Is there an area of the website which tells us which games the people at GoG are currently working on making compatible with modern machines?

If so I can't see it. :S

And if not then I think that'd be pretty cool to implement. :)

Nope. They won't tell us what they're working on or what's due to be released (although sometimes they drop pretty big hints about the latter).

Due to various clauses in the various publisher agreeements, GOG usually doesn't reveal the games they are working on, unfortunately.

There is a "Coming Soon" section that sometimes shows, you guessed it :D, games that are coming soon.

Ach. Well I guess it makes sense, you wouldn't want to announce you're working on a game only to run into problems and be forced to bench it.

Cheers for the quick responses. :)

'GOG' and 'working' do not mix these days. No doubt TheEnegmaticT is now torturing the employees with his 'evil Shakespeare' performance.

(bad joke, I'm sleeepy)

They have been doing this recently. We all knew Botanicula was coming, and were right royally ripped off for it. Alan Wake was pre-order. I think when they have it signed in blood, they're perhaps ok with revealing some of these things. However only a few weeks back the release went down to the hour as to whether or not they could even release it. So I think they're already doing it when they can, but still pressed for time with others.

Another difference is that those were pre-orders for new and not yet released games, not for old games they're trying to clear the licenses of and to make them working on modern rigs.

I agree with this, but as others have said it probably won't happen.

part of the fun with GOG is -having- to check in on Tuesdays and Thursdays to see what has been released.

Pretty much, the get bitten by old licenses from time to time and have to scramble at the last minute to get it resolved. And that's sometimes the day of the release. I can only imagine what would happen if they had to commit weeks ahead.

Similarly for compatibility, there have been some games that just don't play well with some configurations no matter how much they try and they don't generally get access to source code to make it work either.

Didn't they put a few games on "in progress" when the new wishkist launched?