diff --git a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
index f8d99e69..41975345 100644
--- a/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ upstream - git@github.com:Cockatrice/Cockatrice.git
 $COCKATRICE_REPO - /Location/of/repository/cockatrice.git
 $TAG_NAME
   - If full release, YYYY-MM-DD-Release-MAJ.MIN.PATCH
-  - If dev snapshot, cockatrice-MAJ.MIN.PATCH-beta###
+  - If dev snapshot, YYYY-MM-DD-Development-MAJ.MIN.PATCH-betaXYZ
         - MAJ.MIN.PATCH will be the NEXT release version
 ```
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4289c97..293a2301 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ if(POLICY CMP0064)
 endif()
 
 set(PROJECT_NAME "Cockatrice")
+# Can be overriden by git tags, see cmake/getversion.cmake
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR "2")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR "3")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH "17")
 
 # Default to "Release" build type
 # User-provided value for CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE must be checked before the PROJECT() call
@@ -162,6 +166,7 @@ set(CPACK_RESOURCE_FILE_LICENSE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MINOR "${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}")
 set(CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_PATCH "${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
+set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME}")
 
 if(UNIX)
     if(APPLE)
@@ -170,7 +175,6 @@ if(UNIX)
         set(CPACK_DMG_FORMAT "UDBZ")
         set(CPACK_DMG_VOLUME_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
         set(CPACK_SYSTEM_NAME "OSX")
-        set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}")
         set(CPACK_PACKAGE_ICON "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cockatrice/resources/appicon.icns")
     else()
         # linux
@@ -186,11 +190,9 @@ if(UNIX)
             set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_HOMEPAGE "http://github.com/Cockatrice/Cockatrice")
             set(CPACK_DEBIAN_PACKAGE_DEPENDS "libqt5multimedia5-plugins, libqt5svg5")
         ENDIF()
-        set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}")
     endif()
 elseif(WIN32)
     set(CPACK_GENERATOR NSIS ${CPACK_GENERATOR})
-    set(CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME "${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}")
 
     # Configure file with custom definitions for NSIS.
     configure_file(
diff --git a/cmake/NSIS.template.in b/cmake/NSIS.template.in
index 10dc9b75..5fdb3aab 100644
--- a/cmake/NSIS.template.in
+++ b/cmake/NSIS.template.in
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 !include "FileFunc.nsh"
 
 Name "@CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME@"
-BrandingText "@CPACK_PACKAGE_NAME@-@CPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION_MAJOR@"
+BrandingText "@CPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME@"
 OutFile "@CPACK_TOPLEVEL_DIRECTORY@/@CPACK_OUTPUT_FILE_NAME@"
 SetCompressor /SOLID lzma
 InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES\Cockatrice"
diff --git a/cmake/getversion.cmake b/cmake/getversion.cmake
index ddf2fec5..2631bd2d 100644
--- a/cmake/getversion.cmake
+++ b/cmake/getversion.cmake
@@ -1,40 +1,215 @@
-find_package(Git)
-if(GIT_FOUND)
+# HELPER FUNCTIONS
+
+function(get_commit_id)
+	# get last commit hash
 	execute_process(
 		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log -1 --abbrev=7 --date=short "--pretty=%h"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 		RESULT_VARIABLE res_var
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COM_ID
 	)
-	if( NOT ${res_var} EQUAL 0 )
-		set( GIT_COMMIT_ID "unknown")
-		message( WARNING "Git failed (not a repo, or no tags). Build will not contain git revision info." )
+	if(NOT ${res_var} EQUAL 0)
+		message(WARNING "Git failed (not a repo, or no tags). Build will not contain git revision info.")
+		return()
 	endif()
-	string( REPLACE "\n" "" GIT_COMMIT_ID "${GIT_COM_ID}" )
 
+	string(REPLACE "\n" "" GIT_COM_ID "${GIT_COM_ID}")
+	set(GIT_COMMIT_ID "${GIT_COM_ID}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL "custom_${GIT_COM_ID}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(get_commit_date)
+	# get last commit date
 	execute_process(
 		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} log -1 --date=short "--pretty=%cd"
 		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
 		RESULT_VARIABLE res_var
 		OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_COM_DATE
 	)
-	if( NOT ${res_var} EQUAL 0 )
-		set( GIT_COMMIT_DATE "unknown")
-		set( GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY "unknown")
-		message( WARNING "Git failed (not a repo, or no tags). Build will not contain git revision info." )
+	if(NOT ${res_var} EQUAL 0)
+		message(WARNING "Git failed (not a repo, or no tags). Build will not contain git revision info.")
