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Good Old Games For The Holidays

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Everyone knows of the Steam holiday sale. It’s the best part of the year, when every PC game you didn’t buy during the fall gaming season goes on sale in a week-to-weeks-long promotion with daily specials and crazy discounts.

This year, though, GoG.com is having its own party, and while Valve is notoriously tight-lipped about the specifics of their sales until they’re in progress, CDProjekt has gone ahead and run down their entire spiel. The salient points:

  • The Witcher 2 goes on sale for 40% off for 48 hours from 6:00am EST Thursday, December 8. It also includes its predecessor, The Witcher Enhanced Edition, for free.

  • Giveaways run through the weekend of December 10, including copies of Master of Orion I and II and Realms of Arkania I and II, plus codes for $5.99 and $9.99 games. The giveaways will be done through social media, including Facebook, Twitter, and the GoG.com forums.

  • Everyone can pick up a free copy of Empire Earth Gold Edition from 6:00am EST Monday, December 12 until 5:59am EST Wednesday, December 14.

  • Last, but certainly not least, beginning next Monday, virtually the entire GoG library will be available for 50% off until January 2, 2012. If there are any legacy games that interest you, it’s the best time to buy them. Personally? I recommend Wing Commander 1 and 2.


    It’s one heck of a sale, and a great way to fill out the gaps in your library of classic games. Baldur’s Gate and its sequel, Planescape: Torment, the Interplay Fallout games, and more are all available for download and, until January 2, at a tremendous discount off of an already low $6-$10. Best of all, GoG’s software is DRM free.

    By Shelby Reiches

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