Looking for something to do during the holidays? EA and Crytek are teaming up to give the gift of gaming – in the form of 10 free days of Crysis Wars, the new multiplayer suite for Crytek’s critically-acclaimed Crysis franchise and part of this fall’s Crysis Warhead. Crysis Wars will be free to play from December 19th through December 28th, and will include the Holiday Map Pack Crytek is releasing this week for existing Crysis Wars players.
Starting today, gamers can take advantage of this great offer by registering online at www.mycrysis.com and by downloading Crysis Wars. After registration, players will receive a unique key generated on the site that will be saved to their profile, allowing them to play on all online multiplayer servers from Friday, December 19th at 11:00 AM PT to December 28th at 11:59 PM PT.
GOG.com offers Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of Tempress.
Both are point-and-click adventure games by Revolution Software. Beneath a Steel Sky places you in the shoes of Robert Foster, the sole survivor of a plane crash in cyberpunk Australia’s Outback. Raised in the wasteland, you were forcibly “reintegrated” into the city. Now your plan is to get out. Lure of the Temptress is set in a fantasy world, where you become a peasant named Diermot. After an attempt to bring order to a rebellious town goes wrong, you’re flung from your mount and wake up in a dungeon. It is your duty to escape and rid the town of its evil enchantress and her minions.
To download you must register with gog.com
This games are freeware by many years, the gog versions add the full support for windows xp-vista without the need to use DosBox or ScummVM. Beneath a Steel Sky comes with some goodies like wallpapers and a comic book.
Mightier is a combination puzzle and action game. You play as The Engineer and The Actionaut to solve puzzles and collect items.
Championship Manager: Season 01/02 is the 10th Anniversary edition of the award winning and record breaking Championship Manager series.
Conquest is a stunning simultaneous turn-based online multiplayer strategy game placed in a dark and distant future.
Play the role of a futuristic Commander. Divide your armies and conquer the world. Position Satellites to reveal your opponents. Launch Missiles to annihilate big armies, but watch out for incoming Drop Pods behind your back.
Standing in your path to victory are other Commanders like yourself. Fight them off one by one and prove you’re the greatest of the great.
The combination of everlasting 2D graphics, slick interface, strategic depth and fast-paced turns equals to long, restless nights of battles for cities.
Drag and drop your way to victory. Divide and conquer!
“Dogs of the Seas” is a browser based Massive Multiplayer game.
You start your adventure as an unknown pirate in the heart of the Caribbean. Battle and
Trade your way to affluence and standing. Your armed battle ships that sail through the Caribbean shall make you famous and dreaded pirate! Find valuable treasures, or hunt for other dreaded pirates. Take missions from the local agents, and qualify for adventurous smuggler jobs, pursue other smugglers or take part in regular events. Handle and trade with rare goods or produce valuable and powerful ships or cannons. Wild computer pirates and peaceful dealers populate the Caribbean waters along with thousands of fellow pirates. Sink your opponents and plunder their vessels in real-time battles player vs player (PvP) or against the computer generated factions. Trade with alliances or friends on the high seas for valuable possessions. Create an alliance or join another to participate in the political turmoil of the Caribbean.
Create your own pirate cove with more than 14 kinds of production buildings and develop it through two stages of technology. Build your own fleet from 22 different ship classes and sail between the ports of the 36 major cities, spread across six regions with more than 200 sectors. Trade and fight for more than 400 different products and items. Experience this free online game with fantastic game-play, in-game chat, opulent graphics and a large community.
So take up your sabre and set course towards the Caribbean!