World of Goo, PC/Mac/Linux - $Whatever you want
I just got it for $0.01 (It's not that I'm cheap, I already own it on the Wii and on Steam, but now I can get the Linux version too)
One of the best games in a very long time. My review here.
World of Goo, PC/Mac/Linux - $Whatever you want
Mirror's Edge, Dead Space + Mercenaries 2, PC - Free
Mirror's Edge, Dead Space + Mercenaries 2, PC - Free
Seems like there is a problem with EA Store at the minute. Add these three games to your basket, and it should come up free.
Mirror's Edge
Dead Space
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
In my experimentation, I can find only these games that work, let me know if you find any more. Enjoy, the first two I can vouch for being excellent games.
I'd download and activate them as soon as possible, who knows if EA will revoke them.
Update: Just in case anyone from outside of the UK is trying this, it appears to be only working in the UK store.
Update2: Seems that the download for Mirror's Edge includes the soundtrack too.
First Encounter Assault Recon 2: Project Origin, PS3 - £9.99
First Encounter Assault Recon 2: Project Origin, PS3 - £9.99 delivered
Atomhex, Xbox 360 - Review
Atomhex, Xbox 360 - 80MS Points
Review by LewieP
Dual Stick shooters have seen a bit of a wonderful resurgence in the last few years, and you can very easily track it back to the release of Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on the Xbox Live Arcade.
A guy called Marco Incitti decided to make a clone of Retro Evolved for the PC, and make a freely downloadable title on his web site. I played it, and it was pretty damn good. Whilst at a cursory glance it did look feel and play in a very similar fashion to Retro Evolved, there was actually a lot more to it, with new and different mechanics that massively change how you play the game.
Then, quite possibly since there was a PC port of Retro Evolved in the pipeline, Bizarre contacted him saying:
"We're beginning to feel the effects of the Geometry Wars clones on our sales via Microsoft now and are beginning a process to begin to more robustly protect our copyright and intellectual property.
Therefore, I'd like to ask you in an amicable fashion to stop infringing our IP and pull the game 'Grid Wars' from the internet for download.
I hope you understand and are able to do this without us having to take further steps."
Which was a pretty big mistake in my opinion. They were right to defend their IP, but they missed an opportunity by not offering him a job.
Marco did the right thing and took Grid Wars down (but if you interested, I bet you can find it somewhere in the internet's shadier corners), and set to work making his own completely original game. Atomhex is the end product.
It is a pretty crowded market place, and to stand out you need to have a least one major unique selling point. Atomhex has several, but quite possibly it being only 80 MS Points is the biggest. Frankly I think Atomhex is largely under priced. 240 would still be an excellent price for it.
It's a thinking persons dual stick shooter, which is essentially code for meaning "Shooting everything is not the best route to success".
The gameplay is about as complicated to describe as it is to play. There are several types of "enemies" all with very specific behaviour.
Firstly, there are atoms, these are innocuous floating things that if you touch, bounce off you. You get a few points for shooting one of these. If two of them touch, they will transform into a nasty enemy which will (temporarily) remove your ability to shoot if it gets you, then set a trap.
Then there are Hex. These are coloured dots with a small force field. If you shoot its force field, you can then absorb it for points, and it will also change your bullets to be the same colour as it. If a Hex absorbs an atom, it will then emit enemies.
The more atoms a hex absorbs, the nastier the enemies is shoots out. A hex that has absorbed at least one atom is only vulnerable to bullets the same colour as it.
Also - when a hex absorbs 6 atoms, the whole screen is cleared, and you zoom in to it for sort of a boss battle, called going "subatomic".
That lot all sounds fairly convoluted, because it is. I've not even touched on the powerups, chaining, or multipliers.
Don't take that as a complaint though. It's a solidly made shooter that does take time to learn how to play, but the important thing is that it is still fun to play even as a dumb shooter. You could switch off the mathsy high score calculating part of your brain and still have a lot of fun with Atomhex.
It is pretty, sounds great and costs 80ms points. I swear if I see anyone with Avatar clothing they have paid for who has not bought this I'll probably cry.
It's everything the Xbox indie games should be. Original ideas, well executed, and lots of personality. Give the demo a go at least I think.
