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You thought that GoG.com was done for the year with cool game announcements and sales, didn't you? Au contraire, mon fraire, as Bart Simpson might say. On top of putting over 300 games on the price chopping block from now until January 3, the DRM-free PC gaming download site has just added a new title, the 1999 released top down sci-fi shooter Tyrian 2000.

That's pretty nice all by itself, but GoG.com has made the game available to download for FREE! Yep, you won't have to pay a dime to grab this classic shooter that has 12 different ships, lots of ship upgrades, over 100 weapons and more. Oh and it comes with the game's soundtrack as an additional freebie download. Pretty nice all around. You can check out a Freeware Friday article on the game right here at Big Download.

The GoG.com DRM-free PC gaming web site is celebrating the end of 2010 a tad early as it starts its holiday sale that will extend for the next three weeks and end on January 3. The site has almost 300 of its games on sale for between 30 percent to 50 percent off its already low prices.

Not every game is on sale for that much; for example pre-orders for the upcoming RPG The Witcher 2 are not part of the holiday sale. However if you want to grab some truly classic PC games that are made to run on modern PC operating systems at rock bottom prices this GoG.com sale is hard to beat.

As mentioned last month, GoG.com plans to introduce a new set of gamers to the old Atari line-up. For the past week, they've had a countdown timer on the frontpage announcing the arrival of a new game, and that players do not want to be "an outcast to Orion." The timer ended today with three great Atari games in the line-up being made for purchase: Outcast and the first two Master of Orion games.

Outcast is an action-adventure game that we thoroughly adore, while Master of Orion is a highly-renowned 4X series that inspired games such as Galactic Civilizations. Both have been covered on Boot Disk, and now that they have been made available on GoG.com, you no longer have to pay exorbitant prices on Amazon! You can download each (Outcast or Master of Orion 1 and 2) for $6.

We know that Black Friday is the most important shopping day of the year. Excellent discount prices on all sorts of merchandise intended as Christmas gifts is the tradition of the day. We also know that it can be a little intimidating for new or inexperienced PC users to decide between the different digital distribution (and community) platforms. We certainly were when we first heard about all the different services available. However, we've evaluated these services, from those that can barely be called such a thing to the juggernauts that dominate the industry, and all of our research has been compiled it all into this comprehensive, handy-dandy guide. You may not know what game to get your friend for Christmas, but you'll definitely know where to buy it!

Those looking for a quick guide to the services covered and what we thought of important features, check out our downloadable chart!

Shacknews is reporting that Good Old Games, CD Projekt's digital distribution source for classic PC games, will be delaying its beta, which was supposed to launch on August 1. Additionally, GOG marketing VP Tom Ohle has said that, due to a "huge response to the site announcement," GOG has been forced to rethink its beta plans -- namely, the beta has been changed from closed to open, and should launch in a few weeks.

Though anyone who signed up for the beta will receive access to the GOG site, Ohle is hesitant to confirm whether or not all participants will receive a free game. "We're not sure if we're going to be able to offer everyone in the beta a free game, but ...we're definitely offering everyone who's signed up early access to the site."

GOG is still taking sign-ups for the beta, so if you haven't submitted your email address, do so now -- you'll get beta access at the very least, and possibly a free classic game of your choice.

Big Download recently interviewed Ohle, who divulged a thorough explanation of all that GOG will offer. With its line-up of classics such as Fallout, Fallout 2 and Descent, GOG is still scheduled to launch in September.