GoG - 6 million downloads celebration event

[MusicallyInspired]

Wow. There's right now a counter on Good Old Games counting up to 6 million unique downloads. Incredibly awesome things will happen once it reaches that point. More information:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/help_us_achi ... a992b2786a

2011 has been a fantastic year for GOG.com, let's make it even better and make the last push to achieve the 6 million unique downloaded games milestone.

During our presentation at the CD Projekt Fall 2011 Conference we've shared some numbers that show how successful this year was for GOG.com, all that was possible thanks to you - our great community. One of the big milestones we'd like to celebrate with you is the 6 million unique downloaded games! Help us achieve this number and we'll launch a time-limited special offer for all GOG.com users!

Note that when we say "unique games downloaded," that means redownloading games that you have already downloaded before won't increment the counter.

When the counter on the main page of the website hits 6 million, two exciting things will hapen. First off, the lucky user who downloaded our 6 millionth unique game will receive everything that's currently in the catalog, abslutely free! Secondly, everyone who has an account on GOG.com will be able to download Broken Sword: Shadow of The Templars Director’s Cut for free, thanks to Sir Charles Cecil and Revolution Software. The offer will be valid only for 48 hours starting from hitting the milestone, so be sure to check GOG regularly or follow us on Twitter and Facebook. Let's get cracking to unlock this achievement as soon as possible - it's all in your hands now!

Further clarification:

Ok, we managed to clear all confusions. So if you already bought the game, but haven't downloaded it yet, and start downloading it now this counts towards the 6m unique game downloads. So till you start downloading this game it won't count. Hope that clarifies everything. Extras don't count and multiple game files are counted as one unique game download.

Also right now the counter is supposed to be going in realtime but the mass of data overloaded it so it's only doing it incrementally every four seconds right now.

[MusicallyInspired]

6 million downloads have passed. Unfortunately I missed the chance to be the 6 millionth download as I slept through it. But Broken Sword the Director's Cut is now for free for the next couple of days! Grab it now! The original also comes with it along with some HD wallpaper, avatars, the soundtrack, and manuals.

[Tawmis]

Got BROKEN SWORD free, along with a few other free games on Gog.com from your link.

Doesn't look to be my kind of game, but when it's free, I am more than willing to give it a swing.

[dotkel50]

Does anyone know why they changed the name from Circle of Blood to Broken Sword?

[Tawmis]

Does anyone know why they changed the name from Circle of Blood to Broken Sword?

More family friendly? Easier for a kid to say, "Mom, can I get Broken Sword!" Rather than, "Mom can I get Circle of Blood?"

Honestly, I don't know.

[MusicallyInspired]

AFAIK, Circle of Blood was the NA title. It was a region thing not a name change. Broken Sword was always the original name.

[DeadPoolX]

Maia and I already have this on our joint Steam account (we use it mainly for Adventure games), but since it's free on GOG, I might as well grab an extra copy.

[Maxor127]

So once GOG processes my free game and it's in my account, is it there permanently so I can download it whenever I want?

[Tawmis]

So once GOG processes my free game and it's in my account, is it there permanently so I can download it whenever I want?

I believe so because it's considered "purchased." You will even get an email (for example) with Broken Sword, saying you purchased it for $0.00. Only games that have the green "FREE" across the upper corner, you will not get an invoice for.

But I am new there, so I could be wrong. (And I usually am. So bank on it NOT being true, just because I think it IS true...)

[MusicallyInspired]

Yeah, that seems to be the case. It did the same for me. GoG doesn't make any funny business. The game is yours forever.