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GOG.com anniversary promo tomorrow News

PC News by Robert Purchese

1 September, 2009

GOG.com (good old games) turns one tomorrow and will celebrate by offering a free Interplay game for every Interplay game purchased. In other words: buy one, get one free.

Speaking to Eurogamer, chief mouthpiece Lukasz Kukawski said the promotion runs until 7th September. That means a trip down memory lane for games like Fallout 1 & 2 won't break the bank. Those games, incidentally, are GOG's best sellers.

GOG.com had also planned to give one lucky user the entire Interplay catalogue for free - a saving of around $100 - but there are "too many legal issues" to get this out on time.

GOG.com launched in beta form last September, counting support from only Interplay and Codemasters. Today, there are over 140 games available to download, DRM-free. GOG hopes to continue this "snowball effect" over next couple of months, and entice other publishers with "huge back catalogues".

"Every announcement of new publisher joining GOG made other publishers think, 'We also have some back catalogue games, why not release it on GOG?'," said Kukawski.

During September, GOG.com has "one or two new announcements" to make, and believes "the next couple of months should make fans of classic games really happy".

"Our team was at gamescom and they came back tired but very happy, if you know what I mean! Aside from that, our development and design team is working really hard on another update of the service itself that will bring many useful features and will improve the GOG.com experience," he added. "It looks like a really great autumn/winter for GOG fans!"

Head over to the GOG.com website to find out more.

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01/09/09 @ 13:15
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"Our team was at gamescom and they came back tired but very happy, if you know what I mean!"

They scored each other?
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01/09/09 @ 13:25
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the full list of Interplay games that GOG have is here http://www.gog.com/en/search/sort/publis...

Aside from the obvious Fallout (which I already own) I'm very tempted by the Freespace, Descent and MDK series.
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You know what would rock?

Fallout 1 and 2 for iphone. The low-res graphics wouldn't look so bad on such a small screen, and the touch interface would be perfect for this sort of RPG.
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01/09/09 @ 13:53
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Cmon gimmie Baldurs Gate and Planescape!
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Robert Purchese writes an article about purchase? X)
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01/09/09 @ 14:07
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You buy one you get one free. I said you buy one you get one free!

GoG is my number one service. Great games, drm free. The best thing is I've rarely seen their stuff on torrent sites like piratebay. Of course, I'm willing to eat my words if it turns out they are out there.
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I would really love it if they made Bethesda jump on this GOG train. If they could make Battlespire and Redguard playable on XP/Vista systems, I'd happily pay for those games again! Especially Redguard.
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A bit of a strange choice for an anniversary promo, given that most users who have been with them for the full year would more than likely already have the good interplay games.
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I hope they get Microprose stuff on.

Two epic RPGS:

Sword of the Samurai and Darklands

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Anyone who doesn't buy Hostile Waters tomorrow should be banned from the internet effective immediately.

And yes that includes those who already have it.
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Just going to mention that GoG is one of the best things about the internet again.
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I really like gog and have bought quite a few games with them, think it will be a case of getting hostile waters as I know its in the attic somewhere, just not sure where.

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