gothic posts

Gamersgate launches weekend sales deals

by John Callaham Aug 27th 2009 @ 8:00AM

The PC downloadable site Gamersgate has already taken the liberty of announcing what games will get their discount for the current weekend. From now until Sunday, the historical strategy game Grand Age: Rome will be 50 percent off its usual GamersGate price. Also the space strategy game AI War: Fleet Command will have it's normal GamersGate price cut by 30 percent.

In additonn all of the games in the Gothic fantasy RPG series are 40 percent off at Gamersgate this weekend. And don't forget; the site has already announced a sale of all games from publisher Buka from now until Sunday with prices cut between 50 and 75 percent.

Filed under: Downloads, RPG, RTS, Strategy

JoWood pushes back new Gothic RPG release date into 2010

by John Callaham Aug 19th 2009 @ 4:00PM

If you have been playing "2009 Game Release Fantasy League" at home you can go ahead and check off yet another title that was supposed to be out this year. Arcania - A Gothic Tale, the upcoming next game in the long running Gothic RPG series, won't make it out this year as previously announced.

In a new press release today, publisher JoWood stated they have "committed substantial extra development budget" for the Spellbound Entertainment-developed game so they have decided to give the title a little more production time. in the meantime, Piranha Bytes, the makers of the first three Gothic RPGs, will release their new title, Risen, this October.

Filed under: RPG

GoG.com adds new game and holds new sale

by John Callaham Jun 5th 2009 @ 4:00PM

The DRM-free gaming web site GoG.com is expanding its library of titles yet again. On Thursday they announced that the alternate history first person shooter Iron Storm is a new GoG.com member. The game, set in a world where WW I never ended, was released in 2002 by Microids. It can be purchased and downloaded from GoG.com for just $9.99.

Also GoG.com's weekend sale is for the first two games in the Gothic fantasy RPG series from publisher JoWood. From now until the end of the day on Monday you can get either game for just $7.49 each, a 25 percent savings from its normal GoG.com price.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, RPG