Game Sales and Deals (Steam, GOG, GamersGate, Impulse, Desur : Othor Games

» Fri May 04, 2012 7:43 am

GOG has http://www.gog.com/promo/might_magic_universe_2 half price for this weekend. I actually stumbled across it looking for the Heroes of M&M 2 demo so I could play with the http://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/ (which runs native on GNU/Linux). But this is better; I'll be able to play the whole game, and I picked up HoM&M3 to boot.

» Fri May 04, 2012 8:33 am

Bunch of games available for download at Amazon for reduced price as part of their spring sale, going from April 5th-April 6th

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000789381&?tag=childsplaycha-20

Full Disclosure I'm the Marketing Manager for Amazon Game Downloads
Like I said in the title, apologies for the re-post, just wanted the link clicked on to have the Child's Play affiliate tag. I know some of you ask if this has any impact, while I can't share specific numbers I can tell you that the $$ generated from the Child's Play links posted across the internet is nontrivial.
On to the sale!
Here's a list, in alphabetical order, of what we've got on sale...happy gaming!!
High Impact Deals (Feel free to provide feedback):
Crysis 2 - $7.49 – Activates on Origin
The Darkness II - $12.49 - Activates on Steam
Dragon Age Pack (Dragon Age Origins Ultimate+Dragon Age 2) - $9.99 - Activates on Origin
Kingdoms of Amalur - $39.99 - Activates on Origin
L.A. Noire - $4.99
Major League Baseball 2K12 - $19.99
Mass Effect 3 - $49.99 - Activates on Origin
Serious Sam 2 - $2.99 - Activates on Steam
Serious Sam 3: BFE - $11.99 - Activates on Steam
Serious Sam Double D - $2.39 - Activates on Steam
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - $4.49 - Activates on Steam
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter - $5.99 - Activates on Steam
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter - $1.49 - Activates on Steam
Shift 2 - Unleashed - $4.99
Syndicate - $39.99 - Activates on Origin
Other Awesome Deals (Sorted by Price):
*$12-$30 Deals: *
Call of Duty: Black Ops - $29.99 - Activates on Steam
Cities in Motion Collection - $11.99
Crusader Kings II (Only good 4/5-4/8) - $17.99 - Activates on Steam
King Arthur II (Only good 4/5-4/8) -$17.99
Mount & Blade Bundle - $14.99
Paradox Deep Sea Collection - $11.99
$6-$10 Deals:
ArmA 2 - $9.99
ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead - $9.99
ArmA2: Combined Operations - $9.99
Commander: Conquest of the Americas - $5.99
Defenders of Ardania (Only good 4/5-4/8) - $6.74 - Activates on Steam
East India Company Collection - $5.99
Hearts of Iron III Collection - $8.99
Magicka Collection - $5.99 - Activates on Steam
Majesty Pack - $8.94
Rise of Flight Iron Cross Edition - $9.99
Ship Simulator Extremes - $5.99
Stronghold 3 - $9.99 - Activates on Steam
Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Collection - $5.99
Games $5 and under:
Achtung Panzer Kharkov 1943 - $3.99
Al Emmo and The Lost Dutchman's Mine - $3.99
Alpha Prime - $3.99
Australia Zoo Animal Links - $3.99
Avencast: Rise of the Mage - $3.99
Battle Mages - $3.99
Battle Mages: Sign of Darkness - $4.99
Biathlon 2009 - $4.99
Big Rig Europe - $4.99
Blood Bowl - Dark Elves Edition - $3.99
Bus Driver - $3.99
Chains - $3.99
Chrome - $3.99
Cities in Motion: U.S. Cities DLC - $1.79
Commander: Conquest of the Americas - Colonial Navy (Expansion) - $0.99
Crash Time 2 - $4.99
Crusader Kings Complete - $3.99
Daemonica - $3.99
Dark Matter - $3.99
Deer Drive - $4.99
Elven Legacy - $1.99
Elven Legacy Collection - $2.99
Europa Universalis Rome Gold - $1.99
Future Wars - $4.99
Gear Grinder - $3.99
Grand Theft Auto IV - $4.99
Great Journey - $4.99
Greed - $4.99
Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes - $4.99
GTI Racing - $3.99
Hacker Evolution -$3.99
Hacker Evolution: Untold - $4.99
Hard Truck: Rise of the Clans - $4.99
Hearts of Iron III - $1.99
Hot Dog King - $4.99
Ice Land 2 - $3.99
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $1.99
Legio - $1.99
Magicka: Holiday Spirit DLC - $0.59
Magicka: Horror Props DLC - $0.89
Magicka: The Stars Are Left DLC - $1.79
Majesty 2 Kingmaker – Expansion - $0.99
Majesty 2: Battles of Ardania Expansion - $0.99
Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim - $1.99
Majesty Gold - $0.99
Mount & Blade - $2.99
Mount & Blade: Warband - $3.99
Nikopol-Secret of the Immortals - $4.99
Obulis - $3.99
Operation Matriarchy - $3.99
Pacific Storm Allies - $4.99
Penguins Arena - $3.99
Pirates of Black Cove - Origins DLC - $1.49
Pirates of Black Cove - $5.99
Post Apocalyptic Mayhem - $3.99
Race Team Manager - $4.99
Runaway A Road Adventure - $1.99
Runaway A Twist Of Fate - $3.99
Runaway: The Dream of the Turtle - $1.99
Scratches - Director's Cut - $3.99
Shadowgrounds - $3.99
Shadowgrounds Survivor - $4.99
Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper - $3.99
Ship Simulator Extreme: Offshore Vessel DLC - $1.49
Ship Simulator Extremes: Cargo Vessel DLC - $1.49
Sigita - Ship Simulator Expansion #1 - $1.19
Silverfall - $1.99
Space Hack - $3.99
Space Trader - $3.99
Supreme Ruler 2020 Gold - $1.99
Sword of the Stars Argos Naval Yard Expansion - $1.79
Swords of the Star - Complete Collection - $3.99
Tank Universal - $3.99
The Chosen-Well of Souls - $4.99
The Kings' Crusade - $3.99
The Saboteur - $4.99
Trapped Dead - $3.99
Victoria Complete - $1.99
Victoria II - $3.99
Vigil: Blood Bitterness - $3.99
Wasteland Angel - $3.99 – Activates on Steam
Winter Sports 2009 - $4.99
Woody Two-Legs: Attack of the Zombie Pirates - $0.99
Xpand Rally Xtreme - $3.99
Apologies if I missed some of the Steam titles, if I did just reply and I'll add a note.
Cheers,
Tony

