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Posted January 27, 2015
Lucasfilm strikes back.

January 27:
It's been a long weekend for Star Wars™ fans among us. Today marks the return of Lucasfilm on GOG.com: WAVE II, with the final batch of three Star Wars™ titles:

A 20% launch discount awaits those who join the fight against the dark side in the next 72-hours with three new releases:
Star Wars™ Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
<i>Star Wars&trade;</i> Republic Commando
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Starfighter&trade;

As the Wave II timer ticks down to a zero for the last time, one of the most exciting weeks in the history of GOG.com comes to a close. We couldn't be happier with the series of amazing titles we added to our catalog this week, and we're proud to have teamed up with ©Disney Interactive to finally restore six iconic Star Wars™ games back into the hands of gamers exclusively on GOG.com.

January 22:
The time is now! Lucasfilm strikes back with three more Star Wars™ classics available now on GOG.com! This means the exclusive GOG.com digital premiere of two more spacefaring titles:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: Rogue Squadron - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Rebellion - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!

<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Empire at War: Gold Pack is now also available for purchase, DRM-free with a 72-hour, 20% launch discount!

The timer is still ticking, so stay tuned for one more reveal from ©Disney Interactive and GOG.com!

January 20:
A long time ago in a galaxy near you, ©Disney Interactive and <B>GOG.com</B> teamed up to bring you the holy grail of classic gaming: six Lucasfilm cult-classics were added to our DRM-free catalog, including three titles which saw their digital premiere on GOG.com. We also made a promise to bring you many more cult-classics in the future and, believe us, we did not forget.

Today, with great pride and joy, we're excited to announce Wave II of Lucasfilm games on GOG.com! Starting right now, six new Star Wars™ classics are available in our DRM-free Lucasfilm/Disney catalog. This includes three amazing titles available, for the first time in digital distribution, exclusively on GOG.com:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: X-Wing Alliance&trade; - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Galactic Battlegrounds Saga - digital distribution debut, on GOG.com!

We're also celebrating the DRM-free release of these Star Wars™ games with a 72-hour 20% launch discount:
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Battlefront&trade; II
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade;: Dark Forces
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Knights of the Old Republic&trade; II: The Sith Lords&trade;

Just in case you missed your chance last time, you can grab three more Lucasfilm classics for the same 20% discount, until Friday, January 30, at 1:59 PM GMT!
<i>Star Wars</i>&trade; Knights of the Old Republic&trade;
Indiana Jones&reg; and the Fate of Atlantis&trade;
The Secret of Monkey Island&trade;: Special Edition

Our Lucasfilm/Disney is made that much more impressive today thanks to our team-up with ©Disney Interactive. The 6 new Star Wars™ releases, which include 3 digital premieres exclusively on GOG.com, are barely the beginning. We're not saying more right now, but we know the wait will be worth it for six great reasons - keep watching the front page and stay tuned for more exciting Lucasfilm titles releasing on GOG.com when the timer strikes zero!
Post edited January 27, 2015 by Konrad
Posted January 20, 2015
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opeter2: Nice, but will wait for a bigger discount ;)
Dude. You were the first to comment under a Wave II of Disney games release post that people have been hoping for, dreaming of and talking about (and asking us about all over the place - AND WE COULDN'T SAY A THING until now).

And what you have to say about it is "nice".

Really? Like, really? :p
Posted January 20, 2015
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Malek86: So can anyone try if the GOG version of X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter can be played without a joystick?
To quote the game card's system requirements: "Minimum system requirements - Windows: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard, Controller/Joystick"

So it seems like you've gotta have one - that, or a controller.
Posted January 20, 2015
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Ciris: To quote the game card's system requirements: "Minimum system requirements - Windows: Windows XP/Vista/7/8, 1.8 GHz Processor, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 (compatible with DirectX 9 recommended), Mouse, Keyboard, Controller/Joystick"

So it seems like you've gotta have one - that, or a controller.
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Malek86: Yeah, I know... but I'd still rather have confirmation, because I remember that my disc release would literally refuse to start unless you had a joystick connected. Seeing as the Windows version of Tie Fighter still has the joystick requirement, I don't know if GOG touched that or if they left it as is. Then again, maybe installing the expansion allowed you to play with the keyboard. I dunno, I never bought that one.

Also, the requirements for X-Wing Alliance say the same thing, but I distinctly remember that the game didn't require a joystick.

