merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

......and epic is down

I was able to get in and grab the freebie just now, but then it started crashing over and over and switching the language around.

civ6 is free on epic

https://itch.io/b/520/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality
750 games, $5. All money to BLM.

A few other bundles that popped up before this:
https://itch.io/s/30788/black-lives-matter-minnesota-freedom-fund-support
https://itch.io/s/30899/black-lives-matter-donation-fund

There's a bunch of others including tabletop RPG PDFs and whatnot:

We want to take moment to highlight some other AWESOME game bundles for charity that are happening right now on itch!

Do you like SPOOKY? Check out this bundle!
👉 https://t.co/WypfsJxgB6 pic.twitter.com/FySz23cK20

— StarCrossed 🖤🤎❤️🧡💛💚💙💜 (@PlayStarCrossed) June 3, 2020

FYI, the more "prominent" games in the big bundle:
Night in the Woods, A Short Hike, Quadrilateral Cowboy.

In case Super Bernie Bros wasn't enough for ya!
Should be enough play to drive you insane before we get a Covid-19 vaccine.

Ah ok - I saw the site owner posted a "best of" list:
https://itch.io/c/891735/bundle-for-racial-justice-and-equality-selections

Hey, Tonight We Riot's in there

The site is down for a server upgrade due to demand. Over $250k raised already.

Well I guess I'm set for the next decade.

they've raised over a million now.

Wow that's a great bundle

Bundles been updated with a couple of hundred more titles. The list seems to be reordered as well. A lot of the bigger titles are on the first couple of pages now.

I've yet to download anything from it, but I did start playing, and do recommend, the in-browser demo of the puzzle game Cardinal Chains.
https://danijmn.itch.io/cardinalchains

Some of the items are rpg gamebooks or game resources. A few of the games seem to be free on itch.io already.

what a swizz

2064 Read Only Memories has been added. I've had this on my Steam wishlist for bloody years lol, I can finally try it.

(I believe it's pretty good)

When I checked through the isthereanydeal wishlist sync, I think I had like eight indie games that were Steam wishlisted and happened to be in the bundle. Not a small feat considering how many I already do own from bundling.

As mentioned in the itch thread:
https://www.humblebundle.com/fight-for-racial-justice-bundle

Fantastic bundle, though $30 mininum and of course I own over half of it. Still, 100% to charity

https://www.engadget.com/gog-the-witcher-3-free-giveaway-console-pc-134103304.html

If there was also some way to sync my save file this would definitely mean me jumping from PS4 to PC (via GeForce Now, which I’m using loads at the moment).

(Huh, apparently that IS possible for Switch <> PC, surprisingly...but switch version owners are locked out of the free-pc copy offer. And cross save from PS4 is a no. Meanwhile GeForce Now supports The Witcher 3...but not the GoG version, which is the one this offer gives you. Foiled all round!)

Epic Store free games this week include Football Manager 2020 and Watch Dogs 2

This month's Humble Choice is the first great one in a while, so I get to unpause. Indivisible, Children of Morta, One Step From Eden, Shining Resonance Refrain and more.

Yogscast Jingle Jam changed sites from Humble this year, but as usual it doesn't look super great.

yeah was looking at that yogscast one, it's a bit rub

If you are even remotely interested in Western CRPGs, these two should be in your library and next week you'll be able to get them for free:

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2020/12/04/pillars-of-eternity-and-tyranny-are-free-on-the-epic-games-store-next-week/

humble choice: Most months have 1 or 2 "big" major label titles that I have no interest in. I like that this month doesn't do that.

yogscast: everything decent in it has been in cheap bundles before.

fuck me backwards, those Epic Games lads are crazy

Nabbed Pillars of Eternity and Tyranny for free on the Epic Games store even though I already own them on Steam.

thanks for reminding me!
also noticed this on the site
"Also starting December 17, we’ll be giving away a new game each day for two weeks straight - that’s right, it’s 15 Days of Free Games! Each game will be free to claim for just 24 hours, but they’re yours to keep forever."
sheesh why buy anything ever again

fuck me backwards, those Epic Games lads are crazy

― Uptown Top Scamping (Noodle Vague), Saturday, December 5, 2020 7:17 AM

the epic freebie period has started btw, cities skylines today if you're into that sort of thing

i didn't know about their endless $10 coupon thing last time around... got dead cells and outer wilds for $5 each

desperate to get people off of steam i guess

free money + free games def the way to do it

Liking the GOG launcher that can bring all your other launcher games together in one list. Imported everything last night, seems to work well.

possibly the full schedule

This got sent to me a few hours ago, I wasn't sure if it's real or not.

But now, as New 'n' Tasty leaked to come out today, this list is most likely true. Still take it as a grain of salt. I'll give you more info where it's from. pic.twitter.com/0vTNgMec3n

— jovanmunja (@jovanmunja) December 18, 2020

generally disappointing but tbh i've never played any of the free games

Looks like the list is right. I looked up all these games cuz I don't have a clue. An alarming amount of them are survival/loneliness sims. Interested to try "Night in the Woods"... which looks busier than the title suggests.

alien isolation is free on epic today

Night in the Woods was also in the big itch.io bundle for racial justice, if you bought that.

I'm a huge first Alien movie nerd but even I thought Alien Isolation was a bit pants - should be called Android Isolation amirite?

I never played it but I've heard some people say positive things about it. It certainly has a great look.

steam sale even lamer than usual, most stuff in my wishlist is 10-30% off and they're not even doing the $5 token thing any more. bah humbug.

odd there's nothing to compete with Epic's endless $10 coupons? They both must've had a great year

Brigador free on GOG til tomorrow sometime, looks like a hoot

A solid bundle

https://www.humblebundle.com/humble-heal-covid-19-bundle

Definitely solid, but I already own 22/27 of the titles from older bundles

NBA 2K21 is free on Epic at the moment.

they're doing the $10 never ending coupon thing again too... can get hades and outer wilds for $10, death stranding for $14, disco elysium and outer wilds for $20, RDR2 for $30

I'm going to pull the trigger on actually buying something from the Epic Store... eventually... because of those coupons

Just bought the complete Ultima games set from GOG cos they were cheap as.

Is Ultima 4 the best starting point? I played bits of these games but never got very far.