Civilization IV [Complete], PC - £7.73
Civilization IV [Complete], PC - £7.73 delivered
Comes with Warlords and Beyond the Sword, but not Colonization.
FIFA 2010, PS3/Xbox 360 - £23.47
FIFA 2010, PS3/Xbox 360 - £23.47
Tesco are selling it for £24.97, PC World are selling it for £39.99. Get it for this price using PC Worlds price match policy.
Update: Currys should do it too.
Update2: Asda and Toys R Us are selling it for £24.97 and £24.95 respectively in case your local Tesco is out of stock.
Fable II: Episode 1, Xbox 360 - Free
Fable II: Episode 1, Xbox 360 - Free
The first episode of Fable II has just gone up on Live. Essentially you get a portion of the game as an extended demo, and you can buy the additional episodes a la carte from inside the game. Note that this is no different to the disc version of Fable II.
If you like the free episode, the cheapest price for the disc version is £15.91 here, which works out a lot cheaper than buying each episode individually.
The Shivah, PC - Free
The Shivah, PC - Free
Enter code "FreeShivah" to get this game for free, and pick "credit card" at the checkout (the price will be £0.00, so it won't even ask for credit card details).
Cheers to Martin for the tip off.
Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner, PS2 - £14.95
Zone of the Enders: The Second Runner, PS2 - £14.95 delivered
20% off at Impulse
Using the coupon "SURVEY-2009" you can get 20% off any purchase (minimum order of £4.91) at Impulse.
Here are some bargains I'd recommend:
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity - £7.34
AI War: Fleet Command - £9.82
And yet it moves - £6.39
Braid - £7.34
Bullet Candy - £1.96 (need to buy something else to bump it over £4.91)
Capitalism 2 - £3.43 (need to buy something else to bump it over £4.91)
Caster - £2.45 (need to buy something else to bump it over £4.91)
Chains - £3.93
Children of the Nile: Complete - £12.27
Democracy 2 - £11.27
Fairy Tales - Three Heroes - £9.82
GalCiv 2: Ultimate Edition - £19.62
Gratuitous Space Battles - £9.80
Kudos 2 - £7.34
Majesty 2 - £23.99
Scrapland - £3.43
Sins of a Solar Empire bundle - £17.17
The Spirit Engine 2 - £7.36
Let me know if I have missed anything particularly essential, and cheers to Alex for the tip off. Not sure if it is one time use of not, but it seems to let you put a ton of items in your basket and get 20% off all of them, so maybe get anything you might want in the future now. Not sure if/when it will expire either.
PlayTV, PS3 - £39.99
Space Invaders Extreme 2, DS - £12.95
Space Invaders Extreme 2, DS - £12.95 delivered
£12.95 for the sequel to one of last years best DS games? Yes please.
Cheap Rock Band Drums
It seems with the release of Beatles: Rock Band, you can get Rock Band drums for cheap!
I just picked up a set of Xbox 360 drums from Tesco for £17.87. They weren't priced up at that price, but scanned at that when I took them to the till.
I've also just seen Wii and PS3/PS2 drums for £20 in my Local GAME.
The 360 and PS3/PS3 drums will work with all Rock Band/Guitar Hero games that support drums, but the Wii drums won't work with GH:WT (not sure about other GH games), but work with both Rock Band 1, 2 and Beatles.
Batman: Arkham Asylum, PS3 - £26.79
Batman: Arkham Asylum, PS3 - £26.79
It is £27.99 in store at GAME, and £39.99 at PC World, so you can get it for this price at PC World via their price match policy.
Direct2Drive £5 game sale: Week 3
The next round of games are up on D2D, this week it's RPGs.
There are a few classic RPGs available. Like Grand Theft Auto 3 and Penumbra...
Here's the full selection.
We aren't allowed to have Neverwinter Nights 2 or Assassin's Creed, they are only for the USA people.
I've updated the "Games to not buy any time soon" list accordingly.
Pinball FX, XBLA - 400 MS Points
Pinball FX, XBLA - 400 MS Points
This weeks deal of the week, for gold subscribers only.
Batman: Arkham Asylum - I made a silly mistake
Update: I completely misread the gamersgate press release. I thought they were doing a pretty good promotion, instead they are doing a shit one.
