Reverse for me. Finished Serpent's Isle, and got maybe a quarter through black gate.
Very long game.

This time we’ve got an Atari classic for you guys. Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge, the sequel to the successful Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, is available on GOG.com for only $9.99.

You are John Cooper, after dealing with El Diablo in the last installment of the franchise, your little brother, Marshal Ross Cooper, has been killed by an outlaw called “Angel Face” and it’s your duty to avenge him! It’s time to re-unite with your pack of old friends, gather some more help, and start investigating the whereabouts of the killer. This time the game is rendered in beautiful full 3D, giving you the choice between the old isometric camera view or total freedom over how the camera views the action (including a over-the-shoulder third person perspective camera setting that follows your chosen character). The new camera makes the game more accessible to everyone, giving you an easier time while maneuvering between buildings or while engaged in a shoot-out. The campaign is divided into several challenging missions, in which you'll need to use your wit and your different characters' special abilities. Kate can charm her enemies, for example, while Sam snipes them from afar with his trusty ol’ Winchester rifle). Most of the missions let you choose a variety of avenues of approach for each of objective given. Desperados 2 is still a combat-oriented game, so if you don’t have a good idea how to beat the mission in the stealthy way, try the hard way and just get in there guns a-blazing!

Desperados 2: Cooper’s Revenge is available DRM-Free on GOG.com for only $9.99.

In what we can only assume to be a charitable act made in the spirit of the holidays, the Aleph One engine, which powers Marathon 2: Durandal, Marathon Infinity and a fan remake of the original Marathon, is now available to download (alongside the aforementioned games) for free. The distribution of the engine -- assumedly approved by Bungie, who just shared it through the studio's Twitter account -- is made possible thanks to its GNU General Public License.

All three games are available for PC, Mac and Linux -- as well as the iPad, thanks to an open-source project completed this past summer -- so there's really no reason for you not to check them out. Unless, of course, you can only find satisfaction through thoroughly illegal piracy. We can role-play, if that makes it any easier. "No! Don't download all those games for free! That's illegal, you bad, bad buccaneer."

We’re completing the Gothic trilogy on GOG.com. Gothic 3 - the latest part of adventures is available now for only $9.99!

You are the Nameless Hero, the one who defeated the Avatar of the Sleeper god. The same hero who dealt with his four minions. Now it’s time to explore the kingdom of Myrtana. The Orcs have won the war and now humans are mere orc slaves. A conflict is waging between three distinct factions: the triumphant Orcs, the rebels loyal to the King Rhobar, and the hashishin - a guild of assassins with an unknown goal or origin. Your ultimate goal will require you to ally with one of the factions and help them achieve their objectives.

Character Progression is similar to the earlier installments of Gothic. Level up with experience, and quest completion, learn new skills and talents with points you get for every level up. The combat system was revisited, now it boasts more combo moves, optional full mouse controls, and your hero is able to use shields to improve his blocking abilities. Further, Rune-Magic has disappeared from the land, leaving only the magic of the ancients intact but scattered across Myrtana in form of ancient scrolls. Finding these scrolls is key to learning and using powerful magic to defeat your foes.

The most visible change from Gothic 2 is the new graphics engine, which looks stunning even now. The rich, vivid world of Myrtana is open for you to explore, but be aware of the dangerous beasts and monsters lurking deep inside the wilderness. You are free to go wherever you want, and lots of side-quests are available to lengthen your playthrough. Experience a great open-world RPG where your decisions can alter the course of a whole continent.

Check out the whole Gothic franchise on GOG and grab the newest installment for only $9.99.

GOG.com’s Holiday Celebrations are Almost Here!

UPDATE: The Witcher 2 sale has already begun, grab The Witcher 2 for $23.99 and get The Witcher 1: Enhanced Edition for free here!


Winter is settling in around us, and we wanted to share with all of you guys what GOG.com’s holiday celebrations are going to be so you know what’s coming up from your favorite digital downloadable games distributor.

