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Posted November 30, 2012
Painkiller: Black Edition, Spellforce series, and more great games up to 60% off

[url=http://www.gog.com/promo/nordic_games_weekend_promo_30_11_12]Nordic Games promo arrives with a bang to GOG.com! Or, as a matter of fact, a whole bunch of bangs. Hardcore, old-school FPS, bang! RPG classics, bang! Submarine freelance action, bang! Epic fantasy RTS, bang! World War II tank sim, bang! Medievallife simulation, bang! Point-and-click comedy, bang! With so many bangs combined, we might just have started a new universe. Yes! A whole universe of fun. Let's explore it!

Painkiller: Black Edition is everything you love about old-school first person perspective shooters delivered in a good-looking, demonic package. The protagonist of the game takes on the denizens of hell and delivers a royal whooping to the fallen angel host and their monstrous pets. With incredible weapon design, satisfying fast-paced gameplay, and hordes of foes to shred to pieces, this game will satisfy your need for ultimate badassdom. Yours, for only $3.99!

Spellforce Platinum, Spellforce 2: Shadow Wars, and Spellforce 2: Dragon Storm deliver an RTS/RPG mixture depicting a fantasy saga of epic proportions. With a vast realm to explore and conquer, a huge collection of story-driven scenarios, and many memorable character, this series is something that every strategy and RPG fan should try at least once. Each and every game in the series is available for only $3.99!

The Book of Unwritten Tales is an adventure game that spoofs all the popular fantasy tropes and cliches. It's full of wit and charm worthy of a Terry Pratchett novel. On top of that it manages to be much more than just a parody, as it deliver a brilliant story and a cast of likable characters on its own. You can get it now for $13.39, as it's discounted by 33%, unlike all the other games featured in the promo that come 60% off.

Now, we'll let you continue exploring on your own. There's plenty of games to choose from on the Nordic Games promo page, so make haste, dear gamer--there's so much to see. The promo ends on Tuesday, December 4, at 4:59AM GMT.

And in case you missed it, here's what's new on GOG.com:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3x4FBQljUY
Post edited November 30, 2012 by G-Doc
Posted November 30, 2012
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silveri: Something's off in the percentages. I have all of the games from the special except this one:

Book of Unwritten Tales, The
$13.39
you save: $6.60

That's only a savings of ~33%.

Are the percentages backwards?
Check the first post, Book of Unwritten Tales only has a -33% discount, the other games are at -60%
Probably due to the recent Gem Promo for Book I'd guess.
Posted November 30, 2012
It says "up to" 60% off.
Posted November 30, 2012
Neat, another weekend promo where I'm not tempted to buy anything at all as I already own all the stuff I want.

Once again I'm pissed though that Gothic 1 is not on sale. Why are Gothic 2 and 3 owned by Nordic Games and the first one by Piranha? o_o I wanted to beat Gothic 1 another time before making my GOG-run through G2 and G3. That will still have to wait, it seems.
Posted November 30, 2012
those "this week on gog" videos are nice and interesting... My wishlist is getting longer and longer....
Posted November 30, 2012
Nice promo, already had both Spellforces and Gothic 3 in Steam, but maybe I get a digital backup of Gothic 2
Posted November 30, 2012
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F4LL0UT: Neat, another weekend promo where I'm not tempted to buy anything at all as I already own all the stuff I want.