+		return()
 	endif()
-	string( REPLACE "\n" "" GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY "${GIT_COM_DATE}" )
-	string( REPLACE "-" "" GIT_COMMIT_DATE "${GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY}" )
+
+	string(REPLACE "\n" "" GIT_COM_DATE "${GIT_COM_DATE}")
+	set(GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY "${GIT_COM_DATE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+	string(REPLACE "-" "" GIT_COM_DATE "${GIT_COM_DATE}")
+	set(GIT_COMMIT_DATE "${GIT_COM_DATE}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(clean_release_name name)
+	# "name": "Cockatrice: Thopter Pie Network, Revision 2"
+
+	# Remove all double quotes
+	STRING(REPLACE "\"" "" name "${name}")
+	# Remove json prefix "name: "
+	STRING(REPLACE "  name: " "" name "${name}")
+	# Remove "cockatrice" name
+	STRING(REPLACE "Cockatrice" "" name "${name}")
+	# Remove all unwanted chars
+	STRING(REGEX REPLACE "[^A-Za-z0-9_ ]" "" name "${name}")
+	# Strip (trim) whitespaces
+	STRING(STRIP "${name}" name)
+	# Replace all spaces with underscores
+	STRING(REPLACE " " "_" name "${name}")
+
+	set(GIT_TAG_RELEASENAME "${name}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+function(get_tag_name commit)
+	if(${commit} STREQUAL "unknown")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	execute_process(
+		COMMAND ${GIT_EXECUTABLE} describe --exact-match --tags ${commit}
+		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}
+		RESULT_VARIABLE res_var
+		OUTPUT_VARIABLE GIT_TAG
+		ERROR_VARIABLE GIT_TAG_ERR
+	)
+
+	if((NOT ${res_var} EQUAL 0) OR (${GIT_TAG_ERR} MATCHES "fatal: no tag exactly matches.*"))
+		message(STATUS "Commit is not a release or prerelease (no git tag found)")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	string(REPLACE "\n" "" GIT_TAG "${GIT_TAG}")
+	message(STATUS "Commit is a release or prerelease, git tag: ${GIT_TAG}")
+
+	# Extract information from tag:
+	# YYYY-MM-DD-Release-MAJ.MIN.PATCH
+	# YYYY-MM-DD-Development-MAJ.MIN.PATCH-betaXYZ
+	string(REPLACE "-" ";" GIT_TAG_EXPLODED "${GIT_TAG}")
+	string(REPLACE "." ";" GIT_TAG_EXPLODED "${GIT_TAG_EXPLODED}")
+
+	# Sanity checks: length
+	list(LENGTH GIT_TAG_EXPLODED GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT} LESS 7 OR ${GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT} GREATER 8)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag format, got ${GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT} tokens")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Year
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 0 GIT_TAG_YEAR)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_YEAR} LESS 2017 OR ${GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT} GREATER 2100)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag year ${GIT_TAG_YEAR}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Month
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 1 GIT_TAG_MONTH)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_MONTH} LESS 1 OR ${GIT_TAG_MONTH} GREATER 12)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag month ${GIT_TAG_MONTH}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Day
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 2 GIT_TAG_DAY)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_DAY} LESS 1 OR ${GIT_TAG_DAY} GREATER 31)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag day ${GIT_TAG_DAY}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Type
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 3 GIT_TAG_TYPE)
+	if(NOT(${GIT_TAG_TYPE} STREQUAL "Release" OR ${GIT_TAG_TYPE} STREQUAL "Development"))
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag type ${GIT_TAG_TYPE}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Major
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 4 GIT_TAG_MAJOR)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_MAJOR} LESS 0 OR ${GIT_TAG_MAJOR} GREATER 99)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag major version ${GIT_TAG_MAJOR}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Minor
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 5 GIT_TAG_MINOR)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_MINOR} LESS 0 OR ${GIT_TAG_MINOR} GREATER 99)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag minor version ${GIT_TAG_MINOR}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Patch
+	list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 6 GIT_TAG_PATCH)
+	if(${GIT_TAG_PATCH} LESS 0 OR ${GIT_TAG_PATCH} GREATER 99)
+		message(WARNING "Invalid tag patch version ${GIT_TAG_PATCH}")
+		return()
+	endif()
+
+	# Label