Starting on this Thursday, we’ll have The Witcher 2 on an eye-popping 40% off discount for 48 hours AND we’re bundling in a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition with any purchase of The Witcher 2. We’ll be running this from 11.00 GMT on Thursday 8 December until 10.59 GMT on 10 December, and it’s the best bargain we’re going to have on the Witcher series this holiday season!

Then, on Saturday, we will start a season of holiday celebrations by awarding a number of game codes to you guys! We’ll have copies of Master of Orion I + II, courtesy of GOG and Atari, copies of Realms of Arkania I + II, and lots of codes for $5.99 and $9.99 games. We’ll be giving them away through social media (that’s Facebook and Twitter) as well as through our forums right here on GOG.com! Be sure to check in with us this weekend and you just might win an awesome game or two from us.

Finally, we’re starting our winter sale with a huge bang--we’re giving anyone a free copy of Empire Earth Gold Edition for 48 hours. Starting on Monday 12 December at 11.00 GMT and running until Wednesday 14 December at 10.59 GMT, anyone can add Empire Earth: Gold Edition to his or her shopping cart for free as a holiday gift from us to you!

Also, starting on Monday at 11.00 GMT, GOG.com is adding virtually every single game in our catalog for 50% off from now until 2 January 2012. Pick up games from fantastic publishers and developers like EA, Interplay, Atari, Activision, Sierra, and many more for half off this holiday season!

With an incredible 50% off Holiday Promo, we hope that we’ve solved all your holiday shopping needs, whether its an action-packed shooter like Painkiller for your cousin Timmy, a great thinking-man’s chess game like Chessmaster 9000 for your Uncle Bob, or even a restaurant-management simulation like Restaurant Empire to try and encourage your crazy roommate to learn how to cook, you will be able to pick it all up from GOG.com at incredible holiday savings!

Happy Holidays to all!

http://www.gog.com/en/news/gog_com_s_holid...are_almost_here

seems like xmas sales started for gog?

many games -50% off ooo?

they no list the original price before discount one?

Perhaps "remade" isn't the best word to describe what the team at Infamous Adventures has done to Sierra's 1987 classic Space Quest II: Vohaul's Revenge. "Lovingly rebuilt," perhaps, or "delicately hand-milled," if such a term can be considered applicable in a programming sense. (We've decided it can.)

Infamous Adventures' reproduction features "hand-drawn backgrounds, hand animated characters, a full voice pack featuring over 4,000 recorded lines and a whole lot of extras," according to the group's official website. We don't know what's more touching, the fact that a small group of people completely rejiggered a classic out of love for the original, or that the fruits of their labor can be downloaded for free.

Watch those system requirements, though, as the PC version requires a whole meg of RAM.

New release: Time Commando

Fight your way through time or you’re history!

Play a fantastic action-adventure title with a unforgettable plot with today's release of Time Commando for only $5.99! An advanced virus has infiltrated a top secret military research facility's supercomputer. The computer can simulate any combat from any period throughout history, but it's such a powerful computer that the virus has created a vortex that threatens to tear a hole in the very fabric of time. Your job is to suit up, travel through time, and prevent the virus from destroying the universe. A good antivirus program could have prevented this threat to the universe, but now that the virus is assaulting the fabric of reality, it has all come down to you.

You are Stanley Opar, a member of S.A.V.E (Special Action for Virus Elimination), an organization that was created to clear the system of the virus. You must travel through many of the historical eras that the supercomputer simulates while using a wide array of weapons (from stones to samurai swords, slings to laser rifles, and a killer yo-yo) to fight through time and collect data bits scattered over the various worlds to repair the damage done.

Time Commando is an action adventure with a little bit of puzzles here and there. Graphically the game was very advanced for the 1990s with beautifully rendered 2D backgrounds coupled with the vivid 3D animated characters. The control scheme takes the best elements out of the Alone in the Dark series and improves upon them.

