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Tuesday has some new PC game deals and a beta giveaway

by John Callaham Apr 19th 2011 @ 3:30PM

Tuesday brings us some more price cuts on PC game deals plus a beta giveaway:

Steam has a mid-week madness sale on the strategy-RPG Grotesque Tactics: Evil Heroes from now until Thursday for just $5.
Direct2Drive has Magicka on sale for today only for just $4.95.
Direct2Drive also has three casual games (Air Strike II, Obulis and Cake Mania) on sale for $1.99 each for today only.
Impulse has Cultures on sale for today only for $4.99.
Amazon.com has Starcraft II on sale for today only for $39.99.
Curse.com has a bunch of Age of Empires Online beta keys to give out today.

Filed under: Betas, Expansions

Monday's PC game sales hit the net

by John Callaham Apr 18th 2011 @ 2:00PM

It's another manic Monday but the PC game sales cycle just begins yet again. We have the highlights:

Direct2Drive has a one day sale for The Sims 3. You can get the game now for $19.98.
Impulse has put the pro hockey game NHL 09 on sale for today only for just $4.99.
GamersGate has put a number of games on sale all this week including Supreme Commander Gold Edition for just $6.80.
And just a reminder: This will be the last day for Steam's The Potato Sack bundle of 13 indie games that now all include some kind of Portal 2 content. Each game is on sale for 50 percent off or you can get all 13 in one bundle for 75 percent off.

Filed under: Downloads

Sunday's PC game sales are a treat

by John Callaham Apr 17th 2011 @ 1:40PM

Sunday brings us some interesting one day sales deals on downloadable PC games. It also includes a pre-order offer for an upcoming game that will net the buyer two more games for free:

The final sale in Steam's Rockstar Games weekend is for Grand Theft Auto IV. You can get the original game plus the Episodes from Liberty City pack for 75 percent off their normal prices.
Steam has a pre-order special for the upcoming adventure game The Next Big Thing. Buy the game before its scheduled release on April 21 and get two games for free immediately: Runaway: A Road Adventure and Runaway: The Dream of The Turtle to play now
Direct2Drive has Dead Space 2 on sale for today only for $29.95.
Impulse has Sol Survivor on sale for today only for just $2.49.

Filed under: Downloads

Saturday PC game sales are a steal ... almost

by John Callaham Apr 16th 2011 @ 6:40PM

Saturday has some more one day PC game sales events. And some of them might be right up your alley:

Steam has the Grand Theft Auto Classics five game bundle (with Grand Theft Auto, Grand Theft Auto 2, Grand Theft Auto 3, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City) on sale for today only for just $7.49).
Direct2Drive has Aliens vs Predator on sale for today only for just $4.95.
The OnLive streaming game service is hold a 30 percent sale this weekend for five games (Homefront, Red Faction Guerrilla, Luxor 2, Assassins Creed Brotherhood and Remington Super Slam Hunting Africa).

Filed under: Downloads

Friday's PC game sales hit the net [Update with Portal 2 Best Buy sale]

by John Callaham Apr 15th 2011 @ 2:00PM

While others maybe trying to unlock Portal 2 early that doesn't mean you can't still save some money by buying some other PC games:

Steam has put both Max Payne games on sale for one bundle for $3.74 for today only along with Bully Scholarship Edition for the same price.
Steam also has Gratuitous Space Battles: Complete Pack on sale for 25 percent off.
Direct2Drive has Call of Duty: Black Ops on sale for today only for $44.95. It's also taking 10 percent off all pre-orders of upcoming games for a limited time.
GoG.com has several Sierra adventure game series bundles (Kings Quest, Space Quest and Police Quest) on sale this weekend only for 30 percent off.
Update: Best Buy has Portal 2 for the PC/Mac on sale for $34.99.

Filed under: Downloads

Thursday PC game sales make us smile

by John Callaham Apr 14th 2011 @ 4:00PM

Today's newly revealed PC game sales have hit the net and they are all pretty good, thank you very much:

Steam concludes its 2K Games sales event with a one day sale of Civilization V. You can get the game and also all of its DLC packs for 40 percent off.
Steam's weekend sale is a bundle of four games in the Splinter Cell series on sale for $25.98.
Direct2Drive has BioShock 2 on sale for today only for just $4.95.
Impulse has a number of games on sale this weekend including Star Ruler for just $10. It also has And Yet It Moves on sale for today only for just $3.99.
Games For Windows Marketplace has Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4 on sale for the next week for $14.99.

Filed under: Downloads

Wednesday PC game sales take us into space

by John Callaham Apr 13th 2011 @ 2:00PM

Keep saving money and you will have more to give to others when you die. That's at least one good reason to check out today's PC game sales:

Steam has Borderlands, both regular and Game of the Year Editions, on sale for 75 percent off for today only. All four of the game's DLC releases are also on sale today for 75 percent off.
Direct2Drive has Torchlight on sale today only for just $3.75.
GamersGate has a lot of space-based games on sale from now until Sunday including Star Trek Online for $5.98 and Star Ruler for $12.48.
Impulse has the puzzle game The Machine on sale today only for a mere $3.75. Also Galactic Civilizations II Ultimate Edition is on sale for 30 percent off.

Filed under: Downloads

Tuesday PC game sales hit the net

by John Callaham Apr 12th 2011 @ 3:00PM

You want PC game price cuts? So do we. Let's see what we can find today.

Steam has both BioShock games on sale for today only for $4.99 each. The BioShock 2 four pack bundle is also on sale for $14.99.
Steam has put Magicka on sale from now until Thursday for just $4.99, just in time for the just released Magicka Vietnam expansion pack. You can also get the Magicka four-pack bundle for $14.99 and Magicka with both Magicka Vietnam and the Wizard's Survival Kit for $7.99.
Direct2Drive has Dirt 2 on sale for today only for $4.95. It also has three casual games (Star Defenfer 2. Gish and The Island: Castaway) for just $1.99 each for today only.
Impulse has put Mactabilis on sale for today only for just $2.50.

Filed under: Downloads

Saturday PC game sales show up in our sights

by John Callaham Apr 9th 2011 @ 7:00PM

It looks like Direct2Drive has multiple sales deals this weekend. Let's look them over now, shall we?:

For today only you can purchase and download BioWare's acclaimed RPG Mass Effect 2 from Direct2Drive for just $9.95.
For this weekend only you can get 20 percent off all of Direct2Drive.com's games if you put in the promo code "SHOWERS" at checkout.
Finally for the next week you can save up to 80 percent of a selection of Direct2Drive games devoted to various transportation themes.
Meanwhile Impulse has Juiced 2 Hot Import Nights on sale for today only for just $3.74.

Filed under: Downloads

Thursday PC game sales prep us for the weekend

by John Callaham Apr 7th 2011 @ 9:20PM

Saving money is good any day but it's always good just before the weekend starts:

Steam has Blood Bowl Legendary Edition on sale this weekend for just $9.99.
Impulse has a number of games on sale this weekend including Elemental War of Magic for $19.99. It also has Northland on sale for today only for just $4.99.
Direct2Drive has both Max Payne games in one bundle on sale for today only for just $3.75.
GamersGate also has a number of games on sale this weekend.
Games For Windows has Hearts of Iron III on sale for the next week for $11.99.