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A new online gaming store called Good Old Games is poised to do huge business on the digital distribution front with a solid library of classic PC games for sale at low prices, and without any DRM. Get a first look at the service, currently in beta.Read More...

Good Old Games, the old-school classic PC games portal which sheds DRM and high prices for the sake of the gamer, is now in public beta and open to all. Get while the gettin's good. Read More...

Despite the fact that hordes of rabid fans have been demanding reincarnations of its classic adventure games, LucasArts still won't commit. There could be a good reason for this, but size of DS carts certainly isn't one of them. Read More...

I’m not that much of a gamer these days. My game-playing skills are restricted to Solitaire and an occasional online game. But in the early 90s, games fascinated me. My introduction to gaming came with Prince of Persia, followed by Super Mario, Commander Keen, etc. So when I read about the Good Old Games site, I was a little bit intrigued.

If you love Midway Games' software library, you're in luck: two new online stores were just launched by the publisher.Read More...

Steam has begun adding Atari games to its ever-growing library of downloadable titles. Full details inside.Read More...

North American Ubisoft President Laurent Detoc spoke to the SF Chronicle about casual games and acquisitions. One is good, one is bad.Read More...

The makers of Good Old Games, a service which specializes in selling DRM-free games via digital distribution, sound off to Ars on the recent Spore-inspired DRM frenzy, calling out the "idiocy" of over-intrusive piracy prevention methods.Read More...

The art of remaking games is much harder than it looks. You have to upgrade the graphics, update the game play, avoid annoying old fans, and gain new ones. Ars explores the treacherous path of the classic-gaming update. Read More...