Wasteland 2 Post-funding Update #21: Free Copy of The Bard’s Tale

The latest post-funding update for inXile’s Wasteland 2 doesn’t bring us a lot of information, though they note the crowdsourcing experiment is going well and show some examples, but it’s mostly there to give all backers a gift for the holidays: a free copy of inXile’s first game, the Bard’s Tale, with which also comes the original trilogy.

The holidays are a time of friends, family, and eating yourself into a food coma. It is also a time where friends and family give thoughtful gifts to those that they love. We here at inXile are feeling the holiday spirit, and we can’t think of anyone we love more than the 63,000 of you that backed Wasteland 2. So that settles it; inXile wants to give all of our backers a great gift this holiday season. Since we are all out of fruitcake and snickerdoodles, we decided the best gift we could give you all was a FREE copy of The Bard’s Tale. You read that right; all of you backers who log into the Ranger Center web portal between now and the end of the year will be able to get a code that will let you download your very own copy of The Bard’s Tale from our friends at Steam. (What is The Bard’s Tale?) you ask. Good question. Let me tell you. The Bard’s Tale was inXile’s first game (published 2004), and it is a reimagining of the original Bard’s Tale series created by Brian Fargo and Interplay in the mid 1980s. Our remake is a much lighter action RPG than the original, and it is considered by many to be one of the funniest games ever made. The Bard, who is voiced by The Princess Bride’s Cary Elwes, is a sarcastic, reluctant hero who has little interest in saving the world unless there is enough profit in it. We try to turn all the classic RPG clichés upside down in this hilarious tribute to the genre we all love. But don’t just listen to me; here is what some of the critics think: (The Bard’s Tale is easily the funniest game I’ve ever played, and I’ve played all the funny games out there.) IGN (The Bard’s Tale earns a full five GiN Gems for their treasure chest, a score that even the sarcastic Bard should not have a problem with.) 5/5 Stars and RPG of the Year gameindustry.com To download your free copy from Steam, first log into your account at Ranger Center: Once there, enter your login information or sign up if you were naughty and haven’t done so yet. Under the Account tab, you’ll see (A FREE GIFT – The Bard’s Tale) near the bottom. Click (Get Your Free Download Code). For more instructions on activating a product on steam, click here.