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    GoG gets the EA catalogue

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    #1  Edited By Jumanji

      Wing Commander: Privateer; Dungeon Keeper; and Ultima Underworld 1 and 2 available now. Magic Carpet, Crusader: No Remorse, and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri will drop later in June. 20 more by the end of August.
    NO Syndicate or System Shock due to licensing. Don't know how they got Dungeon Keeper without Syndicate, but whatever... 

    Reminder of some of the EA catalogue: (edit: holy fuck is there an auto-link function for the wiki?)

    System Shock 1& 2
    Syndicate
    Syndicate Wars
    Populous (series)
    Command & Conquer and Red Alert (series)
    Ultima (series)
    Dungeon Keeper 1&2
    Ultima Underworld 1&2
    Bard's Tale (series)
    Theme Park (series)
    Theme Hospital
    Blade Runner
    Crusader (series)
    Wing Commander (series)
    Privateer
    Lands of Lore (series)
    The Sims (series)
    SimCity (series)
    Magic Carpet 1&2
    American McGee's Alice
    SimTower
    SimAnt
    Other Sim games that arent as good
    Eye of the Beholder (series)
    Dune II
    Legend of Kryrandia (series)
    Bioforge
    Battlefield (series)
    Medal of Honor (series)
    Burnout (series)
    Need for Speed (series)
    Rallisport Challenge
    The Neverhood
    Clive Barker's Undying
    Alpha Centauri

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    #3  Edited By Claude

    System Shock 1&2 just got shot down.

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    #4  Edited By Danteveli

    Damn no System Shock.

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    #5  Edited By FancySoapsMan

    I hope the release Ultima VII.
     
    I tried buying a copy on eBay but was easily outbid :(
     
    I might buy Ultima Underworld though.

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    #6  Edited By deathfury

    No System Shock is a total bummer.

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    #7  Edited By Animasta
    @deathfury said:
    No System Shock is a total bummer.
    NEVER SAY NEVER
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    #8  Edited By BeachThunder

    I only want System Shocks D:

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    #10  Edited By Jumanji

    They have had some big successes with navigating licensing overlap. As they mentioned in the press conference, after they acquired the Atari catalogue, it still took 1-2 years to lock down the Black Isle games (which are arguably GoG's crown jewels).
     
     I wonder if they'll ever get Lucasarts. The fact that they even made an A-grade Monkey Island remaster makes me doubt that they'll ever license those games away.

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    #11  Edited By astonish

    This is really interesting. There are a number of these games that I played the demos of on PC Gamer CD roms, but as a kid never had the money to buy.  Perhaps now is the time to go and play Crusader: No Remorse, Alpha Centauri... 

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    #12  Edited By phrosnite

    I'm hoping for American McGee's Alice since the only way to get this game on the PC is to buy the new Alice from the EA STORE! ROFL!

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    #13  Edited By damswedon

    DUDE !! 
    DUNE II

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    #14  Edited By Jumanji
    @astonish: I'm in the same boat. Saw these games, wanted these games, but I was just a kid. A lot of this stuff is also notorious for being impossible to run on modern systems. I'm pretty excited. All my hard feelings over the "going out of business" stunt have washed away ^_^
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    #15  Edited By mikemcn

    SIM ANT! 

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    #16  Edited By astonish

    So pardon my ignorance of GoG as I have never purchased a game from them, but does it handle any emulation stuff for you? It's as easy as clicking the game and it runs, no fuss about emulation and soundcard settings and all that DOSBox stuff? 
     
    It might even be worth grabbing some of the games I own, simply because there will be no fuss...

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    #17  Edited By WinterSnowblind

    Pretty great announcement, although the presentation itself was woeful.  Whoever put that together should be fired, it was filled with technical problems and poor speakers.  I guess this is why they were looking for a PR man. 
    A little disappointed we're not getting Lucas, but I really never expected them to.

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    #18  Edited By Jumanji
    @astonish: No emulation (rather, I should say, "yes, it handles all emulation behind the scenes, you never see it or have to fiddle with it in any way, and it runs exactly the way it should.) No DRM. You download one big setup.exe, install, and go.
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    #19  Edited By Jumanji
    @WinterSnowblind: CDProjekt has a long history of shitty/bizarre PR events. This whole thing could just as easily have been text on a screen:
     
    WITCHER 2 PATCH DROPS TOMORROW, CHECK THE PATCH NOTES FOR DETAILS
    WITCHER 2 COMING TO XBOX360 BY CHRISTMAS
    GoG GETS THE EA CATALOGUE, CHECK WWW.GOG.COM FOR DETAILS
    THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT XOXO
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    #20  Edited By the_hiro_abides
    @Rolyatkcinmai: Thanks for the link. I already have the cd version, but it is a pain to run.
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    #21  Edited By ervonymous

    About time to pick up Alpha Centauri I guess.

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    #22  Edited By WinterSnowblind
    @Jumanji: Yeah, I have noticed that.  This one just seemed particularly half-assed and ill prepared.  The wind was overpowering the people speaking, video was constantly very laggy - greatly reducing the impact of the announcement trailers, and we could visibly see the speakers reaching for notepads and the stream cutting away to the desktop. 
     
    I mean, the announcements were great and both CD Projekt and GOG.com are amazing.. but geez did it seem unprofessional.
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    #23  Edited By Seedofpower

    Oh man when I saw DK, I almost died with happiness.

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    #24  Edited By Wuddel

    To bad no Syndicate. Would have been my top pick.

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