GOG Under New Management

Go on GOG

Michał Kiciński is one of the men behind CD Projekt, and one of Poland’s most important figures in videogames. Mr. Kiciński is also one of the founders of GOG, the somewhere-between place of Steam and a home console; GOG let’s you buy digital games like Steam, but they’re DRM free, and they allow users to download a proper copy of the game to their PC to use as they like, install on what they like. It’s not perfect (very little is) but GOG is probably the best you’re going get if the deterioration of customer control continues.

With all that out of the way: Mr. Kiciński has purchased 100% of shares for GOG from CD Projekt Group. And it looks like Mr. Kiciński wants to keep the ownership of gamers front and centre of GOG’s approach to selling games. He said:

‘CD PROJEKT and GOG share the same roots and values: freedom, independence, and a genuine sense of ownership. I believe that CD PROJEKT, with its exceptional AAA games, will stand, as always, behind the GOG offering — making GOG the best place on the planet to purchase The Witcher and Cyberpunk games, both existing titles and the new ones we all anticipate so much,”said Michał Kiciński. “As a mature gamer, I often play classic games myself and deeply admire the creativity behind many of them. I truly believe that well-crafted classics can deliver as much joy as new releases. When it comes to pure playability, timeless games often prove to be really the safe choice, especially in a market flooded with gazillions of low-quality smaller games. Beyond preserving classics, GOG has always sought out new games with a retro spirit. I am personally involved in the development of a few games like that and they will certainly make their strong appearance on GOG in 2026’.

Playing videogames, writing about videogames, considering videogames—that about sums it up. Videogames are the one hobby that I’ve kept since I was only little, zapping ducks on the NES or knocking out MR. X. And when I’m not enjoying classics from the bit generation of games or checking out those earliest of polygons, I’m probably playing something from today’s age of modern gaming: if I’m not complaining about it. Something I’m doing at the moment? Battling through the Bitmap Bureau Collection.