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Posted January 27, 2015
Lucasfilm strikes back.

January 27:
It's been a long weekend for Star Wars™ fans among us. Today marks the return of Lucasfilm on GOG.com: WAVE II, with the final batch of three Star Wars™ titles:

A 20% launch discount awaits those who join the fight against the dark side in the next 72-hours with three new releases:
Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
<i>Star Wars&trade;</i> Republic Commando
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Starfighter&trade;

As the Wave II timer ticks down to a zero for the last time, one of the most exciting weeks in the history of GOG.com comes to a close. We couldn't be happier with the series of amazing titles we added to our catalog this week, and we're proud to have teamed up with ©Disney Interactive to finally restore six iconic Star Wars™ games back into the hands of gamers exclusively on GOG.com.

January 22:
The time is now! Lucasfilm strikes back with three more Star Wars™ classics available now on GOG.com! This means the exclusive GOG.com digital premiere of two more spacefaring titles:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: Rogue Squadron - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Rebellion - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!

<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Empire at War: Gold Pack is now also available for purchase, DRM-free with a 72-hour, 20% launch discount!

The timer is still ticking, so stay tuned for one more reveal from ©Disney Interactive and GOG.com!

January 20:
A long time ago in a galaxy near you, ©Disney Interactive and <B>GOG.com</B> teamed up to bring you the holy grail of classic gaming: six Lucasfilm cult-classics were added to our DRM-free catalog, including three titles which saw their digital premiere on GOG.com. We also made a promise to bring you many more cult-classics in the future and, believe us, we did not forget.

Today, with great pride and joy, we're excited to announce Wave II of Lucasfilm games on GOG.com! Starting right now, six new Star Wars™ classics are available in our DRM-free Lucasfilm/Disney catalog. This includes three amazing titles available, for the first time in digital distribution, exclusively on GOG.com:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing Alliance&trade; - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds Saga - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!

We're also celebrating the DRM-free release of these Star Wars™ games with a 72-hour 20% launch discount:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Battlefront&trade; II
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: Dark Forces
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Knights of the Old Republic&trade; II: The Sith Lords&trade;

Just in case you missed your chance last time, you can grab three more Lucasfilm classics for the same 20% discount, until Friday, January 30, at 1:59 PM GMT!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Knights of the Old Republic&trade;
Indiana Jones&reg; and the Fate of Atlantis&trade;
The Secret of Monkey Island&trade;: Special Edition

Our Lucasfilm/Disney is made that much more impressive today thanks to our team-up with ©Disney Interactive. The 6 new Star Wars™ releases, which include 3 digital premieres exclusively on GOG.com, are barely the beginning. We're not saying more right now, but we know the wait will be worth it for six great reasons - keep watching the front page and stay tuned for more exciting Lucasfilm titles releasing on GOG.com when the timer strikes zero!
Post edited January 27, 2015 by Konrad
Posted January 21, 2015
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tinyE: It is good but the land battles get a little repetitive. The scaling of the space battles however is worth the price alone; I can't stress that enough, it is totally off the charts.
Yeah, I totally only care about the space battles anyway. :P
Posted January 21, 2015
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cSly: There were probably tons of similar posts but.. How about Rogue Squadron? One of the best games in the history! At least, from my subjective perspective :)
GOG, you can do it!
I'm with you. I hope it's one of the games coming Thursday. I had a lot of fun with Rogue Squadron II when it came out. :)
Posted January 21, 2015
Hope I'm not being *too* over the top here, and I know I'm a little late, but WOOHOO!! I'M PRACTICALLY BOUNCING OFF THE CEILING AT THIS ANNOUNCEMENT! THANK YOU GOG!!!

Ahem... I shall now return to my usual calm demeanour, and hope that I do not have to repeat this unseemly display in another day-and-a-half (or so).
Posted January 21, 2015
Dark forces..? Nice.
Posted January 21, 2015
Been waiting for the two Knights of the Old Republic games to arrive here, and finally both are now available! Thanks GOG for bringing them and the other Lucasfilm games to us!
Posted January 21, 2015
Jedik nigjht non green or buggy version? did it happened?
Also I wish that would happened non drunk version
Posted January 21, 2015
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you, GOG!!! :D

I really did not thought you will release another set of LucasArts games in one (!) batch, so this is really nice surprise - and oh my - Kotor 2 - how satisfied I am to see it here, DRM free.

