GOG.com unveils GOG Galaxy online gaming platform

An online platform that complies with the DRM-free nature of online storefront GOG.com has been officially revealed. Steam might want to check over its shoulder.

Yep, if Steam had a shoulder (which it doesn’t since it’s an online store for video games) it should definitely be checking over it because GOG Galaxy is on the way and sounding like a dream come true for PC gamers. I don’t think it’s any secret that we here at BG have a certain affinity for GOG and its DRM-free ways of allowing gamers to download the games that they paid for onto any PC (or Mac), and play them without needing to have an always on internet connection.

If you thought it was PC-gaming Shangri-La before though, you ain’t seen nothing yet. GOG Galaxy, revealed today at the GOG.com and CD Projekt RED Summer Conference, is pretty much a direct answer to Valve’s Steam platform… and then some. GOG Galaxy allows gamers to still play their GOG.com games just as their used to offline, while offering a cohesive platform for play online. Moreover, GOG Galaxy is “platform-agnostic” and will allow for both GOG and Steam gamers to actually play together, with a promised more supported platforms on the way.

The company is working with developers right now to integrate GOG Galaxy into future GOG.com titles and promises that the optional client will be formally released later this year.