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Publisher Majesco is bringing several of its older PC titles to Good Old Games, so to celebrate, the digital distribution outlet has supplied us with giveaway goods.

Double Fine's supernatural action-adventure Psychonauts ($9.99) and GlyphX's sci-fi action game Advent Rising ($5.99) represent the initial offerings... Read more

In preparation of the impending sequel Divinity II: Ego Draconis, developer Larian Studios and digital distribution outlet Good Old Games have paired to re-release the first two entries in the isometric PC RPG series, with Divine Divinity being first up. Along with the usual DRM-free trimmings of XP/Vista compatibility, the GOG re-releases add higher resolution support and address "a couple of issues." Divine Divinity is now available at $5.99, Beyond is Divinity due in the "coming weeks" for $9.99.

"I remember the release of Divine Divinity as if it was yesterday," Larian CEO Swen Vincke said of the 2002 RPG. " We had no clue how people would react... Read more

Following the recent acquisition of the Red Baron rights by Mad Otter Games--a company founded by series creator Damon Slye--the company has now paired with Good Old Games and begun re-releasing Dynamix's classic World War I PC flight sims.

Available now, the $9.99 Red Baron Pack includes the first Red Baron and Red Baron 3D ("a heavily patched version of Red Baron 2") along with the Mission Builder. As with GOG's other offerings, it's all DRM-free and compatible with both XP and Vista.

The hits just keep on coming, as classic-focused digital distribution outlet Good Old Games today added Pyro Studios' PC RTS Commandos to its offerings.

The $5.99 download packs Commands: Behind Enemy Lines (1998) and its expansion Beyond the Call of Duty (1999). No word yet if the two sequels will also be re-released, though we're checking in with GOG to find out. Thanks to Taczbr for the tip.

Vendor of vintage video games GOG is celebrating its one-year anniversary with the spectacular offer of buy one, get one free on its catalogue of Interplay games.

Games up for download at $5.99 include such PC classics as Fallout, Fallout 2, MDK, Descent 1 & 2, Freespace 2, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, and Earthworm Jim 1 & 2.

As with all GOG games, they download straight from the website, require no DRM, and many also give soundtracks, avatars, desktop wallpapers and other such perks. This fine opportunity to relive the golden age of PC gaming ends at 23:59 EST on Tuesday.

CD Projekt's Good Old Games entered public beta on September 8, 2008, offering around thirty titles, then officially opened on October 23 with a forty-strong catalogue.

Breaking news--not only do video games other than Diablo III, World of Warcraft and StarCraft 2 exist, but this weekend you can pick up some of them for a pittance.

GOG is offering the excellent Beyond Good & Evil and fabulous Prince of Persia: Sands of Time in a $9.99 bundle--saving 50%--or individually with 30% off for $6.99.

Steam's leading sale is 50% off 1701 AD Gold Edition, offering 18th century conquering and management for $15. Puzzler Droplitz is $2, a huge saving of 80%.

Killing Floor is down to $18 with a modest saving of 10%, but hey... Read more

Continuing the recent retro revivals, classic-oriented digital distribution outfit Good Old Games now carries some old Rebellion-published games as part of its catalog.

Massive Entertainment's Ground Control and Elixir Studios' Evil Genius represent the initial offerings, with the strategy games respectively selling for $4.99 and $9.99.

More titles are due in the coming weeks, including Stainless Steel's Empire Earth: Gold Edition ($5.99), Impression's Lords of Magic ($5.99) and unspecified others.

The happy Friday tradition of slashing prices on top-notch video games continues this week, bringing a killer deal on Empire: Total War and assorted other milder savings.

The crown jewel of this week's bargain crown is Steam's offer of Empire: Total War for a mere $25, down from $50--just in time for the sizeable update 1.3 arriving Monday. Also available with 50% off is the $35 Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition.

Steam also celebrates its addition of sixteen titles from war-happy NovaLogic by offering 10% off them all, including the Delta Force and Joint Operations games.

Good Old Games is offering 25% off shooter Painkiller Black Edition, down to a trifling $7.49--the discount will appear when you go to the checkout.

Joining the library expansion fun, Impulse still offers 10% off Ubisoft additions Far Cry 2, Assassin's Creed and Heroes of Might and Magic V - Tribes of the East.

Vintage video game digital distributor GOG has hired hard-boiled future gumshoe Tex Murphy, adding the adventure game series by Access Software to its catalogue.

Set in a post-World War 3 San Francisco and overflowing with noir cliches infused with humour, the Tex Murphy series saw five entries--the first three of which are out now.

A pack containing 1989's Mean Streets and 1991's Martian Memorandum is available for $6, while you can pick up 1994's FMV-tastic Under a Killing Moon for $10.

Good Old Games will round out the dystopian adventure series with The Pandora Directive and Tex Murphy: Overseer set to arrive on the store in the coming weeks.

Retro game digital distributor GOG is to swell its catalogue with titles from producer Microids, kicking off today with mid-90s action racers MegaRace and MegaRace 2.

MegaRace would be largely forgettable were it not presented as a bloody futuristic gameshow, hosted in video sequences by the endearingly irritating Lance Boyle.

Other Microid games set to receive a GOG release in the near future are the space real-time strategy Haegemonia: Legion of Iron and high school survival horror ObsCure.

MegaRace 1 and 2 are available now on Good Old Games bundled together for $5.99.

