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Posted August 18, 2017
New Piñatas • New Deals • Last Chances


The final 72 hours of Piñata Madness are here, and the mystery-sale bonanza grows bigger – today brings exciting new Piñatas and hot new offers!

If you haven't tried your luck yet, now's the time with new additions to the pool. These include: Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition 1 & 2, SWAT 4, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, NEO Scavenger, Wasteland 2, This War of Mine.
Plus all things Homeworld with Homeworld 1 & 2 Remastered, Deserts of Kharak, as well as the long-gone expansion – Homeworld: Emergence.

If you're not the type to smash Piñatas, there are new great games on sale right now so make sure to give it a browse – and while you're here, check out the Carmageddon 20th Anniversary Sale at 75% off!


--Original announcement--
Piñata Madness is back – meaning excitement, mystery, and exceptional deals on some of our favorite hand-picked titles.




What is Piñata Madness?
For $3, you can buy and smash your own digital Piñata, each holding one of 100+ mystery games worth anywhere from $5.99 all the way up to $44.99.
Visit your <span class="bold">Pinata hub</span>, where can buy, open, and see everything Piñata Madness!
Just like real-life Piñatas, they'll bring you joy, surprise, and reward. Unlike real-life Piñatas, ours drop really good games instead of candy – games like Pillars of Eternity, Shadow Warrior 2, Heroes of Might and Magic, Victor Vran, and more!
It's a great way to broaden your horizons and try out games you otherwise wouldn't, knowing you're always getting a deal that's worth it. And if you already own every game included in our Piñatas, each game you drop will be a giftable code so you share the joy with your friends.







Weekly Megasale
If you'd rather know exactly you're getting, check out the Weekly Megasale featuring great deals up to -90% on some of our favorite titles including Darkest Dungeon, Shadowrun: Hong Kong, Heroes of Might and Magic III, and more!



The Piñata Madness and Weekly Megasale last until August 21, 2017, 9:59 PM UTC.
Posted August 15, 2017
"For $3, you can buy and smash your own digital Piñata, each holding one of 100+ mystery games worth anywhere from $5.99 all the way up to $44.99. "
I'm guessing this is before sale prices because i got a game that is worth the same as the Pinata?
Posted August 15, 2017
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elcook: You know there is a separate sale running alongside the Pinatas? Just check the main page
I know :)
Already bought one (No Man´s Sky), but it hasn´t the same feeling like hitting the jackpot and getting Shadow Warrior 2 or Pillars of Eternity for 3 bucks.
Posted August 15, 2017
I wonder how many piñatas have been sold .
Posted August 15, 2017
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Painted_Doll: I wonder how many piñatas have been sold .
From what I see in the forums more than twenty for sure.
Posted August 15, 2017
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Painted_Doll: I wonder how many piñatas have been sold .
One is one too many. :/
Posted August 15, 2017
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psychoticpillow: "For $3, you can buy and smash your own digital Piñata, each holding one of 100+ mystery games worth anywhere from $5.99 all the way up to $44.99. "
I'm guessing this is before sale prices because i got a game that is worth the same as the Pinata?
Yes, they're talking about the base prices of the games, not how they're going for in the sale. If you don't feel like taking chances, then you'd better not try your luck at a piñata, just get games from the sale that's going on at the same time.

I really don't understand why so many people are getting upset and feel "cheated" over this... if you get a game in a piñata that has the same discount in the sale, you're still getting it for less than its base price (except some titles that, due to regional pricing, are cheaper in the sale than in the piñata, in some countries). Buying piñatas is a gamble, I know everyone wants to get Thimbleweed Park, Pillars of Eternity or Shadow Warrior 2, but you have to consider the likelihood of just ending up with Her Story, The Guild 2 or Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

I can't stress this enough: GOG isn't forcing anyone to buy piñatas. If you don't like the chances of getting a game you won't like -- or even play --, then browse the titles in the concurrent sale, instead, and buy from there. Or don't buy anything. If, on the other hand, you don't mind taking chances and want an opportunity to try new games you wouldn't know otherwise, then the piñata sale is for you and you should give it a go. Or two.
Posted August 15, 2017
Well... To be honest, I wouldn't mind getting any game that is on my wishlist. It does not have to be the most expensive game. The cheaper ones work just as well. If only they could award you all games from the pool that match your wishlist first, before randomly giving out the other titles, but that wouldn't be gambling I guess, heh.
Post edited August 15, 2017 by Nicole28
Posted August 15, 2017
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Oddeus: I know :)
Already bought one (No Man´s Sky), but it hasn´t the same feeling like hitting the jackpot and getting Shadow Warrior 2 or Pillars of Eternity for 3 bucks.
Which is exactly why this sort of Loot box tactic is disgusting, and just another low point in greed from GOG.
I'd rather pay the full price for a game I want, than gamble on getting trash I don't give a damn about.

