your friends activities and online status across connected platforms. All new library and friends features apply to your GOG.COM games and enhance your experience. And it’s designed to protect your privacy – your data belongs to you and will never be shared with third parties. We see it as an all-in-one solution for the present-day gamer.

Experience GOG GALAXY 2.0 yourself — sign up for the closed beta at www.gogalaxy.com and be among the first to get access to it!

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Learn more about our vision.
Main features and what to expect once GOG GALAXY 2.0 officially launches.

Your Games.
Import all your games from PC and consoles, build and organize them into one master collection. Install and launch any PC game you own, no matter the platform.

Keep track of all your achievements, hours played and games owned.

Customize your library by filtering, sorting, tagging, and adding your own visuals like game backgrounds or covers.

Follow upcoming releases and discover games popular among your friends and the gaming community.

Your Friends.
Bring together your friends from all platforms and see their online status.

No matter on which platform your friends are, you can chat with them.

See your friends’ cross-platform achievements, game time milestones and recently played games.

See who’s the master collector, completionist or spends the most time playing.

Your Privacy.
Your personal data will never be shared with third parties.

We’re not spying on data from your computer.

With a single click, you can remove imported games and friends data from our servers.

Your GOG Client.
All new library management and friends features take your experience to the next level.

The best way to run and update your GOG games.

Use features like cloud saving, in-game overlay, multiplayer & matchmaking, rollbacks and more.

The client is not required to play your DRM-free GOG games.

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Connect more platforms and add new features with open-source integrations.

All customizations and changes to your library are saved in the cloud and synced between all your devices.

Save any view like a customized library or favorite games and friends to access them instantly.

GOG GALAXY 2.0 will be available for Windows and Mac for free.
Sign up now at www.gogalaxy.com for the closed beta access.
Post edited May 24, 2019 by elcook
Posted May 22, 2019
Interesting. I guess this is a method to get folks to use Galaxy as their primary source and (GOG hopes) browse the GOG store more often? Missing patches (which GOG may be getting a reputation for even outside the forum) and gutted features (multiplayer and co.) will still put people off of new titles. But I do wish GOG the best, and hopefully this helps - in some way - bring more highly-desired titles.
Posted May 22, 2019
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ShadowOwl: Could we at least get some kind of statement on what GOG's plans for further Linux support currently are?
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Coocoo617: I would like to know this as well. I wouldn't be nearly as disappointed if it wasn't already promised in the past. It feels like you don't care about much Linux anymore.
I believe we already got that statement.

Basically it's not going to happen.
Posted May 22, 2019
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1jocator: Oh. No Linux.
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keturidu: At first i tought the same thing, but then... Linux users do have Lutris. Why do we need another Steam app?
Lutris is a helper for installing Windows programs in Linux via Wine. I don't want to use Lutris, nor do I need Wine to install Linux native games. The point of a native Linux client would be to install (and more importantly, update) the Linux native games.
Posted May 22, 2019
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DadJoke007: If we don't tell them there's an increasing demand for such services for Linux, how are they ever going to know? It's not a complaint, just a wish for bigger Linux support all around so that more people can make the switch from Windows to Linux with ease.
That's a good point. I am taking my first steps in Linux (ZorinOS on one of my laptops), and plan to transition over to it more for gaming in future - it turns out a stack of my games already have Linux versions, and others will run in Zorin via emulator, with dual-boot for the remaining ones. But unless I say something publicly, GOG etc won't have any idea that I am another person who is starting to use Linux. Mentioning it helps to show how widespread it is getting now that some of the versions (Zorin, Mint, Elementary) can be easier to use than Windows.
Posted May 22, 2019
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przekot: yay!
Alrighty then. lol
Posted May 22, 2019
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: download offline backup installers for previous game versions
This would be cool.
However, it will add extra to storage\electrical\etc. bills, so GOG won't go for it as it has rare use and generates no profit.
Posted May 22, 2019
I have a question.
Will it be possible to import all the achievements and hours played on Steam?
Posted May 22, 2019
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Coocoo617: I would like to know this as well. I wouldn't be nearly as disappointed if it wasn't already promised in the past. It feels like you don't care about much Linux anymore.
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lolplatypus: I believe we already got that statement.

Basically it's not going to happen.
That statement is from over half a year ago from a staff member no longer working for GOG and the Linux version is still being mentioned on the Galaxy download site.
Posted May 22, 2019
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: 1) Universal Crossplay between all multiplayer GOG games and the versions of those same games which are on any other platform. Without this feature, the new stuff listed for Galaxy 2.0 is just insignificant window dressing.
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StingingVelvet: This would be all on the developers, which is why it will never be centralized or mandated like you're asking.
Well, GOG could do things like a) make it be mandatory for games sold on GOG or b) strongly encourage the developers to make it happen by giving them very strong incentives to do so.

One thing is clear from the history of GOG: if GOG continues to do nothing at all to address it's huge glaring complete lack of Crossplay problem (at least for ~99% of GOG games that badly need it), then no progress will ever be made on the issue, and GOG will remain a non-viable multiplayer platform.

At the very least, GOG could do something to try to address the problem. But these announcements the come with the Galaxy 2.0 features do not give any indication that GOG is even trying to address the problem with lack of Crossplay.
Post edited May 22, 2019 by Ancient-Red-Dragon
Posted May 22, 2019
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Interconnect everything, share information with everything and everyone. Every application connect to each other, phone with other phones, your Atari VCS with the moon base.
I am so sick of this connect everything push.
SICK OF IT.
Posted May 22, 2019
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lolplatypus: I believe we already got that statement.

Basically it's not going to happen.
It's almost like Linux gamers are a very loud but very small group.
Posted May 22, 2019
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przekot: yay!
YAY!
Posted May 22, 2019
I am actually very excited to see the new look of Galaxy!
Posted May 22, 2019
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Bambusek: If it can lunch any PC game from any digital platform WITHOUT need to start specific app seperately (i.e. I could import Total War: Warhammer 2 into Galaxy and start it without starting Steam) - great, useful thing. If it still requires to launch specific digital store app - um, where is benefit?
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StingingVelvet: No way they can remove DRM like that, it will definitely launch Steam and then the game. They might use some technique to suppress Steam's priority, so you don't have to see it launch or deal with it, but that's the best you could hope for.
Yeah, if you use other front-ends and you click on the game, it automatically launches the client needed to play it, if one is necessary. GOG can't get around that unless they want to get sued by publishers angry about their DRM being nullified. If you do have a Steam or Twitch game that's DRM-free, you can point the program toward the .exe file to launch it directly without opening the client, but that's the best you can do and it's case-by-case.
Posted May 22, 2019
You haven't even delivered most of the promises you had for the previous GOG launcher, and now you announce another one, that seems to be a glorified wrapper? Shortcut folder?

An app to launch another app to play a game?
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