Classic-focused digital distribution outlet Good Old Games today added Running With Scissors' deranged isometric shooter Postal to its catalog of DRM-free PC offerings. Weighing in at 209MB, Postal: Classic and Uncut is priced at $5.99. The download packs the original Postal and the Special Delivery expansion. No word if the re-release carries the "slightly better than boxed Syphilis" guarantee of the anniversary edition.

"The folks at GOG.com know Kielbasa from Sausage and I love 'em both, so when I got their call I was like 'let's do it,'" said Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi.

The first-person sequel, Postal 2, will "drop its load on GOG.com in the coming weeks."

Last week, we partnered with Good Old Games to give away ten classic PC games. All you had to do was tell us which one of the site's 100-plus titles you wanted.

Nearly 800 entries later--some requested games that aren't out yet (Diablo 3) or aren't available on the site (Grim Fandango), while others admitted that they've never played mainstays such as Duke Nukem 3D--we've selected ten random winners... Read more

The problem with most of the contests we run around here is that you really don't get to choose the prizes. We tell you what we've got, you enter, and that's all she wrote.

Let's mix things up a bit, shall we? Thanks to the folks at Good Old Games, we've got ten classic PC games to give away. What games, you ask? Well, that's up to you.

Take a look at the GOG catalog--there are over 100 games to choose from--and let us know what you want in the comments below. Fallout 2? Duke Nukem 3D? Beyond Good and Evil? Far Cry? Unreal Tournament 2004? Whatever you want--it's all fair game.

Come Monday evening, we'll pick ten random posters and provide each with a free download of their chosen game. Just make sure you put some thought into it, because we'll only count your first post--anything else will be ignored. Choose carefully!

GOG, fine purveyors of good old games, today announced an agreement with publisher Ubisoft to bring choice PC classics to the GOG.com digital download store.

The first three titles are already available on GOG for $9.99 apiece: Beyond Good and Evil, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time and IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946.

Planned future releases include Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six, Far Cry, Heroes of Might and Magic and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell.

Run by Polish publisher CD Projekt, GOG offers DRM-free downloads of classic games with bonus features typically such as downloadable soundtracks, manuals and avatars.

Classic-oriented digital distribution site Good Old Games today added Blake Stone: Planet Strike to its DRM-free PC offerings, a move that the completes "the collection of great shooter games from Apogee," according to the site's Twitter.

Priced at $5.99, the 1994 shooter sequel sees Blake Stone continue his search for Dr. Goldfire within the confines of the Wolfenstein 3D engine. As with the 1993 original, which hit GOG last week, JAM handled development and Apogee published.

Continuing to re-release classic titles from the Apogee Software catalog, Good Old Games today added Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold to its variety of DRM-free PC game downloads. Both titles are priced at $5.99.

Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project harkens back to the action hero's side-scrolling roots. Co-developed by 3D Realms and Sunstorm Interactive, it first arrived in 2002.

As for Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold, JAM's 1993 first-person shooter utilizes the Wolfenstein 3D engine. Following the adventures of British agent Blake Stone, the game has players hunting aliens, scientists and robots in their attempts to stop Dr. Goldfire.

The sequel to Blake Stone, Planet Strike, will hit the site in the coming weeks.

Last week, Good Old Games revealed that it would start selling old Apogee-published games, beginning with Duke Nukem 3D. Today, the online retailer added a second Apogee offering to its storefront--the classic PC shooter Rise of the Triad: Dark War.

Originally conceived as a follow-up to Wolfenstein 3D, the shooter puts players in the HUNT (High-risk United Nations Taskforce) squad, providing a convenient excuse to shoot people and blow things up. The DRM-free download will run you just $5.99.

In addition, GOG also added Enlight's RTS Seven Kingdoms 2 today. It's $5.99 too.

Good Old Games has announced that it will begin selling classic PC games published by Apogee Software, starting with the immediate availability of Duke Nukem 3D.

For $5.99, buyers will be able to download the Atomic Edition of Duke Nukem 3D, billed as the "most complete version" of 3D Realms' ass-kicking, bubblegum-chewing shooter. As with all other GOG releases, the download is DRM-free.

Other Apogee titles hitting GOG in the near future include Blake Stone: Aliens of Gold and Planet Strike, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, and Rise of the Triad: Dark War.

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The folks over at GOG.com, the online store of choice for old PC titles, today announced that two games from developer Oddworld Inhabitants' series of platformers have been added to its library.

Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus are now available for DRM-free purchase, at a price of $9.99 each.

"We believe that digital distribution is the future of gaming for both developers and gamers, making GOG.com an ideal fit for Oddworld," said president of Oddworld Inhabitants Larry Shapiro.

Fulfilling last week's promise of more Epic-developed classics, digital distribution site Good Old Games today added Unreal 2: The Awakening and Unreal Tournament 2004 to its DRM-free offerings, along with Bugbear's destruction-heavy racer FlatOut.

FlatOut is priced at $5.99, while Unreal 2 and UT2004 carry a $9.99 tag. Read on for the official descriptions, straight from Good Old Games curator CD Projekt:

FlatOut - $5.99
Drivers thrown across the track, shattered fences, mangled cars, exploding tire walls, and that's just the first corner! Use every trick, shortcut and jump as you battle 7 rivals for the championship. FlatOut delivers a thrilling combination... Read more