GOG.com Is Ready For Windows 10 - Polidicks

[QUOTE]Windows 10 is coming on July 29th and we are as ready as can be! You have been asking on our forums, and now we are here with the official word! We're getting ready for Windows 10 and putting our QA Team at full capacity to test the games we (and you!) are looking forward to play on the upcoming OS. Currently, we are very optimistic about July 29th and hope you will make a near-seamless transition to gaming on the newest version of your Windows operating system. GOG.com has always been about making sure our releases, especially the classics, are tested and playable out of the box on modern computers. When GOG.com launched in 2008, Windows XP was by far the most popular operating system among gamers. Ever since then we've meticulously tested our entire library to introduce Day 1 compatibility with every new Windows release. We've done it for Windows 7, we've done it for Windows 8 - now we're doing it all again for Windows 10. So far, things are looking great. We're encountering very few problems and most of those are either resolvable on our end, or likely to get fixed as Windows 10 nears release. In fact, many games that had issues on operating systems newer than Windows XP once again won’t suffer any hiccups on Windows 10. The OS is still a work in progress, so while anything can happen until the release date we're confident for the future. This is the smoothest transition to a brand new system that we've ever worked on. Some games may need a patch to run perfectly smoothly, but don't worry - they will be available on the site, and if you use [URL="http://www.gog.com/galaxy"]GOG Galaxy[/URL], your games will be ready to go automatically.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.gog.com/news/news_getting_ready_for_windows_10[/url]

The only games that aren't running as expected are old as shit DOS games. Everything else I've encountered has been fine.

This is probably more than Valve will ever give us for a Windows 10 announcement.

Considering Microsoft allows practically seamless upgrades from Windows 7 and 8 and gives compatibility warnings themselves, I think this was to be expected. There probably aren't many API changes aside from fancy window management and the like, which games generally don't use.

been using W10 for a few weeks and had absolutely no compatibility issues with my games library. i can imagine 'if it runs on W7/8.1, it will run on W10' will apply to 99% of stuff.

my goggy is ready but my mind is not

Really my only reason to not guarantee windows 10 on my desktop is game comparability

[QUOTE=Tamschi;48148500]Considering Microsoft allows practically seamless upgrades from Windows 7 and 8 and gives compatibility warnings themselves, I think this was to be expected. There probably aren't many API changes aside from fancy window management and the like, which games generally don't use.[/QUOTE] Most DX7 games have issues.

[QUOTE=27X;48154365]Most DX7 games have issues.[/QUOTE] Really? When I was using W10 TP I tried tons of old (pre 2003) games, and they all worked fine

[QUOTE=Boilrig;48148421]This is probably more than Valve will ever give us for a Windows 10 announcement.[/QUOTE] Recalling their reaction to Windows 8, probably for the best, else they'll shove their other foot into their mouth. [editline]9th July 2015[/editline] [QUOTE=Medevila;48154308]at this point if it ran on 8.1 it runs on Windows 10[/QUOTE] Likewise for 7 and 8, but people were still critical of 8's gaming capability for... Whatever reason.

[QUOTE=Rixxz2;48154456]Really? When I was using W10 TP I tried tons of old (pre 2003) games, and they all worked fine[/QUOTE] Did you try avp2 and ground control? Cause they don't work 100% for me.

[QUOTE=LegndNikko;48154668]Recalling their reaction to Windows 8, probably for the best, else they'll shove their other foot into their mouth. [editline]9th July 2015[/editline] Likewise for 7 and 8, but people were still critical of 8's gaming capability for... Whatever reason.[/QUOTE] There were legitimate issues with the fact that 8 handles directdraw emulation differently than Vista/7.

[QUOTE=Velocet;48148406]The only games that aren't running as expected are old as shit DOS games. Everything else I've encountered has been fine.[/QUOTE] Not sure why anyone thought otherwise. Some games might need some tweaks or something to work but that's all.

Im sticking with windows 7 for now, i dont trust microsoft with this win10 thing, id rather see how it turns out.

Only compatibility issues I've had with Windows 10 has been Asus Xonar drivers.

[QUOTE=Boilrig;48148421]This is probably more than Valve will ever give us for a Windows 10 announcement.[/QUOTE] With how much praise Windows 10 seems to be getting prior to release, and how the interest for SteamOS and Steam Machines seems to be waning, I'm just wondering how long it will take Gabe to backpedal on his comments about the future of Windows like he backpedaled on the PS3. I remember Microsoft announcing some sort of partnership with Valve concerning Steam during E3 this year, so it probably won't be long. Microsoft isn't stupid, they just like to try new things every so often (Vista, 8) even if it ends up exploding in their face. If they fuck something up, it seems like they try to make it right eventually.

[QUOTE=Rahu X;48164689]With how much praise Windows 10 seems to be getting prior to release, and how the interest for SteamOS and Steam Machines seems to be waning, I'm just wondering how long it will take Gabe to backpedal on his comments about the future of Windows like he backpedaled on the PS3. I remember Microsoft announcing some sort of partnership with Valve concerning Steam during E3 this year, so it probably won't be long. Microsoft isn't stupid, they just like to try new things every so often (Vista, 8) even if it ends up exploding in their face. If they fuck something up, it seems like they try to make it right eventually.[/QUOTE] The backpedal wasn't even that good. He went "oh, no, PS3 is wonderful," shoved Steam integration with PSN onto Portal 2 aaand... Abandoned the whole ordeal. Sure, they put CS:GO on it, but that's no more than other developers have done.