GOG Weekly Staff Picks

The Weekly Staff Picks are replacing the Monday and Wednesday Gem Promos

The GOG's 24-hour Monday & Wednesday Deals has been closed, and this is our new weekly promo tracking thread for GOG.  See the post below for the first Weekly Staff Picks promo.

Old-school favorites to introduce a new promo format.

Our very first Weekly Staff Picks promo is full of nostalgic DOS-era action-platformers. And because most of our beloved titles of this pedigree happen to reside in the 3D Realms catalog, we call the whole thing 3D Realms 2D Platformers. It comes with a selection of 6 titles you can grab individually at -60%, or pick them up as a whole bundle with a nice -80% discount. The offer lasts until Thursday, January 8, at 10:59AM GMT.

A very important category in our classic catalog is "games we were so excited to play as kids". Incidentally, many of these games happen to involve platform-hopping, pick-up collecting, and baddie-shooting. The memories! Take Hocus Pocus - one could say that collecting gems has never been as charming. The game's graphics is nothing if not quirky, the animation is a bit on the stiff side, but that never stopped us from playing it for hours. Similar with Secret Agent - at the first sight it looks laughably simplistic. The gameplay, however, was quite challenging thanks to clever level design. Another one taking some very basic concepts and turning it into something memorably enjoyable is Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure - never a big hit, but anyone who played it was left with a ton of great memories. Crystal Caves? Oh boy! Even more so. Who can even count the time we've put into that one? Then, there's the legend amongst legends: Duke Nukem 1+2. The man taught us the true meaning of badassdom even before he went 3D on us. Finally, Realms of Chaos - an Apogee release from 1995. The youngest, but also the most deep and engaging in our selection. Gloomy fantasy setting, cool mechanics, and brilliant boss battles make it our favorite in the whole lot.

All games are up for grabs (-80% as a bundle, with titles already owned counting towards the higher discount; -60% individually), until Thursday, January 8, at 10:59AM GMT, in our 3D Realms 2D Platformers three-day promo. The Weekly Staff Picks are replacing the Monday and Wednesday Gem Promos, bringing you more discounted games each week and more time to pick your favorites.

http://www.gog.com/promo/gem_promo_3d_realms_2d_platformers_050115

Acquire your taste for the jRPG.

It’s the second edition of our brand new promo format, the Weekly Staff Picks. This time around we’ve decided to highlight a pretty new, but extremely welcome, addition to the GOG.com catalogue: jRPGs. They say the genre is an acquired taste, and it looks like many of the GOG staff have it - well now it’s your turn with our Japanese Roleplay. Three noteworthy titles of the Japanese persuasion will be discounted up to 75% in this fantastic deal lasting until Thursday, January 15, at 10:59AM GMT.

Agarest: Generations of War - Collector’s Edition, also known as Record of Agarest War, is an absolutely unique storytelling concept in games: the story of Agarest spans a lengthy five generations of protagonists. The game’s Soul Breed system gives you the opportunity to influence each future generation of fighters as your offspring inherits the best of what you, and the partner of your choice, have to offer. There is no better time to check out this outstanding game than now, for a whopping 75% off.

Though Japanese in spirit only, Pier Solar and the Three Architects is quite literally a modern classic and currently available 50% off. Originally developed for the Sega Genesis, you’d think it was the oldest of our three promo titles. In reality, the game was released in 2010 on the long forgotten system and successful enough that it was eventually ported (and remastered) to nearly every modern gaming platform you can think of, including Windows, Mac and Linux. Pier Solar and the Three Architects is still an oldie at heart, and with the HD remake available on GOG.com you can even pick between a fresh new coat of paint and the original pixely goodness.

Finally The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky at a -30% discount, is one highly-rated piece of a well known RPG series which started out as early as 1989. Trails in the Sky, is just a small portion of the extensive, six chapter, Legend of Heroes saga. This one is a must-have for all jRPG fans on GOG.com.

These three unique titles are a great start for anybody looking to get into jRPGs, and must-haves for fans already among us. The Japanese Roleplay Weekly Staff Pick will last until Thursday, January 15, at 10:59AM GMT. If you missed the news last week, The Weekly Staff Picks are replacing the Monday and Wednesday Gem Promos, bringing you more discounted games each week and more time to pick your favorites.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_jrpg_120115

It's a galaxy of games out there!

