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Posted December 12, 2013
600+ games discounted by at least 50%, bundle deals up to 80% off, daily personal deals!

It is here: 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale on GOG.com! The biggest, the loudest, the most varied, and the most exciting sale we've ever done begins now. How big is it? There are way over 600 games from our catalog steadily discounted by at least 50%. How loud is it? Let's just mention the fact, that we're opening with a triple nuclear blast, giving away Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics for FREE the next 48 hours. How varied is it? On top of regular discounts you'll have daily deals including games presented by YouTube personalities, hot thematic bundles chosen each day by our dear users, offered with up to 80% discounts, and--finally--daily personal deals where you pick one of the special offers available to you, and you only. How exciting is it? Well, you probably get the idea by now. So, there you have it: time to save BIG on the best games in history, available DRM-free for Windows and Mac.

This holiday season, your GOG.com Winter Sale experience include the company of Jesse Cox, Force Strategy Gaming, Dodger from Press Heart to Continue, and the YogsCast team. Each day we mash-up a classic game (or games) with it's modern successors and offer them with high discounts, while our tube-casting friends explain why they consider such a blend interesting and worth playing.

2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale Video Recommendations playlist

Section updated: Don't forget about your gamer friends that may not know GOG.com yet! Sadly, for the sake of unburdening what servers we have, we had to turn off the option for gifting free games. But you can always just let them know they can sign up with GOG.com and claim a free gift of Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics. On top of that, when they register to our service, they'll receive all the 12 free games we add to all the newly-created accounts. That way your friends will start their adventure with GOG.com with a collection of 15 great games total already on their virtual shelves! Be kind, share the good news! :-)

We'd also like to remind you, that all purchases on GOG.com are now covered with our new 30-day Worldwide Money Back Guarantee, so your holiday gaming shopping spree is safer than it ever was before.

Worldwide Money Back Guarantee announcement video

Our 2013 DRM-Free Winter Sale will last until Sunday, December 29, at 1:59PM GMT. Happy holidays from GOG.com team, everyone! And again, sorry for the server issues in the initial hours of our sale.
Post edited December 14, 2013 by G-Doc
Posted December 12, 2013
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TheEnigmaticT: Just thought I'd say:
Good news indeed!
But now I can't stop thinking in the Professors voice.
Post edited December 12, 2013 by Fesin
Posted December 12, 2013
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TheEnigmaticT: Just thought I'd say:
Woohoo! I'll can't even access my current games to download updates at the moment.
Posted December 12, 2013
So then, stupid question - are the games that are on sale, but not specifically part of a daily deal, going to be on sale for the whole of the promotion?

Taking a game at random, Shadowgrounds is 50% off but not part of any daily deal. Will it remain at least 50% until the whole Xmas 2013 thing ends, or do I need to fight the servers today in order to get it?

And when does this end, anyway?
Posted December 12, 2013
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IAmSinistar: So then, stupid question - are the games that are on sale, but not specifically part of a daily deal, going to be on sale for the whole of the promotion?
In the past nearly the entire site was on sale for the duration of the promotion (~2 weeks) at 50% off with some titles being featured in a day at a steeper discount. At the end of the last Summer and Winter sales the final day was a repeat of all prior sales. General rule might be to wait till the end to buy a standard 50% discount game. During Summer sale Interplay games were only discounted 50% for one week (versus two) but a notice was posted.
Posted December 12, 2013
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undeadcow: In the past nearly the entire site was on sale for the duration of the promotion (~2 weeks) at 50% off with some titles being featured in a day at a steeper discount. At the end of the last Summer and Winter sales the final day was a repeat of all prior sales. General rule might be to wait till the end to buy a standard 50% discount game. During Summer sale Interplay games were only discounted 50% for one week (versus two) but a notice was posted.
Ta mate, sage advice. I'll wishlist the dozen I just picked, assuming I can get the Wishlist to work. Keeps flaking out at the moment.
Posted December 12, 2013
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IAmSinistar: ...or do I need to fight the servers today in order to get it?
FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! =P
Posted December 12, 2013
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IAmSinistar: So then, stupid question - are the games that are on sale, but not specifically part of a daily deal, going to be on sale for the whole of the promotion?

Taking a game at random, Shadowgrounds is 50% off but not part of any daily deal. Will it remain at least 50% until the whole Xmas 2013 thing ends, or do I need to fight the servers today in order to get it?

And when does this end, anyway?
There is ordinarily a counter on the sale to tell you exactly this, but they've all been turned off in an attempt to give the server gnomes fewer things to do and increase the likelihood of them actually serving the website instead.

I don't believe the Shadowrun sale lasts until the end of the Winter sale, though; rather, it lasts a week from the day it launched (Monday).
Posted December 12, 2013
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TheEnigmaticT: Just thought I'd say:
Definitely good news as I can't even log into the home page, only the forums.

I can't believe that you didn't anticipate this much load over the Fallout freebies - for which I'm most thankful as I was hoping for a nice sale on them.
Posted December 12, 2013
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IAmSinistar: ...or do I need to fight the servers today in order to get it?
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mistermumbles: FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT! =P
(Chanted to the tune of "I must improve my bust").

I must, I must, I must improve my backlog!
The quicker the elves, the fuller the shelves,
The GOGs depend on us!

:)

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IAmSinistar: And when does this end, anyway?
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TheEnigmaticT: There is ordinarily a counter on the sale to tell you exactly this, but they've all been turned off in an attempt to give the server gnomes fewer things to do and increase the likelihood of them actually serving the website instead.
So the answer is "there is an answer, but it's hidden at the moment". Crafty. :)
Post edited December 12, 2013 by IAmSinistar
Posted December 12, 2013
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TheEnigmaticT: Just thought I'd say:
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HypersomniacLive: Definitely good news as I can't even log into the home page, only the forums.

I can't believe that you didn't anticipate this much load over the Fallout freebies - for which I'm most thankful as I was hoping for a nice sale on them.
Our highest traffic day ever was during the Insomnia sale--we ordered double the servers of that sale, and it still wasn't nearly enough. We're rolling out another order of the same size in the next hour or so, and then we should be good to go.
Posted December 12, 2013
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HypersomniacLive: I can't believe that you didn't anticipate this much load over the Fallout freebies
Especially since it happens every damn time a freebie's going around, now more than ever. They should have had it just before the sale. Then again, they're probably also trying to gain more visibility for this year's winter sale as well. *shrug*

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TheEnigmaticT: snip
Just out of curiosity, are you guys still releasing that enigmatically-hinted-at game from last Friday (possibly tomorrow)?
Post edited December 12, 2013 by mistermumbles
Posted December 12, 2013
Okay, since the site seems to work now, I have to decide which games I wanna get:
Shadow Warrior and Magrunner seem like must-buys for me, since they got a nice discount.

Then there's Dragon Commander, which is "only" 50% off, but I really wanna play this. I also like Larian, so supporting them would be nice too.

And then there is Outlast, which got a nice discount, but I don't know if I wanna get this right now...
Posted December 12, 2013
So to do the 80% on the current promo I just uncheck everything that I already have and add it to checkout?
Posted December 12, 2013
Ha,ha, lol. What do you know. It WAS the tens of thousands of people trying to get free giftable copies of FO trilogy that bough servers to their knees. Now it's showing this at checkout:

We're very sorry, but gifting free games has been disabled. If you want your friends to get some free goodies from us, feel free to share a link to our site with them.
Post edited December 12, 2013 by Petrell
Posted December 12, 2013
I can't even check the 3 special offers .

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Great . I received an offer for a game that i already own .
Post edited December 12, 2013 by ne_zavarj
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