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James Cameron's Avatar: The Game gets downloadable pre-order bonus

by John Callaham Nov 21st 2009 @ 1:00PM

In the quest to find a truly great movie-based PC game comes the forthcoming release of James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (yep, that is the full official title) from developer-publisher Ubisoft. The game, which tells a parallel story related to the upcoming (and, it has to be said, truly epic looking) sci-fi movie is due to be released on December 1.

PC game download sites like Steam, Impulse and Direct2Drive are offering their customers an in-game pre-order bonus that is apparently not in the retail version of the PC port. They consist of two weapons unlocks; the Dual Wasp for the RDA faction and the Fighting Staff for the Na'vi faction. In addition, both Impulse and Direct2Drive are selling a downloadable special edition of the game for $54.95 that adds six exclusive weapons and two extra character skins to the game. Again this special edition is not being sold in stores.

Gallery: James Cameron's Avatar The Game

Filed under: Downloads, Action

New PC game download sales include big LucasArts bundles

by John Callaham Nov 17th 2009 @ 7:30PM

Sales continue to show up on PC game download sites. Today we put the spotlight on some new items including some very nice bundle deals on some classic LucasArts games.

Direct2Drive has two bundle deals filled with LucasArts games. One of the bundles contains five games (Armed and Dangerous, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, LOOM and Lucidity) for $24.95. The other bundle contains six Star Wars-based games (Republic Commando, Starfighter, Knights of the Old Republic, Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, Jedi Knight II : Jedi Outcast and Dark Forces) also priced at $24.95. Both sales end on Monday, November 23
GamersGate has put two games on sale (Tropico Reloaded for 50 percent off and Evochron Legends for 20 percent off) from now until November 23.
Steam has a 50 percent off sale on the indie game AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! until Thursday.

Filed under: Downloads, Action

Mini-sales going on today in PC game land

by John Callaham Nov 16th 2009 @ 4:00PM

It's Monday but don't let that throw you; there might still be one or two sales for PC games that you can take advantage of. In fact, we know there are because we've spotted them for you. Have a look, have a lookers:

GoG.com has their regular weekly mini-sale of one of their titles. Today the game they have chosen is In Cold Blood, the retro adventure game from Revolution Software. You can get the game for one week only for just $4.99, a $1 off its already low price.
This is a sale that we missed posting about but you still have some time to grab it. Direct2Drive has Joint Operations Combined Arms Gold (combining the Joint Operations FPS and its expansion pack from Novalogic) on sale for just $5 compared to its normal $29.99 price tag. The sale is supposed to end today. Another sale on the site is for Crayon Physics Deluxe which will be sold at just $9.95 from now until Sunday.
Steam is selling all of the Luxor games for 70 percent off each.You can also get the Luxor Complete Pack bundle with all six Luxor games for 50 percent off.

Filed under: Downloads, Adventure, FPS, Multiplayer

Weekend downloadable game sales save you money

by John Callaham Nov 12th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Sailing takes us away . .. oh, wait. That's would be sales, not sailing (sorry Christopher Cross). If you are looking to save a few buck this weekend, the various downloadable PC game sites have you covered:

Steam has put both Crysis and Crysis Warhead on sale for 50 percent off their normal price this weekend. They have also put all of the Overlord games on sale for a whopping 75 percent off.
Impulse has put their exclusive game Demigod on sale for 50 percent off this weekend. Other games on sale from Impulse include Titan Quest and Tropico Reloaded.
Direct2Drive has a $5 coupon offer for Borderlands this weekend with people able to put in the code 5OFFBORDER at checkout.
GamersGate has several games at 50 percent off their normal price this weekend including Elven Legacy, Darkstar One, Company of Heroes Complete and STALKER Clear Sky.

Filed under: Downloads

PC game sales start hitting early

by John Callaham Nov 9th 2009 @ 10:00PM

If you like saving money, even if its just the beginning of the work week, then we are happy to help out with some new PC game sales that have popped up today:

Direct2Drive has launched a new bundle of seven indie games for just $24.95. The bundle sale, which ends on November 16, includes the games Project Aftermath, Aquaria, I-Fluid, And Yet It Moves, Acceleration of Suguri, AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! and Crayon Physics Deluxe.
Steam has cut the recent first person shooter Dreamkiller's price down to $19.99 until November 16. Also, 3000AD's games Angle of Attack and All Aspect Warfare have had their prices cut by 50 percent
GoG.com has lowered the price of the RTS game Knights & Merchants to just $4.99 for one week.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, FPS, Indie, RTS

More download sites reject Steamworks-supported Modern Warfare 2

by John Callaham Nov 6th 2009 @ 8:00AM

It looks like other download sites have decided to drawn a line in the sand over the decision by Infinity Ward and Activision to incorporate Steamworks into the PC port of Modern Warfare 2. Direct2Drive has already stated it won't sell the upcoming shooter because it intergrates the Steam features into the game. Now Voodoo Extreme reports that Stardock's Impulse won't sell the game either for the same reasons. Furthermore Kotaku reports that GamersGate has confirmed they won't make Modern Warfare 2 available for sale on their stores for the same reasons.