Sega Superstar Tennis, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, Xbox 360 - £16.99
Sega Superstar Tennis, Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts and Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise, Xbox 360 - £16.99 collect in store.
Qubed, Xbox 360 - £17.63
Qubed, Xbox 360 - £17.63 delivered
This is a retail disc that features 3 of Q? Entertainments XBLA games on it. You get Lumines Live!, RezHD and Every Extend Extra Extreme. Lumines Live! also comes with 1,950 MS points worth of DLC included.
The whole package would cost 4,350 MS points if bought from the Live Marketplace, equivalent to around £31, based on 21,00 MS points for £15.
Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, PC - Free
Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal, PC - Free
Today only, to celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day (or Worldwide D&D Game Day, or Rosh Hashanah, or whatever), the first episode of the new Monkey Island series is free to download. Make sure you notice the mailing list opt-out underneath the big 'GET YOUR FREE GAME!' button.
The Secret of Monkey Island SE, iPhone/iPod Touch - £2.39
The Secret of Monkey Island SE, iPhone/iPod Touch - £2.39
Half price for a limited time only. This is almost identical to the version available on Xbox Live Arcade, including full voice acting and both the remastered and original game versions, the only difference being a slight resolution drop.
MAG beta code contest
I have five beta codes for MAG to give away! Simply head over to my website Continue or Quit and follow the instructions.
The contest ends at 6PM on Saturday 19th.
Update: The contest has ended. To see the winning entries, visit the article on Continue or Quit.
Halo 3: ODST, Xbox 360 - £29.85
Halo 3: ODST, Xbox 360 - £29.85 delivered
Technically, this isn't the cheapest price for ODST, by about 20p. However, ShopTo ship their stock via next-day recorded delivery as soon as they get it, and according to reports, they've got stock now. If you order before 5:30pm today, you'll get it tomorrow morning, four full days before the release date of next Tuesday.
You'll also get the code for Johnson in Firefight, so you're not missing out on anything from other retailers. Worth 20p, I feel.
UPDATE: The official word from ShopTo is that they are charging people today but not shipping until tomorrow. People are still getting shipping confirmation emails, however.
The Conduit [Special Edition], Wii - £17.99
The Conduit [Special Edition], Wii - £17.99 delivered
Still not worth it
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast [Limited Edition], Xbox 360 - £32.99
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast [Limited Edition], Xbox 360 - £32.99 delivered
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast [Limited Edition], PS3 - £34.96
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast [Limited Edition], PS3 - £34.96 delivered
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [GOTY Edition], PS3 - £9.49
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [GOTY Edition], PS3 - £9.49 delivered
Company Of Heroes: Anthology, PC - £17.99
Company Of Heroes: Anthology, PC - £17.99 delivered
Includes the original game, Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor.
Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars - Director's Cut, Wii - £14.99
Broken Sword: The Shadow Of The Templars - Director's Cut, Wii - £14.99 delivered
The Last Remnant, PC - £8.79
The Last Remnant, PC - £8.79 delivered
You can add the serial from this to your Steam account too if you like.
Crysis, PC - £6.73
Crysis, PC - £6.73 delivered
Although this is on the "Video games to not buy any time soon" list, as it could be on sale for £5 at D2D.
Motorstorm, PS3 - £4.95
Motorstorm, PS3 - £4.95 delivered
Preowned, and missing the manual.
Just drive forwards, fast preferably.
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box/Trivial Pursuit, Xbox 360 - £12.95
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box/Trivial Pursuit, Xbox 360 - £12.95 delivered
Video games to not buy any time soon
I've just spent far too long scouring D2D's games catalogue for games which will possibly be in their £5 sale over the next few weeks. Essentially, games in the categories listed here which are currently more than £5.
My advice: If you are thinking about getting any of these games any time soon, wait to see if they are in the D2D sale, as you will be able to get them for a fiver. I thought I'd do my bit to prevent you buying a game now when it is possibly going to be much cheaper in the near future.
Week beginning 27/9/09 - Indie Games
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity!