Once again I'm pissed though that Gothic 1 is not on sale. Why are Gothic 2 and 3 owned by Nordic Games and the first one by Piranha? o_o I wanted to beat Gothic 1 another time before making my GOG-run through G2 and G3. That will still have to wait, it seems.
Gothic 1 was originally published by Shoebox, which was a label of dtb Entertainment. Piranha Bytes was at that time fully owned by Phenomedia. After the release of Gothic 1, Phenomedia went bancrupt and the label of Shoebox was shut down as well. So the people of Piranha Bytes formed to studio anew (this time under the legal name of Pluto 13 GmbH) and bought the rights to Gothic. Then they got a publishing deal with JoWood, where they retained the right to the Gothic IP. They developed 2 games and one add-on, where of course JoWood held the publishing rights.
After the development of the disastrous Gothic 3, JoWood and Piranha Bytes went seperate ways (to put it lightly), but JoWood still had the publishing rights to every game except Gothic 1. It was around that time that GOG.com signed the Gothic series, but independently with two right-holders.
Then JoWood went bancrupt as well, where most of their assets got sold off to the swedish company Nordic Games Holding AB, who founded the Nordic Games GmbH in Vienna (with many former JoWood employees, and JoWood still exists as a label).
Piranha Bytes even granted Nordic Games the publishing rights to all Gothic titles, though I'm not sure if that was only void in German-speaking countries. Even then, the original contract GOG.com made would still be with Piranha Bytes, not with Nordic Games.
Post edited November 30, 2012 by Fesin
Posted November 30, 2012
The one game I want isn't officially Win7 compatible. It's really iffy when they are reaching for Win8 compatibility faster than Win7... especially when most people are still using Win7.
Post edited November 30, 2012 by Tpiom
Posted November 30, 2012
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JMich: Check the first post, Book of Unwritten Tales only has a -33% discount, the other games are at -60%
Probably due to the recent Gem Promo for Book I'd guess.
Thanks JMich. That'll teach me to GoG before I've had enough mornin' coffee.
Posted November 30, 2012
This is great, I put the Darkfall games on my wishlist just a few weeks back. Maybe I'll get something else but those are definitely my first choice.
Posted November 30, 2012
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Tpiom: The one game I want isn't officially Win7 compatible. It's really iffy when they are reaching for Win8 compatibility faster than Win7... especially when most people are still using Win8.
Which game would that be? Dark Fall 2 or Panzer Elite?

If it's Dark Fall 2, I can confirm that it is compatible with Win7. The gamecard should be updated shortly. Pancer Elite looks good so far, but we're still tasting it to ensure support.
Posted November 30, 2012
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Tpiom: The one game I want isn't officially Win7 compatible. It's really iffy when they are reaching for Win8 compatibility faster than Win7... especially when most people are still using Win8.
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G-Doc: Which game would that be? Dark Fall 2 or Panzer Elite?

If it's Dark Fall 2, I can confirm that it is compatible with Win7. The gamecard should be updated shortly. Pancer Elite looks good so far, but we're still tasting it to ensure support.
It tastes delicious so far. Could use some salt though.

Sorry...
Posted November 30, 2012
To everyone who likes RPGs and haven't tried Gothic: now's a good time to get Gothic 2, you won't regret it. I have a retail copy but for some reason it doesn't seem to work anymore, so I should pick up the GOG version sometime as well.
Posted November 30, 2012
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Fesin: snip
Yeah, I know the story (including that Piranha owe it to the Moorhuhn that they got the funds necessary to develop Gothic 1). The only thing that still doesn't make much sense is how the GOG version can be published by Piranha and the Steam version by Nordic Games. The deal that granted JoWood all the rights necessary to publish Gothic 1 must have occurred before Gothic 1 appeared on GOG. So do both Piranha and Nordic Games own all the rights necessary to sign a publishing deal for Gothic 1 now? Or did either JoWood or Nordic Games actually acquire those rights after GOG signed a deal for Gothic 1 with Piranha? The whole situation seems to be quite messy.
Posted November 30, 2012
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F4LL0UT: Or did either JoWood or Nordic Games actually acquire those rights after GOG signed a deal for Gothic 1 with Piranha? The whole situation seems to be quite messy.
I would think so, yes.
Posted November 30, 2012
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G-Doc: If it's Dark Fall 2, I can confirm that it is compatible with Win7. The gamecard should be updated shortly. Pancer Elite looks good so far, but we're still tasting it to ensure support.
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TurnipSlayerr: It tastes delicious so far. Could use some salt though.

Sorry...
Yeah, you better be sorry. I wanted to make that joke.
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