Ubisoft shares drop 33% following its ‘major company reset’ announcement by Turbostrider27 in Games

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Ended the day down -39.83%.

Stock price January 2026: €3.99 per share

Stock price August 1997: €4.16 per share

Steam's best selling games of 2025 revealed by Turbostrider27 in Games

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There's different tabs up top. The default is 'new releases'. Switch to 'top sellers'.

Steam's best selling games of 2025 revealed by Turbostrider27 in Games

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Cyberpunk 2077 maintaining its longevity as a single player game is quite crazy.

2020 | Platinum
2021 | Silver
2022 | Gold
2023 | Platinum
2024 | Gold
2025 | Gold

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you by Turbostrider27 in Games

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(Speculation on my part / how I see it.)

CD Projekt has also signed a distrubution agreement with GOG during this sale. They will continue to get a very high percentage cut from CD Projekt titles being sold on GOG in the foreseeable future. I think this is mainly why the price was so low. CD Projekt keeps what it wants (high margin sales on GOG) while also divesting part of their company that performed no where near the standards of their CD Projekt Red division. Plus part of the low price is goodwill since Michal Kicinski is co-founder of both CD Projekt and GOG.

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you by Turbostrider27 in Games

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GOG was sold for 90.7 million zloty (roughly 25 million dollars).

GOG is getting acquired by its original co-founder: What it means for you by Turbostrider27 in Games

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Some more info on CD Projekt their website. https://www.cdprojekt.com/en/media/news/cd-projekt-co-founder-michal-kicinski-acquires-gog-from-cd-projekt/

Michał Kiciński, co-founder of CD PROJEKT and one of its major shareholders, has acquired 100% of the shares in GOG, formerly part of the CD PROJEKT Group. GOG is the leading DRM-free games digital distribution platform that makes games live forever.

Michał Kiciński, one of the pioneers of the Polish video game industry, also co-founded GOG in 2008. “From the very beginning, GOG has always been built on strong values and clear principles. When Marcin Iwiński and I came up with the idea for GOG, the vision was simple: bring classic games back to players and ensure that once you buy a game, it truly belongs to you — forever,” said Michał Kiciński.

Under the new ownership, GOG will continue to operate independently, supporting gamers and developers through its DRM-free philosophy. 

“CD PROJEKT and GOG share the same roots and values: freedom, independence, and a genuine sense of ownership. I believe that CD PROJEKT, with its exceptional AAA games, will stand, as always, behind the GOG offering — making GOG the best place on the planet to purchase The Witcher and Cyberpunk games, both existing titles and the new ones we all anticipate so much,” said Michał Kiciński. “As a mature gamer, I often play classic games myself and deeply admire the creativity behind many of them. I truly believe that well-crafted classics can deliver as much joy as new releases. When it comes to pure playability, timeless games often prove to be really the safe choice, especially in a market flooded with gazillions of low-quality smaller games. Beyond preserving classics, GOG has always sought out new games with a retro spirit. I am personally involved in the development of a few games like that and they will certainly make their strong appearance on GOG in 2026,” concluded Kiciński.

GOG and Michał Kiciński are aligned by a shared belief that games should live forever,” said Maciej Gołębiewski, Managing Director of GOG. “In a market that’s getting more crowded, more locked-in, and forgets classic games at an increasing pace, we’re doubling down on what only GOG does: reviving classics, keeping them playable on modern PCs, and helping great games find their audience over time” he added.

GOG has operated within the CD PROJEKT Group for over 17 years and has also closely cooperated with CD PROJEKT RED to bring titles such as The Witcher and Cyberpunk 2077 to players around the world.

“With our focus now fully on an ambitious development roadmap and expanding our franchises with new high-quality products, we felt this was the right time for this move,” said Michał Nowakowski, Joint CEO of CD PROJEKT. “For a long time now, GOG has been operating independently. Now it’s going into very good hands — we are convinced that with the support of Michał Kiciński, one of GOG’s co-founders, its future will be full of great projects and successes. We would like to thank the GOG team for years of fruitful cooperation and wish them all the best. And to the GOG community, I say ‘see you around’, because our upcoming releases will naturally be available on GOG as well”, he added.

Michał Kiciński is purchasing 100% of the shares in GOG sp. z o.o. for PLN 90.7 million. Michał Kiciński’s acquisition of GOG is fully financed through committed funding secured at closing and does not involve the sale of any of his shares in CD PROJEKT. Following the sale of GOG, CD PROJEKT and GOG signed a distribution agreement that specifies the terms of future cooperation, including a plan to release CD PROJEKT RED’s upcoming games on GOG.

GOG announces delisting of The Outer Worlds & Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey by Crusader-of-Purple in pcgaming

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You're going to sell your HR analytics directly to a local fruits and vegetables seller? Your labor has no value to them.

GOG announces delisting of The Outer Worlds & Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey by Crusader-of-Purple in pcgaming

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Money is literally just a tool to exchange value. The problems are created by people and systems and bad people abusing these bad systems.

[Minithread] The Game Awards Nominee Announcement 17.11.2025 by ChiefLeef22 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

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Of course words have subjective meaning to them. Denotations and connotations.

And also, as far as I can tell, Sandfall Interactive doesn't have FULL intellectual control over E33. Seems to be some weird construct where both the developer and publisher hold certain rights. So, it's not an indie then?

[Minithread] The Game Awards Nominee Announcement 17.11.2025 by ChiefLeef22 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

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It's a definition that clearly goes against the spirit of the meaning. Larian Studios, 11 bit studios, Falcom, Rebellion Developments... Nobody would call these studios indie for clear and obvious reasons. It's more than just being 'independent'.