CD Projekt has bought its PC recreation retailer, GOG.com, to its co-founder, Michał Kiciński.
GOG is targeted on DRM-free digital video games, together with fashionable releases and the preservation of basic video games, and has operated inside Witcher and Cyberpunk proprietor CD Projekt for over 17 years.
On Monday, CD Projekt introduced that its co-founder and main shareholder, Michał Kiciński, is buying 100% of the shares in GOG for PLN 90.7 million ($25.2m). As a part of the deal, CD Projekt and GOG have signed a distribution settlement that features a plan to launch CD Projekt Crimson’s upcoming video games on the platform.
Michał Nowakowski, joint CEO of CD Projekt, mentioned the sale would enable it to give attention to recreation improvement whereas GOG stays in “excellent palms”.
“With our focus now totally on an bold improvement roadmap and increasing our franchises with new high-quality merchandise, we felt this was the correct time for this transfer,” he mentioned.
“For a very long time now, GOG has been working independently. Now it’s going into excellent palms — we’re satisfied that with the help of Michał Kiciński, considered one of GOG’s co-founders, its future shall be filled with nice initiatives and successes.
“We wish to thank the GOG staff for years of fruitful cooperation and want all of them the most effective. And to the GOG group, I say ‘see you round’, as a result of our upcoming releases will naturally be obtainable on GOG as properly.”
In his personal assertion, Kiciński mentioned GOG will proceed to uphold its values of “freedom, independence, and a real sense of possession”.
The co-founder mentioned that, in a PC market that “retains shifting towards obligatory purchasers and closed ecosystems”, he believes GOG’s strategy is “extra related than ever”.
“I imagine that CD Projekt, with its distinctive AAA video games, will stand, as all the time, behind the GOG providing — making GOG the most effective place on the planet to buy The Witcher and Cyberpunk video games, each present titles and the brand new ones all of us anticipate a lot,” he mentioned.
“As a mature gamer, I typically play basic video games myself and deeply admire the creativity behind a lot of them. I really imagine that well-crafted classics can ship as a lot pleasure as new releases. With regards to pure playability, timeless video games typically show to be actually the secure alternative, particularly in a market flooded with gazillions of low-quality smaller video games.
“Past preserving classics, GOG has all the time sought out new video games with a retro spirit. I’m personally concerned within the improvement of some video games like that, and they’re going to definitely make their sturdy look on GOG in 2026.”