Weekly Staff Picks: The Planetarium, is a look at five noteworthy Planet-themed titles in the GOG.com catalog. This week's pick is inspired by JudasIscariot's GOG's Solar System GOG Mix. He did the hard work for us, so stick your feet up and let's observe the endless skies from a safe distance. If after all this you're still hungry for some space-themed entertainment, make sure to check out his selection for more great locations to experience.

There is no reason to rush into things, so the Lifeless Planet is our ideal first stop to make. It's the first planet of our particular solar system; it may be lifeless, but if you go you'll get to explore a town that used to be filled with space communists! This indie third-person experience of suspense and exploration is currently discounted for 50% off.

Thank the stars we're far, far away as we next observe the Infested Planet. There is a sign here: "Abandon all hope ye who lands on this planet. It's a wee bit infested with, well, aliens. Evil aliens. Aliens that are out to eat you!" Signed: JudasIscariot. That's as far as we're going right now, but if holding your ground against thousands of aliens in a top-down real-time tactical shooter is your idea of fun, you can buy a one way ticket to the Infested Planet with a 66% discount.

Lovely Planet is the ideal pit stop to make for a change of pace. Judas calls it a paradise planet. Good for those who managed to escape either the Lifeless Planet or the infested one. It has one moon, it's "the most authentic First Person Shooter experience, a game of jumping and shooting" and it is absolutely colourful. An extended stay here is now available with a 66% discount as well.

Finally we get to the Freedom Planet - a land of supersonic speedsters. That's no wonder, considering the planet's peculiar geography is full of twists, turns and enormous loop-de-loops. To survive here, you'll have to be fast - you'll have to fly through the air at high speed like a comet, bust through foes with a flurry of punches and summon motorcycles that let you ride up walls and ceilings. And that's just to pick up your groceries.

If you like what you've seen so far, head over to The Planetarium and seek out your ideal world. Discounts up to 66% off on great titles, including Sonic-inspired Freedom Planet and the touching Filmbuff documentary Journey to Planet X, will last for 72 hours, until Thursday, January 22, at 10:59AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_the_planetarium_190115

Weekly Staff Picks: The Final Frontier

Weekly Staff Picks: Final Frontier - Starpoint Gemini 2, SPAZ, Spacecom and more up to 80% off!

We love space. We love space wars and space exploration in all sorts of space places. We just brought you many great games from a galaxy far, far away - but that doesn't mean we should forget the many ones that remain. Weekly Staff Picks: The Final Frontier[www.gog.com] is our selection of a variety of deep-space gaming experience at up to 80% off!

Starpoint Gemini 2 will take you on a breathtaking journey across a dynamic, ever changing galaxy. The gameplay mixes a complex, but accessible RPG system with real-time 3D combat. Over fifty diverse factions - states, companies and outlaws - are locked in a power struggle over resources and territory, and the playground is yours to enjoy. This space-opera title is bound to become your newest cosmic addiction at a neat 50% discount.

Space Pirates and Zombies takes a more classic approach to dynamic open-world spacefaring. At first you will play a top-down shooter like the ones we knew and loved in years past, but beneath it all lies so much more - instead of flying a single ship, you will get to be in charge of an ever growing and evolving fleet, unlocking the rich tactical elements of SPAZ. In space no one can hear you go "BRAAAINZZZZ!", not even for 80% off.

Sometimes, you just want to dive straight into a no-frills tactical experience, where the only thing that lies between you and victory is the most foolproof strategy in the galaxy. Spacecom is that strategy, stripped down into the barest of bones: 3 units, 3 buildings - and an infinite number of possibilities can now be yours for -66%

Meridian: New World is a deep, full fledged RTS, entirely designed by a talented one-man team. Countless options to devise your own strategy, including varied equipment options for your units - go in for a massive head-on assault to weaken enemy forces, or take the covert approach and sabotage their production with a handful of elite units. The strategy you use and its consequences are entirely up to you. If you're in the mood for some strategic challenge in a brave new world, you can pick it up for 66% off.

