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The mystery is no more, the previous teaser from GOG was for their Winter sale and you can get Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition free.

While Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition is a Windows game on GOG, it was ported to Linux a long time ago. You can find details here on how to install it. If that doesn't work you can always try Wine.

My choice picks:
- Crypt of the NecroDancer - 67% off
- Zombie Night Terror - 15% off
- Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition - 66% off
- Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition - 66% off
- Victor Vran - 75% off

Check out this link for all Linux games on sale.

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I was hoping for something more interesting with their teaser, since they only did a big sale a week or so ago. This feels too soon for another. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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rea987 Dec 1, 2016
I sent an e-mail to the author of GNU/Linux installer script for Neverwinter Nights. It looks like the Windows installer's version has been changed and number of files has been decreased. As I read the script, updating the script is not a big deal but out of my competence...
Ivancillo Dec 1, 2016
Liam Dawe Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: GuestThere is a countdown that currently says 19 hours… But 19 hours until what? Will the current rebates disappear and be replaced by others?
Pretty much yeah.
PublicNuisance Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestThere is a countdown that currently says 19 hours… But 19 hours until what? Will the current rebates disappear and be replaced by others?
Pretty much yeah.

Either that or simply more deals get added while keeping the old ones. GOG has adopted that method before although I can't be sure.
Pit Dec 1, 2016
That convert script is indeed outdated, and even if you manage to update it somehow - it's only for creating a .deb package, so I strongly assume you'd need a debian machine to successfully run that script on first hand.
So while I could not resist to get and download it, I doubt I will go through the pain of trying to get this working ....

I might get SOMA (still on my wishlist, but I need to verify I want it) and maybe 'We are the Dwarves' (which got not the best reviews, but at -75%....). Most of the (interesting) rest I do already own....
Kimyrielle Dec 1, 2016
Nice of them to give away NWN. It's an old game, but in some regards I still consider it the best game ever made. No other game ever came with such complete modding support. I lost count how many hours I spent in the game, really.

It was also one of the very, VERY few games to release -natively- for Linux back in the days and thus was absolutely groundbreaking for out platform. The "Bah, it's a Windows game!" naysayers here really have no clue what game they are bashing here.
Mountain Man Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: KimyrielleNice of them to give away NWN. It's an old game, but in some regards I still consider it the best game ever made. No other game ever came with such complete modding support. I lost count how many hours I spent in the game, really.

It was also one of the very, VERY few games to release -natively- for Linux back in the days and thus was absolutely groundbreaking for out platform. The "Bah, it's a Windows game!" naysayers here really have no clue what game they are bashing here.
I still have an ancient copy of this game squirreled away on my hard drive that I installed many, many years ago when I was still running Gentoo. I haven't started it up in quite some time, so I don't even know if it still works on my set-up, but you're absolutely right that it was one of the first commercially available games that supported Linux.

Also as a point of trivia, it was originally supposed to be just a toolkit, and all the content was to be 100% user created, but BioWare decided that it wouldn't sell without a pre-made campaign, so they slapped one together just before release. I always wanted to delve into making my own modules, but I just never took the time to learn.
psycho_driver Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionEven if it is free, I refuse to taint my library with any more games that do not support Linux out of the box.

As has been pointed out by several people, it has a linux native version that was done by Bioware. It wasn't done quite right. Basically I think they were guilted into providing the port because they had promised one all the way up to release. However, kind of like we see sometimes these days, release day came and went without the linux version. Bioware wouldn't say anything about the status of a linux port or if it was still happening. This may have been the only game I preordered in my entire life, and it was based on the promise of linux support.

I threw a colossal hissy fit on their forums and basically ranted and raved until another user on there offered to buy my copy for full price (which I happily accepted). I guess I should give them credit for not locking my threads and banning my account.

I believe the port was finally released 6-9 months later. It wasn't a very smooth installation process (I think linux users were expected to copy the files from a windows install?) and when patches came they were usually late for linux and, again, were not the easiest things to install. I believe the installer that is out there now was done by third party community people. I was so spiteful toward Bioware that I didn't end up getting the game until 4 or 5 years ago and I have yet to actually play through it.
Leopard Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: bgh251f2There's a Linux installer for Neverwinter Nights https://www.gog.com/forum/neverwinter_nights_series/enfrlinux_install_neverwinter_nights_on_debianubuntumintetc/post1

It's native and done a long time ago.

It's outdated.Because current GOG version has one .bin file,not two.
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionEven if it is free, I refuse to taint my library with any more games that do not support Linux out of the box.

My thoughts are similar.. Checked at http://wiki.dotslashplay.it/en/games/neverwinter-nights and it looks pretty straightforward, yet i can't be bothered with that kind business much no longer. This game works right on and 100% through Wine and am enjoying it!
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