There are offline installers available.

Okay! The technicalities are a bit more important here than we thought. So I'll try and cover the bases, I think this should cover most of the questions. Thanks for being patient, it is Friday night over here after all.

• Yes, the build works offline. And yes, the build features offline content

• It works like every other product on GOG, so we can't revoke your access to the files

• There is logic behind Library removal:
We're doing a limited-time event for a pre-release version of the game. Which, unlike your typical demo, means it's intended to work during the event, but not be supported or updated down the line.

In more practical terms: chances are the folks at THQNordic aren't going to keep MP servers online once the event is over, and even if they do, the build will quickly give way to the full release. If a Windows update breaks something, it's not getting updated – effectively abandoned, dead and broken...

• ...but if you really want to keep playing the offline content, you still can! Just hang on to the installer.

• And yup, it's our take on the "Free Weekend" thing other platforms do sometimes.

On a personal note – at the end of the day, this is a pretty neat event that lets us preview/demo an upcoming game before release. I honestly think it's super cool of THQNordic to have worked with us on making this possible, DRM-free, for our community in the first place. Normally the way this goes is "nah, if they want the free weekend they can just go to Steam".

If you feel strongly about the way this Preview Weekend has been implemented, let us know why and how you think we could handle this better next time. That always helps, and we'll be keeping up.

Sure – I think the thing to keep in mind is that this is a free preview build of a game that's not out yet. In this case we felt it's a cleaner, simpler solution to remove the one-off product.

That doesn't mean the logic will now apply to retail games.


Same here, thanks THQNordic ;)

Hiccup on our end - should be back up shortly! :)

It was not our intention, nor THQ Nordic’s, to „introduce DRM” to GOG with this free preview of Spellforce 3. Due to a miscommunication it did happen. As the developers of the game are working hard on finishing the game for its release next week, we won’t be able to do anything with the free preview weekend installers to make them work for you.

With this preview event, GOG and THQ Nordic, we both wanted to try something new and fresh to bring exciting stuff to the players and the platform. I don’t know if some of you can relate, but sometimes it is difficult to experiment and try out new stuff whilst keeping everything else in check, this happened in this case. This means that we will change the modalities of future preview events, where we (GOG and THQ Nordic) promise to double and triple-check, that the builds will be working as intended, even after such timed events are over.

It was a learning for both of us, and we listened. Upcoming preview events will be better and different. At the same time we’d like to thank all of you who participated in the free preview event, and giving us feedback regarding not only the game itself, but also for potential upcoming preview events in cooperation with THQ Nordic or other partners.