Those Who Pre-Order Dungeon Siege III on Steam Get the Other Siege Games Free

The June 2011 launch for Dungeon Siege III is fast approaching and one of the first pre-order deals involving the dungeon-crawler has been made public. On Steam, with a full pre-purchase of the third game, you’ll receive the first two Dungeon Sieges free of charge. It's worth noting that these two games are only available on Steam as part of this reserve deal, so ponying up the dough for DS III is the only way at the moment that you can grab DS and DS II on Steam.

In the press release announcing the above information, publisher Square Enix was quick to say that DS III will launch with traditional Steamworks suite support, so expect the usual perks like cloud saving, achievements, auto-updates, and DLC hooks to be written into the software. 
  

Cool

Cool

Free is good

Hot damn

Nice.. It's a good way to get into the games. May have to check this out

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I'm pretty sure that DS and DSII had multiplayer, which is not included with the pre-order...then it is some loss. 

Cool......sure are a lot of cools.

This isn't news.

Free good games are better than free mediocre games.

So how were the first two games?  I'm asking because I know practically nothing about the franchise.

I played the snot out of DS1, it's an amazing notDiablo 2  game, a great dungeon-and-wilderness romp solo or with friends, and I am looking forward to this like crazy.

Even though my way of doing DS1 was to use the same attack over and over to make it the strongest thing ever, fun challenge and handicap as dull as it may sound. May DS III rock our socks.

I was really disappointed when the second word  in the title wasnt "Keeper"

Both DS and DS II had multi-player that these steam releases do support for some reason . If  i remember correctly you were able to enter a friends IP directly without having to go through a central server so I don't know why they haven't included multi-player here.

" Both DS and DS II had multi-player that these steam releases do support for some reason . If  i remember correctly you were able to enter a friends IP directly without having to go through a central server so I don't know why they haven't included multi-player here. "

I was gonna get up in arms, get my panties in a bunch over the lack of co-op, but then I remembered I always played single-player anyways. Not so sure about DS3, but might be worth getting 3 games for 60 bucks. 

It's total bullshit that DS1 and 2 are on steam and the only way you can get them is to pre-purchase DS3. They're just capitalizing on the fact that DS2 is so hard to find and so expensive right now just so they can sell DS3.

Are these free games optimized to run on current gen system similar to how GoG.com provides it's content?  If it isn't I hope Steam pre orderees have their decade old systems kickin around the attic.

" It's total bullshit that DS1 and 2 are on steam and the only way you can get them is to pre-purchase DS3. They're just capitalizing on the fact that DS2 is so hard to find and so expensive right now just so they can sell DS3. "

2011 is the year of the great under-hyped games, I'm buying more this year than ever!

I almost took the bait but then for some reason I bought Divinity 2 and you know what? It's actually fun as shit.

DS2 is hard to find? I didn't know that.

I wish they would sell DS1 for like $10.  I own the CDs, such an awesome game, but I would buy it again to get it on my Steam account on the cheap.

I remember buying DS1&2 at some Steam sale for  around $5 anyway.

" I remember buying DS1&2 at some Steam sale for  around $5 anyway. "

Sorry Obsidian, I do like your games but I'm not going to pay release day prices for games which won't be patched into a reasonably playable condition until a month or more after the fact. Besides, buying your games at discount prices a few months after release makes all of the flaws and game-breaking bugs less annoying even if they don't get fixed.  

sounds very ledge it

Wait so they are punishing you for pre-ordering?

What a bunch of jerks!

I admit to really liking Dungeon Siege II. Some of those fights got pretty epic near the end.

Dungeon Siege - these are the games, that play themselves - right?

Great deal for those, who want/like this series. Valve/Steam needs to establish this idea for ALL future sales. Buy one new - get all old ones for free! :)

I like how this deal is happening on steam.  They have been doing that with a fair bit of games.  Pre order portal 2 and get a free copy of portal, already have portal? you can then gift it to a friend it is a nice situation in addition to the usual 5 dollar discount for pre ordering.  A few other games have done that recently too.  Pre order Red Faction Armageddon and get a free copy of Guerrilla.  

That's a pretty sweet deal. Hmm....

I hate pre-ordering games through Steam because they take your money immediately, not once the game is unlocked.  If you change your mind and want to cancel a pre-order, you have to get in contact with Steam support and hope they'll issue you a refund.  I bet by giving you Dungeon Siege 1 & 2, Steam has grounds to refuse your refund.  That's freaking shady for a game that doesn't come out until late June.

Cool .. no wait. Would get this straight away if I had PC that could run DS3

DS3 belongs in a pool of garbage next to pile of unopened "In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale" DVDs. Also, there's a dead animal turning into a mutant as a direct result from the radioactive waste of time that is the Dungeon Siege IP.    

BTW guys they are only the single player versions of each, you cant play online with either.

I haven't played either game but I'd say this is a pretty good deal. I love it when developers/publishers do stuff like this.

" @rebgav: In fairness, Obsidian are really great developers, it always seems to be the publishers forcing them to release games before they're finished that have caused problems."

Interesting, but from I read from the above comments, seems like DS3 is more than enough to keep you occupied since it sounds like it's an online dungeon crawler.  Don't really see the point in playing an extinct online game.

Will there be pointy hats?