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FPS Immortals are here.

Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - are available now, DRM-free on GOG.com. You can pick them up at 33% off in two bundles:
<span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>.





Wolfenstein 3D (with Spear of Destiny) is widely considered to be the first true 3D FPS ever. It single handedly kickstarted a generation of id Software greats, and thus influenced just about every FPS we've played ever since. Its mazes, shades of gray, and blue hues are burned into the collective gaming memory - plus you get to kill a mechanized Hitler. Classic.
In the early days of FPS gaming, Quake II: Quad Damage was the milestone. In a spot-on review from 1997, GameSpot calls it "the only first-person shooter to render the original Quake entirely obsolete." It was bigger, better, prettier, and smoother than any clone or predecessor - it also offered one of the most playable, and by far most popular multiplayer experiences of its day.
Quake III: Gold, aka. multiplayer revolution. Despite a controversial removal of the lauded single-player experience the series was known for, Quake III: Arena became a smash-hit and (together with Unreal Tournament) essentially defined arena-style, movement-based competitive gaming for years. The shooter spawned a community that's been living and breathing to this day.
In B.J. Blazkowicz's Return to Castle Wolfenstein, another legend is born. A unique, objective-based multiplayer mode saw immense popularity back in the day - and it was actually pretty okay if you're into that sort of thing. The single-player campaign is a dark, somewhat ridiculous freak show of morbid, scientific fantasy. An ever present sense of dread emanates from the disturbing experiments and cult-like universe, just waiting to be set afire - by you.


As with any Bethesda purchase, you'll also get The Elder Scrolls: Arena & Daggerfall for free!


Prepare to fight in Quake II: Quad Damage, Quake III: Gold, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Wolfenstein 3D and Spear of Destiny - now DRM-free on GOG.com. Return to the FPS immortals at 33% off in two bundles: <span class="bold">Quake Damage</span> & <span class="bold">Return to Wolfenstein</span>. The promo will last for one week, until October 8, 12:59 PM GMT.



The four titles released today are not available for purchase in Germany. These are legal restrictions that are beyond our control, and we're very sorry for the inconvenience.
Oh, the region lock would have been entirely under your control if you wouldn't have opened the German storefront, since you had no reason to care about it otherwise.

Plus the actual legal matters others pointed out, that say it's not quite how you make it.
So I assume all these games had their source codes released (as with all id games) so there would be source ports/patches about?
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say GOG version works better than Steam for Spear of Destiny
I'll get it.
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zeffyr: How about Harvester? I've heard that it was banned in Germany as well, but it's being sold here without restrictions AFAIK.
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moonshineshadow: There are two different lists. One has games that can be sold to adults. Harvester, Quake, Mortal Kombat and tons of other games (several which are on gog) are on this list.

And then there is the list with games that are forbidden to be sold in Germany. Which is a very short list ~15 games, including Wolfenstein, Commandos.
Thanks for clarifying that!
Thank you InfraSuperman as well :-)
Do you know which mod engine Quake II uses on the GOG version? I don't know if the original engine can run on modern systems.
Germany, please overthrow your Index.

Great releases of course.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by tfishell
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IronArcturus: Do you know which mod engine Quake II uses on the GOG version? I don't know if the original engine can run on modern systems.
I don't think it uses any mod engine at all.
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Hey guys,
It probably doesn't need to be said, but if it was only up to us - we'd love to release these games worldwide. In this particular case, the games' publisher is forbidden from offering the titles to German customers, and we have to respect these limitations.

Still, we did not want to refuse the games altogether, simply because we felt this would be unfair to gamers from all remaining 190+ countries.
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IronArcturus: Do you know which mod engine Quake II uses on the GOG version? I don't know if the original engine can run on modern systems.
I'm sorry, don't have a clue :(
Instabought & hope to see more Bethesda releases soon :)
Another fine addition to GOG's catalogue! But I fell sorry for Germans for those absurd restrictions.
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Konrad: Hey guys,
It probably doesn't need to be said, but if it was only up to us - we'd love to release these games worldwide. In this particular case, the games' publisher is forbidden from offering the titles to German customers, and we have to respect these limitations.

Still, we did not want to refuse the games altogether, simply because we felt this would be unfair to gamers from all remaining 190+ countries.
Trash the German store front, problem solved. :)
I expected people to be a little more ecstatic about this.
Post edited October 01, 2015 by tinyE
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IronArcturus: Do you know which mod engine Quake II uses on the GOG version? I don't know if the original engine can run on modern systems.
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Grargar: I don't think it uses any mod engine at all.
Really? So Quake II can still use the original engine from 1997?
So when I go abroad, ...
a) can I purchase games from there with my German credit card, paypal account, other payment method?
b) can I download these games after purchase when I am back to Germany?