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Posted May 06, 2015
Try the DRM-free online gaming platform.

<span class="bold">GOG Galaxy</span>: our truly gamer-friendly, DRM-free online gaming platform. As we shared our vision with the world, we promised auto-patching, social functionality like chat, friends lists, and achievements. We promised our own multiplayer support and cross-play with Steam. Most importantly, we promised truly optional.



Today we deliver.
The <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy</span> client enters beta, open to anyone, with the most important functionality ready to try, test, enjoy (and break) at your leisure. We're proud to have gotten this far, and we know that we couldn't have done it without you all - that's everyone who spent months in alpha testing, that's those of you who talked to us about your needs and expectations, and it's every single one of you that has supported us since ever. So thanks, GOG Galaxy is for you!

With the <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy Beta</span>, you can install your games in one click and keep them up to date automatically, the beta currently supports this feature in all but a couple of titles available here. You can also perform backups easily by downloading a standalone installer through GOG Galaxy. The beta features a friends list, game time tracking, achievements, and chat. You can now talk to each other, connect with your group of friends, and see what everyone is playing. You can also try out our online multiplayer & matchmaking solution that, in select titles, includes cross-play: platform-independent multiplayer between gamers on GOG.com and Steam. If you download a patch that breaks something or if you just change your mind, the app will soon feature a unique rollback option to restore a previous version of your game.

Best of all, GOG Galaxy is optional. If you don't want to use any additional software, your experience with us won't change at all. If you only want to take advantage of select conveniences, you can toggle them on and off. It's all totally up to you.

You can sign up for the <span class="bold">GOG Galaxy Beta</span> and find out more on <span class="bold">gog.com/galaxy</span>, where we tell you about the features and answer many of the questions you may have. We'll be watching the forums carefully, so feel free to leave a comment if there is anything else that you'd like to know!
Posted May 05, 2015
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wolfsrain: Achievements, really?!:(((
Which you'll be able to turn off.
Posted May 05, 2015
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Maxvorstadt: Will the GoG downloader still work? And will there be updates for it in case of bugs?
We have no plans to remove the GOG Downloader but we can't promise on updates either.

EDIT: Ninja'd by Tekkaman-James ;)
Post edited May 05, 2015 by Fallen_Zen
Posted May 05, 2015
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lefantome89: awesome, are emails already being sent? I haven't got mine yet
It may take some time to get e-mails out to everyone who clicked the button (since it's not an instant sign-up) - so please be patient, you're sure to get your beta key soon! :)
Posted May 05, 2015
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Fenixp: Will the alpha version of the client be automatically updated or do I need to reinstall?
It will be automatically updated to the Galaxy Beta.
Posted May 05, 2015
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Soccorro: Is that a Horde shirt you have there?
Lok'tar ogar!
Posted May 05, 2015
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cw8: Very nice, I'm a vanilla Night Elf Druid. Does that makes us enemies?
Not at all, cheating on Horde from time to time with my Draenei Shaman ;)
Posted May 05, 2015
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coreyblueexclusive: Yeah I'm pretty sure you do,but I'm guessing Alpha invites will automatically be invited into beta?
Yes, if you're on Alpha, you'll be automatically updated to Beta.
Posted May 05, 2015
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gamesfreak64: seems i have old version already installed

i saw galaxy showing in installed programs/tools

date version size
1/15/2015 0.1.0.456 89.2 mb

i have double dragon game installed so maybe the game added it as well.

anyways i'm gonna click it and see what happens, i am curious :D

nothing...
i tried the 3 exe files one by one, nothing launched, the proces did not even ran in taskmanager, so i uninstalled it.
0.1.0.456 is GOG Launcher which was bundled with Double Dragon and not the GOG Galaxy client. Please uninstall it and install the GOG Galaxy alpha to which you should have received a key. GOG Launcher won't self-update to GOG Galaxy.
Posted May 05, 2015
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BKGaming: Hey can we get an ETA on when the beta will drop. :P
Here you go :)
Posted May 05, 2015
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gamesfreak64: thanks for the reply
alpha version? how stable is this version? did some beta testing games and tools years ago (12 years or so)
and i always heard alpha versions were known to crash alot, at least thats what the devs told me when i signed up way back for those testing of beta tools and games.

So i wonder how stable this build will be.
Well we're entering Beta to be exact ;) You can try it out for yourself or ask anyone here who's already using it.
Post edited May 05, 2015 by Fallen_Zen
Posted May 05, 2015
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styggron: Hello everyone.
I was just reading in the FAQ they are not going to be suppoting the download manager anymore. This worried me a little. The website will still of course allow manual downloads.

My concern is,

1. if I want to ONLY use the GOG website will I have to use my own download manager now because GOG is no longer going to be supporting theirs in the near future ?

2. Can GOG galaxy for example (if logged in and running) automatically use it's download manager to just download the installers to my hard drive WHEN I visit my library on the website and click on a title to download ?

From what I read, I am thinking (guessing) the answers are
1. If I want to use the website by going to a title in my library and clicking to download I will now need my own download manager as GOG is no longer going to be updating theirs after Galaxy is fully in (but not at Galaxy launch as they have said).

2. No. You either use the website OR GOG Galaxy. You can't use the website to click on a title and then have Galaxy download manage it.

I could be wrong with what I think my answers are so I shall now hand it over to you to hear what the answer to question 1 and 2 are.

THank you ALL in advance and thank you GOG for being SO awesome !
You can download all the offline installers and extras via Galaxy you want and then exit out of Galaxy completely if all you want to do is play a game completely offline :)
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: You can download all the offline installers and extras via Galaxy you want and then exit out of Galaxy completely if all you want to do is play a game completely offline :)
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Niggles: Will we still be able to use the existing download manager though at all?.
From the FAQ:

8. Will you still support GOG downloader? Will you develop it further?

We won't disable the GOG downloader on launch day, but we will no longer actively support it. The downloader may be affected as we continue updating our infrastructure, but we don't plan to disable it intentionally.
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: You can download all the offline installers and extras via Galaxy you want and then exit out of Galaxy completely if all you want to do is play a game completely offline :)
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Klumpen0815: So it's possible to use it to keep the backups up-to-date?
Would be great although I'd still check if languages got lost in new releases like seems to be the case with "Back to the Future" for example (German audio was removed at some point).
Yeah, I just checked before I left work and yes, you can download the offline installers the same way you would with the old GOG Downloader :)
Posted May 05, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Yeah, I just checked before I left work and yes, you can download the offline installers the same way you would with the old GOG Downloader :)
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cogadh: How? I've only installed a couple of games through Galaxy and I don't see any way to run the install manually and even though I set the download directory to the same one the old downloader used, there is nothing in there from my Galaxy installs.
OK, you see where the blue install button is? If you click on the gray button next to it and go to extras, you'll see your bonuses and a link to the offline installer :)
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JudasIscariot: OK, you see where the blue install button is? If you click on the gray button next to it and go to extras, you'll see your bonuses and a link to the offline installer :)
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cogadh: I don't have an "Extras", but I do have a "Download Extras". All that does is take me to an option to download the installer, so even though I have already downloaded and installed the game through Galaxy, if I want the offline installer to take to another of my PCs, I have to download the game a second time?
Yes that's the safest route to ensure you have the offline installer. Sorry, I am at home on my Linux machine so I can't verify specific details regarding the offline installers and see how a Galaxy install differs file-wise and I am not that well-versed in Galaxy overall just yet as I am waiting for the Linux version like all the other penguins :D
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