Foo Fighters: The Colour and the Shape, Xbox 360 Rock Band DLC - 1200MSP
This price is only available until 5PM GMT next Tuesday, December 16th, at which point it will revert to the previous 1600MSP price point.
The cheapest deal for Microsoft Points is currently here.UPDATE 17:15: It seems like this is not available yet. I'll update again when it is.
UPDATE 19:43: This deal is now available on xbox.com but not on the Dashboard.
UPDATE 21:35: Okay, everything looks like it's working now. Go getcher deal.
Rock Band: The Colour and the Shape - 1200MSP
Alone In The Dark: Fixed Edition, PS3 - £19.99
Alone In The Dark: Fixed Edition, PS3 - £19.99 delivered
Zack And Wiki - Quest For Barbaros' Treasure, Wii - £14.73
Zack And Wiki - Quest For Barbaros' Treasure, Wii - £14.73 delivered
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Xbox 360 - £9.73
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Xbox 360 - £9.73 delivered
Not in stock right now, so probably no good if you want it before Christmas.
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Wii - £9.73
Bully: Scholarship Edition, Wii - £9.73 delivered
Not in stock right now, so probably no good if you want it before Christmas.
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, Xbox 360 - £17.73
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, Xbox 360 - £17.73 delivered
Not in stock right now, so probably no good if you want it before Christmas.
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, PS3 - £17.73
Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution, PS3 - £17.73 delivered
Not in stock right now, so probably no good if you want it before Christmas.
Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe, Xbox 360 - £23.94
Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe, Xbox 360 - £23.94 delivered
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts, Xbox 360 - £34.89
Banjo Kazooie: Nuts And Bolts, Xbox 360 - £34.89 delivered
A few pennies cheaper at the hut, but not in stock at the minute.
Castlevania - Dracula X Chronicles, PSP - £12
Castlevania - Dracula X Chronicles, PSP - £12 delivered
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Wii - £14.67
LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga, Wii - £14.67 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PS3 - £23.94 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PS3 - £23.94 delivered
My review can be found here.
Mirror's Edge, Xbox 360 - £23.94
Mirror's Edge, Xbox 360 - £23.94 delivered
My review can be found here.
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, PC - £5.99
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, PC - £5.99 delivered
Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack - 400MSP
Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack - 400MSP
This price is only available until 5PM GMT next Tuesday, December 9th, at which point it will revert to the previous 600MSP price point.
The cheapest deal for Microsoft Points is currently here.
D-PAD Christmas Countdown
To mark the begining of advent, starting today, D-PAD Magaine are having a daily giveaway, for all of December.
Things kick off today with a copy of Guitar Hero World Tour up for grabs, and Dave from D-PAD says:
"we've managed to get hold of some fantastic prizes that range from new release games to....well, you'll see!"
Good luck to everyone entering, head here to enter.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PS3 - £19.99
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009, PS3 - £19.99 in store at Gamestation.
Thanks to a bunch of people, actually, for the tip offs.
2100 Microsoft Points - £15.49
2100 Microsoft Points - £15.49 delivered
Apparently there's somewhere selling 2100 Lips-branded points at £14 but I couldn't find the site when I looked. If anyone knows it please post in the comments.
Thanks to JJ for the tip.
Fable 2, Xbox 360 - £19.57 delivered
Fable 2, Xbox 360 - £19.57 delivered
A little bird tells me that is is also a similar price in-store at Gamestation.
Gears of War 2, half price soon at Gamestation
We've heard from an anonymous insider that Gamestation will be dropping the price of Gears of War 2 at some point in near future. It looks like Gears of War 2 on the Xbox 360 will be down to £20 in Gamestation stores across the UK, maybe in time for Christmas.
The current online price is a VAT friendly £37.18, and the in store price is £40, but if our sources are correct, there should be an in store drop to £20. So if you are looking for the best price on it, I would suggesting waiting to see what pans out with Gamestation.
Disappointing sales of the title at the chain is said to be behind the promotion.
The source has also speculated that COD:WAW (reviewed here) is a potential future half price game, but couldn't give a timeframe.
