GOG's new owner says DRM makes life "more difficult" for customers, so he sees "no reason to keep it alive"
I was somewhat surprised that Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 developer CD Projekt Red decided to sell its online games store GOG late in 2025, but unsurprised by who bought it. Michał Kiciński was a co-founder and joint CEO of CDPR, including in 2008 when it launched GOG. After parting ways with the company in 2011, he's reacquired the storefront in order to challenge Steam's hegemony and commit to providing players with DRM-free games for them to play any time, any place.
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