Explore new strange worlds, seek out new life and new civilizations, and boldly game where no man has gamed before with Weekly Staff Picks: The Final Frontier[www.gog.com]. Get five stellar games at up to 80% off, including Space Run: Fast and Safe Delivery, for the next 72 hours, until Thursday, January 29, at 10:59AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_the_final_frontier_260115

Weekly Staff Picks: Paragons of Pixelhood
Weekly Staff Picks: Volgarr the Viking, FEZ, Super Time Force Ultra, Papers Please and Last Door, up to 80% off!

Pixels, the building blocks of virtual life, they are the foundation upon which worlds and adventures have been built. Pixels can be infinitesimal and countless, or they can be vivid and significant - they're here to be molded by our hands. Our Weekly Staff Pick: Paragons of Pixelhood[www.gog.com] is an ode to the most exemplary of pixels. We celebrate pixels that are proud to stand out and be seen, those that have managed to create something visually unique without losing their individuality, and experiences that rely on absolute pixel perfection to provide precise, quality gameplay. Sometimes less is more, and bigger is better.

Does pixel-perfect sound like your thing? Good. Volgarr the Viking is here to deliver. It's a 16bit-ish platformer that's completely brutal - and not just because of all the blood that gets everywhere. Volgarr is a throwback to the Sega Genesis and SNES era when death didn't mean failure - it was just an opportunity to learn. You'll be killed lots, and you're going to like it - you can't say no at a 75% discount.

2D platforming is cool. But you know what's cooler? It's 2D platforming in a 3D world, at 75% off. FEZ is just that - a blocky platformer that takes on a whole new dimension, allowing you to traverse a 2D universe from a completely new perspective. FEZ is the opposite of brutal, it's calm and serene. It's a game about soaking in the sights and sounds of the pixely world, you can take your time - slowly working and turning your way through every single elaborate puzzle that the game has to offer.

"Take your time" takes on a whole new meaning with Super Time Force Ultra. If the words "single-player co-op" aren't self-explanatory, it's because you haven't played anything like this game before. Rewind time and choose when to jump back into the action, teaming-up with your past selves. Not just any boring ol' selves either - you'll get to control up to 16 unique characters including a skateboard-riding dinosaur, a machine-gun toting dolphin, and even an anthropomorphic poop. That's quite the package for -50%.

Speaking of talking poop, Papers, Please is a game about a border checkpoint employee, and you're going to be the poop head. A rulebook full of regulations, an ever present paranoia, the sword of Damocles hangs low as you hold the future of a single mother of three in your tired grip. Her passport expired last week. Approved or Denied? The only thing that's certain in this world is the 50% discount.

All the pixely greatness, including Last Door: Collector's Edition at 80% off in this week's Staff Picks: Paragon of Pixelhood[www.gog.com]. The batch of exemplary pixel-art, and pixel-perfect gameplay will be on sale for 72 hours, until Thursday, February 5, at 10:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_paragons_of_pixelhood_020215

Up to 70% off Crimzon Clover, Raiden series, Raptor: Call of Shadows and more!

PEW. PEW PEW. PEW. BWOOM! PEW PEW. BWOOOOM!
Is that confetti? No, it's a sea of bullets! It's a sea of flashing death-balls, missiles, laser beams and god-knows-whats coming right at you from every possible direction. You're surrounded by your impending doom - it'd be morbid if it wasn't so spectacular. Weekly Staff Picks: SHMUPS[www.gog.com] is that time of the week when we assault you with up to 70% off on some of the deadliest spectacles around.

The top three Crimzon Clover: World Ignition reviews call it "The BEST indie shmup on the PC", "Best shmup on PC" and a "Fine shmup". Are you feeling it yet? Go look at those screenshots, come back, did you see a game underneath all the SHMUP? Probably not, but that's the point we're making here - there is no shame in flying blind.
For a look at what lies behind the SHMUP historically, check out Raiden III. It leaves the insanity of bullet hell for the new kids on the block, opting for a modern, smooth, and precise experience with a classic formula. A revival of the classic Raiden series, and a "Fine shmup" in its own right.