And X Wing vs. TIE Fighter is the game which introduced me to SW game universe - in a review. Back then, when it was a new game, no way we could afford it so I could only drool over pages of local gaming magazines.

I still have those issues somewhere.

Time to buy these.

All of these.
Posted January 21, 2015
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tinyE: If only!
My first contact with Star Wars ever was actually this very game on the Amiga.
Posted January 21, 2015
Nice releases, GOG and Disney, though it'd be nice if you'd throw the old adventure fans a bone so they'll stop complaining.... :P

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zaine-h: I'm not too familiar with the Star Wars games for the PC. I've played Star Wars Rogue Leader: Rogue Squadron II for the GameCube years ago. With that in mind, which (if any) of the X-Wing games would you guys recommend as being close to that kind of experience? [...]
As austen1000 hinted at, the X-Wing series (including TIE Fighter) was a series of space combat flight sims, whereas all of the Rogue Squadron games -- and pretty much all Star Wars vehicular combat games for consoles, really -- were basically arcade-style action games. There's way more complexity in the controls of the X-Wing games, and generally more freedom in how you can fly you craft, but they are also limited in at least one way compared to the Rogue Squadron titles: there are no planetary missions (at least, not in the earlier games, but I doubt there are any in XvTIE or Alliance, either). I haven't played X-Wing: Alliance, but I'm guessing if you wanted to give one of these simulator-style games a shot, that would be the most accessible for starters, at least in terms of graphics -- though there are the '98 "remakes" of the first two, I guess.
Be aware, though, that you do have to possess a joystick (or gamepad, I think) to play any of the late '90s titles in the series; only the DOS versions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter allow playing with a mouse.
Posted January 21, 2015
Well I thought I was going to set for this year. Grim Fandango, Pillars of Eternity and Torment, but then this happened. I haven't been buying that many games as of late, but darn it gog, you forced my hand. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Posted January 21, 2015
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vojtasass: Because they are spoiled. They need HUGE kick in the ass.
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vicklemos: “True love is born from understanding.”

:)
Does that mean I start inviting people over for cuddles and cake?

I know some people are sorely disappointed at what was released. Personally, I'm just going to pick up KOTOR II out of this lot. I also know it's highly unlikely that I'll ever see the game I really want on here (Transylvania). But still I'm happy we get something good instead of RPGMaker games or the Gauntlet remake.
Posted January 21, 2015
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Ophelium: Wow...some more nice games and people are still bitching...
Hah, it wouldn't be a legitimate announcement/release thread without bitching. :)

KOTOR2, yay! That was the one I was really waiting for! Never played either of the KOTOR games, but because of the praise they get and watching a lets play of the first one, I decided I wanted to play the sequel for myself.
Post edited January 21, 2015 by CrowTRobo
Posted January 21, 2015
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HunchBluntley: As austen1000 hinted at, the X-Wing series (including TIE Fighter) was a series of space combat flight sims, whereas all of the Rogue Squadron games -- and pretty much all Star Wars vehicular combat games for consoles, really -- were basically arcade-style action games. There's way more complexity in the controls of the X-Wing games, and generally more freedom in how you can fly you craft, but they are also limited in at least one way compared to the Rogue Squadron titles: there are no planetary missions (at least, not in the earlier games, but I doubt there are any in XvTIE or Alliance, either). I haven't played X-Wing: Alliance, but I'm guessing if you wanted to give one of these simulator-style games a shot, that would be the most accessible for starters, at least in terms of graphics -- though there are the '98 "remakes" of the first two, I guess.
Be aware, though, that you do have to possess a joystick (or gamepad, I think) to play any of the late '90s titles in the series; only the DOS versions of X-Wing and TIE Fighter allow playing with a mouse.
Thank you for the detailed rundown of the differences!
Posted January 21, 2015
Love all the good old LucasArts games coming in!

But...still waiting for the 1994 collector's version of X-Wing and the 1995 collector's version of TIE Fighter. Don't understand why we only get the first and last releases of both games and not the best middle ones.
Posted January 21, 2015
wo-hou! another quality thing from GOG!
Have to hurry to work, but when back home I'll go through this thread and start thinking what to shop.
Assuming there's more to come, if I understood correctly? Maybe the old stuff too...
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