GOG and CD Projekt Founder Acquires 100% Ownership of GOG (eurogamer.net)
(Monday December 29, 2025 @05:40PM (msmash)
from the full-circle dept.)
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- News link: https://games.slashdot.org/story/25/12/29/1810221/gog-and-cd-projekt-founder-acquires-100-ownership-of-gog
- Source link: https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-projekt-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-100-ownership-of-gog
Michal Kicinski, who co-founded both CD Projekt and the DRM-free digital games store GOG back in 2008, has [1]acquired 100% ownership of GOG from CD Projekt , bringing the platform full circle to one of its original creators.
GOG was already operating as part of CD Projekt through its Sp.z.o.o. subsidiary, but Kicinski now takes complete control of the company. The platform will continue operating independently and maintain its commitment to DRM-free gaming. "The mission stays the same: Make Games Live Forever," GOG said in its announcement.
CD Projekt's joint CEO Michal Nowakowski said the parent company's focus on its development roadmap and franchise expansion made this the right time for the move. GOG has signed a distribution agreement ensuring all upcoming CD Projekt Red titles will release on the platform. Kicinski, describing himself as a "mature gamer" who plays classics, said he's personally involved in developing several retro-spirited games slated for GOG in 2026.
[1] https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-projekt-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-100-ownership-of-gog
GOG was already operating as part of CD Projekt through its Sp.z.o.o. subsidiary, but Kicinski now takes complete control of the company. The platform will continue operating independently and maintain its commitment to DRM-free gaming. "The mission stays the same: Make Games Live Forever," GOG said in its announcement.
CD Projekt's joint CEO Michal Nowakowski said the parent company's focus on its development roadmap and franchise expansion made this the right time for the move. GOG has signed a distribution agreement ensuring all upcoming CD Projekt Red titles will release on the platform. Kicinski, describing himself as a "mature gamer" who plays classics, said he's personally involved in developing several retro-spirited games slated for GOG in 2026.
[1] https://www.eurogamer.net/gog-and-cd-projekt-founder-micha-kicinski-acquires-100-ownership-of-gog
Congratulations Michal (Score:2)
Congratulations Michal, GOG is back under your control. Can we now have access to the recent releases and news posts instead of them being relegated to the bottom of the store page and only having the last 9 of them?
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Also maybe release the GOG Galaxy linux client we were promised like 15 years ago: [1]https://www.gog.com/wishlist/g... [gog.com]
Since then, I bought ~1000 titles on Steam, and only because they officially support linux.
[1] https://www.gog.com/wishlist/galaxy/release_the_gog_galaxy_client_for_linux
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Eww Galaxy kinda sucks. I just use downloaders directly from the GOD site.
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> Also maybe release the GOG Galaxy linux client
Both [1]Heroic [heroicgameslauncher.com] ( [2]source code [github.com]) and [3]Lutris [lutris.net] ( [4]source code [github.com]) do on Linux what GOG Galaxy does, and a lot more.
[1] https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
[2] https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher
[3] https://lutris.net/
[4] https://github.com/lutris