+	if(${GIT_TAG_LISTCOUNT} EQUAL 8)
+		list(GET GIT_TAG_EXPLODED 7 GIT_TAG_LABEL)
+	else()
+		SET(GIT_TAG_LABEL "")
+	endif()
+
+	# Override hardcoded version with the informations from the tag
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR ${GIT_TAG_MAJOR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR ${GIT_TAG_MINOR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH ${GIT_TAG_PATCH} PARENT_SCOPE)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL ${GIT_TAG_LABEL} PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+	if(${GIT_TAG_TYPE} STREQUAL "Development")
+		set(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL ${GIT_TAG_LABEL} PARENT_SCOPE)
+	elseif(${GIT_TAG_TYPE} STREQUAL "Release")
+		set(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL "" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+		# get version name from github
+		set(GIT_TAG_TEMP_FILE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tag_informations.txt")
+		set(GIT_TAG_TEMP_URL "https://api.github.com/repos/Cockatrice/Cockatrice/releases/tags/${GIT_TAG}")
+		message(STATUS "Fetching tag informations from ${GIT_TAG_TEMP_URL}")
+		file(REMOVE "${GIT_TAG_TEMP_FILE}")
+		file(DOWNLOAD "${GIT_TAG_TEMP_URL}" "${GIT_TAG_TEMP_FILE}" STATUS status LOG log INACTIVITY_TIMEOUT 30 TIMEOUT 300 SHOW_PROGRESS)
+    	list(GET status 0 err)
+    	list(GET status 1 msg)
+	    if(err)
+	    	message(WARNING "Download failed with error ${msg}: ${log}")
+	    	return()
+    	endif()
+    	file(STRINGS "${GIT_TAG_TEMP_FILE}" GIT_TAG_RAW_RELEASENAME REGEX "\"name\": \"" LIMIT_COUNT 1)
+
+    	clean_release_name("${GIT_TAG_RAW_RELEASENAME}")
+    	set(PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASENAME "${GIT_TAG_RELEASENAME}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+	endif()
+
+endfunction()
+
+# START OF MAIN
+
+# fallback defaults
+set(GIT_COMMIT_ID "unknown")
+set(GIT_COMMIT_DATE "unknown")
+set(GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY "unknown")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL "custom_unknown")
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASENAME "")
+
+find_package(Git)
+if(GIT_FOUND)
+	get_commit_id()
+	get_commit_date()
+	get_tag_name(${GIT_COMMIT_ID})
 else()
-	set( GIT_COMMIT_ID "unknown")
-	set( GIT_COMMIT_DATE "unknown")
-	set( GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY "unknown")
 	message( WARNING "Git not found. Build will not contain git revision info." )
 endif()
 
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR "0")
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR "0")
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH "1~git${GIT_COMMIT_DATE}.${GIT_COMMIT_ID}")
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR}.${PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH}")
-set(PROJECT_VERSION_FRIENDLY "${GIT_COMMIT_ID} (${GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY})")
+if(PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION "${PROJECT_VERSION}-${PROJECT_VERSION_LABEL}")
+endif()
 
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_FRIENDLY "${PROJECT_VERSION}<br>(${GIT_COMMIT_DATE_FRIENDLY})")
+
+# Format: <program name>[-ReleaseName]-MAJ.MIN.PATCH[-prerelease_label]
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME "${PROJECT_NAME}")
+if(PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASENAME)
+	set(PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME "${PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION_RELEASENAME}")
+endif()
+set(PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME "${PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+
+message(STATUS "Project version: ${PROJECT_VERSION}")
+message(STATUS "Friendly project version: ${PROJECT_VERSION_FRIENDLY}")
+message(STATUS "Project version filename: ${PROJECT_VERSION_FILENAME}")
diff --git a/cockatrice/src/window_main.cpp b/cockatrice/src/window_main.cpp
index c7b6866e..54a58da4 100644
--- a/cockatrice/src/window_main.cpp
+++ b/cockatrice/src/window_main.cpp
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ void MainWindow::actAbout()
 {
     QMessageBox mb(QMessageBox::NoIcon, tr("About Cockatrice"), QString(
         "<font size=\"8\"><b>Cockatrice</b></font><br>"
-        + tr("Version %1").arg(VERSION_STRING)
+        + tr("Version<br>%1").arg(VERSION_STRING)
         + "<br><br><b><a href='" + GITHUB_PAGES_URL + "'>" + tr("Cockatrice Webpage") + "</a></b><br>"
         + "<br><br><b>" + tr("Project Manager:") + "</b><br>Gavin Bisesi<br><br>"
         + "<b>" + tr("Past Project Managers:") + "</b><br>Max-Wilhelm Bruker<br>Marcus Schütz<br><br>"