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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 22, 2015
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DukeNukemForever: Interesting...

Looking on Kotor 1 & 2, I guess gog can't port them, as the rights for mac and linux versions belongs to Aspyr. I hope the negotiations with them are going fine and we will hopefully see some linux & mac versions in the future.
While I believe there's hope to see a Mac version of KOTOR 1 here (it is on Steam), I have high doubts about KOTOR 2, which has never been released on Mac.
Posted January 22, 2015
Big congratulations to GOG for landing this Lucasarts deal, hope this will bring the company forward to an even brighter future.
Posted January 22, 2015
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Shmacky-McNuts: I am more interested in the TOS of Disney. Who are we dealing with exactly if we are told to agree to 3rd party TOS policies when purchasing games from GOG?

Whats the point of telling us to abide to a TOS from Disney if they tell us we are restricted after just making a purchase on GOG that counters this TOS claim?

Yeah...confusing >_>

Sooooo, do we have a DRM-free game from GOG but can't use it because we just defacto agreed with Disney TOS? DOH! lol
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Grargar: It's just a generic EULA that Disney uses. You know like EA's one which apparently demands you install Origin before you play Dungeon Keeper or something. :P
Oh I dig what yer saying man, I just have to ask and hope GOG personnel will tell me the legal status of this is. Because one TOS contradicts the other and Disney isn't exactly known for being legally nice, yeah? *wink*

In reality, Disney could in one fell swoop take down ALL the games on GOG if they wanted to based on this loop hole. Well, technically, I'm not suggesting they would. It is just a topic people forget amidst the excitment. I been waiting years for these games as is the Bethesda game. So, who knows.
Posted January 22, 2015
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Shmacky-McNuts: Oh I dig what yer saying man, I just have to ask and hope GOG personnel will tell me the legal status of this is. Because one TOS contradicts the other and Disney isn't exactly known for being legally nice, yeah? *wink*

In reality, Disney could in one fell swoop take down ALL the games on GOG if they wanted to based on this loop hole. Well, technically, I'm not suggesting they would. It is just a topic people forget amidst the excitment. I been waiting years for these games as is the Bethesda game. So, who knows.
In reality, the worst Disney could do would be to force GOG to remove their games from sale. Nothing more.
Post edited January 22, 2015 by Grargar
Posted January 22, 2015
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Shmacky-McNuts: Oh I dig what yer saying man, I just have to ask and hope GOG personnel will tell me the legal status of this is. Because one TOS contradicts the other and Disney isn't exactly known for being legally nice, yeah? *wink*

In reality, Disney could in one fell swoop take down ALL the games on GOG if they wanted to based on this loop hole. Well, technically, I'm not suggesting they would. It is just a topic people forget amidst the excitment. I been waiting years for these games as is the Bethesda game. So, who knows.
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Grargar: In reality, the worst Disney could do would be to force GOG to remove their games from sale. Nothing more.
Well. No...uh, wait, sorta agree with you. But that would be bad for GOG. I ponder if they would consider putting some kind of DRM on the games just to appease Disney.
Posted January 22, 2015
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Shmacky-McNuts: Well. No...uh, wait, sorta agree with you. But that would be bad for GOG. I ponder if they would consider putting some kind of DRM on the games just to appease Disney.
I doubt it. Should Disney decide to abandon ship, the biggest reason for them to be doing so, is if they no longer find GOG profitable. DRM offers won't exactly lure them back.
Posted January 22, 2015
Hey GOG, why the L.A. games are lacking the names of the devs in their gamecards? Some of them are third-party titles (like KOTOR 1 and 2 and Empire at War)
Posted January 22, 2015
GOG makes the Kessel Run in less than twelve parsecs. :)

And there was much debating...
Post edited January 22, 2015 by Lemon_Curry
Posted January 22, 2015
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Shmacky-McNuts: Well. No...uh, wait, sorta agree with you. But that would be bad for GOG. I ponder if they would consider putting some kind of DRM on the games just to appease Disney.
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Grargar: I doubt it. Should Disney decide to abandon ship, the biggest reason for them to be doing so, is if they no longer find GOG profitable. DRM offers won't exactly lure them back.
Well regardless, good chattin mate! Hope to see the TOS topic regarding such matters in the next few days resolved in patron favor =D
Posted January 22, 2015
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tarasis: Now the question Galactic Battlegrounds or Empire at War. IIRC I bought the CD version of Rebellion a long time ago but it wasn't really for me. The other two are more appealing, though iirc they dropped some of the features I wanted from Empire at War (the early videos showed space combat and then Tie Fighters landing in a rebel ship, the storm troopers getting out and fighting on the ship).

I never realised that Rogue Squadron came our for the PC, I thought it was always console based.
I like them both but for different reasons:

GB: It is an old school RTS. Campaign mode is nice and skirmish mode is great. I love playing RTS in skirmish mode and this is basically the same as AoE skirmish mode; gather resources, build your base, produce units and make AI suffer (or the opposite!).

EaW: You get campaign mode which is nice enough, you get Galactic Conquest mode that is great (basically a sandbox experience) and you also get Skirmish mode. In campaign & galactic conquest you'll see the map of the entire galaxy and try to conquer all the planets via space & land battles, like in a 4x strategy game. The skirmish battles are too simplistic for my tastes because you start with the base ready and you just upgrade it, but other players may find them enjoyable. As I said, the highlight of the game for me is Galactic Conquest mode.

Hope I helped you a little! :-)
Posted January 22, 2015
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Floydinizer: Big congratulations to GOG for landing this Lucasarts deal, hope this will bring the company forward to an even brighter future.
You might even say...GOG has taken its first step into a larger world.

*ahem* I'm sorry.
Posted January 22, 2015
REBELLION!!!

These...these tears...so happy...
Posted January 22, 2015
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tarasis: Now the question Galactic Battlegrounds or Empire at War. IIRC I bought the CD version of Rebellion a long time ago but it wasn't really for me. The other two are more appealing, though iirc they dropped some of the features I wanted from Empire at War (the early videos showed space combat and then Tie Fighters landing in a rebel ship, the storm troopers getting out and fighting on the ship).

I never realised that Rogue Squadron came our for the PC, I thought it was always console based.
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Vythonaut: I like them both but for different reasons:

GB: It is an old school RTS. Campaign mode is nice and skirmish mode is great. I love playing RTS in skirmish mode and this is basically the same as AoE skirmish mode; gather resources, build your base, produce units and make AI suffer (or the opposite!).

EaW: You get campaign mode which is nice enough, you get Galactic Conquest mode that is great (basically a sandbox experience) and you also get Skirmish mode. In campaign & galactic conquest you'll see the map of the entire galaxy and try to conquer all the planets via space & land battles, like in a 4x strategy game. The skirmish battles are too simplistic for my tastes because you start with the base ready and you just upgrade it, but other players may find them enjoyable. As I said, the highlight of the game for me is Galactic Conquest mode.

Hope I helped you a little! :-)
You did indeed Vythonaut, thank you.
Posted January 22, 2015
Thanks for more releases today :D

Scored em all!

I wonder when I'll see Dark Forces 2 or Shadows of the Empire? So many memories :)
Posted January 22, 2015
We can clearly see how fans dislike the episodes I, II and III, since almost none of the games from this era are memorable. Right?

Not to me, since I love Battle for Naboo, Jedi Power Battles *yup*, Gungan Frontier, Bombad Racing (am I'm some kinda african AVGN?) and many more :P
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