i've registered with gog already, but i see no free download link for the game. it says 'buy game for $5.99'.

i don't understand.

can anyone advise?

baz.

You snooze, you lose...

It's ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loF8Q15b2-I

Sonic explains everything

ah yes, "humour"! i'm with you, i'm with you!

i read various google posts saying free until 11.59pm april the 8th.
it is still saturday the 7th, so i still have 24hours left.

Google doesn't know jack!
It was 48 hours from the end of the Spring Conference video (approx 7pm UK time Thursday), so finished approx 7pm Today.

Called it!

http://www.gog.com/en/forum/general/the_overwhelming_sense_of_selfentitlement_and_negativity_lately/post28

There was a mistake somewhere, and everyone copied it. Rock Paper Shotgun's article about it had that error in the most obvious way, where they said that "for the next 48 hours, so until 11:59 PM 8th April" or something, when the article's post date was something like 72 hours before 11:59 8th April.

Congratulations. It only happened every damn time we had a free game promo.

AND SO IT BEGINS.

SO IT HAS COME TO THIS!

That is an awesome idea!

I see neither entitlement nor complaining in the OP, simply a question, asked most likely out of confusion over false information out on the web.

That's not to say it won't happen, but this isn't it.

Yeah, because the OP was "complaining" and "bitching", oh please.

On topic, sorry You've missed it.;)