GOG.com Gains Activision’s Support

Our friends at GOG.com have sent along word that they’ve just secured a mega-deal to deliver classic games from a publisher that’s about as classic as they come: Activision. Available on the site immediately are two titles I feel like I need to make the time for, Arcanum: Of Steamworks & Magick Obscura and Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers.

The first title was released just this past 2001 (yes, believe it or not, the term “Steampunk” has been around longer than just a few years), and is a 2.5D RPG taken place in an industrialized world where Orcs, Humans, Dwarves and Elves are all abound (this was back when these races weren’t considered true overkill in RPGs). The game boasts the fact that it adapts to your decisions, which intrigues me. I haven’t played the game in the past, but it looks like a good one.

Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers is probably a game that needs no introduction. It was released in 1993, and is the first of the three Gabriel Knight games. It’s a point-and-click adventure that sees Knight, a used bookstore owner and hopeful writer, collecting materials for an upcoming book, but of course, nothing is as simple as it seems, and he ends up discovering things that makes living difficult.

These two games are the first of Activision’s titles to be featured on the site, but many more are planned. What titles do I hope to see in the near-future? Battlezone, Dark Reign, Deathtrack, Heretic II, Interstate ’76, MechWarrior (2 would be great also) and Soldier of Fortune.

If you’re not familiar with GOG.com, I recommend you check out an article I wrote last summer that takes a thorough look at how the service operates. The best part? All of the games are DRM-free. Gotta love that.

Warsaw, Poland – January 28, 2010. In a landmark deal for the DRM-free digital distribution movement, Activision Publishing Inc. is bringing a wide range of classic games to GOG.com (http://www.gog.com). With a wealth of PC-gaming gems tucked away in the Activision vaults, the deal gives all types of gamer – from the long-time devotee to the laptop-carrying “newbie” – an unforgettable glimpse into the rich history of the PC gaming.