GOG signs up Square Enix

Square Enix has signed up with Good Old Games, kicking the partnership off by releasing PC classics Hitman: Codename 47 and Deus Ex on the digital distribution platform.

January 26, 2012 6:30 AM7

Virtual vendor of vintage video games Good Old Games has enlisted another big publisher in its missions to stop PC classics from vanishing into obscurity, announcing today that it’s signed up Square Enix. The pair are starting slowly, though, with two games available almost everywhere under the Sun–Hitman: Codename 47 and Deus Ex

More Square Enix GOG re-releases are to be announced “in coming weeks.” We’ll most likely see more of the fruits it picked up through acquiring Eidos, such as the Thief, Tomb Raider, Legacy of Kain, and Championship Manager series. Let’s not forget that Final Fantasy VII and VIII both hit PC too, back in the day.

Deus Ex sounds something of a lark, some manner of cyberpunk FPS-RPG going by GOG’s description. Apparently it boasts “expansive environments, ambitious and non-linear storyline, varied gameplay, and great replayability,” but it seems every game claims that, don’t they? Still, for $9.99, it could be worth a try.

Then there’s Hitman, where for $5.99 you can pretend to be a hitman. If you’ve missed IO’s classic series, you’re given a target then turned loose into open levels to take them out as you please, adopting disguises, causing distractions, going in guns blazing, sniping from afar, or even staging accidents. Fun stuff. A new one‘s coming out soon, y’know.

Both Deus Ex and Hitman have been on heaps of digital distribution platforms for years now, but if you’ve been holding out for the DRM-free GOG treatment, here you go.