Good Old Games Becomes GOG.com, Legend of Grimrock Release Date and Pre-orders

As we learned in GameSpot’s interview, CD Projekt has rebranded their Good Old Games digital download service as simply GOG.com in order to usher in a new era of modern DRM-free video games. Among them are Almost Human’s sweet-looking dungeon crawler Legend of Grimrock (with a 20% pre-order discount and a release date of April 11th!) and Frozenbyte’s puzzle/RPG-lite platformer Trine, with more titles promised in the coming days. Two weeks to go before we get to indulge in some old-school, Dungeon Master- and Eye of the Beholder-inspired entertainment:

Legend of Grimrock is a dungeon crawling role playing game with an oldschool heart but a modern execution. A group of prisoners are sentenced to certain death by exiling them to the secluded Mount Grimrock for vile crimes they may or may not have committed. Unbeknownst to their captivators, the mountain is riddled with ancient tunnels, dungeons and tombs built by crumbled civilizations long perished now. If they ever wish to see daylight again and reclaim their freedom the ragtag group of prisoners must form a team and descend through the mountain, level by level.

The game brings back the oldschool challenge with highly tactical real-time combat and grid-based movement, devious hidden switches and secrets as well as deadly traps and horrible monsters. Legend of Grimrock puts an emphasis on puzzles and exploration and the wits and perception of the player are more important tools than even the sharpest of swords could be. And if you are a hardened dungeon crawling veteran and you crave an extra challenge, you can arm yourself with a stack of grid paper and turn on the Oldschool Mode which disables the luxury of the automap! Are you ready to venture forth and unravel the mysteries of Mount Grimrock?