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GOG.com kicks off Battle of the Games promo, gives away Ultimas
GOG.com is kicking off the summer sales season with a new promo allowing gamers to decide which of two pre-selected games will receive a 60% discount, and by giving away two Ultimas.
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Revisiting … Tex Murphy: Under a Killing Moon
Nick continues his journey as Tex Murphy in the series’ third outing, Under a Killing Moon.
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Revisiting … Tex Murphy: Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum
In an effort to save some of our older articles, now lost to the abyss that is our bombed-out database, we’re scouring the WayBackMachine to bring older pieces into the new layout. We’re in the process of bringing Nick’s entire Tex Murphy recap back online. Enjoy part one, covering the first two games in the series, Mean Streets and Martian Memorandum.
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GOG.com and CD Projekt RED news explosion, plus free Fallout
GOG.com and CD Projekt RED made a slew of announcements today during their Spring Conference. The big news for retro gamers and role-playing fans is that the original Fallout is available at GOG.com for free for the next 48 hours. Back? Excellent. We’ll finish the GOG reveals first, and then move on to all of the new info regarding The Witcher.
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Good Old Games now GOG.com, offering modern titles
Good Old Games, now known exclusively as GOG.com—well, GOG for us, since we’re lazy—has expanded to include newer titles. While the download service offers sister company CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 2, the library will now feature a growing selection of modern releases. To kick things off, GOG has added DRM-free versions of Trine and The Whispered World, as well as a pre-order option for the throwback dungeon crawler Legend of Grimock. Darwinia, Spacechem, and Machinarium will also be available shortly, and over 20 “newer classics,” from both big publishers and indies, have already been signed. The newer titles also mean a new price ceiling, with Legend of Grimrock and The Whispered World each breaking the previous $9.99 cap at $14.99. However, the company stresses that they will continue to charge “flat, fair prices everywhere in the world for DRM-free games that come bundled with many extra free goodies.”
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Good Old Games adds iEntertainment’s Apache Longbow
iEntertainment, the studio founded by MicroProse Software co-founder “Wild Bill” Stealey, has signed on with Good Old Games. The announcement also brings with it a new title for the download service: Apache Longbow. Gamers can snatch up a DRM-free digital copy of the well-received sim for $5.99.
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Good Old Games signs GSC Game World, adds Cossacks Anthology
Good Old Games can add another feather in their cap: Ukranian developer GSC Game World. The first title from the studio’s catalog to hit the download service is the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century-flavored strategy pack Cossacks Anthology. The $5.99 bundle includes Cossacks: European Wars and both of its expansions, Cossacks: Art of War and Cossacks: Back to War. As with GOG’s other releases, Anthology comes with wallpapers, soundtracks, manual, and a unit quick reference card.
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Syndicate demo announced for 360 and PS3, original GOG bound
The Syndicate series is returning, and in more ways than one. For fans of the original, EA and Good Old Games have announced that Bullfrog’s original isometric strategy title, let’s call it Syndicate 1993, will be available on GOG’s download service this Thursday for $5.99. And for those eager to try out the new version, Starbreeze’s Syndicate 2012, a new four-player co-op demo will launch later this month for the 360 and PS3.
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Good Old Games launches Summer Promo, 50% off Interplay library
Good Old Games realized that, for much of the world, summer is terrible. Heat, bugs, heat, there’s just little good about it. To keep PC gamers company in these months of heat waves and anemic release schedules, the digital distributor has launched their Summer “Staycation” Promo. From now until July 4, all titles from Interplay are on sale for 50% off. Yep, all 32 titles, which includes Battle Chess Special Edition, Castles 1 and 2 bundle, Descent 1 and 2 bundle, Descent 3 with expansion bundle, Earthworm Jim 1 and 2 bundle, three Fallout title (1, 2, and Tactics), Freespace 2, both MDKs, and on and on, each for $2.99.
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The Witcher 1 for $4.99, 2 pre-order info, and GOG regional pricing announced
Good Old Games is gearing up for the release of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium Edition with one hell of a bargain: the original release for $4.99. Yep, a DRM-free download of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for less than five bucks. The GOG version includes a game guide, soundtracks, artbook, and a 2011 calendar, though the latter may or may not be your cup of tea as it features “the sexiest women from the game.” The deal lasts until May 24, so be sure to get it in time to play through Geralt’s adventures before the sequel lands on May 17.
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