The Polish heroes of PC gaming over at GOG released their first-ever GOG Showcase, featuring big several big announcements, and the celebration of the platform’s 18th anniversary.
The showcase announced a new partnership label called Retrovibe. With GOG’s first foray into publishing, they’re looking to publish new indie titles that have the look and feel of classic 90s PC gaming. Or as they put it, “our stubborn love for classic game design.” Games will launch on both Steam and GOG, and include first-person shooter Project Warlock 2, turn-based tactical game Shardpunk, and 2D action-adventure, The Looter.
GOG Social is an upcoming community platform, where players can post screenshots, videos, polls, and discussions about their favorite games on the platform. The social site will feautre built-in spoiler tags and easy game tagging. GOG Social will launch in 2027, and beta signups are available now.
Several classic EA PC games are also coming to GOG as Anniversary Editions, including seven games of the Wing Commander series. Each Anniversary release includes the original game and the updated version. For folks who already own the legacy versions, they’ll get the Anniversary Editions automatically, at no extra cost.
EA Classic have also been added to Steam, including Wing Commander, Ultima, and Theme Hospital — and currently on sale through November 19.
GOG is the main alternative to Steam when it comes to digital PC gaming storefronts. GOG’s major selling point is that it actually sells the full games, DRM free, no client needed. Though users can download and organize their games using the optional GOG Galaxy client. GOG Galaxy is coming soon to Linux, and receiving an overhaul in 2027.
Two years ago, GOG announced the GOG Preservation Program. Since then, the team has maintained and updated over 300 games, ensuring they remain playable and bug-free on modern systems. Games in the program include the Might and Magic and Heroes of Might and Magic series, Ultima series, Myst, SimCity 2000, Fallout series, and RollerCoaster Tycoon.