While we again point out that Steam-supported games have been sold by IGN's Direct2Drive in the past (Empire: Total War and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II) it looks like they and the other two sites have all put their finger down in this case to protest having Steam be a requirement for purchasing Modern Warfare 2. We have emaield Valve, Infinity Ward and Activision for comment.

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

Download: Dark Salvation Demo

by Steven Wong Nov 5th 2009 @ 7:30PM

The playable demo for Dark Salvation includes two levels from the game and one bonus secret level. The full version can be purchased from Direct2Drive for $14.95.

"The story of Dark Salvation revolves around the main character Talia who is a 24 year old woman that has been chosen by the Spirit Crystal of the Underworld as its new host. Her parents were into the occult and believed that Talia's younger unborn sister Tayana was the key innocent sacrifice they needed to resurrect the Lucafix demon."
Download Dark Salvation Demo (468 MB)
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Gallery: Dark Salvation

Filed under: Downloads, Demos, FPS

Direct2Drive won't sell Modern Warfare 2; indirectly blames Steam

by John Callaham Nov 5th 2009 @ 6:00PM

Modern Warfare 2 must feel like everyone is piling on it. From the reveal of some controversial scenes to the lack of dedicated servers for the PC version to a unfortunate release of a PSA, the upcoming shooter from Infinity Ward has not had the best publicity. Now yet another issue has popped up as IGN's Direct2Drive site has openly stated they won't provide the downloadable PC version of the game to download.

In a listing for the game on their site, they state:

At Direct2Drive, we believe strongly that when you buy a game from us, you shouldn't be forced to install and run a 3rd party software client to be able to play the game you purchased. Because COD MW 2 requires you, the consumer, to do that, we aren't able to offer the game via Direct2Drive at this time.

They are clearly calling out the game's use of Valve's Steam service to offer automatic updates, among other things, for Modern Warfare 2 as their reason for their refusal to run the game. Direct2Drive is offering a $5 online coupon code on their site to purchase any other game from Activision until Nov. 30. We do find the arguments suspect since other games on Direct2Drive have installs for Steam (like Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II) and Games For Windows Live.

Gallery: Modern Warfare 2

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, Multiplayer, Modern Warfare 2

Weekend PC game sales appear on the net

by John Callaham Nov 5th 2009 @ 4:00PM

While everyone else is waiting for pre-Black Friday sales, PC gamers know that sales on downloadable PC games can be found all the time, especially on Thursdays.

Steam has cut the price of the original Mass Effect to just $9.99 for the weekend
Impulse has a number of weekend game sales going on including Flock for $7.49, S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl for $9.99 and Mosby's Confederacy for $12.99.
GamersGate has cut the prices of several of their games. That includes Painkiller, Painkiller Overdose and Painkiller Universe which are down 30 percent each. It has also put Grappling Hook (for PC and Mac) on sale for 50 percent off its normal price this weekend.
Direct2Drive offers up $5 off Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising if you put in the promo code 5OFFOPFLASH at checkout.
Telltale Games is offering full seasons of Sam and Max Seasons One and Two, Strong Bad and Wallace and Gromit for $20 each, a savings of $15 each from their original price.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, FPS, RPG, Mass Effect Series

AO-rated version of Manhunt 2 PC coming next week via download

by John Callaham Oct 30th 2009 @ 9:00PM

The PC game market has been moving from the brick-and-mortar business model to the digital download way of doing things for the past few years. Today the official word got out that one of the most controversial games in the past few years is finally coming to the PC as a download exclusive. It's Manhunt 2, the stealth action game sequel from Rockstar Games that was first released in 2007 for the Wii and PS2.

This PC version is due out a week from today (November 6) for $29.95 on Direct2Drive. It's notable in the fact that it's an "AO" rated version of the game. It may be the uncensored version that got hit with an "AO" rating by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board when it was supposed to be released for consoles. Rockstar decided to delay the game's release and edit its content. It was eventually released, to mediocre sales and reviews, with an "M" rating in the US later in 2007. The "AO" PC version also apparently supports 3D monitors.

Filed under: Downloads, Action

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