Abandonware DOS retro gaming spotlight

2023 GOG Winter sale

Good Old Games is hosting the usual Winter sale (right before Steam does...). Head there to get some giveaways and buy some good old games too. Some of my favorites are already on sale, but I have to admit that I succumbed to the charm of Cyberpunk 2077 right away... not ...

GOG Black Friday sale 2023

Good Old Games is hosting a Black Friday sale. It's call Black Friday, but it lasts a whole week! And there are giveaways too. Some of the bestsellers are Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Empire Earth, The Elder Scrolls Morrowind GOTY, etc.

GOG Summer Sale 2023

Summer is almost here. On GOG this means that a lot of Good Old Games are on sale. The games on sale range from classics to new titles: Skyrim, Diablo, Contra, Crusader Kings 2, System Shock, Wasteland, Dragon Age: Origins, and more.

GOG Staff Picks

The staff of GOG (Good Old Games) picked some of their favourite games and put them on sale. To name a few of the old but good ones: Baldur's Gate Enhanced Edition, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Planescape Torment. These games instead were published more recently: Legend of ...

GOG Spring sale 2023

Birds are chirping, the days are getting warmer, games are on sale: spring is coming! And it's coming both in digital form on GOG and, well, in real life. I'm tempted by Heroes of Might and Magic 3 (-75%), Cyberpunk 2077 (-50%) and The Witcher 3 (-70%). Also: nature-inspired games.

The Roll with it RPG sale on GOG

It's time for the Roll with it sale. An awkward name for a RPG sale on GOG. Whether you're into retro old school RPGs or modern titles, it's a good way to get some of the best RPGs and save some money.

Ho, ho, it's time for the GOG Winter sale

It's winter and it's time for winter sales. GOG has more than 4000 games discounted as high as -90%, giveaways and much more. It's a long winter sale, actually: it will last for another 21 days.

GOG Black Friday sale

Good Old Games is hosting a Black Friday sale. It's call Black Friday, but it lasts a whole week! And there's bundles! Strategy bundle, RPG bundle, kinky bundle (...) build your own bundle (Team17, Microids, etc.). I think I'm going to buy one of the old Heroes of Might and Magic ...

1994 in retro gaming: The Elder Scrolls: Arena

The Elder Scrolls: Arena is the first chapter in the popular fantasy RPG series "The Elder Scrolls" developed by Bethesda Softworks. Like the other games in the series, Arena takes place in the continent of Tamriel and allows the player to roam freely in an open world scenario.The Elder ...

GOG Dungeon and Dragons sale

Good Old Games is hosting an interesting sale: the Dungeon & Dragons sale. Games based on the most popular pen & paper RPG ever designed are discounted, up to -75%. And there's a giveaway too: get Eye of the Beholder I, II and III for free, for a limited time!...

GOG Spring Sale Classics

It's spring time and everyone in the world is waiting for this COVID-19 hell to fade and become a thing of the past (me included, sheltered in my home in northern Italy).For all of us trying to come up with new ways to fill this free time, Good Old ...

Free Games Utopia has been updated

It's been a while since I created and nurtured my other project: Free Games Utopia. What is it? As the name suggests, Free Game Utopia is all about free games: free-to-play, fully free and liberated games.After a couple of years, Free Games Utopia changed, but the purpose of ...

It's GOG.com birthday!

GOG is 10 years old and is giving away Shadow Warrior 2. If you're interested in such things, there's also an history of GOG page. If you're looking for games on discount, there are a few "10 anniversary collections": Shadow Tactics, Theme Hospital, Homeworld Remastered, System Shock 2, Dungeon Keeper 2, Kingdom Come Deliverance, etc.

GOG Chinese new year: King of Fighters 2002 is free

Happy new chinese year! Lots of games on GOG are on sale at low prices. Also, if you're quick enough know that GOG is giving away The King of Fighters 2002 for free: the offer is ending soon!

Black Friday on GOG

Black Friday is coming and lots of games on GOG are on sale at very low prices: The Witcher, X-Com, Anvil of Dawn, The Settlers 2, Theme Hospital, Titan Quest, Heroes of Might and Magic, Wing Commander, Ultima, Tomb Raider and many more. Also: MDK is free, go and get it.

Free Games Utopia: a new site

In the last months I worked on a side project very similar to Abandonware DOS in concept, but with different content (don't worry, I'm not neglecting anything, I'm still working on Abandonware DOS on a regular basis).The new website is finally online and it's called Free Games Utopia.As ...