http://www.gog.com/promo/fallout_series_giveaway_winter_promo_2013

http://www.gog.com/news/free_games_fallout_fallout_2_and_fallout_tactics

Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics all for free. Don't miss out!

EDIT: They will apparently be gone from GOG after this, so extra don't miss out. http://www.pcgamesn.com/indie/gog-winter-promo-sees-fallout-1-2-and-tactics-doled-out-free-they-vanish-sale

Wow. Thanks for the heads up!

Seems like a dick move by Interplay. It seems like they're essentially giving the games away for free so that when Bethesda take over the rights in January it'll limit their sales. If everyone already owns the game because it was free, no one will buy it.

It's awesome for us as consumers, but there are definitely some weird internal politics behind this move.

@mattyftm: It is and its fascinating to watch these passive aggressive swipes at each other.

Man, GOG has some shitty servers. Tried to log in for half an hour with no success.

@mattyftm: It is not. They did it before to promote their sale. It is totally normal to do that. This time i is fallout to also promote Wasteland 2 which is from the makers of Fallout and very near these games.

I already own Fallout Tactics and Fallout 1 and 2 didn't aged very well for me. So no thank you, GOG.

Wooooooo

I can believe that. Their press release seems to imply that that this promo exists because they are gonna have to pull it from the store after the rights have changed hands. Not to mention the whole drama about Interplay's Fallout MMO.

Please note that all three classic Fallout titles are pending right holder change. Sadly, to the best of our knowledge, we'll be forced to remove Fallout, Fallout 2, and Fallout Tactics from our offer. That doesn't mean, however, that you won't be able to download them if they are already a part of collection by then. Secure your copies today (or anytime before Saturday, December 14, at 1:59PM GMT)!

Well I already have all of these 3 games on GoG. Over the years probably owned like 5 different copies of each.

They are defiantly something everyone should experience. So imo this is a great thing.

500 Internal Server Error, ho!

Said it added it to my collection but even that won't load. Don't know if I got it but hopefully the website will work within the next 2 days.

After 15 minutes of refreshing, logging in and out, i have finally got FO2 and FOT! (Got FO1 in a previous giveaway)

They've given away Fallout 1 before, but never all three. And Wasteland 2 is by InXile, not Interplay. There is a historic connection between Interplay and InXile in that Brian Fargo created the original Wasteland at Interplay, then the made the Fallout games as spiritual successors to them (because Interplay did not hold the rights to Wasteland, EA did since they published the game). But Brian Fargo left Interplay to form InXile, and later acquired the rights to the Wasteland franchise. There is not any link between the current Interplay and InXile.

This is clearly being done to spite Bethesda.

They've already given away fallout 1 like three times for free now. However, it's cool to get fallout 2 and tactics.

If it's done to spite Bethesda, it's a really crappy way to do so. I mean, giving away the games for free is a GREAT way to get people who wouldn't be interested to maybe try out the old games. And if they like them, they might want to play the most recent ones and be more interested in what Bethesda has to announce. I'm not saying it's all good and it's the right way to go, I'm sure they are making Bethesda lose a little bit of money, but if the company is relying on 15 year old games to make profit, they're in the wrooooong business.

Never underestimate the draw of 'free'.

Does that mean the Fallout games won't be in my catalog on gog after this?

Nope, you can still download them but you won't be able to buy them, at least until Bethesda starts negotiating with GOG.

This is a hilariously dick move by Interplay, but given that these 3 games have kept that zombie husk of a company alive for more than a decade it serves them right.

@mattyftm: Still less of a dick move than how Bethesda has treated Interplay and the franchise up to now.

A-ha! Now's my chance!

Having a hard time accessing the site.
Anyone know if it'll still be available for download after the delisting, if you manage to grab it?

I have them all on Steam, but what the hell. I'm totally fine with redundancy.

I think so, once it's in your inventory.

Been like an hour and i still haven't been able to log in.

I just got through after a few tries.

Thanks for the heads up. Downloading now.

I'm hoping the traffic goes down before the sale is over, I can't even login...

The site seems to work for me now, albeit slowly. Also added a trailer to the first post.

Question: does GOG let you gift free games? Because I have some stupid ideas.

So GOG is figuratively saying screw the man aka Bethesda?

No, GoG is getting a good deal for it's customers. Interplay is saying screw Bethesda.

Hey, now I own four versions of both of those games and two of Tactics. This is okay.

Yup. Go forth and do whatever nightmare you wish.

When I just aquired them (GOG seems to be a bit smoother now than it was a few hours ago) there was a gift button in my cart... I didn't test it to see if it worked though...

Lot's of conspiracy theories on the internets these days.

@forcen: Thanks for posting this.

@forcen: Thanks for the heads up! Gotta love GoG :)

Arg, still can't log in! I'm pretty sure I actually bought these on GOG a long time ago, but I have to make sure.

Side note: I'm sure many of the people getting these games for free won't actually play them, but it's still great to see excitement over this series again, and even better for an amazing site/business like GOG to get some good press.

Might as well just pick up the gog versions from Pirate Bay if you can't log on.

I already have those games and didn't have much problems downloading them. Keep trying, guys.

Both are excellent games, don't miss out!

I tried it, and it told me that they were no longer allowing the gifting of free games

If they are DRM free, do you really have to gift them?

@geraltitude: Yeah, I dunno why you'd wanna gift it.

Thing is, 'cause I already owned Fallout 2 on my gog account, it defaulted it to gifting the entire package, and so I had to go back and take Fallout 2 out of my cart. It was a hassle, 'cause the site was experiencing quite a bit of traffic, and I kept receiving errors

Already own... awesome games all the same. Go get them guys.

Man I love GOG. I've gotten so much free shit from them.

Hey. Why not.

Well, I'm not sure it's really all that realistic to expect Fallout 1/2/Tactics to be sold again on GOG. Bethesda hasn't gone over there despite the place working well. Hopefully enough people get this that it'll be easy to find from other sources once it's pulled.

Sad as all hell is the day when piracy becomes the only way to get games, but at least we can be sure Fallout's not going to vanish any time soon.