Command & Conquer: The First Decade, PC - £14.67
Command & Conquer: The First Decade, PC - £14.67 delivered
Contains:
Command & Conquer
Command & Conquer - The Covert Operations
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - The Aftermath
Command & Conquer: Red Alert - Counterstrike
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun - Firestorm
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuris Revenge
Command & Conquer: Renegade
Command & Conquer: Generals
Command & Conquer: Generals - Zero Hour
Would make an ideal Christmas present.
Xbox 360 + Kung Fu Panda + Lego Indiana Jones + PGR 4 + Sega Superstar Tennis + Extra Wireless controller - £166
Xbox 360 + Kung Fu Panda + Lego Indiana Jones + PGR 4 + Sega Superstar Tennis + Extra Wireless controller - £166
One of the best 360 bundles about, and I've actually heard goodish things about Kung Fu Panda.
Either collect in store, get free 5-7 days delivery, or pay £5.95 for 1-5 days delivery.
Update: Seemingly unavailable now, despite still being advertised on the telly...
Hmm. I'll keep you updated.
Meadowhall Centre Gamestation Opening tomorrow
The 250th Gamestation is opening tomorrow morning in the Meadowhall Centre in Sheffield.
To celebrate the event, there is going to be some guys in Mario & Sonic costumes, the local radio station are there to offer people shots of octopus, and there are going to be prizes and stuff.
There will also be some special offers available:
Gears of War 2, Xbox 360 - £20
Halo 3, Xbox 360 - £10
Xbox 360 Pro with Pro Evo 09 - £150
The first 50 customers there in the morning will get a "special goodie bag". Opening time is 10am.
Little Big Planet, PS3 - £23.91
Little Big Planet, PS3 - £23.91 delivered
Thanks to John for the tip.
World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Collectors Edition), PC - £39.99
World Of Warcraft: Wrath Of The Lich King (Collectors Edition), PC - £39.99 delivered
Comes with a bunch of stuff:
Behind-the-scenes DVD,
Official soundtrack CD,
Artbook,
Mouse pad,
In-game pet: Frosty, the baby frost wyrm,
Two 'World of Warcraft' Trading Card Game 'March of the Legion' starter decks, with two exclusive cards available only in the Collector's Edition.
Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City with Wii Speak, Wii - £49.99
Animal Crossing: Let's Go To The City with Wii Speak, Wii - £49.99 delivered
Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City, Wii - £28.99
Animal Crossing: Let's go to the City, Wii - £28.99 delivered
Mirror's Edge - Review
Mirror's Edge, Xbox 360 - £27.99 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PS3 - £27.99 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PC - £21.99 delivered
Review by LewieP
What on earth are DICE doing wasting their time with the Battlefield series?
They have just created a stunning, incredibly forward thinking platformer that pushes the boundaries of what a first person game was thought to be.
DICE's single greatest success is having made a game where you actually feel like you are in control of a human being. The rules are all firmly based on reality, no superhuman athleticism here. The controls are tight and responsive, and you are always directly in control, and always fast. Very quickly you understand your characters limitations, and how to push them.
You can see, hear and feel Faith's every breath.
The pacing of the story mode is spot on. The action constantly moves at an utterly relentless speed, with brilliant set pieces strung together in a way that would make Valve jealous. But it almost never deviates from the core gameplay mechanic, just builds on it. It may not be long, but it wastes very little of your time, is a joy to be in control of, and always challenging.
Now, Mirror's Edge is a very intelligent platformer, but you will have to work for it. You will die many times in Mirror's Edge, and it's easy to find it frustrating. Some of the checkpoints seem a bit on the sparse side, and the level design can often punish you for being curious. I don't know to what degree this is by design, but for me, if any game would benefit from ripping off the Prince of Persia rewind, it would be Mirror's Edge.
That said, when you do finally overcome those moments of frustration, you really do feel like you have achieved something.
The combat is a downside.
It is not a game about the combat.
My biggest problem with the combat is that it detracts from the game somewhat. It is good to have the option to kill/KO all the enemies. It is also good that it is often the best option to avoid combat at all. It is bad that there are points at which you are forced to use the combat, or 'break' the AI to avoid combat.
It is also bad that there's a point where you are forced to use a gun. It killed the mood of the game for me, and is almost unforgivable.