SHMUP 'em all up with up to 70% off on Raiden Legacy, Raptor: Call of Shadows, and Humans Must Answer in Weekly Staff Picks: SHMUPS[www.gog.com]. The promo will last until Thursday, February 12, at 10:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_shmups_090215

Weekly Staff Picks on Twitch[Twitch.tv]
Come down with us to the depths of bullet hell! MegaPiemanHD is taking on Raiden III in his Weekly Staff Picks Spotlight tonight! That's Monday, January 9, at 7:00 PM GMT / 2:00 PM EST / 11:00 AM PST on Twitch.tv/gogcom.

Up to -50% off Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition, Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, and Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition.

There is a very special place in our hearts for the unique scope and feel of Infinity Engine RPG classics. They're good and old, that's where our roots are after all, and we could barely contain our excitement over the remastered return of the greatest ones around. We think now's a good time to share that excitement with you all - Weekly Staff Picks: Infinity Remastered[www.gog.com] is an electrifying trio of the finest RPGs ever remastered, now on sale for a titillating up to 50% off!

Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition and Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition are grand and improved. Both games contain never-before-seen content: new combat-focused adventures, and a total of seven exclusive party members to join you on your journey. While both titles had a pretty rocky start, they've since become just about the ultimate Baldur's Gate experience you can find.

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition restores the classic RPG, giving it a new life with numerous tweaks, upgrades and - best of all - quest content cut from the original game, now finished and restored!

Infinity has never looked better. You can soak it all up with Weekly Staff Picks: Infinity Remastered[www.gog.com] at up to 50% off for the next 72 hours, until Thursday, February 26, at 4:59 AM GMT.

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Weekly Staff Picks: The DRODening

Up to 78% off the entire series on GOG.com!

This week on GOG.com we're highlighting the definitive cult puzzle series for our dedicated puzzle gamers. A bundle of six games at 78% off when you buy them all at once, or you can get each one individually at -60%. It's Weekly Staff Picks: The DRODening

DROD 1+2+3+ are a combined pack of the first three games released in the series: The City Beneath, Journey to Rooted Hold, and King Dugan's Dungeon. The three games include 25 sprawling levels with over 350 custom designed rooms to discover in total. If you're just looking to get started with the series, DROD 4: Gunthro and the Epic Blunder was designed to ease you into the world with a more forgiving level design, a smooth learning curve , and an integrated online hint system. You can then continue the story in Drod: The Second Sky, but good luck - there is a massive 500 puzzle rooms between you and victory. Finally, you can also try an RPG twist on the DROD universe with DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale, a game that combines all the familiar puzzling elements with upgrades, loot, and duels.

The DRODening is taking over GOG.com this week as we collectively scratch our heads over these brilliantly tough puzzlers. The promo will last for the next 72 hours, until Thursday, March 12, at 4:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_the_drodening_090315

Up to 70% off FPS classics: Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal Tournament 2004, SiN Gold, Aliens vs. Predator 2000 and more!

You get a free game! You get a free game! Everybody gets a free game!T

his week we're celebrating the canons of FPS gaming with our Weekly Staff Picks: Silver Bullets promo. And what better way to celebrate, than by giving you guys 30,000 copies of a modern shooter with all the classic charm you know and love? We're talking Rise of the Triad (2013)!

This week's Weekly Staff Picks: Silver Bullets highlight some of the biggest, baddest first person shooters ever made - at discounts up to 70% off. That's Duke Nukem 3D, Unreal Tournament 2004, Aliens vs. Predator 2000, SiN Gold and Shogo! If you miss the Rise of the Triad giveaway, no worries - it's going to be 80% off for the remainder of this entire bloody affair. This is as good a time to get in on the fun, as we anticipate a big, important, Rise of the Triad (2013) technical update! Soon, you'll be facing off against your Steam buddies on equal terms and equal footing.

Free stuff and shooting stuff - how could you not fall in love with PC gaming?

The Silver Bullets promo will last until Thursday, March 19, at 3:59 PM GMT.

Up to 75% off Weekly Staff Picks: NEO Scavenger, Tales of Maj'Eyal, Rogue Legacy and more!

I like roguelikes, you like roguelites, everybody likes roguelike-likes and the like - a vague yet curiously descriptive subset of a genre: Neverending death labyrinths, random everything, tough love and a big, fat middle finger. We just can't help but be into it, and we know you like it like that.