Never buying anything using such a cancerous marketing tactic
Won't buy Shadow of War for this stuff
Won't buy "Pinata crap" from GOG either.
Thought GOG was betterthan WB, once they were, but now they have sunk just as low, into that gutter
Post edited August 15, 2017 by UhuruNUru
Posted August 15, 2017
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groze: I really don't understand why so many people are getting upset and feel "cheated" over this... if you get a game in a piñata that has the same discount in the sale, you're still getting it for less than its base price (except some titles that, due to regional pricing, are cheaper in the sale than in the piñata, in some countries). Buying piñatas is a gamble, I know everyone wants to get Thimbleweed Park, Pillars of Eternity or Shadow Warrior 2, but you have to consider the likelihood of just ending up with Her Story, The Guild 2 or Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

I can't stress this enough: GOG isn't forcing anyone to buy piñatas. If you don't like the chances of getting a game you won't like -- or even play --, then browse the titles in the concurrent sale, instead, and buy from there. Or don't buy anything. If, on the other hand, you don't mind taking chances and want an opportunity to try new games you wouldn't know otherwise, then the piñata sale is for you and you should give it a go. Or two.
Let me get this straight - people bought a random gift, gift turned out to be complete and utter rubbish and so therefore people don't have the right to complain about said gift?

This has been a really sneaky way for GOG to make money on stuff they normally wouldn't have shifted. People have every right to complain about being sold crap.

The only postive about this is, I don't think GOG will be doing micro-transitions in the future.

I can't help but feel a promotion like buy 4 games - get 1 free would have worked so much better.
Post edited August 15, 2017 by Croyzers
Posted August 15, 2017
Thanks for the free game but I'm not going to make the same mistake again by buying a pig in a poke. So, no piñatas for me.
Posted August 15, 2017
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psychoticpillow: "For $3, you can buy and smash your own digital Piñata, each holding one of 100+ mystery games worth anywhere from $5.99 all the way up to $44.99. "
I'm guessing this is before sale prices because i got a game that is worth the same as the Pinata?
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groze: Yes, they're talking about the base prices of the games, not how they're going for in the sale. If you don't feel like taking chances, then you'd better not try your luck at a piñata, just get games from the sale that's going on at the same time.

I really don't understand why so many people are getting upset and feel "cheated" over this... if you get a game in a piñata that has the same discount in the sale, you're still getting it for less than its base price (except some titles that, due to regional pricing, are cheaper in the sale than in the piñata, in some countries). Buying piñatas is a gamble, I know everyone wants to get Thimbleweed Park, Pillars of Eternity or Shadow Warrior 2, but you have to consider the likelihood of just ending up with Her Story, The Guild 2 or Heroes of Might and Magic 3.

I can't stress this enough: GOG isn't forcing anyone to buy piñatas. If you don't like the chances of getting a game you won't like -- or even play --, then browse the titles in the concurrent sale, instead, and buy from there. Or don't buy anything. If, on the other hand, you don't mind taking chances and want an opportunity to try new games you wouldn't know otherwise, then the piñata sale is for you and you should give it a go. Or two.
I was just a touched confused for a second. I dont feel cheated at all.

Hell, thanks to the bundle i get to try out a new game i would probably never have bought so thanks GOG!
Posted August 15, 2017
On the Canadian side, this was an utter scam. I got Grim Fandango Remastered for $4.09 Canadian, and it's currently selling for $3.39 Canadian in the sale. So they charged me $0.70 for the randomness of it all.
Posted August 15, 2017
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elcook: I can confirm that all games in the Piñata pool will be available during the whole period of the sale - we're distributing all available games in Piñatas throughout the whole week so it doesn't matter if you come the first day or the last.
In the other Pinata thread Getcomposted wrote:

"[Edit: Support just got back to me. All five games I didn't own have been exhausted. So, unless GOG refreshes the pool, those games won't be appearing and it's no more Pinatas for me.
On another note, perhaps Groot or the OP should edit the list to reflect this?]"
Posted August 15, 2017
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groze: Yes, they're talking about the base prices of the games, not how they're going for in the sale. If you don't feel like taking chances, then you'd better not try your luck at a piñata, just get games from the sale that's going on at the same time.
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psychoticpillow: I was just a touched confused for a second. I dont feel cheated at all.

Hell, thanks to the bundle i get to try out a new game i would probably never have bought so thanks GOG!
I sincerely apologize, since I didn't make it clear that my last part of the reply to your post wasn't aimed at you; I basically tried to tell you that GOG was talking about base prices of the games, not the discounted prices they are going for in the sale. And then I went on a tangent, that last part wasn't meant for you, sorry... :/
Posted August 15, 2017
Oh, I got Saints Rows: The Third as a Piñata.

Now I am a happy GOGer :)
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