Acceleration of Suguri
All Aspect Warfare
And Yet It Moves
Aquaria
Armed Seven
Aveyond: Gates of Night
Aveyond: Rhen's Quest
Aztaka
Blackwell Legacy
Blackwell Unbound
Braid
Bridge Construction Set
Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy
CellZenith
Ceville
City Rain: Building Sustainability
Cogs
Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble
Dark Salvation
Darwinia
DEFCON
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Democracy 2
Downfall
DROD RPG: Tendry's Tale
DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold
DROD: The City Beneath
Eschalon: Book I
Gish
Hacker Evolution
Hacker Evolution: Untold
Harvest: Massive Encounter
Helldorado
I-Fluid
Immortal Defense
Iron Grip
Kingdom Elemental
Kivi's Underworld
Kudos Rock Legend
Light of Altair
Make Bouncy Bouncy
Mevo and The Grooveriders
Mount and Blade
Mr. Robot
Multiwinia
Musaic Box
Nation Red
Noitu Love 2: Devolution
Oasis
Obulis
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode Two
Osmos
Pe-2: Dive Bomber
Project Aftermath
Puzzle Kingdoms
Qlione
Rise of Flight
Rooms
Shadowgrounds
Shadowgrounds Survivor
Space Giraffe
Space War Commander
Spirits of Metropolis
Stardrone
Starscape
Suguri
Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser
Supple Episode 1: The Promotion
Switchball
The Maw
The Path
The Wonderful End Of The World
Trash
Trine
Ultimate Knight Windom XP
Witch-bot
World of Goo
Zeno Clash
Week beginning 27/9/09 - EA Games
Battleforge
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 + Uprising
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3: Uprising
Crysis
Crysis: Maximum Edition
Crysis: Warhead
Dead Space
Dragon Age: Origins
Dragon Age: Origins Deluxe Edition
FIFA 08
FIFA 09
FIFA 10
FIFA Manager 09
FIFA Manager 10
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 1 + 2 Bundle
Mass Effect 2
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
Mirror's Edge
MySims
Need for Speed: ProStreet
Need for Speed: Undercover
Need For Speed: Shift
NHL 09
SimCity: Societies
SimCity: Societies and Destinations
SimCity: Societies - Destinations
Spore
Spore Creepy and Cute Parts
Spore Galactic Adventures
Spore Galactic Adventures Bundle
Spore with Creepy and Cute Parts Bundle
The Godfather
The Godfather 2: The Game
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest
The Sims 2 Apartment Life Expansion
The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion
The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
The Sims 2 Free Time Expansion
The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff
The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff
The Sims 2 Teen Style Stuff
The Sims 2 University Life Collection
The Sims 3
The Sims 3 + The Sims 2 Double Deluxe Bundle
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08
Your guess is a good as mine as to which games exactly will be on offer. I'll be sure to post whenever the offers do get posted.
Garry's Mod, PC - £2.99
Garry's Mod, PC - £2.99 delivered
Requires you to already own a Source engine game on steam from the following list:
Left 4 Dead
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Half-life 2: Deathmatch
Team Fortress 2
Counter-Strike Source
Portal
Day of Defeat Source
Although how anyone would have a steam account and not own at least one of those is beyond me.
Direct2Drive £5 game sale: Week 2
The next round of games are up on D2D, and it's another pretty good selection.
Sadly, USA folks get Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, we don't. We do get Serious Sam Gold and Manhunt though....
Special tip for this week: Saints Row 2 serials can be registered on Steam if you want to avoid using D2D. Also - If you recruit a sympathetic yank, you can just get them to buy it for £3, and give you the serial for Steam, saving you £2, and bypassing 'the man'.
Cheeky lil' GAME scam v2
Update: It appears that it is not the order you add items to your basket that matters, but the item number, IE "339837" for Modern Warfare 2, that matters. The item with the smaller number will receive the £5 off. If MW2 is no good, just look around the site for an item expensive enough that has a bigger number than whatever you are after.
GAME.co.uk have got another £5 off off £50 voucher, this time it is "lastminute09".
Like last time, this can be exploited for nefariousness means.
First, go to GAME.co.uk and pick something that you want to buy, then add it to your basket. It is important you add the item you want first.
Then add a game preorder that pushes the total to above £50 (Modern Warfare 2 will work).
Then go you your basket, and apply the coupon "lastminute09", and you should get £5 off the first item in your basket.
Complete the order.
Then go to your order history, and remove the preorder. You should then have the original item with £5 off, without having to spend a £50 total.
