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Little worlds need their gods, too!

Reus, an imaginative 2D god-game that makes you a deity of a small planet and a master to its elemental titans, will be available 10% off on GOG.com. That's only $8.99 for the first week!

Do you like to play god? Admit it--you do. Who doesn't. The absolute power that god-games give is ever so tempting and satisfying. The ability to shape the face of the world, and by extent the fates of its little inhabitants is simply intoxicating. Oh wait, did I say "little"? Well, to themselves they probably look quite regular in size. It's all a matter of perspective--every world seems tiny when you're an boundless being of limitless power. In this case, however, the planet is indeed quite small. The people living on its surface look even tinier in comparison to the elemental titans, huge beings that serve as your worldly avatars. Huge, again, is only a word that applies here conditionally. Even the giant beasts seem puny if they do your every bidding and fit on your computer screen. On your lap or your desk. In your room. At your home. In your town. In your country. In the world, also a small planet that's but a tiny blue dot floating in the endless blackness of the Universe. Perspective.

Reus puts a whole world in your hands. The planet you're destined to watch over is a complex world full of dependencies and synergies, making every act you perform cause a great impact on the gameworld and its inhabitants. You directly control the actions of giant elementals roaming its surface--may they be creative or destructive. You can raise or lower mountains, move bodies of water, cause forests to grow or die. Yours is the ultimate power. The only thing you can't affect directly are the actions of the tiny humans, possessing their own free will. Will they fear you as the bane of their land, or worship you as their divine benefactor? It's all up to you. With intriguing and diverse gameplay, lots of correlations to discover, and many challenges to complete, Reus will entertain you for a long, long time.

With unbelievable cosmic power Reus allows you to play god for only $8.99 on GOG.com. The offer lasts until Thursday, May 23, at 9:59AM GMT.
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mistermumbles: Meh. Chaos Overlords is the one game I was most excited about in a while...
Same for me. But sometimes shit happens. I guess that's why they don't give us a release schedule in advance.
Are we still going to get a new game to guess and clue during the This Week on GOG segment?
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Silverhawk170485: Does that mean that next week Chaos Overlords and another secret classic game will be released? I like guessing what game will be released. Chaos Overlords isn't a secret anymore.
That's a very good question.
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JMich: But it is Chaos Overlords, right?
*grabs his shotgun*
Right?
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TheEnigmaticT: Dear JMich;

Chaos Overlords is sick today and cannot come to work. Please excuse his absence. He should be good to go next week.

Signed:

Mrs. Overlords.
I hear his illness might be a bit more severe, actually. Could take him another week to recover before he can head out.
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Silverhawk170485: Does that mean that next week Chaos Overlords and another secret classic game will be released? I like guessing what game will be released. Chaos Overlords isn't a secret anymore.
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TheEnigmaticT: That's a very good question.
I only ask good questions. ;)
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TheEnigmaticT: Dear JMich;

Chaos Overlords is sick today and cannot come to work. Please excuse his absence. He should be good to go next week.

Signed:

Mrs. Overlords.
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TurnipSlayerr: I hear his illness might be a bit more severe, actually. Could take him another week to recover before he can head out.
If it's compatibility issues, definitely take time to try to wrinkle out the problems.
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TheEnigmaticT: Dear JMich;

Chaos Overlords is sick today and cannot come to work. Please excuse his absence. He should be good to go next week.

Signed:

Mrs. Overlords.
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TurnipSlayerr: I hear his illness might be a bit more severe, actually. Could take him another week to recover before he can head out.
In that case, he's going to need a doctor's note.
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TurnipSlayerr: I hear his illness might be a bit more severe, actually. Could take him another week to recover before he can head out.
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yyahoo: In that case, he's going to need a doctor's note.
No use asking. They'll probably doctor it.
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tfishell: If it's compatibility issues, definitely take time to try to wrinkle out the problems.
I think the reason why they didn't release the game today is, because Raiden Legancy and Reus is released today on many other sites like DotEmu or Gamersgate, so they decided to release these two games instead to have no disadvantages in selling them. They also could release 3 games today, but this would be "crazy".
Post edited May 16, 2013 by Silverhawk170485
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Buenro-games: Are we still going to get a new game to guess and clue during the This Week on GOG segment?
If my memory serves, when we had the problem with a "classic release" that wasn't really classic G-Doc said that he writes the script somewhat ahead of time. Tomorrow's TWoG is definitely written and probably has been shot already (because editing video takes time).
Post edited May 16, 2013 by jpolastre
Tomorrows GOG release will be Metro Last Light. ;)
Once again sorry for the mix up. Here's hoping that Robo from Biz-Dev learns that I take him seriously, and when he says "sure, we're releasing Reus at noon" (that's Warsaw time) he needs to expect to see the news post ready and published at noon ;-P

Anyway! Actual Reus release in 2 minutes :-D

EDIT:

YAY!!! Success! http://www.gog.com/news/release_reus
Post edited May 16, 2013 by G-Doc
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tfishell: If it's compatibility issues, definitely take time to try to wrinkle out the problems.
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Silverhawk170485: I think the reason why they didn't release the game today is, because Raiden Legancy and Reus is released today on many other sites like DotEmu or Gamersgate, so they decided to release these two games instead to have no disadvantages in selling them. They also could release 3 games today, but this would be "crazy".
I thought Raiden Legacy had been on DotEmu for quite some time. TurnipSlayerr made it seem like there were still some issues that needed to be worked out with the game.
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G-Doc: Here's hoping that Robo from Biz-Dev learns that I take him seriously, and when he says "sure, we're releasing Reus at noon" (that's Warsaw time) he needs to expect to see the news post ready and published at noon ;-P
Tell him there's a shotgun wielding ninja-bear that is looking for news posts to bump.

Edit: I assume Robo is a he, apologies if not.
Post edited May 16, 2013 by JMich
I'm not surprised it released too soon. Heaven knows I can't wait to wield my divine fist and cause all sorts of little deaths.