Grab yourself some action-adventure brawling action for only $5.99 from Adeline Software!

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/time_commando

There’s a million aliens out there thirsting for your blood; can you slaughter your way to the exit?

These classic top-down shooters have you killing enough aliens to make Sigourney Weaver blush, and this two pack of Alien Breed and Alien Breed: Tower Assault is available for only $5.99.

Alien Breed is a classic run-and-shoot action game that has you fighting a variety of bulbous-headed aliens with an insatiable hunger for your flesh. In a distant future, you control one brave space ranger or (with a friend) two fearless cosmic marines who blast their way through maze-like levels crawling with hideous space monstrosities to find the lift down to the next level and--hopefully--to escape the doomed space station that you’re on. Clearing the space station completely will require killing hundreds of nasty aliens, buying new weapons, medkits, ammo, and finally blowing everything up. For us at GOG.com, just a regular day.

Alien Breed: Tower Assault follows a similar alien slaying scenario as the first game in the series. However, it is much less linear than its predecessor and offers 276 possible ways of completing the game (yes, we checked).

If you wished in 2012 for an alien-infested space stations and soldiers on a suicide missions, well, you’re a little crazy. But if you wished for a fantastic game about alien-infested space stations, GOG.com makes your dreams come true with a powerful double combo from Team 17: Alien Breed and Alien Breed: Tower Assault for only $5.99.

For the glory. For the honor. For the exploding bananas!

For those who’d love to taste some spineless violence, get your hands on Team 17 Software’s explosive and entertaining Worms United for only $5.99.

Worms is a turn based artillery game populated with the gaming industry’s cutest and most lethal annelids to ever tote a bazooka. The worms are divided into teams with a simple goal: destroy the opposition with a crazy assortment of weapons in a fully destructible environment. Two teams of four begin a deadly shoot-out until one of them has no one left to wiggle. The simplicity of background story (none) and game objectives (kill the other guy) contrasts nicely with the huge number of available weapons, ammo, and special items.

An extensive variety of weapons is something everyone loves, and Worms United doesn’t disappoint. Get your hands on all kinds of explosive mayhem: bazookas, some simple firearms like a shotgun or an Uzi, heavy weapons, grenades, airstrikes, and even special bizarre weapons like banana bombs and exploding sheep. The 'cartoon-like' graphics and light-hearted audio only add up to a perfect storm of violence, comedy, soaring victory and howling defeat that has made the series so famous and appreciated. Whether playing against the computer or--even better-- humiliating your friends via hotseat play, you’ll find this tactical classic game excellent as a coffee break refresher or in longer sessions of madcap fun.

Worms United delivers the first installment in Worms series along with the expansion pack Worms Reinforcements, adding extra elements like a single-player campaign and the ability to add custom levels and soundpacks.

Get Worms: United now for only $5.99 and experience for yourself the glory of a dragon-punch that sends your last opponent off a cliff!

The original sci-fi strategy Syndicate will be released on GOG.com for $5.99 this Thursday. This gritty cyberpunk treasure shows up here with some bonus content: the game manual, dark SF artworks, and avatars.

As you can read in this review Syndicate is “A modern masterpiece. The self-respecting gamer should ensure they have Syndicate nestling snugly on the games shelf as soon as possible.” Follow the wise advice and get Syndicate in just two days for $5.99.

While you’re waiting, we’re having a fun contest to keep you guys occupied until Thursday:

Syndicate is a game set in a grim future. As the world’s multinational corporations grew, their profits began to rival those of small countries. Soon they owned small countries and corporate influence was felt at the highest level of world government. Smaller corporations were swallowed up like plankton in the wake of behemoth mega-corporations.

GOG.com needs your help to mobilize the forces of the DRM-free revolution to take over the world. You and three friends--real or imaginary, past or future--are going to form a team that you’d recommend to us to lead the charge to make DRM-free gaming the world’s biggest Syndicate.

