You are going to quickly be in a position to get video games off the Epic Game titles Retail outlet from within the GOG Galaxy consumer, as section of GOG’s ideas to grow their launcher’s developed-in store. No, this does not mean Epic exclusives will be coming to GOG’s own retail store. Indeed, you will even now will need an Epic account. Certainly, it is a bit weird, but I suppose adding new suppliers fits with GOG Galaxy’s goal of becoming the launcher and library encompassing all other platforms and libraries.
GOG explain in today’s announcement that commencing with a “selection of hand-picked” Epic exclusives in a closed beta, they are going to permit folks games purchase Epic Games Retailer online games inside of GOG Galaxy, as effectively as online games from their personal retailer.
Their illustration screenshot of a retailer web site for The Outer Worlds within GOG Galaxy notes that “You can put in and launch [the game] via both GOG Galaxy and Epic Video games Retail outlet client”, so it sounds like you can skip applying the Epic launcher, which would be a tiny blessing. The screenshot also notes that yes you do have to have an Epic account, and buying Epic online games as a result of GOG Galaxy will include them to your Epic account.
I have no interest in Galaxy’s sprawling listing of just about every sport I have on every retail outlet but if we genuinely can install Epic online games right by means of GOG’s client, I’m probably fascinated in that. Right up until I have a go myself, see how all the bits combine, I’m not sure really how excited I really should be by this. Although since this is a substore GOG are running, it’ll provide GOG’s 30-day refund policy rather than Epic’s 14-working day one. And GOG will get a reduce far too.
“The new store inside of GOG Galaxy operates like any other store,” the business explained to us. “It usually means we’re marketing games and earning a minimize out of these gross sales.”
Galaxy’s Epic integration is at present in invitation-only shut beta tests. “There is still loads of work forward of us,” GOG say, noting that they program to grow the catalogue more than time, so it may well be a while ahead of the full start.