Some suggestions of to good items to get discounted, and the price you'll end up paying:
Xbox 360
2100 MS Points - £11.99
Xbox Live 12 Month Gold Membership - £29.99
Play and Charge kit - £9.99 Black/White
Guitar Hero: World Tour - £14.98
Stranglehold - £2.99
Pure - £4.99
Oblivion and Bioshock - £19.99
Fallout 3 Game of the Year - £24.99
PS3
Guitar Hero: World Tour - £14.98
Killzone 2 - £12.99
Saints Row 2 - £9.99
SOCOM Confrontation - £9.99
Fallout 3 Game of the Year - £24.99
Wii
Opoona - £4.99
Death Jr.: Root of Evil - £4.99
Castlevania: Judgement - £14.99
Crossing: Lets Go to the City - £17.99
DS
Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure - £9.99
Advance Wars: Dark Conflict - £7.99
Ninjatown - £4.98
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - £9.99
Space Invaders Extreme 2 - £12.99
The Legend of Kage 2 - £12.99
Dragon Quest: The Chapters of the Chosen - £4.99
PSP
Resistance: Retribution - £7.99
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - £9.99
PC
Left4Dead - £9.99
Empire: Total War - £9.99 (or £14.99 for the Special Forces edition)
Blood Bowl - £19.99
Ghostbusters - £14.99
Penumbra Collection - £12.99
Oblivion and Bioshock - £9.99
Bioshock - £4.99
Thief: The Complete Collection - £4.99
Star Wars Republic Commando - £4.78
2 for £25 (now 2 for £20)
2 for £15 (now 2 for £10)
20% off game preorders from Argos
Argos normally charge RRP or more for games, but they have a promotion on at the minute for 20% off game preorders. Enter code "GAME20" to receive the discount. Argos will take your money when you order, not when they ship the game.
Here are the highlights:
Xbox 360
Modern Warfare 2 - £39.19
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 - £29.59
FIFA 2010 - £31.19
LEGO Rock Band - £29.99
Dragon Age - £31.19
Need For Speed: Shift - £31.19
Alpha Protocol - £31.19
Halo 3: ODST - £29.19
GTA Episodes from Liberty City - £21.99
PS3
Modern Warfare 2 - £39.19
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 - £29.59
FIFA 2010 - £31.19
LEGO Rock Band - £29.99
Dragon Age - £31.19
Need For Speed: Shift - £31.19
Alpha Protocol - £31.19
Assassin's Creed 2 - £29.59
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 - £31.19
Wii
Pro Evolution Soccer 2010 - £20.79
FIFA 2010 - £27.19
LEGO Rock Band - £21.91
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 - £19.99
Ghostbusters - £20.79
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles - £20.79
DS
Modern Warfare 2 - £19.59
FIFA 2010 - £22.39
Scribblenauts - £17.19
Assassin's Creed 2 - £17.19
PSP
FIFA 2010 - £22.39
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars - £21.19
Need For Speed: Shift - £22.39
Colin McRae: DiRT 2 - £11.75
PS2
FIFA 2010 - £22.39
Direct2Drive £5 game sale
Direct2Drive have been doing an OK job of selling games via download for 5 years, and to celebrate, they are selling a bunch of games for $5 £5.
I wouldn't mind the fact that they are have a bunch of games that are USA only, and have the gall to charge UK folk roughly 1.67 times as much, but their web site also tells you that the games are $5!
Currency shenanigans aside, some good deals to be had here.
Crysis [Maximum Edition], PC - £11.73
Crysis [Maximum Edition], PC - £11.73 delivered
This includes Crysis, and the expandalone Warhead.
Fable II (version with bundled DLC), Xbox 360 - £19.85
Fable II (version with bundled DLC), Xbox 360 - £19.85 delivered
I'm not calling it the GOTY edition.
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, PSP - £17.73
Motorstorm: Arctic Edge, PSP - £17.73 delivered
You can get the PS2 version for the same price too.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, PS2 - £7.95
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up, PS2 - £7.95 delivered
I thought this was a Wii exclusive, but I guess not.
Time Donkey, Crane Wars, Raptor Safari, and Blush, PC - £6.34
Time Donkey, Crane Wars, Raptor Safari, and Blush, PC - £6.34
Details here.
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