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Weekend PC game sales get you prepped for the big game

by John Callaham Feb 4th 2010 @ 7:30PM

Who loves to save money? We do, of course. And the weekend PC game sales that have been posted today could save you enough money to get a few more chips and beer for the big game on Sunday.

Steam has put both Far Cry games on sale with the original first person shooter priced at $4.99 and Far Cry 2 at $9.99 until Monday. It's also offering a free version of Red Faction Guerrilla with the purchase of Metro 2033.
GamersGate has added all of Telltale Games' titles to its service and all of Telltale's games are priced at 10 percent off. Other games on sale this weekend include Space Siege at 75 percent off and the original BioShock at 50 percent off until Sunday.
Impulse also has several games on sale this weekend including the Red Faction collection with all three games in the first person shooter series for $22.50

Filed under: Downloads, Adventure, FPS

GamersGate and Direct2Drive get upgrades

by John Callaham Feb 3rd 2010 @ 10:30PM

Two major PC game download sites have announced different kinds of upgrades today. One is GamersGate who have sent over a press release announcing that they have switched to a new server network that will allow gamers to download their library of titles nearly four times faster than before. The increase in speed is due to their new network run by the Internap Network Services Corporation.

Also, IGN's Direct2Drive has just launched a new European oriented web site allowing gamers from across the pond access to games with their own pricing and deals. Indeed the site launches with a sale of THQ-published games for as much as 75 percent off.

Filed under: Biz, Downloads

Weekend PC game download sales begin

by John Callaham Jan 28th 2010 @ 6:00PM

While other folks are trying to rest up this weekend in preparation for the Super Bowl the next week, there is no such rest for the PC gamer looking for some deals. Some sites are already bringing us their price cuts for the weekend.

Impulse has put several games on sale for their download service. That includes the 1C Company Racing Mega Pack for just $9.99 and the downloadable puzzle-platformer Trine for $9.99.

Over at GamersGate, its site also has quite a few games with price cuts this weekend. Among those games is the indie title Osmos for $9.95 and the arcade shooter Zombilution for $5.56.

Filed under: Downloads

Grand Ages: Rome Reign of Augustus expansion released as download

by John Callaham Jan 25th 2010 @ 11:00AM

As promised late in 2009, publisher Kalypso Media has announced that their Reign of Augustus expansion pack for their historical strategy game Grand Ages Rome. Developed by Haemimont Games, the expansion is supposed to be a digital download exclusive and GamersGate already has it available (other download sites should come on line today).

The expansion pack adds 12 new missions to the original title along with six new multiplayer maps, four new buildings, new talents for each family, the ability to connect your city to the main Roman roads, a new God Mode with unlimited resources and lots more. The expansion pack costs $19.95.

Gallery: Grand Ages: Rome Reign of Augustus Screenshots

Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, Strategy

GamersGate puts Firaxis Games on sale this week

by John Callaham Jan 21st 2010 @ 8:00AM

There's not too many game designers as well known or as revered as Sid Meier. The father of the Civilization series of strategy games has been working for the last several years for 2K Games at the Firaxis Games studio. Now GamersGate has decided to launch a mini-celebration of Meier's work and influence by putting most of Firaxis Games' titles on sale.

From now until Sunday games like Civilization III and IV, CivCity Rome, Sid Meier's Pirates, Sid Meier's Railroads and more are on sale for 50 percent off their normal price. That means games like Civilization III will be priced as low as $2.49 during the sale. Nearly all of the games are worth getting even at their normal price so getting a 50 percent deal is even more of an incentive to try them out.

Filed under: Strategy

More PC game sales available this weekend

by John Callaham Jan 8th 2010 @ 7:45PM

We've already posted up word on weekend PC game sales on Steam, Direct2Drive and Impulse. but today some more sales popped up on our radar. GamersGate has quite a few games with price cuts for the weekend including titles like Cryostasis for just $6.49, Space Rangers for $5.99 and Men of War: Red Tide for $13.17.

Also the GoGamer.com site has returned to their regularly scheduled 48 Hour Madness sale schedule. They include Borderlands for $34.90, Call of Duty 4 for $24.90 and the upcoming Mass Effect 2 for $39.90. The sale ends at 3 am ET on Monday.

And don't forget the Overgrowth-Natural Selection 2 limited edition bundle where you can pre-order both upcoming indie games for $39.99, a savings of 40 percent.

Filed under: Downloads, FPS, RPG

GamersGate offers up their own New Year's sales deals

by John Callaham Dec 31st 2009 @ 2:00PM

Steam isn't the only PC game download site offering sales deals on main of their titles. GamersGate is also cutting prices on a number of their titles they have in their library of downloadable PC games. In fact two of the game's sales end today. One is Torchlight which can be downloaded for just $9.95. The other is for Borderlands which is on sale for $34.95.

Other games on sale until January 5 include Stormrise for just $11.98, Dark Sector for a mere $9.95, Cryostasis for $6.49 and a Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3/Red Alert 3 Uprising combo for just $24.95.

Filed under: Downloads

GamersGate says 52 percent of their users don't pay for console games

by John Callaham Dec 18th 2009 @ 4:00PM

PC gamers are buying more and more of their titles via digital download. That much is for certain. But according to a recent user survey of GamersGate customers, their customers are spending less and less on console games. According to an article at IndustryGamers, the survey of over 1,000 GamersGate users stated that 52 percent of them didn't spend any money on console games at all in 2009.

69 percent of the users stated that over half of their total purchases have been digital downloads and 48 percent of the users will spend even more on digital downloads in the next 12 months. 91 percent of the users have admitted to purchasing from a digital download site before with GamersGate, Steam and Direct2Drive as the top three services (not necessarily in that order).

Filed under: Biz, Downloads

More PC game download sales appear on Tuesday

by John Callaham Dec 15th 2009 @ 4:00PM

It's hard to believe we are just 10 more days before Christmas begins. If you got some Christmas money from your uncle, why not use it on some PC game download sales:

Direct2Drive's latest game sale in its 24 Days of Christmas promotion is for.Need For Speed: Pro Street. From now until 1 pm Eastern time on Wednesday you can purchase and download the 2007 entry in EA's racing series for just $4.95. It also looks like the game on sale for tomorrow will be a very recent sci-fi shooter title.
Also, Gamergate has posted up a $9.99 price for the recent downloadable action puzzle game Trine, which is 50 percent less than its normal price.
Finally Steam is offering a four pack deal for Futuremark's recent shooter Shattered Horizon. The four pack costs $59.99 which gives the buyer four Steam codes to the game for the price of three. They have also put the RPG title The Last Remnant on sale from now until Thursday for just $9.99.

Filed under: Downloads, Driving

Mid-week PC game download sales hit the interwebs

by John Callaham Dec 8th 2009 @ 3:00PM

It's only Tuesday but we have a batch of new PC game download sales to tell you about today:

Direct2Drive's next one-day game sale is for Mercenaries 2; you can download the game for just $4.95 until 1 pm Eastern time Wednesday. Also you can download all of the Empire Earth games along with the AO-rated Manhunt 2 for 50 percent off their normal prices until the end of 2009.
Steam has put the RTS game Medieval II Total War on sale from now until December 10 for just $4.99.
GamersGate has three games (Elven Legacy, Multiwinia, Tropico Reloaded) for 50 percent off and two others (Hearts of Iron 3, East India Company) for 60 percent off their normal price until December 13. Even more offers can be found here and at GamersGate's Gift Guide site.