black-friday-2008 posts

Some of you are already at local malls and shopping centers but others of you are still at home surfing the net looking for Black Friday deals. Amazon.com is of course the biggest such online retailer and PC games are certainly a part of their Black Friday 2008 plans.

Today they are running Friday only sales on Fallout 3 for just $29.95 and Left 4 Dead for just $19.95 so make sure to check them out while you can today (those prices end at 2:59 am ET on Saturday morning). Other sales specials that end on 2:59 am ET on Sunday morning are below.

• BioShock - $9.95
  
• Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm - $14.95
  
• Far Cry 2 - $29.95
  
• Guild Wars - $9.95
  
• Guild Wars: Eye Of The North - Expansion Pack - $9.95
  
• Pure - $19.95
  
• Spore Creepy and Cute Parts Pack - $9.95
  
• Warhammer Online 60 Day Prepaid Game Time Card - $19.95
  
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - $19.95
  
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - $25.95

[Via Joystiq]

Tomorrow's the day; thousands of folks are at this moment getting ready to raid stores early tomorrow morning to get the best early bird deals on holiday gifts as part of "Black Friday" Here at Big Download we have been running a lot of holiday gift guide ideas over the past week. In case you missed any of them here's a round-up of all of our articles. It might give you some ideas before heading to stores or going online to your favorite retail web site:

How PC gaming saves you money
Big Download's 2008 PC Gaming Holiday Gift Guide
Big Iron's 2008 Holiday Wish List
Big Download's 2008 Holiday Gift Card Guide For Future Games
15 Indie Games For The Holidays
Black Friday 08 Virtual Bargain Bin

Plus don't forget; we are also giving away a new $2,499 gaming PC rig from iBuypower to one lucky Big Download reader. Head over to the contest page for more info and to enter.

Online retailers are trying their level best to get your attention this week. Gaming online retailer GoGamer.com is no exception. Tomorrow the web site will have their Black Friday sale and Voodoo Extreme has the list of PC games and related products that will get some heavy price cuts on that day.

The list is quite extensive but we have some of the highlights here. Again, these prices are for Black Friday weekend only.

Stranglehold - $2.90
Just Cause - $2.90
Unreal Tournament III - $9.90
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky - $19.90
World of Warcraft: Battlechest - $19.90 (limit 10, Friday and Saturday only)
Far Cry 2 - $29.90
Crysis Warhead - $21.90
Left 4 Dead - $34.90
Fallout 3 - $30
Sacred 2 Collector's Edition - $42.90

Massive electronics and game retailer Best Buy isn't waiting around for "Black Friday" to give customers some extra savings for their holiday game purchases. While their stores won't open for business until tomorrow their web site already has most of their Black Friday sales on their web site to purchase. That includes their PC game deals which unfortunately consist of mostly older titles. Here is the list (all of the games have a $9.99 price).

World of Warcraft
The Command and Conquer Collection
Assassin's Creed
Doom 3
Empire Earth II Platinum Edition
Bioshock
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe

We are just one week away from "Black Friday" and more and more retailers are revealing what specials they will have on the single biggest shopping day of the year. Blackfriday.info has revealed what game retailer Gamestop will have on sale on that day and it includes some PC game titles. It's admittedly not much of an offering compared to all the console game titles but it's better than nothing.

Crysis - $19.99
Guild Wars Trilogy With Free Eye Of The North - $49.99
Guild Wars With Free Eye Of The North - $19.99
Lord of the Rings Online - $29.99
World Of Warcraft Battle Chest - $19.99
World Of Warcraft - $9.99

We are just a couple of weeks away from "Black Friday" considered to be the biggest single shopping day of the year. Stores usually have some massive sales of products during this time and with the economy being so bad its no exception this year.

Financially troubled electronics retailer Circuit City is going all out for their Black Friday sales. Blackfriday.info has the details of the sales that the company will have on that day and they include some huge sales on some PC game titles. Here's the relevant info:

Enemy Territory: Quake Wars: $4.99
Sims Carnival: Bumper Blast: $4.99
Sims Carnival: Snap City: $4.99
The Sims 2 Deluxe: $4.99
World of Warcraft: $9.99
World of Warcraft: Battle Chest: $14.99