Tales of Maj'Eyal is like the granddaddy of roguelike gaming. Deep roots and a crazy-long history, it went from an open-source wonder - to a cult, underground hell! Just released, the 1.3.0 update includes new content, updated UI, and new mechanics - a.k.a. the big "that's awesome buy the game" patch. Check out the update thread for more info!

But you don't need dungeons to royally screw you over, you can just go outside: the world of NEO Scavenger is a cruel, cruel place to explore, and it's this year's Roguelike fan-favourite. The thing about roguelikes and the like, though, is that they've got to hate you with a passion of a thousand random suns - everything else is pretty much fair game. That's how we get roguelike platformers like Ascendant and Rogue Legacy. Or if you want to get even weirder: there is the roguelike "lunchbreak FPS" Tower of Guns - that's one hell of a combo that also just got updated with support for Linux and Mac OS X!

With discounts up to 75% off, check out our very own dungeon of a thousand painful deaths, er... our Weekly Staff Picks: Roguelikes and the like. It's FUN, we promise.

The discounts will last will last until Thursday, March 26, at 10:59 PM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_roguelikes_and_the_like_230315

Up to 75% off Hatoful Boyfriend, Long Live the Queen, Always Sometimes Monsters and more!

Weekly Staff Picks: Artificial Life is our selection of video-game takes on digital life and virtual lives. Because there's nothing quite like getting a do-over for high-school, as a princess no less! Get up to 75% off these four titles:

Hatoful Boyfriend is the avian dating-sim on the market today. You're the only human student in a school for talented birds in this unmistakably Japanese, delightfully quirky visual novel. Ah, to be young and in love (with a bird) again! But there is more to life than high-school drama - Long Live the Queen is a deceptively cute thriller of politics, hate, and violence. If you think the life of a princess is full of bliss, ballroom dancing and ponies you're in for a surprise. Most games are there to take us far away into fantastic and thrilling adventures, but perhaps the trappings of everyday life are the greatest quest of all? Always Sometimes Monsters is a title that tackles the very problems you, or anyone, can face every single day. Finally, there is Darwinia and Multiwinia, a visually simple but intriguing set of strategy games, in which the fate of an entire race of digital-life forms rests in your hands.

Put your own troubles on the backburner, welcome to your shiny, new Artificial Life. The promo will last until Thursday, April 2, at 9:59 AM GMT.

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Up to 75% off Bastion, Gabriel Knight, Torchlight and more.

You know how they say that half the taste is in the smell? Well, we think that half the game is in the sound. That's why this week on Weekly Staff Picks, we're featuring Supreme Sound - games that just wouldn't be the same on mute. That's six games from 50% to 75% off - listen up:

VVVVV and Super Hexagon are a chiptune thunderdome, the good kind - with thick, growling lows and piercing highs that put you in a breakneck trance. Go. Repeat. Go. Repeat! Latin music? Like a shot of adrenaline, Total Overdose redefines it. It's a mix of bass-heavy rock sounds, rhythmic Hip Hop, and fight music straight off the streets of Mexico City. Then there are Bastion's sounds and sights: Logan Cunningham's serene narration laid over electronic beats, folk strings, overdriven guitars, and far-east influences produce an energetic ambiance that just has to be heard. In this week's promo, you'll also hear Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers - 20th Anniversary Edition's completely re-recorded cult score, and Torchlight's eerie backdrop (by Diablo's Matt Uelmen) that call you ever deeper into the infinite dungeon.

Weekly Staff Picks: Supreme Sound is a selection of games that would never be complete without a talented team of sound-designers, and a nice pair of headphones. The promo will last until Thursday, April 9, at 9:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_supreme_sound_060415

Poyekhali! Austin High, FTL, Lifeless Planet and more up to -70%.

Happy (belated) International Cosmonautics day! It was 54 years ago that Yuri Gagarin took the Vostok 1 into earth's orbit - the first manned spaceflight. This week we're organizing our very own Yuri's Night celebration, with five brilliant titles orbiting around discounts as high as 70%.

