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Posted June 02, 2011
The biggest announcement in GOG.com's history is a fact! Electronic Arts grants access to its deep back catalogue of classic franchises via yours truly GOG.com!

In a ground-breaking, earthshaking, and jaw-dropping deal we've managed to sign with EA and will be releasing more than 25 legendary classics from the globally renowned publisher. With today’s announcement three widely known and much awaited brands get the revival treatment from GOG.com: Wing Commander: Privateer, Dungeon Keeper and Ultima Underworld 1+2.

We will be adding more than 25 titles from EA over the next few months, so the games will be unveiled gradually, but we can already reveal that the next upcoming titles from this huge deal are: Crusader: No remorse, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri and Magic Carpet.

While the agreement between Electronic Arts and GOG.com brings back many acclaimed and well known franchises, it doesn’t include the much anticipated System Shock or Syndicate series at this time. After releasing the first six Electronic Arts classics, we will take a break from the concentrated awesome until later in the summer.
Posted June 02, 2011
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bitter_luddite: Wow. I thought I was a zealot, but this EULA stuff seems a bit silly even to me. I bow before the masters.

Has someone confirmed the status of Alien Crossfire? I saw one or two people ask about it, but no official answer. I don't care if the EULA calls on me to sacrifice my firstborn (a clause that would be about as enforceable as most others), I will definitely be buying if it's included.

edit: Alien Crossfire is the expansion to Alpha Centauri. Anyone who cares will probably already know that, but it's worth mentioning just so the people who don't care (read: cretins) won't be confused.
The EULA fuss is funny,since just about any copyrighted game has the same EULA. ANd it's not like it's enforcable. It gives companies grounds for a lawsuit incase of massive piracy,that's all.. The best description I have seen is at the beginning of the Beavis and BUtthead Virtual Stupidity game (which belongs on GOG, btw) where the there is a sign saying "Legal Crap" when the Eula scrolls across the screen at the start of the game. Some companies include it in the game, others include it in the back of the manual.It's a big fuss about nothing.
People are really paranoid.

I am concerned about the Alpha Centauri Release also. That Dungeon Keeper was released wthout the expansion is not a good sign. Alpha Centaurai and Alien Crossfire is an instant purchase for me. Alpha Centauri alone is not.
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Posted June 02, 2011
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dudalb: The EULA fuss is funny,since just about any copyrighted game has the same EULA. ANd it's not like it's enforcable. It gives companies grounds for a lawsuit incase of massive piracy,that's all.. The best description I have seen is at the beginning of the Beavis and BUtthead Virtual Stupidity game (which belongs on GOG, btw) where the there is a sign saying "Legal Crap" when the Eula scrolls across the screen at the start of the game. People are really paranoid.

I am concerned about the Alpha Centauri Release also. That Dungeon Keeper was released wthout the expansion is not a good sign. Alpha Centaurai and Alien Crossfire is an instant purchase for me. Alpha Centauri alone is not.
This....some see a copy-pasted EULA containing stuff like always on montoring and EA download manager and think that old games built before such funtionality would even require or use such things.
Posted June 02, 2011
Please tell me that Alpha Centauri will include the expansion pack since that seems to be an issue with all the other new releases. Its one of the few expansion packs I didn't get to play when I was younger.
Post edited June 02, 2011 by Scorpionscythe
Posted June 02, 2011
Pssst..no onetell those upset about the EA EULA that they probably agreed to one just like it when they installed their Microsoft or Apple operating system, or when they use Word or Word Perfect or any other BUsiness software, or when they installed just about any game they owned.
A lot of companies do not actually have the EULA on the install disc,instead it is in the manual. That is what all the close spaced legalese in the back of many manuals are.
I hate a lot of the modern forms of DRM as much as anybody, but to get scared about a freaking EULA is dumb.
Post edited June 02, 2011 by dudalb
Posted June 02, 2011
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GameRager: 1. Again, it wouldn't matter, as whether you agree to them or not if they're unenofrceable/non applicable they can't prosecute/sue you for breaking them anyways.

2. They don't track any info, that's copy-pasta from games that do...so that example doesn't work here, and I don't see why you think they would just because they left it in a copy-pasted EULA.

3. They're cheap, and others have stated the same as me in toher threads...they just don't want to do it for whatever reason(money/time/etc).

And btw every Gog game is EULA restricted.......read it next time you install any gog game. And again Gog is DRM-free...EULAs aren't DRM.
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EmuAce: Re pt. 1: Sorry - but unless you show your law qualifications for the country in which I currently reside this is a moot point. I see you live in the US, this might come as a shock but fortunately not everyone else in the world does. Laws differ, and I highly doubt that you have any legal qualifications, so please do not comment on the legality or enforceability of an EULA without having the required knowledge and abilities to do so.

