DRM-free digital retail service GOG.com has announced that it’s added gaming and geek culture (for lack of a better term) movies to its library.
You’ll be able to either download or stream your content after purchasing it, and GOG promises ”plenty of additional goodies”. The latest addition is a trio of films from indie game and film publisher Devolver Digital.
It’s an interesting move, and one that makes sense for GOG. There’s an ever increasing amount of gaming-themed films and documentaries being made, but they’re often quite tricky to hunt down. Having them all handily available on one place sounds neat.
GOG promises world premieres like Gamer Age and The King of Arcades, as well as established hits like Indie Game: The Movie. Devolver’s Mike Wilson says the company is pretty keen to add its entire library to the new service.
”Devolver started distributing indie films because we believe that the sophistication, discovery, and community that exists within PC games platforms such as GOG can really help to elevate all the great filmmaking independent talent out there in the same way that it has for indie game developers,” says Wilson. ”We are very excited to be a part of this launch and hope to place all of our 75+ independent films on GOG, DRM-free, eventually.”
Those three Devolver films on the way are:
Pixel Poetry is an original documentary premiering on GOG.com about the creative and artistic culture surrounding games, directed by Richard Cook.
Good Game takes an interesting look at competitive gaming, featuring the Evil Genuises of Starcraft fame, directed by Mary Ratcliffe.
The Art of Playing (this one GOG is giving away for free), the gaming episode of the award-winning Arts in Context series produced by KLRU, Austin’s PBS affiliate.
