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mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.ml to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 7 days 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 · 7 days 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

    • TheDuke@europe.pub
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      Haha same, almost shat myself there for a second.

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

    • 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 🤣

  • 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.

  • 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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      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.

  • 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.

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        Edit : The banner was on a different website gog-games.to

        Even on gog-games i can’t see that banner.

        Neither on the official gog.

        In fact I don’t see OP banner on any GOG related website. And not on any site using the same logo at the top.

        • crunchy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          Weird, it comes up for me:

          • Tetsuo@jlai.lu
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            Ah it is indeed yet another gog-games domain… Not to confuse with gog-games.org.

            Also while searching for the .to website I just saw a report of a user suspecting a malware infection after downloading a game there.

            Honestly, seeing how many websites share similar domains I would be very cautious browsing them…

            But the banner is indeed real.

            Edit : For more transparency, Here is the reddit post being suspicious about this site :

            https://www.reddit.com/r/PiratedGames/comments/1qb0whb/goggamesto_is_safe_not/

            But there is also reports that says its safe for the games but to be careful with the ads on the site that might lead to dangerous stuff. Probably a good idea to browse with a decent adblocker at least.

            • Yglorba@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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              https://gog-games.to/ is a well-known site with a good reputation (but also, because Gog’s games are signed, they couldn’t slip malware into them without being caught anyway, which is part of the reason they have a good reputation in the first place. There’s enough eyes on them that if they’d ever altered any of the game they put on their site they’d have been caught immediately.)

        • morto@piefed.social
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          Maybe you have blocking rules preventing it from showing

      • 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 😔

  • 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.

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

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

  • 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

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

  • Megaman_EXE@beehaw.org
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    I got super confused for a second because I thought this was straight up GOG and thought it was because of that Nazi email that got sent out the other day lol

  • 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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    deleted by creator

    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works
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      Trying games out is absolutely a thing. I’ve bought so many indie games because I tried them out and liked them, that I wouldn’t have taken a chance on.

      • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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        funny thing, that’s how I ended up buying Minecraft many moons ago. this was probably several months or so after Minecraft first started going viral, and from the screenshots I had seen it looked stupid. I downloaded a torrent to see what all these weirdos were playing so that I could make fun of them.

        I don’t know how many hours I’ve put into Minecraft in the decade or so since, but it’s definitely been more than any other game I’ve ever played.

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        deleted by creator

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social
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      Being broke or screwed by exchange rates is also a valid reason.

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    • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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      fuckin’ liberals, I swear to god

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        • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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          don’t be projecting your own childhood trauma on me.

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            deleted by creator

            • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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              your words mean nothing to anyone. stop wasting your time, I don’t care what you think.

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                • Luminous5481 "Enemy of the State"@anarchist.nexus
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                  thanks for letting me know. I appreciate knowing your opinion on everything, you weirdo.

  • 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

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    Goddammit, first MagiPack, now this, who’s next?

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    gog-games didn’t “shut down” in the past?

  • 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

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