Have you ever been fascinated by the loneliness of deep-space infinity? What it must have been like, cooped up all alone in a tiny space-pod? FTL is the huge, procedurally-generated, spaceship simulation roguelike-like that offers an unprecedented sense of vastness and no-return. Yuri Gagarin's trip went flawlessly, but can you imagine yourself crash-landed on a Lifeless Planet, exploring the nooks and crannies of a dead, but strangely familiar, world? The quest for space knowledge may have started with Yuri - but you can continue it as you study new and intriguing life-forms across the depths and surface of Waking Mars. Sometimes, you might just discover something you don't like. Sometimes it's time to dig your heels in and defend against an alien onslaught in the turn-based tactical Halfway, or carry out your own assault in Total Annihilation.

We can't all go into space, but we can try the next best thing - join us for this week's celebration of Yuri's Night, and live out five space fantasies up to 70% off, until Thursday, April 23, at 9:59 AM GMT.

Oh yeah, Austin High is 75% off today (until 4/21, 9:59 AM GMT), but we can't say why.

Up to 70% off Gods Will be Watching, Banished, and Miasmata.

Weekly Staff Picks go hard with the best kind of -ism: Survivalism 101, in which you'll learn to strive to survive against all possible odds. That's three death-gripping titles from 60-70% off!

Gods Will Be Watching is a survival thriller that forfeits overwhelming visuals for the sake of disturbing, retro-style 2D settings. Make the toughest calls and the necessary sacrifices to save your team. There is no good or evil. Just decisions. And a killer soundtrack bundled with the Special Edition.

Banished is a free-form village sim in a firmly realistic medieval setting. You will lead a small group of refugees, exiled from their home kingdom only with the clothes on their back and a small cart of supplies. Heed our warning: this is not a city-builder you may be expecting. This is a game of survival where death and despair come uninvited. 

Miasmata takes the survival genre into first person, and forgets to bring along the mercy. Hunger, thirst, illness, the plague, and terrifying feline-creatures are all out to get you. Do you prefer death by suffocation, or blood loss? We can never decide.

Learn from your mistakes, learn Survivalism 101 - this weeks three Weekly Staff Picks are all the study material you'll need. The 60-70% off promo will last until Thursday, May 7, 9:59 AM GMT.

Survivalism 101 at http://twitch.tv/gogcom:

Donis of the GOG.com crew is playing Gods Will Be Watching at his customary promo stream time - 8pm GMT / 4pm EDT / 1pm PDT. See him tackle the survival genre!

Weekly Staff Picks: The Witcher Franchise

Up to 85% off The Witcher, The Witcher 2, and The Witcher: Adventure Game. The very cheap price of neutrality.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is just a week away. Half of the GOG crew has already taken those few days off, and the other half simply forgot to. We're kind of excited, can you tell? It's only appropriate that this weeks Weekly Staff Picks are all about The Witcher Franchise at up to 85% off!

It's a good idea not just because the games are fun, but because this is just about the last chance to pick up the entire series cheap and score the 20% pre-order discount off your copy The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt! To start, we've got The Witcher and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, both at 85% off. Follow Geralt's story from the very beginnings, discover the indifferent universe and learn the true price of neutrality. Your save games and decisions can be carried across all three entries, so it's worth playing through the games at least once to make the final adventure truly yours. The Witcher: Adventure Game offers a new type of gameplay inspired by the board-game by the same name. Take your friends for a four-player multiplayer adventure that changes every time you play.

A dark and ruthless world awaits in The Witcher Franchise, up to 85% off in these Weekly Staff Picks. The promo will last until Saturday, May 16, 9:59 AM GMT.

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Up to 70% off Stronghold HD, Stronghold Crusader HD, Expeditions: Conquistador and more!

Ain't no one too cool for school. Ain't no one. Not even GOG.com. We still enjoy a brief History Lesson from time to time, especially the gaming kind. And that's what these Weekly Staff Picks are all about, because sometimes medieval settings are better with a splash of authenticity, not dragons and magic. Sometimes.

