I think Origin pretty much developed/published the first 3 WC games, and then they joined with EA for the rest of the games after Chris Roberts left Origin. Wing Commander IV: The Price of Freedom was designed by Chris' brother, Erin Roberts for Origin under EA, if I recall correctly. Dunno if EA has the first 3 games now, but I hope so!


Ah, bless you, my son!

So I'm guessing the "+" is because some of the games are bundles like UU1+2. I just hope the "+" in Underworld isn't the only "+" in the 25! :)

GOOD JOB!

And also, I hope the EA games list is not closed, and there is a strong chance to bring another EA classics, yes?

Oau! 8O
Hopefully LBA 1&2 are part of this deal...

Magic Carpet :O I still have the original Magic Carpet Plus version of the game.

This.

EA has arguably one of the largest back catalogues in the history of gaming, and 25(plus) titles just wouldn't do it justice. I see from this that there is a focus on the mid-90s, which is fine, but I'm also hoping for the Populous trilogy (I have Populous The Beginning, but I don't have 1 and 2), the Bard's Tale titles and so on.

Maybe we'll even see PC adaptations of Medal of Honor games that had thus far only appeared for the consoles? The first MoH and Underground would be particularly welcome!

My sensible bets would be on:

The rest of the Wing Commander games (8 in total)
A classic Ultima collection (11 in total including Worlds of Ultima)
Dungeon Keeper 2
Privateer 2
The Command and Conquer series (7 excluding C&C4)

That makes for 27 games, and I can't think of other classic EA titles that weren't developed by other studio than EA or Origin.

Edit: Black and White! (also a Bullfrog title)

Bring me Need for Speed! :D

maybe we can finally get System Shock 2 and American McGee's Alice?

THANK YOU GOG!!!!!!!! I can only imagine how much work this must have involved.

just bought Ultima Underworld 1 & 2... never completed the first, never played the second... now i can!
thank you so much, GOG ♥

looking forward on the next releases!!!

One of the first things I noticed on each the new GOG.com EA game pages were the 6 page pdf file : "ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY" ( http://items.gog.com/EULA.pdf ).
where it says :
"the installation of EA Download Manager (or superceding download management software) as well as acceptance of the EA Download Manager (or superceding download management software) End User License Agreement, may be required to access the Software, online services and/or features and to download and apply Software updates and patches (if any)."

It might be that this is "just" a "standard EULA" , but I think that the "the installation of EA Download Manager (or superceding download management software) may be required to access the Software, online services and/or features and to download and apply
Software updates and patches (if any)." part for the EULA is very non-GOG.com like.

Normally GOG.com bought games are totally non hassle/hassle free. Ones pays , one downloads , and one installs (+ one gets all the nice extras : UPDATES included, manuals, guides,music, whatever) and on GOG.com's "about page ( http://www.gog.com/en/about ) they write :
"3. You buy it, you keep it.
Don't let your DRMs turn into nightmares (clever, no?). You won't find any intrusive copy protection in our games; we hate draconian DRM schemes just as much as you do, so at GOG.com you don't just buy the game, you actually own it. Once you download a game, you can install it on any PC and re-download it whenever you want, as many times as you need, and you can play it without an internet connection."

So if the new GOG.com EA EULA is to be read literally then it sounds to me that one, potentially, could be getting back to have to accepting the "draconian schemes" for getting updates, installing and playing the game .

But this is just my "2 cent worth of opinion"/interpretation - I guess.....

Why would we use an external Download Manager when everything is hosted on Gog's servers?
It's standard fluff in a standard EULA that basically covers EA's ass for their mainstream games, not 10+ year old "classics" they barely care about. Sloppy work is sloppy, but we're stuck with it, and everyone's getting in a tizzy over something that's not valid for THIS service.

This is such great news! Finally, Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 is here! Hurrah! The wait is over. I have such nostalgic and good memories of playing this game. I still have the manuals. Thought I'll never get to play them again, but thank God for Gog!

Stygian Abyss, here I come.