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War never changes. Wargames evolve.

Wargame: European Escalation, an amazingly complex and highly realistic modern military real-time strategy game presenting believable conflict scenarios in late XX century Europe, is available 50% off on GOG.com. That's only $9.99 for the first week!

The cold war divided the world and we might never know how close we came to mutual destruction of so called "east" and "west". The military budgets of this time period were simply unimaginable, leading to the highest accumulation of military force in mankind's history. With ideology, economy, and fear fueling the silent conflict, the arms race soon got out of control. Each of the sides paid close attention to the other's every step. One event was enough to provoke a war, which would engulf the entire war in nuclear flames. Now, you can see how intense things were getting!

Wargame: European Escalation focuses on the events that had the potential to trigger a war between the countries of the Warsaw Pact and NATO. The game's time frame (1975-1985) is one of the least explored, yet very interesting periods in strategic gaming. The title offers complex RTS gameplay giving you control over 361 different historical units characteristic for the forces of eight nations divided into two factions that take part in the events. On the Warsaw Pact side, we have the Soviet Union, Poland, East Germany, and Czechoslovakia, while NATO side includes United States, France, West Germany, and United Kingdom. The DRM-free version of the game includes all of the free expansions: New Battlefields, Conquest, Commander, and Fatal Error. With a wide selection of single-player scenarios (both historical and fictional), a variety of multi-player maps, and the unique IRISZOOM™ system allowing for fluent, continuous zoom from the global view to a single unit, this game delivers one of the most critically acclaimed contemporary strategic experiences!

Wargame: European Escalation, for only $9.99! The 50% off discount offer lasts for a week, that is until Thurdsay, August 22, at 11:59AM GMT.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: You'll need a CD-key to access the game's multi-player features. The key will be supplied with your copy of the game. We will begin supplying keys to customers tomorrow!
Post edited August 15, 2013 by JudasIscariot
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Tolya: I disagree on the quality of the singleplayer campaign. It is up to par with most other singleplayer campaigns in RTS games. It's neither very difficult nor very easy. Of course seasoned multi vets will not agree, but no AI is good enough to face a real brain.

Singleplayer is good enough in this game to justify its existence.
Thanks Tolya, I bought it :-)
Already own this on Steam...nonetheless, I bought it here, too!

I have this feeling - it will get quite expensive, to rebuy my entire Steam-catalogue here on GoG.com.

Reminder to myself:
Would be best, not to buy anything on Steam anymore, so I don't need to buy games twice.

;)
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BreOl72: Already own this on Steam...nonetheless, I bought it here, too!

I have this feeling - it will get quite expensive, to rebuy my entire Steam-catalogue here on GoG.com.

Reminder to myself:
Would be best, not to buy anything on Steam anymore, so I don't need to buy games twice.

;)
I have the same problem ;-) But it's nice to have all DRM free versions in my collection also.
Gonna have to wishlist this for now, but I'll be keeping a close eye on it; I'm very very intrigued!!

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BreOl72: Reminder to myself:
Would be best, not to buy anything on Steam anymore, so I don't need to buy games twice.
Ha ha!! Fortunately I only own a few things on Steam, so I was okay when I discovered GoG. I think the only duplicate purchase was Torchlight...
Post edited August 15, 2013 by mkell_226
This guy has an absolute BOATLOAD of videos on the game (looks like he has several hundred up) and the game looks amazing.

http://www.youtube.com/channel/HC0q17DakDp2A/videos

Will be picking it up eventually, and what a great addition to GOG :)

EDIT: Just realized, he's compiled a list of everyone else's games on YouTube as well as his own. Great place to find everything, though, and like I said game looks awesome.
Post edited August 15, 2013 by Bloodygoodgames
I already own this on Steam, and my money is kinda tight right now, but I'll probably pick up another copy down the line, just to support a developer that makes massive strategy games like this, DRM free, in a day when the RTS genre is all but dead, drowned in a sea of MOBA's and tower defense games, and where just about everything is always online DRM'd to hell.
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BreOl72: Already own this on Steam...nonetheless, I bought it here, too!

