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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
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Matruchus: I just saw this on the game page. What the hell are the facebook and twitter shit links doing on the game description page. Get rid of them now or move them somewhere else - even Steam does not force us with these things.
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JudasIscariot: They've always been there even in the old version of the site :)
Never saw them before at least not under buy button. Its really annoying.
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JudasIscariot: They've always been there even in the old version of the site :)
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Matruchus: Never saw them before at least not under buy button. Its really annoying.
Yeah, the FB link was always under the buy button :) If you have Ghostery you can easily block those :)
In short, thanx i'm done. The new design introduce regional prices throu the backdoor, cause i can't anymore see and compare with the $ price. Who garants that you will put the fairprice on all the games which are more expensive and without the badge i dunno if it is realy more expensive.
Nope thanx done.
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Matruchus: Never saw them before at least not under buy button. Its really annoying.
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JudasIscariot: Yeah, the FB link was always under the buy button :) If you have Ghostery you can easily block those :)
Ok thanks will install it. I really dislike these services.
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unknown78: In short, thanx i'm done. The new design introduce regional prices throu the backdoor, cause i can't anymore see and compare with the $ price. Who garants that you will put the fairprice on all the games which are more expensive and without the badge i dunno if it is realy more expensive.
Nope thanx done.
Did you see the currency selector on the bottom of the page of all game cards?
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Matruchus: I just saw this on the game page. What the hell are the facebook and twitter shit links doing on the game description page. Get rid of them now or move them somewhere else - even Steam does not force us with these things. Just make a share link and be done with it - its really annoying.
Somehow, they do not display for me. I was just asking myself where the "add to whishlist" button has gone!
Anyway, the site is still quite buggy... right now, for example, the Wasteland 2 link sends me to Super Time Force.
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JudasIscariot: Yeah, the FB link was always under the buy button :) If you have Ghostery you can easily block those :)
Something is blocking them. But... they have taken the "Wishlist" button hostage, it seems.

Edit: It's Adblock Plus, which has an option to block social media buttons (thankfully). Hum.
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Post edited August 28, 2014 by Crackpot.756
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unknown78: In short, thanx i'm done. The new design introduce regional prices throu the backdoor, cause i can't anymore see and compare with the $ price.
erm ... you can. Just switch the currency (via menu at the bottom of the page) to the one you like to see. Problem solved. No need for panic. Unless you like to panic :)
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Matruchus: Never saw them before at least not under buy button. Its really annoying.
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JudasIscariot: Yeah, the FB link was always under the buy button :) If you have Ghostery you can easily block those :)
Ghostery does seem not to affect them at all. It only blooks google analytics but not the links. Funny thing is that is showing that this post was supposed to have a link to facebook and twitter - very strange.
Post edited August 28, 2014 by Matruchus
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unknown78: In short, thanx i'm done. The new design introduce regional prices throu the backdoor, cause i can't anymore see and compare with the $ price. Who garants that you will put the fairprice on all the games which are more expensive and without the badge i dunno if it is realy more expensive.
Nope thanx done.
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JudasIscariot: Did you see the currency selector on the bottom of the page of all game cards?
I know I am repeating myself BUT the location for that is really irritating and not obvious at first. Please add an option for the account to save what currency you want. Please? :D
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unknown78: In short, thanx i'm done. The new design introduce regional prices throu the backdoor, cause i can't anymore see and compare with the $ price. Who garants that you will put the fairprice on all the games which are more expensive and without the badge i dunno if it is realy more expensive.
Nope thanx done.
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JudasIscariot: Did you see the currency selector on the bottom of the page of all game cards?
I'm realy sensetive towards it and sorry. Please make it a setting in the account page. So i don't need to bother with it on different browser / Operating Systems
Post edited August 28, 2014 by unknown78
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JudasIscariot: Did you see the currency selector on the bottom of the page of all game cards?
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moonshineshadow: I know I am repeating myself BUT the location for that is really irritating and not obvious at first. Please add an option for the account to save what currency you want. Please? :D
Send that feedback here:

http://www.gog.com/support/contact/other_questions_issues

with "feedback" chosen from the dropdown menu :) The more feedback we get in a central location the easier it will be for our developers to see what nees to be changed. Dropping suggestions all over the forum without submitting some feedback in the right place helps no one.
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JudasIscariot: Did you see the currency selector on the bottom of the page of all game cards?
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unknown78: Thanx than please make it a option i can turn in my settings and sorry but i'm realy sensitive towards this.
Please see the post right below you :)
Post edited August 28, 2014 by JudasIscariot
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JudasIscariot: Send that feedback here:

http://www.gog.com/support/contact/other_questions_issues
Ok thanks I did that. Emberassingly I did not even remember that there was a feedback option at the support page.
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JudasIscariot: Send that feedback here:

http://www.gog.com/support/contact/other_questions_issues
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moonshineshadow: Ok thanks I did that. Emberassingly I did not even remember that there was a feedback option at the support page.
I know it's hidden and possibly guarded by a leopard but it really is there :)
Thanx i send a feedback.