I applaud DICE for making combat ancillary to the core gameplay, a very brave move, but I still think they slightly mishandled it.
That said, once I realised that I could pick up dropped weapons whilst sliding, I slung together some incredibly badass combat sequences.
I am completely sucked into the time trials. Once I have worked out how to 3 Star (A 'perfect' run) a level, I spend ages trying to actually do it. Mastering a level, and earning the 3 Star ranking is one of the single most rewarding moments of gaming I have ever had.
Mirror's Edge has a classy, bright and beautiful visual design that gives it an identity entirely of it's own. You could not mistake it for any other game on the market, which is always nice. It manages to turn fairly mundane locations like "office block" into gorgeous urban playgrounds bursting with colour and charm. Blue skies present and correct.
Also, smashing open the doors feels incredible. There should be a level that is just a long straight corridor filled with red door after red door, for a mile or so (maybe in the DLC).
There are a few annoyances that I wish they had worked on. Having a check point immediately before a cut-scene, or a door with a very slowly turning wheel to open it is poor form (although I suspect it is to mask loading times in some cases).
The quirks of the Unreal 3.0 engine are out in full force. Texture pop up, and lifts from the same supplier used for Mass Effect. There is also an odd glitch where when you respawn, world objects like dropped weapons that were stationary appear to drop vertically into the level. Hardly detracts from the game, but it's a bit sloppy, and worth mentioning. I also noticed a typo error in the Subtitles, what's with that?
The time trials are fantastic, but it would have benefited from at the very least a screenshot (video would be even better) preview of each level on the selection screen. As it is, you have to remember them by name, and if you can't remember the name of a particular level, you have to guess, and load each one up until you find it. It's sloppy, and some of the names are really not that distinctive.
Also - a weird glitch that is present on the 360 version, not sure about other platforms. In the time trials, if you are on a level with glass windows, when you start a run, they are all intact. If you go and smash them all, then restart, they will remain smashed. Abusing this can save time too.
The story is not all that great. The dialogue is not quite mature enough to do the setting justice, and it is the first game I have played where the animated cut scenes look markedly worse than in game footage. I really don't know why they decided to ever take the player out of Faith's perspective. The game's insistance on using uber-cool slang like "Blues" (police officers) and "Bird" (Helicopter) gets pretty annoying. Just ignore the story and play the damn game.
Mirror's Edge is a very important game. DICE have raised the bar for First-Person games as a whole. I want to see all games have this level of physical immersion. No excuses now.
A triumph of interface, immersion and level design. Incredibly human. A must play.
Discuss it in the forums.
Mirror's Edge, Xbox 360 - £27.99 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PS3 - £27.99 delivered
Mirror's Edge, PC - £21.99 delivered
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames, Xbox 360 - £19.99
Mercenaries 2: World In Flames, Xbox 360 - £19.99 delivered
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Xbox 360 - £19.99
Midnight Club: Los Angeles, Xbox 360 - £19.99 delivered
Metroid Prime Pinball, DS - £9.99
Metroid Prime Pinball, DS - £9.99 delivered
Comes with a rumble pak, but I think that might be for the original DS phat. Anyone know for sure?
Valve Complete Pack, PC - £78.94
Valve Complete Pack, PC - £78.94 on Steam
A big spend, but it is a huge catalogue of quality games. You get:
The entire Half-Life series, including expansions, episodes and multiplayer,
Team Fortress 1 and 2,
Portal,
Counter Stike, Condition Zero and Source,
Day of Defeat, Source,
Peggle Extreme,
and Left 4 Dead.
Worth it is you don't already own any of them.
Gears of War Golden Lancer DLC, Xbox 360 - Free
Gears of War Golden Lancer DLC, Xbox 360 - Free
This is a bit of an exploit opened by the new online Marketplace at xbox.com. Follow the link and log in and you'll be able to queue the download to your 360.
This is the same gold-plated gun that is available as a code in the Collector's Edition of Gears 2. If you only bought the regular edition then you were supposed to miss out on this extra.
If you want it, grab it quick - I imagine this loophole will be closed soon.
UPDATE: Hope you grabbed it, it's now 99999 MSP. If you think it's worth it.
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