Posts Tagged ‘sale’
Direct2Drive holds $5 game sale
Direct2Drive has today announced that they will be continuing their $5 game sale to celebrate their 5 year anniversay with a whole new batch of titles that will run through this entire week.
The list includes a full 10 games but a few ones to take note of are BioShock and Saints Row 2 seeing as they are relatively new titles priced at just $5. Below is the full list of games:
- The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
- BioShock
- Sid Meier’s Pirates!
- Saint’s Row 2
- STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl
- Frontlines: Fuel of War
- Thief: Deadly Shadows
- Serious Sam Gold
- Max Payne 2
- MLB 2K9
via direct2drive
Street Fighter IV 50% off on Steam
This weekend’s deal for Steam is an offer you can’t pass up; Street Fighter IV for 50% off. This brings the game from an original $39.99 (which is already cheap compared to the console versions) down to a bargain-bin $19.99.
Now, if you haven’t already grabbed this fighter, you really don’t have an excuse not to anymore. If you’re going by our Street Fighter IV review, ignore it; that shmuck doesn’t even write here anymore. Do yourself a favor and check it out, it’s well worth the money.
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Buy one Xbox 360 game at Best Buy, get another half off
Best Buy is really looking to give GameStop a run for their money, especially with their latest sale — Starting today, if you buy one Xbox 360 title you will be able to purchase a second at half price. In other words, spend around 90 bucks and walk away with two brand new games.
Currently, Best Buy has listed 231 titles that are available through the promotion including forthcoming titles such as BioShock 2 and Final Fantasy XIII.
Peep the full list here.
Street Fighter IV $20 at GameStop, EBGames
Having only being released in February, it’s surprising to see Street Fighter IV being marked down to a low $19.99, brand spankin’ new. Heck, even the used versions of the game are selling for higher than that.
If you can’t find the time to leave the house to run over to GameStop, you can order online via EBGames for both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Unfortunately, the PC version still retails for $39.99, but you might get a deal if you walk up to the store in-person. The deal is only valid through August 2nd, so now is definitely the time to grab this fighter.
A few other older titles are also on sale, including F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin, and Silent Hill Homecoming.
New Activision titles on Steam 25% off
Steam has updated this morning with a couple of titles from Californian developer and publisher Activision. Featured in the update are Space Quest Collection, King’s Quest Collection, Aces of the Galaxy, TimeShift, and 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures. All of these games will be 25% off until July 30th.
If you haven’t checked out 50% off deal for Paradox Interactive titles, be sure to give that one a look, too.
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Buy a Wii, get a game free at GameStop
GameStop is having a promotion this week for anyone planning to purchase a Wii. As the title suggests, you’ll get to grab a free Wii title with the purchase of a Wii console. However, the titles are from a limited selection:
- Don King Boxing
- Mario and Sonic: Olympic Games
- Sonic Unleashed
- MadWorld
- Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party
- Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip
- Wario Land: Shake It
- Wii Music
- Animal Crossing: City Folk – Game Only
- My Fitness Coach
- Donkey Kong Jungle Beat
- Excitebots: Trick Racing – Game Only
Not exactly your triple-a titles, but hey, it’s a free game. Wario Land: Shake It is a pretty damn fun game, too. Anyways, the offer began today and will last until July 26th.
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GameStop holds $20 game sale
GameStop has announced that they will be holding a summer sale that will see a plethora of games get dropped from their normal $60 price all the way down to $20.
Below is a list of highlights compiled by Joystiq:
Guitar Hero: World Tour (Band Kit) – $90 [360/Wii] Bionic Commando – $20 [PS3/360] Wheelman – $20 [PS3/360] Tom Clancy’s HAWX – $20 [PS3/360] Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - $20 [PS3/360] Prince of Persia – $20 [PS3/360] Tom Clancy’s EndWar – $20 [PS3/360] Cooking Mama: World Kitchen – $20 [Wii] House of the Dead 2 and 3 Returns - $20 [Wii]
This sale apparantly runs through August 2nd with the full list of discounted games here.
Target selling Left 4 Dead for $13?
Just in time for the not-so-exciting patch a blogger over at Examiner has noticed that his local Target was selling the Xbox 360 version of Left 4 Dead for a ridiculously low price of $12. Dumbfounded by this discovering he proceeded to go to another Target and found that the game was also $12.
Now, there’s no telling if this is a nationwide clearance as there have been no official announcements but definitely check out your local Target if you haven’t already picked up Left 4 Dead. This is a deal that’s too good to pass up!
Amazon.com hold’s father day game sale
It seems that Amazon is following Walmart’s example and holding a sale except this time it’s a bit different, Amazon is discounting games you actually care about.
This is a apparantly a father’s day sale and includes Xbox 360 games and Wii and PS3 accessories. While you won’t be getting these games for $20 a piece they do have Call of Duty 4 for $29.99, CoD: WaW for $41.97 and Halo Wars for $41.99.
While some buyers are sure to purchase one or two of these games for Dad, I think I’ll be picking a couple 2-3 up for myself.
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Walmart offers 2 Xbox 360 games for $20
If you’re looking to pick up a few Xbox 360 games but don’t want to spend 60-bucks, you should check out Walmart’s latest deal. For a limited time, online customers can pick two qualifying games and recieve them for just $20 a peice.
Of course, don’t go thinking you’re going to pick up Halo 3 and Call of Duty: World at War for the discounted price as the list includes games like Sega Superstars Tennis, FIFA Street 3 and NFL Head Coach 09. Yeah, you get the point.
Anyways, you can head here to see the full list of 11 discounted games and pick out any two you want.
Direct2Drive sale, 50 percent off 2K games
Digital content distribution service Direct2Drive is offering a 50 percent off sale for a wide selection of 2K Games titles. Some games included are BioShock, Civilization IV, and Sid Meier’s Pirates. All of the games are selling for extremely cheap, so people itching for a bargain should definitely check these deals out. The sale ends on the 31st, so act fast.
via Joystiq
ThinkGeek offers brand new Dreamcasts
If you missed Dreamcast’s original 1999 debut and refuse to settle for a used console, you’re in luck. ThinkGeek, a popular online retailer for all thinks geek, has recently gotten their hands on a shipment of brand new, in the box Sega Dreamcasts and are selling them for just $99.99.
You better act fast as these things are sure to sell like hot cakes. The console’s listing is here.
UPDATE: Yep, just as I finished writing this they sold out of the consoles. Fortunately, they have a mailing list you can join to be notified if and when they get a new shipment.
Microsoft Creating Deal Of The Week, Starting With Halo Maps
After a successful promotion where a wide variety of themes and downloadable content packs had their prices cut Microsoft has announced a ‘Holiday Deal of the Week’ plan for December, giving gamers a chance to buy a gift for an online buddy or to pick up some stuff for themselves if they’re strapped for cash after buying presents.
The first deal is for the Halo Legendary map pack which will be available for 400 MS points or $5 real world cash. That’s a discount of 200 points which begins on Tuesday at 9AM pacific time until next Monday when a new item will go on sale.
CoD4 Map Pack Goes Half-Price
Mark your calendars, as publisher Activision has announced that the Variety Map Pack for Call of Duty 4 and its additional multiplayer maps will sell for 400 Microsoft points, half its usual cost. This sale will be valid only this weekend.
The half-price sale will start 12.01am PDT on Friday, September 12 to midnight on Monday, September 14. To celebrate the sale, the weekend will also be host to a double XP weekend for online players.
The pack was released earlier this year on PS3 and Xbox 360 for $10, adding four new maps to the popular game. PC owners got it for free some time later.