GOG, a digital storefront for classic and DRM-free PC games, is debuting a new tool for users to vouch and vote on what they’d like to see released next. It’s called GOG Dreamlist and it’s essentially an evolution of the community voting its done in the past but organized into a full-on tool for recommending and sharing stories about your favorite games.
In the FAQ, GOG says it’ll use data from the highest voted games to help negotiate with IP owners about bringing them to the service. It won’t be able to give updates on the status of each game, but it’s working on a feature to let you track which ones you’ve voted for that become available.
Each game will have its own page where you can vote for it and submit a story about your experience with it. The plan is to have those stories live on once the game is out, GOG says in the FAQ. “We’re working on a solution to migrate Stories to GOG.COM game cards once the game is released: we won’t let them get lost.”
GOG recently started its GOG Preservation Program to maintain compatibility for games that would otherwise struggle to run on modern systems. There are 102 games currently part of this commitment, including Fallout: New Vegas, Diablo, and Resident Evil 2. Even delisted games, like Warcraft and Warcraft 2 will still be available to download through it indefinitely. The company says its goal is for all games to eventually be a part of this program.
Along with the release of GOG Dreamlist, Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 are now available, and they’re both included in the Preservation Program.
