acare84: Dawn of Discovery (Anno 1404) Gold is $9.95 on Gamersgate. But I have questions, non GOLD without the expansion version is $29.95 on GG also only Venice is $9.95 is there a mistake? Also this game is using Tages DRM this has been removed or game still has the DRM? $9.95 price tag for this game and expansion bundle is so tempting I might buy with DRM too.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-A1404V/dawn-of-discovery-gold-edition-bundle Although it looks like it, the pricing is not a mistake, I checked that when I noticed Settlers 7 Gold was listed as $29.95 while the standard edition was only discounted to $39.95. The answer from GamersGate is that they are simply using the prices given to them by Ubisoft for the sale (these prices vary depending on region too apparently) and even GamersGate couldn't understand the reasoning behind some of them.
As for your other question, yes Tages is still present, but you don't need to worry about chasing up activation limits from Ubisoft as GamersGate will reset the limits for you. Also, if you don't like the idea of Tages being left on your machine after installing the game, Tages do now provide the ability to uninstall it. Just download their Tages installer/uninstaller and that'll apparently remove it all.
And yes, the pack is well worth $9.95 -- I picked it up last week.