Braid, PC - £9.99 on Steam
An odd quirk of the international pricing policy of the various digital distribution platforms is that whilst USA gamers pay roughly $15 wherever they get the game from, UK gamers pay different prices depending on where they get it from.
According to GamersGate, $15 = £13.45.
Greenhouse charge $14.95 wherever you buy from, which is £10.23 right now, according to xe.com.
According to Impulse, $14.95 = £10.22.
And according to Steam, $15 = £9.99.
I think I'll trust Valve on this one. The only downside of getting it from Steam is that for some reason, the release seems to be delayed by about 24 hours compared to the other places, and they aren't preloading it, but it is only 119mb. Available from steam right now.
It's an excellent game too. Demo here.
Braid, PC - £9.99
Weekend Special Roundup 10/4
Steam:
Peggle Complete - £6.99
Includes Peggle Deluxe and Peggle Nights.
GamersGate:
Prey - £4.99
Prey was very underwhelming for me. It has a few nice ideas, and a very good opening, but honestly, there are a lot better games for you to invest your time in.
Helldorado - £12.99
Also of note, GamersGate seem to be charging UK folks in GBP now, instead of just charging us in Euros. I've not conclusively worked out if this makes it a better or worse deal for us, but at the very least it makes the pricing a bit more transparent.
Good old Games:
Spring Promotion -
Giants + Sacrifice - $8.98
ToCA Race Driver 3 + Screamer - $11.98
Arx Fatalis + Stonekeep - $8.98
Painkiller Black + Redneck Rampage Pack - $11.98
Second Sight + Messiah - $11.98
Perimeter + Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising - $11.98
Freespace & Expansion + Freespace 2 - $8.98
Greenhouse:
Defense Grid: The Awakening - $9.95
And Yet It Moves - $9.95
On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One - $9.95
Impulse:
Not up yet.
Gears of War 2 [Limited Edition], Xbox 360 - £24.99
Gears of War 2 [Limited Edition], Xbox 360 - £24.99
Just seen this in store at Blockbuster.
Red Faction: Guerilla demo
THQ are giving codes for early access to the Red Faction: Guerilla demo for the PS3/Xbox 360. You have to sign up to myTHQ, which I bet none of you want to.
Easy (and ironic) solution, use guerrillamail.com to get a temporary email address.
Once you have signed up, head here, and you can get a demo key.
PSN Sale
There is a sale on the PSN right now. Until the 23rd of April, the following games are on special offer:
PAIN - £3.99
Crash Commando - £4.79
Ratchet and Clank: Quest for Booty - £7.99
Echocrome - £4.79
High Velocity Bowling - £4.79
SIREN Blood Curse - £14.99
Elefunk - £3.99
Riff: Everyday Shooter - £3.99
Snakeball - £3.99
Nucleus - £3.99
Toy Home - £3.99
Pixeljunk Racers - £3.99
Blast Factor - £3.99
Calling All Cars - £3.99
Dark Mist - £3.99
Piyotama - £2.39
Wipeout HD - £11.99
Everydays shooter is pretty incredible. Echochrome is worth a pop too I reckon.
GOG Spring Promotion
Good old games are having a Spring promotion. The following bundles are on offer:
Giants + Sacrifice - $8.98
ToCA Race Driver 3 + Screamer - $11.98
Arx Fatalis + Stonekeep - $8.98
Painkiller Black + Redneck Rampage Pack - $11.98
Second Sight + Messiah - $11.98
Perimeter + Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising - $11.98
Freespace & Expansion + Freespace 2 - $8.98
Details here.
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