We want to know if you’re up for the challenge.

Mission:
Assemble your team of cyborgs, give us your Team Name, Method of Operation, and any other relevant information you'd like.

Go on, spread your influence across the globe and tell us how.

Bounty:
1 free copy of Syndicate for the 10 posters who have the best Syndicate team. We’ll be reading through all of your posts (Hello, discordiac, our new marketing manager who “volunteered” for this job!) and picking the ones that we like best.

Rules:
1. Only one entry post per user. Feel free to comment & edit until the contest closes.
2. You may enter into similar contests that we are running on Twitter and Facebook, but only once via each different channel.
3. We will be picking 10 of our favorite teams from this thread to win their free copies of Syndicate.
4. The contest will end on Thursday the 19th of January 2012 at 7:00 AM EST.

Syndicate, the classic isometric game where you play to rule the world, lands on GOG.com today for just $5.99!

Played from a top-down isometric view, Syndicate presents the player with a simple goal: world domination. As a “Marketing Director”--or, more accurately, a hitman--for a new syndicate, the player will need to lead a squad of four operatives to infiltrate, capture, search, and destroy their way to the top of the corporate food chain. Critically acclaimed for its gameplay, splashy graphics, and deep customization options, Syndicate is one of those good old titles that every gamer should have on their shelf.

If you're a fan of games, fun, or taking over the world, this is definitely right up your alley, so pick it up now.

Q&A with Kurina - the GOG user who won the whole catalogue

The first edition of the "GOG Contest Week" has ended, winners have received their prizes and everything has turned back to the daily presence. Or hasn't it? For one GOG users - Kurina - it's still very hard to believe that now she owns the whole GOG catalogue. We decided to talk to her and learn something more about probably the happiest GOG users at the moment. Check out the Q&A session with Kurina.

First of all congratulations once again on winning the Grand Prize in our contest and thank you for your time to answer those questions. I'm sure our users would like to know something more about you. Tell us what do you do?

I am currently returning to school to complete a degree in Sociology. I have always found the subject to be highly fascinating, and I believe it will be an opening to some very interesting and exciting opportunities. Previously, I worked as a contract web designer and programmer.

How did you become a gamer?

I was blessed to be born into a family of avid video gamers. My parents were playing video games from the moment consoles became a household item. They would often play the Atari 2600 with relatives, and grabbed the Intellivision the day it was released. I was born two years later, and began playing video games as soon as I could grasp and manipulate the controller.

Video games have essentially been part of my life since I can remember. My earliest memories center around playing the Intellivision, NES, and Sega Master System with my family. Additionally, my family had invested in a computer around the same time, introducing me to many of the great classics you can find on GOG today. I cannot imagine the hours we must have spent with games such as the original King's Quest!

How did you find out about GOG.com and what brought you to the service?

I remember hearing about GOG through some other websites and a few forums. Upon checking the site out, I saw it catered to gamers such as myself, who grew up playing older titles and wanted to relive those experiences once again. I promptly signed up for beta, and luckily I was invited in as soon as the service launched.

What really captured me about Good Old Games, aside from selling some excellent titles, is that I felt it was digital distribution done right. As my friends can attest to, I am a very vocal opponent of online distribution services. I am of the belief that no other company should control my games or my access to them. Good Old Games shares a similar belief, and allows me to download and control my purchases without the interference of DRM.

However, as a bonus, what has kept me returning to the site multiple times a day is the community. I am often amazed at the helpfulness and generosity that can be found here, and it is unlike any other community I have seen thus far. Where else do you see strangers freely giving away games to each other, running their own contests with prizes, and helping each other with any problem or question one may have? Clearly this community goes against the norm, and that is why I love it.

read more: http://www.gog.com/en/news/qanda_with_kuri...ole_catalogue/0