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New features, local currency option, new payment methods, store credit, and an updated look for GOG.com!

For almost six years now we strive to bring you not only the best in DRM-Free gaming, but also to give you the greatest experience possible. To that end we're always looking for ways to improve our site and service. Today, we're rolling out a vastly updated version of our store with an improved interface, sleek new look, and lots of handy new features. Let's take a quick tour, shall we?

Video: Welcome to the fresher, better GOG.com!

First of all we are giving you more DRM-free content: movies! We are starting with 20 documentaries about internet and gaming culture but we aim high! You can find more on this in the appropriate newspost, so let's focus on the other features we're rolling out.

We wanted to give you more choice as to how you pay for things on GOG.com. Now it's up to you if you want to pay in US Dollars, or in the currency primarily used in your country, whether it's the Euro, Pounds Sterling, Australian Dollars, or Russian Roubles. That's four new currencies supported by GOG.com for your convenience. Still - the choice is yours, so if you want to stick to US dollars, just switch to it - you find this option at the bottom of each page. To make buying things at GOG.com an even more flexible process, we're introducing some new payment methods: Sofort, Giropay, Webmoney, and Yandex.

All this also means that users for whom the local currency pricing has been enabled will have an option to select one of two different prices for each game in our catalog. Of course, we stand by the simple truth that $1 does not equal 1€, so a game with a $5.99 price tag will cost 4.49 Euro, 3.69 British Pounds, 6.49 Australian Dollars, and 219 Roubles respectively. $9.99 translates to 7.49 Euro, 5.99 Pounds Sterling, 10.89 Australian Dollars, and 359 Roubles. In a perfect world we would apply the same method of pricing to all of the games we offer. However, things are a little bit more complicated, and there are some games in our catalog that follow a different region-based pricing scheme. However, we wouldn't be GOG.com if we didn't find a way to make right by the users who end up paying relatively more for such titles. Here's where the Fair Price Package comes in!

The Fair Price Package applies to all of the titles which we couldn't include in our standard pricing scheme. If you end up paying more for a game than its standard US Dollar price, we'll refund you the difference out of our own pocket. The refunded value will be added to your account in Store Credit in the currency of your purchase. That's right, no more gift codes, you'll be getting Store Credit that you can use to purchase anything on GOG.com or partially pay for an item that's more expensive. More choice, ease of use, and less limitations!

Finally, the GOG.com store has gotten itself a substantial visual revamp. We went for a fresh, mobile-friendly design that should make it even easier to find the games you want, notice the hot promos, and see what's new. The main page, catalog view, product pages, and checkout have been updated and also lay the groundwork for even more overhaul, coming within the next few months together with many of the GOG Galaxy features. We hope you like it!

PS. Unfortunately, we need to drop some titles from our classic catalog. In such cases, we always do our best to give you an advance warning and a last chance to purchase such games - preferably with a considerable discount. Check this news post to find out which titles are being removed from our catalog, when will it happen, and what parting discounts for them do we currently offer.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by G-Doc
I like the new responsive design, although I haven't tried mobile devices yet. The new transparent Logo is fun, maybe you could put something green behind the header to make it more obvious before you scroll.

One nice feature would be the delivery of the Webfonts directly from GOG servers instead of the Google Font API. If you had issues with local fonts in the past, you may want to try again. Removing external resources is good for both the users privacy and speed, and i think you already did it with those social buttons.
Post edited August 27, 2014 by brunchero
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rjfigueiredo: Very well, now you convert $ to € and show on the store, but my question is: how often is that updated? Tomorrow it might be more or less.
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noncompliantgame: Its not updated - the prices are fixed and there is no way to choose the currency you use. You MUST pay in the currency where you're residing.
Yes you can the options at the bottom of the store screen and the video f***ing says you can i mean how wrong can one person be?
I don't like viewing pictures in new tab. It should be pop-up with buttons back/forward.
I'm also missing the game release date info in the new mobile layout.
Every time I post, the page resets to the very, very bottom. It is trivial I know, but still annoying.
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k1bell: I don't mind the new design.
I very much mind that the games catalogue no longer show if I own those games I already owned.
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smok40: I agree. That was a very helpful feature and it would be great to have it back.
I just realized that it does :) If you already own the game, the name is gray instead of black.

