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mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago

gog-games is shutting down

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gog-games is shutting down

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mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month ago
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  • Green Wizard@lemmy.zip
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    My dumbass did not see what sub this was and my heart SANK lmao

    • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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      Your comment versus so many who saw gog’s recent weird ass nazi shit

    • Redditmodstouchgrass@lemmy.zip
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      Pins “fell for it again” award to my own chest

    • TheDuke@europe.pub
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      30 days ago

      Haha same, almost shat myself there for a second.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      I’m trying to workout what you could have thought this was about.

      • westingham@sh.itjust.works
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        Probably the actual GOG https://www.gog.com/en/

        • Green Wizard@lemmy.zip
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          Yep 🤣

  • morto@piefed.social
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    This is sad. gog-games is the most straightforward and elegantly simple site to get pirated games, all while being 100% safe

    • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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      1 month ago

      100%? How can one ever truly know?

      • gedfromgont@piefed.ca
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        https://github.com/hippie68/gogcheck

        • yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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          Oh damn. I did not know this existed. Thank you.

  • Tasakri@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    I really hope there’s an alternative. This site was the best because it kept the games up-to-date

    • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      There’s one listed at the notice…

      • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Torrents are not the same unfortunately

        • Mylk@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          You need to look at the page, not just read the name…

          • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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            This is what I got when I clicked the link they provided

        • far_university1990@reddthat.com
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          Torrent better i every way.

  • Ravenheart@lemmy.zip
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    Ugh. I only ever learn about these sites after they go under.

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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      It’s one of the sites linked in the megathread.

  • daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Thanks for everything!

    It was one of the greatest safests places to get games.

  • Sanctus@anarchist.nexus
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    ??

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    • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      gog-games is a piracy site that hosts torrents for games on GOG. The real GOG isn’t shutting down.

      • SevenSkalls [he/him]@hexbear.net
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        Thanks for the clarification. I panicked for a second, too lol.

      • RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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        LOL, imagine your business is being a pirwcy knockoff of a real site and you still go under.

        • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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          They’re actually donating their excess funds, that doesn’t exactly scream ‘going under’.

  • kittenzrulz123@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    One of my favorite websites, damn 😔

  • PiraHxCx@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    what was this site? I used to have all my gog library shared on slsk, but right now I don’t have enough storage to keep them on my pc

    • Inui [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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      It was a direct download site with links to every GOG game. It was good because it kept all the downloads up to date pretty consistently. Old school, no dealing with torrents unless you want to, just grab it from your browser. It’s still up for a little while at https://gog-games.to/

      • LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name, any]@hexbear.net
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        direct download site

        rat-salute-2

    • Rooster326@programming.dev
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      It’s just a piracy website

  • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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    well I guess I’m gonna queue up torrents for all the games I was planning on downloading now

  • liinux@pawb.social
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    gog-games didn’t “shut down” in the past?

    • winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      It did for a short time but was brought back and has been up for a while since then

  • InfiniteGlitch@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    This is AWFUL news :/

  • DFX4509B@lemmy.wtf
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    Goddammit, first MagiPack, now this, who’s next? I guess in the future the only way you’ll be able to pirate games anymore is through torrents which you have no idea if they’re safe or not?

  • WellTheresYourCobbler [ey/em, they/them]@hexbear.net
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    Wow I thought this died years ago

  • r3g3n3x@lemmy.zip
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    I been paranoid about hacked games for a while but this seems sad. It likes like there is some sort of safety feature. I guess you can check the validity of the installer and then the hash of the game straight from gog? That feels as legit as the screen can get if so. Wouldn’t mind trying to archive this for historical preservation reasons but I have to find time to get a walkthrough

  • FeelThePower@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    thank goodness I downloaded space engine and all the dlcs a few days ago

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