Taken from http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/ruhu0/amazon_pc_download_spring_sale_1249_darkness_ii/c48qu1q.

» Thu May 03, 2012 8:32 pm

GOG has http://www.gog.com/promo/might_magic_universe_2 half price for this weekend. I actually stumbled across it looking for the Heroes of M&M 2 demo so I could play with the http://sourceforge.net/projects/fheroes2/ (which runs native on GNU/Linux). But this is better; I'll be able to play the whole game, and I picked up HoM&M3 to boot.

Is Might and Magic more RPG or more Strategy? It looks a little of both, and I've heard they are really really fun. I'm looking to get 3 and 6, for reference, as I've heard they are some of the best.

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:40 am

Is Might and Magic more RPG or more Strategy? It looks a little of both, and I've heard they are really really fun. I'm looking to get 3 and 6, for reference, as I've heard they are some of the best.

Heroes of Might & Magic is a turn-based strategy series (with some RPG elements), Might & Magic is an RPG series.

» Fri May 04, 2012 4:34 am

Hmm, well I have been looking at Heroes of Might and Magic then, not Might and Magic. Are both worth getting, or what?

» Fri May 04, 2012 6:53 am

Hmm, well I have been looking at Heroes of Might and Magic then, not Might and Magic. Are both worth getting, or what?

I heard the third Heroes of Might and Magic is the best one.

I decided to pick up Crysis 2. I had a lot of fun with the first one as well as Warhead. I've played the multiplayer beta and it was one of the more unique online shooters. My question is - Does anyone play it anymore?

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:41 pm

Third Heroes is the best, but looks crappy these days. Six is a very solid game, I'd take that over three. But with the prices on GOG, I'd just take both of them.

» Fri May 04, 2012 1:06 am

Third Heroes is the best, but looks crappy these days. Six is a very solid game, I'd take that over three. But with the prices on GOG, I'd just take both of them.

I don't know, I think Heroes III aged pretty well graphically, for a 1999 game. It has a nice style to it.

http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/h/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_unofficial_hd_patch-451495-1302767526.jpeg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8mdoODNu1W8/TIjGXXVm1kI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Z8AT-jp5vxU/s1600/Foto%2BHeroes%2Bof%2BMight%2Band%2BMagic%2BIII%2BComplete.jpg

» Fri May 04, 2012 5:12 am

I've never really gotten into the third game for it's graphics style. It's really busy and tends to give me headaches :shrug:

» Fri May 04, 2012 5:24 am

I don't know, I think Heroes III aged pretty well graphically, for a 1999 game. It has a nice style to it.

