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[–] HKayn@dormi.zone 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Heroic Games Launcher can download and run GOG games. It's a community-run project, but officially affiliated with GOG.

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They set up a commission with gog if you buy games through heroic

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is this an actual, specific deal with Heroic, or some general affiliate linking thing?

[–] OhYeah@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (2 children)

No clue if it's heroic exclusive but it's more than just affiliate linking. Heroic embeds the actual gog store page in the launcher and gets a percentage of anything you buy per their agreement with gog

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds technically just like affiliate linking, even if the browser is embedded.

https://affiliate.gog.com/

Just curious if there is a specific deal between Heroic and GOG.

[–] ouch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

For the record, the affiliate link is listed here:

https://heroicgameslauncher.com/donate

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago