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GOG.com has made its regular weekly update, as the DRM-free classic game download site adds two more titles to its growing catalog. One is Stronghold Crusader, the second game in Firefly Studios' castle sim RTS game series. Another new addition is Gothic 2 Gold, the second game in the fantasy RPG series from developer Piranha Bytes.

Both are on sale for $9.99 each and come with free bonuses like the game's soundtrack, wallpapers (for Gothic 2 Gold) and a mini-game (for Stronghold Crusader). In addition, another previously offered game, the fantasy action-RPG Arx Fatalis, has had its price cut to just $5.99.

According to FireFly Studios co-founder Simon Bradbury, new installments in the Stronghold and Crusader franchises will eventually see the light of day.

Bradbury said FireFly's current focus is the Xbox 360 and PC action game Dungeon Hero, which is set for a Spring 09 release, but would revisit the studio's other franchises eventually. "Certainly we'll be looking at Dungeon Hero first," he told Videogamer at the Stronghold Crusader Extreme/Dungeon Hero event in London, "I would think if we were to start off work in earnest on Stronghold, the next iteration, it would be after that. "

Bradbury mentions that while the studio feels it isn't time for a new Crusaders installment, fans have been asking for it and Firefly would eventually deliver.