http://img.brothersoft.com/screenshots/softimage/h/heroes_of_might_and_magic_3_unofficial_hd_patch-451495-1302767526.jpeg
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8mdoODNu1W8/TIjGXXVm1kI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/Z8AT-jp5vxU/s1600/Foto%2BHeroes%2Bof%2BMight%2Band%2BMagic%2BIII%2BComplete.jpg

I don't care about graphics much, so Heroes III is still very playable. I agree with your comment about the style, it keeps the game from looking too bad. I'd still just pick both III and six from GOG, since they don't cost much.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:24 pm

http://www.gog.com/en/news/weekend_promo_interplay_blast

» Fri May 04, 2012 9:23 am

http://www.gog.com/en/news/weekend_promo_interplay_blast

In two weeks, I got Fallout 1 & 2 for $3.

» Thu May 03, 2012 6:33 pm

nevermind...

» Fri May 04, 2012 6:47 am

Do you guys have an opinion on Mount and Blade collection on Steam? It is $7.50 but I would probably only play it single player anyways. I got soem opinions telling me for single player only it isn't worth it but figured I would ask some more as the game doesn't jump out at me as something I would be super interested in but if it is well worth it I may pick it up.

I am also wondering about the All Zombies Must Die series of games. Is it like Bunch of Heroes, because that game is pretty terrible.

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:17 am

I heard there are very good exclusive mods for Mount&Blade. And Warband is a very good game in my opinion and note that there are good mods for Warband too. I love single player Warband and I have yet to try multiplayer, so I can't say.

I would get the collection because I usually use mods and I like to try them. If mod isn't your cup of tea, then I think you should get Warband only.

I can't speak of Fire&Sword, I have it but I didn't played it yet.

» Thu May 03, 2012 11:34 pm

with fire and sword is pretty good if you like co-op online battles against the AI (and muskets..). Warband is awesome in both multi and SP.

Edit: That's an incredible brief summary. Warband should have won GOTY 2010 if my opinion ruled. I've sunk 500+ hours in it.

» Fri May 04, 2012 4:59 am

Can't really beat the Monkey Island series for $5.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6183/

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:07 pm

Nordic Games for 50% GOG.com : http://www.gog.com/promo/nordic_charge

and don't forget to Redeem your GOG.com backup copy of The Witcher 2 if you bought it on any other places than GOG.com (such as Steam) : http://www.gog.com/en/witcher2/backup/

» Fri May 04, 2012 9:13 am

It is Ubisoft week and SquareEnix weekend on GamersGate.

Looks like most Ubi games are 30% off (not cheap enough for me with their [censored] DRM); Ass Creed Rev is 50% off.

Most if not all SquareEnix games are 75% off including Deus EX:HR, Tomb Raiders games and Just Cause games.
http://www.gamersgate.com/offers

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:25 pm

Daily deal on Steam is Hoard. It is under $3 for the game and all DLC, so I was wondering if anyone had tried it and how it was if so.

» Thu May 03, 2012 10:18 pm

Considering picking up the http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8029/ for $7.50

What do you think, is it worth it if I didn't enjoy single player warband much?

When playing warband, the mounted combat was great, but I disliked the inventory system and after a while the game seemed to be grow repetitive as all I was doing was entering tournaments and picking up the same quests from various castles.

» Fri May 04, 2012 5:13 am

Considering picking up the http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8029/ for $7.50

What do you think, is it worth it if I didn't enjoy single player warband much?

When playing warband, the mounted combat was great, but I disliked the inventory system and after a while the game seemed to be grow repetitive as all I was doing was entering tournaments and picking up the same quests from various castles.

Buy it and get the mod cRPG...you won't stop playing :blink:

Let me know if you do

edit: cRPG is for Warband, so if you already own it the first one is not as good.

» Fri May 04, 2012 8:20 am

Considering picking up the http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8029/ for $7.50

What do you think, is it worth it if I didn't enjoy single player warband much?

When playing warband, the mounted combat was great, but I disliked the inventory system and after a while the game seemed to be grow repetitive as all I was doing was entering tournaments and picking up the same quests from various castles.

I don't think it's worth it's then. The original Mount & Blade is basically just a downgraded Warband with no multiplayer anyway.

» Fri May 04, 2012 7:28 am

Gamestop/Impulse is having a big-ish sale. It looks like all of Paradox Interactive's games/Expansions/DLCs are on sale.

Also Batman Arkham Asylum and Arkham City

» Fri May 04, 2012 3:47 am

Amazon's daily deal is a physical copy of Mass Effect 3 50% off(29.99), free shipping too if you have a Prime account with them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27