Re pt. 2: As you seem to have problems grasping the concept of rights and giving away your rights. Let me make this as clear as possible - the EULA should only state the sections relevant to the games in question. Giving rights away, as inapplicable to this game in question they might be, is never a good idea - as they retain those rights until the agreement is cancelled.

Re pt. 3: Cheap? I don't consider signing away rights as being cheap - especially when they're excessive. But I guess morals and values differ quite a bit :). I can get a Dungeon Keeper 2 copy off of ebay pretty cheap, and without being forced into a draconic EULA which seems a lot cheaper to me. By that logic perhaps we should all start buying games from there again?

As for your comment about gog games being EULA restricted - please actually read the comments. You're signing away your rights, and to even make it both EULA and DRM specific, once again as there seems to be an issue grasping this concept.
Your license will terminate immediately if you attempt to circumvent the technical protection measures for the Software.
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EmuAce: Technical protection measures... DRM... This EULA clause has no right to exist anywhere on GoG... it is against the very spirit in which GoG was founded...
I just checked my copy of DUngeon Keeper 2 and guess what? It has the same EULA as the one you are screming about. So even if you buy a second hand copy, you are still "signing away your rights".
Posted June 02, 2011
Can't wait for Alpha Centauri, i hope Alien Crossfire is in it
Posted June 02, 2011
Well I SUPPOSE that getting the biggest publisher in the world is OKAY...
Posted June 02, 2011
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Aliasalpha: Well I SUPPOSE that getting the biggest publisher in the world is OKAY...
Sigh.....I guess we'll have to manage. ;)
Posted June 02, 2011
Speaking of Sid Meire games, with the 150th anniversary of the Civil War upon us, a GOG release of Sid Meire's Civil war games...Gettysburg and Antietam..would be nice.
Posted June 02, 2011
Just for the record I don't do this often, but... WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

This is going to end up adding waaay too many games to my backlog... good think I have some vacation time coming up.
Posted June 02, 2011
this is crazy.
first atari, now ea...
one awesome way to "waste" my weekends!!

what next, gog?

me like!
Posted June 02, 2011
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EmuAce: Re pt. 1: Sorry - but unless you show your law qualifications for the country in which I currently reside this is a moot point. I see you live in the US, this might come as a shock but fortunately not everyone else in the world does. Laws differ, and I highly doubt that you have any legal qualifications, so please do not comment on the legality or enforceability of an EULA without having the required knowledge and abilities to do so.

Re pt. 2: As you seem to have problems grasping the concept of rights and giving away your rights. Let me make this as clear as possible - the EULA should only state the sections relevant to the games in question. Giving rights away, as inapplicable to this game in question they might be, is never a good idea - as they retain those rights until the agreement is cancelled.

Re pt. 3: Cheap? I don't consider signing away rights as being cheap - especially when they're excessive. But I guess morals and values differ quite a bit :). I can get a Dungeon Keeper 2 copy off of ebay pretty cheap, and without being forced into a draconic EULA which seems a lot cheaper to me. By that logic perhaps we should all start buying games from there again?

As for your comment about gog games being EULA restricted - please actually read the comments. You're signing away your rights, and to even make it both EULA and DRM specific, once again as there seems to be an issue grasping this concept.



Technical protection measures... DRM... This EULA clause has no right to exist anywhere on GoG... it is against the very spirit in which GoG was founded...
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dudalb: I just checked my copy of DUngeon Keeper 2 and guess what? It has the same EULA as the one you are screming about. So even if you buy a second hand copy, you are still "signing away your rights".
Just wondering, is your copy of Dungeon Keeper 2 the re-released version that came out in 09?
Posted June 02, 2011
This is awesome news! Congratulations GoG!
Posted June 02, 2011
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To all those waiting on Alpha Centauri, I did upload my discs I ordered from Amazon in mint condition to demonoid. It includes the original and the expansion discs. Not piracy per-se since you can't legally buy or find the game anywhere anymore. Sold-Out Games in England prints a copy but that company seems iffy, making new discs of old games then selling them for 5 pounds each reeks of illegal bs.

I also uploaded Starship Troopers Terran Ascendancy, now THAT was hard to get my hands on and I will guarantee you can't buy a disc of it anywhere without paying an extreme price.
Post edited June 02, 2011 by tb87670
Posted June 02, 2011
From EULA

[QUOTE]12. Export. You agree to abide by U.S. and other applicable export control laws
and agree not to transfer the Software to a foreign national, or national
destination, which is prohibited by such laws, without first obtaining, and then
complying with, any requisite government authorization. You certify that you are
not a person with whom EA is prohibited from transacting business under
applicable law.


It's ridiculous in digital distribution context!
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