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GOG's September update is preserving more than old games — now the giant PC boxes are coming back too
GOG's latest preservation push has moved beyond executable files. The store is now archiving the oversized cardboard boxes that defined an era of PC gaming, while its modern catalog continues to grow with The Blood of Dawnwalker and a new Witcher 3 chapter on the horizon.
By Maëlle 
Preservation now includes the box on the shelf
On September 8, Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Armikrog became the latest games to enter the GOG Preservation Program. The same update also brought new archival extras to Descent, Hitman: Codename 47 and Myst Masterpiece Edition.
This time GOG is not only maintaining the games themselves. Working with Big Box Collection, it has produced downloadable 3D scans of the original PC packaging for all five titles.
The scans cover the front, back and spine and can be opened in standard 3D viewers on Windows and Mac. Printable flat versions are available too, meaning anyone sufficiently committed to the bit can cut, fold and rebuild a physical replica.
It sounds almost comically specific until you remember how much material disappeared with old PC packaging. Manuals, artwork, maps and elaborate boxes were part of the product rather than a thumbnail buried in a digital library.
Two more games get GOG's long-term treatment
Star Trek: 25th Anniversary and Armikrog are the actual new Preservation Program additions in this wave. Descent, Hitman and Myst were already covered and are receiving the big-box material as an update.
The Preservation Program is GOG's commitment to spend its own resources maintaining compatibility with modern systems. It is not simply a badge attached to every old release on the store.
The modern side of GOG is getting busier too
The Blood of Dawnwalker launched on GOG on September 3. Rebel Wolves' open-world dark fantasy RPG is available DRM-free, with offline installers and no requirement to use the GOG Galaxy client.
Players control Coen, a human by day and vampire by night, in a version of 14th-century Europe devastated by war, plague and supernatural threats. Time acts as an important resource, forcing choices over which problems and characters receive attention.
Its presence on GOG at launch is significant for a store often associated with resurrecting older games. The catalog strategy increasingly depends on getting major new PC releases without waiting for them to become classics first.
Geralt has another trip coming
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Songs of the Past is now available to wishlist on GOG. The new chapter sends Geralt to Letten, a seemingly peaceful region with something considerably less pleasant hidden beneath the surface.
There is no release date yet. GOG has, however, already changed the base game's storefront structure: the Complete Edition is now the standard version for purchase, combining The Witcher 3 with Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Existing owners of the base game are being moved to the Complete Edition automatically.
GOG is also clearing space on the wishlist
The current Releases 2026 promotion highlights games that entered GOG's DRM-free catalog this year. More than 500 products are currently listed on the promotion page, stretching from recent releases to newly restored older titles.
- Metro 2033: 70% off - Metro: Last Light Complete Edition: 70% off - Gothic 1 Remake: 10% off - DOOM Eternal: 67% off - REPLACED: 25% off - Pioneers of Pagonia: 40% off - Cairn: 20% off - Styx: Blades of Greed: 30% off - The Long Dark: 50% off - Bramble: The Mountain King: 80% off
Regional pricing can differ and the promotional selection may change, but the common feature is unsurprising: the GOG versions remain DRM-free.
More names are already waiting in the catalog
GOG has also announced upcoming releases including Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Deathmaster. That game follows Vihneek, a Skaven assassin from Clan Eshin, with stealth built around observation, control and considerably less heroic forms of violence.
Static Hour is another upcoming addition, built around a lone night-shift news editor trapped in a newsroom during a government lockdown in the 1980s. Reports become increasingly violent and contradictory, leaving the player to investigate through analog technology and old-fashioned reporting.
That is a fairly accurate snapshot of modern GOG: a new RPG, an obscure detective game, a thirty-year-old classic receiving compatibility work and a downloadable cardboard box can all sit in the same news cycle.