It's not as obvious as the previous way where it changed the price to say we owned it, but I guess this way we can still see the price in case we wanted to buy the game again as a gift.
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noncompliantgame: Its not updated - the prices are fixed and there is no way to choose the currency you use. You MUST pay in the currency where you're residing.
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manic221: Yes you can the options at the bottom of the store screen and the video f***ing says you can i mean how wrong can one person be?
Really? Then maybe somebody could tell me why I only get US dollars, no matter what I'm looking at? See attachment.
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smok40: I agree. That was a very helpful feature and it would be great to have it back.
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Jennifer: I just realized that it does :) If you already own the game, the name is gray instead of black.

It's not as obvious as the previous way where it changed the price to say we owned it, but I guess this way we can still see the price in case we wanted to buy the game again as a gift.
If you click on the page of the game you own under the title it also says owned.
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doccarnby: I don't like the top bar following me as I scroll down. I've never really been a fan of that, and this one is huge.
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Maighstir: That particular change was added long ago, though Barefoot Essentials fixed it and probably will again (give Barefoot_Monkey time to update the thing).
I guess you're right. Maybe something about it just seemed less obtrusive. I don't know what it is about this one, but it really bugs me.

Also, GOG, I will forgive just about everything related to this update if you can get Project Metalbeast. Gogogo.
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DonRumata1: Damn it, the old search bar's gone! I can handle the newspaper/mobile-friendly layouts fine, but this needs to change. It was so easy to simply type in a few letters and get the game I was searching for.
This. I mean seriously you'd think this would be the first thing in as it's a WONDERFUL sales tool. I don't know how may times I saw someone mention a game on the forums, saw something along the side of my screen on a GoG list, etc and I just tapped in a few letters then BANG there I was, viewing a product on an impulse. It got me to look at games I probably wouldn't have known existed otherwise and it probably gets GoG many sales. Sounds like a win-win and something I want back.

Also, I second the "device" toggle. I wish more websites let me click "Monitor Interface" or "Mobile / Device Interface"

I hate the mobile device "tileset" style on a monitor.
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manic221: Yes you can the options at the bottom of the store screen and the video f***ing says you can i mean how wrong can one person be?
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Hickory: Really? Then maybe somebody could tell me why I only get US dollars, no matter what I'm looking at? See attachment.
Thats strange i get GBP and USD on mine are you using a VPN by any chance for sites like Netflix? That could be why.
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Post edited August 27, 2014 by manic221
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Jennifer: I just realized that it does :) If you already own the game, the name is gray instead of black.

It's not as obvious as the previous way where it changed the price to say we owned it, but I guess this way we can still see the price in case we wanted to buy the game again as a gift.
So GOG now is Fifty Shades of Grey? Got it! :-P
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DonRumata1: Damn it, the old search bar's gone! I can handle the newspaper/mobile-friendly layouts fine, but this needs to change. It was so easy to simply type in a few letters and get the game I was searching for.
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Ixamyakxim: This. I mean seriously you'd think this would be the first thing in as it's a WONDERFUL sales tool. I don't know how may times I saw someone mention a game on the forums, saw something along the side of my screen on a GoG list, etc and I just tapped in a few letters then BANG there I was, viewing a product on an impulse. It got me to look at games I probably wouldn't have known existed otherwise and it probably gets GoG many sales. Sounds like a win-win and something I want back.

Also, I second the "device" toggle. I wish more websites let me click "Monitor Interface" or "Mobile / Device Interface"

I hate the mobile device "tileset" style on a monitor.
The search bar is still as wonderful as it once was when you click on the search button on the top a couple of letters and the game your after comes up nothings changed in that regard.
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Hickory: Really? Then maybe somebody could tell me why I only get US dollars, no matter what I'm looking at? See attachment.
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manic221: Thats strange i get GBP and USD on mine are you using a VPN by any chance for sites like Netflix? That could be why.
No, nothing like that. Just plain old Firefox.
nice to see something new even if I will need some time to get used to it! (I learned not to be disappointed by these things since I Always think after some time has past that it actually is better and wouldn't want the old one back, even if I hated it at first).

So congrats on the new site! now up to galaxy!