Feel the massive scale and intrigue of a medieval kingdom in Crusader Kings - engage in courtly intrigue and betrayal, bribe, manipulate, and assassinate your way into wealth and power. King Arthur’s Gold gives you the freedom to build up, or dig down, to fortify your position against a fury of troops, siege weapons, and vehicles. This week you can also get medieval on your foes. In HD! Stronghold HD and Stronghold Crusader HD are two memorable medieval RTS games simulating pre-firearm warfare, newly upgraded with High Definition graphics. With a major modding community and a unique opportunity to become a medieval warlord in charge of a small army (and your own piece of land) it's no wonder these two became timeless classics. The package comes with the HD re-releases as well as the originals! Set in the newly-discovered Americas, Expeditions: Conquistador gives you the opportunity to play through the discovery of a wondrous new land and people. Follow the intricately branching plot and choose to follow the path that history has laid out for you, or take things in a new direction and discover one of history's greatest What-if scenarios.

Our History Lesson is in session starting now! Pick up these amazing learning materials at up to 70% off in this week's Weekly Staff Picks. The promo will last until Thursday, May 21, 9:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_history_lesson_180515

Up to 75% off Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee, Abe's Exodus, and Stranger's Wrath.

Strange things are happening, we get a little unusual, a little... odd. Peculiar worlds, kookier characters, and all manner of Oddworld Inhabitants are knock, knock, knockin' on GOG's door. This week we highlight the original Oddworld Saga in a peculiar bundle at 75% off!

The unsettlingly beautiful visuals, the disturbingly odd universe, and the unforgivingly difficult gameplay were enough to leave a lasting impression on anyone who encountered Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee. It's a timeless story, unique and worth a try (or retry) regardless of whether you've experienced the remastered rerelease. The story of corporate cruelty continues in Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus - with a bigger, more complex and puzzle-focused challenge. Will you save your people, or save yourself?

In Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD you become Stranger, a gunslinging bounty hunter in a colorful Oddworld. Full of signature humor and art-style, the world around you is teeming with peculiar life forms, insane mechanisms, and mind-blowing landmarks. You're armed with a trusty double-barreled crossbow that shoots live ammunition (as in: small creatures), and you will stop at nothing to collect your prize.

Discover, or return to, Oddworld in Weekly Staff Picks: Oddworld Saga Bundle - it welcomes all with open arms and a very particular smile, until Thursday, May 28, 9:59 AM GMT.

http://www.gog.com/promo/weekly_staff_picks_oddworld_bundle_250515

40-75% off Toren, Long Live the Queen, The Marvelous Miss Take, and Anna's Quest.

All the single ladies, all the single ladies. If you liked it then you should have put a discount on it. If you liked it then you should have put a discount on it. So we did. We put a discount on it. Weekly Staff Picks: All the Single Ladies is a set of four fantastic titles featuring some of the strongest, most captivating female protagonists from 40-75% off.

Time flies in Toren, an experimental puzzle-adventure. Moonlight is the chosen child, the one destined to unlock the mysteries of a dangerous, ancient tower. She sets off on an adventure against all odds, but as she climbs the tower they both begin to change, and grow older... You'll accompany Moonlight on her greatest adventure, and stay by her side until the very end.

Long Live the Queen! May her life be easy, may she see nothing but peace! As if. A Queen's life can be complicated, particularly when she's fourteen. Long Live the Queen is an exceptionally challenging interactive novel in which you'll help guide the young princess to her rightful place on the throne. But peril awaits at every corner, and most of it leads to a gruesome death. Only the strongest, most intelligent will survive this courtly intrigue.

The Marvelous Miss Take will snatch your wits away, plus your wallet, and your valuable portraits. Quick wits and even quicker reflexes are a must in the title that turns stealth gameplay on its head. Wandering guards determine their paths on the fly, cameras keep constant watch over everything, and should you get caught - escape is your only option. But you can handle all that, easy peasy.Not all children's stories are for kids.

Anna's Quest is the troubled story of a psychic child locked in an evil witch's lair. She must be strong, courageous, and cunning to escape her prison and find a cure for her sickly grandfather. With great animation, voice acting and puzzle design (and a talking teddy bear), there's no reason not to dive into this unusual world.

Weekly Staff Picks: All the Single Ladies is a collection of four titles with four fantastic female protagonists up to 75% off. The promo will last until Thursday, October 15, 9:59 AM GMT.

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