In other words, if someone can try, that would be the best :P
It requires a controller or joystick :)
Posted January 20, 2015
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JudasIscariot: It requires a controller or joystick :)
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Malek86: I see. Well... I guess I was hoping for too much.

What about Alliance? Was my memory right on that one allowing you to play with the keyboard?
From the game card and sorry for caps:

IMPORTANT NOTICE: STAR WARS®: X-Wing Alliance requires a controller or joystick.

:)
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Fesin: Awesome! To bad I'm still broke, but I'll probably still pick up KoTOR II, just can't pass that one up.

Btw., do GOG employees have to refer to Star Wars as Star Wars™ from now on?
No, we refer to everything as "Ships that go ZEEEEWWWM! in space and charge laz0rs!"

:P
Post edited January 20, 2015 by JudasIscariot
Posted January 20, 2015
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PaterAlf: It isn't mentioned in the newspost, but did we just see a permanent price drop for Secret of Monkey Island SE and Knights of the Old Republic I? Both have a regular $9.99 price point now. If I'm not mistaken it was $12.49 when they were released here some months ago.

Edit: Ninja'd by Gragar. How am I supposed to beat a cat?
By eating less cookies, for starters :P
Posted January 20, 2015
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WalterwickJack: Thanks GOG!!! :)

Sometimes...dreams do come true.
[...]
When you wish upon a star... ;-)
Posted January 20, 2015
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Grargar: They are on the list, though.
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RadonGOG: What the heck? At least the edition sold in Germany clearly isn´t!
Newsflash: Germany is not DRM free! :O
Posted January 20, 2015
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Ciris: (and asking us about all over the place - AND WE COULDN'T SAY A THING until now)
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Wishbone: And why couldn't you say a thing, if I may ask? No, wait, don't tell me, "You can't say", right?
Because NDA, that's why :P
Posted January 20, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Because NDA, that's why :P
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stg83: Well you could have still vaguely hinted at it ala enigmatic hints. ;)
No way, not with LA/Disney games. Sorry but those are too big for hints.
Posted January 20, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Because NDA, that's why :P
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Wishbone: So the whole "release in batches of 6 games at a time and keep everything, especially release dates and game titles, a deep dark secret from the people whose money we want" is the official plan from the clever heads at the Disney marketing department? Good to know.

Well, not knowing that this was coming, I'm flat broke right now, so I won't be buying any of the games from this batch right now. Seeing how that means I'll miss the introductory discount, I probably won't be buying any of them in the near future either. Great marketing strategy. Good job getting my money, Disney. Well done.
Due to the fact that these are older games we have to test them thoroughly, fix them as necessary, and then re-test everything.

Look, I know you have a beef with us not revealing the dates and all with these games but do note that with the Disney games everything has to be perfect or as close to perfect as possible*. Also, if we put these up in the Upcoming tab and something didn't work somewhere with any of these games then we, GOG, would have to deal with an angry community demanding those games right now.

*this does not mean that other games don't get a perfect or close to perfect release.
Posted January 20, 2015
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JudasIscariot: Newsflash: Germany is not DRM free! :O
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opticq: Could this mean The Force Unleashed in 40 hours?
Don't ask me, I have my brain wiped before I leave the office MiB-style :P
Posted January 20, 2015
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DireRabbit: I saw Galactic Battlegrounds, I bought Galactic Battlegrounds.

My CD version disappeared awhile ago and I am so happy to have a copy of this game again!

Time to download and see what's included. .yea, I purchased it that fast I didn't even look so see what else, If anything, is included.
2 manuals and the tech trees :)
Posted January 23, 2015
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lunah: Why are these called digital premier when these games have always been digital and have always been distributed digitally?
Th ones with the Digital Premiere tag have never been distributed in a digital form but only in retail :)
Posted January 27, 2015
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frenchlba: So, who else finds gog's stupid and wrong advertising stupid and wrong?

Apparently, some of the games have their "digital premiere", or in the french version, "Pour la 1re fois en version digitale", which means "for the first time in the digital version".

My old X-Wing vs. Tie-fighter disc is digital, so this is obviously wrong advertising by gog.
By "digital premiere" we mean "first time offered via digital distribution" :)
Posted January 28, 2015
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thebes: Not big in the Star Wars stuff myself. But if you get SWOTL it will be an instabuy for me.....
What does the abbreviation SWOTL stand for anyways?
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