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General discussionNews: Getting Ready for Windows 10!(263 posts)(263 posts)
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Posted July 08, 2015
Windows 10 is coming on July 29th and we are as ready as can be!

You have been asking on our forums, and now we are here with the official word! We're getting ready for Windows 10 and putting our QA Team at full capacity to test the games we (and you!) are looking forward to play on the upcoming OS.

Currently, we are very optimistic about July 29th and hope you will make a near-seamless transition to gaming on the newest version of your Windows operating system.

GOG.com has always been about making sure our releases, especially the classics, are tested and playable out of the box on modern computers.



When GOG.com launched in 2008, Windows XP was by far the most popular operating system among gamers. Ever since then we've meticulously tested our entire library to introduce Day 1 compatibility with every new Windows release. We've done it for Windows 7, we've done it for Windows 8 - now we're doing it all again for Windows 10.

So far, things are looking great. We're encountering very few problems and most of those are either resolvable on our end, or likely to get fixed as Windows 10 nears release. In fact, many games that had issues on operating systems newer than Windows XP once again won’t suffer any hiccups on Windows 10. The OS is still a work in progress, so while anything can happen until the release date we're confident for the future. This is the smoothest transition to a brand new system that we've ever worked on.

Some games may need a patch to run perfectly smoothly, but don't worry - they will be available on the site, and if you use GOG Galaxy, your games will be ready to go automatically.
Posted July 08, 2015
Don't see this as being relevant for me till extended support for Win 7 will end in 2020, so still more interested in everything working on that, both 32-bit and 64-bit, as I know some still don't.
(And then, from 2020, with the direction MS has, still hope I'll give Linux more of a try, unless they'll backtrack way more, to at least have a version catering clearly to desktop PC, mouse & keyboard, no cloud/active content users.)
Posted July 08, 2015
There was a Windows 9?
Posted July 08, 2015
Cool! That's so professional, nothing new from you guys :)

But personally I hope GOG repeats this sort of thread this november, when SteamOS launches.
No, I'm not kidding. I really do!
Wanna play my GOG games, especially the classics, with the Steam Controller and stuff, butt cheeks in couch mode :)
Posted July 08, 2015
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
No. They skipped it.

I am very, veeery happy to hear these news.
Posted July 08, 2015
I'd be shocked but pleasantly surprised if Gangsters actually starts working properly on Windows 10 because at the moment there's no reason for me to purchase it.
Posted July 08, 2015
Well done GOG!
Posted July 08, 2015
I'm still on Windows XP. :o It still works fine enough for everything I need which is why I've been putting off getting a new computer for so long.
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
The story goes, many old programs that were meant to work on Windows 95 and 98 included in their code statements like "if Windows_version starts with "Windows 9", do so-and-so", which would cause complications with a potential Windows 9.
Posted July 08, 2015
high rated
During the last 3 years I realised GOG is one of the best at making older games run on newer systems. I am having very good experiences even with "Win8 incompatible" games. Good work, keep it up and show the competition how it's done.
You have My support.
Posted July 08, 2015
Good to hear GOG, looking forward to seeing how your support pans out for the OS. I've been using the previews for a while and I have to say I really do like it. I've been using Win 7 for the last year and a half (XP before hand) and the change to 10 is nice. I briefly tried 8/8.1 and it was awful.
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
Supposedly skipped, in part because of Software that detected if it was running on Win 95/98 using a catch all check along the lines of

if (Win 9*) then
say requires a newer version of Windows

EDIT -- Ah, I see @SCPM beat me to it.
Post edited July 08, 2015 by tarasis
Posted July 08, 2015
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SCPM: I'm still on Windows XP. :o It still works fine enough for everything I need which is why I've been putting off getting a new computer for so long.
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Crosmando: There was a Windows 9?
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SCPM: The story goes, many old programs that were meant to work on Windows 95 and 98 included in their code statements like "if Windows_version starts with "Windows 9", do so-and-so", which would cause complications with a potential Windows 9.
Yeah, I heard that, but given that, when you type WinVer into windows 7 and 8 it tells you that they are actually versions 6.1 and 6.2 respectively (Vista was 6.0) I'm not so sure...
Post edited July 08, 2015 by Fever_Discordia
Posted July 08, 2015
windows 10 has forced auto-updates for newer features without letting users have a saying
basically any new feature microsoft chooses in the future you will be forced to accept

this only happens to individual windows users (home and pro versions) cause corporate windows users (enterprise version) have total control over updates and can choose what features they want
so i guess some windows users are more equal than others
Posted July 08, 2015
Best of luck and keep up the good work GOG! Making older games compatible is still - for better or worse - one the number one reasons (at least according to places like Reddit) people buy from you.
Posted July 08, 2015
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GOG.com: In fact, many games that had issues on operating systems newer than Windows XP once again won’t suffer any hiccups on Windows 10.
Just for clarification, does this mean I should upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 8 for a superior experience with gaming in general?
Posted July 08, 2015
Good news!
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