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CDPR Sells GOG to Co-Founder: “DRM-free More Important Than Ever”

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GOG (formerly Good Old Games) has officially changed ownership, according to a statement put out by the company, with Michał Kiciński, co-founder of GOG and CD Projekt Red, taking over the game distribution platform from CD Projekt Red. According to some reports about the buyout, the total amount paid for the acquisition was on the order of $25.26 million (90.7 PLN). The sale of GOG aligns with CD Projekt Red’s recent moves, like moving away from the Red engine to Unreal Engine 5 in what appears to be an attempt to focus more on the creative side of game development instead of investing time into technical game dev on a proprietary engine—the Cyberpunk 2 creative director previously said that “we want to make games, not engines,” when asked about the move to UE5. Despite the change in ownership, CD Projekt Red games will continue to be published on GOG, and the existing library will also continue to be available on the platform.

GOG says that Kiciński has committed to the buyout “because he wants to preserve and grow the original philosophy behind GOG,” and the company insists that, under the new ownership, it will be doubling down on the co-founder’s vision that “GOG stands for freedom, independence, and genuine control.” For the time being, at least, nothing seems to be changing for the end-user. GOG will still provide DRM-free games and offline installers, with the option for GOG Galaxy 2.0 as a convenience option.
GOG has also promised to keep up its game preservation efforts via the Game Preservation Program, which has already preserved and modernized 267 games. GOG has also clarified that any tips donations made to GOG via Patreon or the store will still go towards the game preservation mission, and not into the pockets of publishers or the company’s new owner.



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