I have this feeling - it will get quite expensive, to rebuy my entire Steam-catalogue here on GoG.com.

Reminder to myself:
Would be best, not to buy anything on Steam anymore, so I don't need to buy games twice.

;)
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mattymuc: I have the same problem ;-) But it's nice to have all DRM free versions in my collection also.
Steam is just rent the games for lifetime annyway.
It is unlikly but Valve havent told the usebase of what kind of solution they will use if they suddenly need to shut down its servers for a longer period.
Here you own it for lifetime
Just download and back it up.
Yes im aware that you can do it with some steam games as well but that doesnt include all titles.

I dont have a hate towards Steam or anything like that
but for me GoG is actually superior.
Just having steam as an extra cuz there is where i have my friends list and previous games
and some other minor stuff.

Oh, and wishlisted for now
My wallet is crying out of previous purchases.
Oooh! Now that it's free of the Tages that was hidden away in the Steam release this is looking very tempting indeed.
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Tolya: I disagree on the quality of the singleplayer campaign. It is up to par with most other singleplayer campaigns in RTS games. It's neither very difficult nor very easy. Of course seasoned multi vets will not agree, but no AI is good enough to face a real brain.

Singleplayer is good enough in this game to justify its existence.
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IAmSinistar: Thanks, I was curious about that myself, because I only buy games for the single-player aspect. Do the DLC add-ons extend the single-player campaign?
Thanks also Toyla, that's encouraging to hear as I am not a big MP player either, but really interested in this, being a huge war strategy fan. As well, I would also be interested to know if the DLC also adds to the single player aspect. It would just be nice to know, as the game description really doesn't make that clear, particularly if the game is more MP oriented?
Post edited August 15, 2013 by Zoltan999
Blast! I just got this on steam thinking it would never make its way to GOG, my lack of faith is disturbing... At least I can comfort myself with the steam release working on win/mac/linux.
Sweet! I've been eyeing this one ever since it came out.
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nijuu: woah. Big Problem though. How is the multiplayer done?.
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JudasIscariot: CD keys as stated on the bottom of the news post :P

Please note that they are required for multi and multi ONLY. Single player doesn't require anything of the sort.
Well this is DRM so this is a no buy for me was going to until you are required to have a CD key to play it be in SP or MP that is DRM so it isn't DRM free!

I'll wait for the Rental version called steam to lower it to 1.99 if I ever buy this game with DRM on it.

Also why dont you have it posted on the Game page that a CD key is required to play MP WTF are you all doing now?
Post edited August 15, 2013 by FlyByU
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FlyByU: Well this is DRM so this is a no buy for me was going to until you are required to have a CD key to play it be in SP or MP that is DRM so it isn't DRM free!
I agree I still don't follow the argument that this is not DRM.

Not saying GOG shouldn't sell it, but the transparency could be a lot better.
Delete.
Post edited December 14, 2013 by BKGaming
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Xanto: And how do that matter for multiplayer? If the multiplayer severs get shut down then it won't matter if there is a CD key or not, and the only time the CD key would not work would be when they shut down the servers
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Again see above, this is not technically DRM as it's not trying to limit what you can do with your copy. It simply certifies that the copy of the program is original for multiplayer purposes. When the servers shut down it won't really matter all the much.
Well, one might think that -- until somebody using a key-gen program so they can use a pirated copy of the game online happens to generate your key, and then the people running the servers notice the multiple concurrent users with the same key (either because the pirate shared their key with other people, or simply because they are playing at the same time you are) so the server operators black-list your key (you stinking pirate you!), and then you can't play multiplayer anymore even though the servers are still running.

EDIT: And note that the ability to black-list keys is THE ENTIRE REASON for these keys existing in the first place. Keys DO NOT in any way shape or form "[certify] that the copy of the program is original" as you suggest. Anyone who bought this game could post their key on the internet and anyone can then use that key and that key is obviously not proving their copy is legit. What it is doing is giving the server operators a means to ban the whole lot.
Post edited August 15, 2013 by TheJadedOne