Launchers

d31b0y · 22-11-2019 10:44am #1

Steam
Epic
itch.io
Origin
GOG
Xbox
Uplay
Rockstar
Bethesda

I remember seeing an April fools joke about a launcher launcher but in reality, it's badly required now.
Is there anything out there that brings all these platforms together? Because I haven't a clue where to find anything I own these days!

RobertFoster · 22-11-2019 11:10am

Have you tried GOG Galaxy 2.0? It has most of the launchers you've listed.

Moon54 · 22-11-2019 1:28pm

Yeah, the new GOG Galaxy 2.0 is what you need.
It's improving all the time, with the latest update eliminating duplicates of your games and auto shutting down launchers after game ends.

Also the open-source plugin list for it has grown massively as well, now includes emulators

https://github.com/Mixaill/awesome-gog-galaxy

Another option that works well is Playnite, it's open-source and it's a bit more techy focused, but you have full control of games, covers etc.
Version 6.0 will be released later today;
https://playnite.link/

d31b0y · 22-11-2019 1:32pm

Knew there had to be something but couldn't think what to google for best results. I'll try both later. Cheers.

Sonics2k · 22-11-2019 8:17pm

I've been in the waiting list to join the Beta for 2.0 for months now, damn shame it can't be forced through.

RobertFoster · 22-11-2019 10:05pm

Sonics2k wrote: »

I've been in the waiting list to join the Beta for 2.0 for months now, damn shame it can't be forced through.

I got the invitation in July and used the program about 3 times since

Robert ninja · 24-11-2019 7:49am

I bought a lot from GOG 1.0 because I like DRM free and I thought they'd eventually implement the most requested feature for it ever but when they announced 2.0 as the one ring to rule them, with bloody console support of all things as a priority before my platform I dropped them for steam. I launch my gog games through lutris now as the only other client from steam and I pretty much don't buy my games anywhere else now because valve are the only one who seem to put real effort into the platform.