Mass Effect, PC - £9.98 delivered
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - Review
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Xbox 360 - £32.73 delivered
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PS3 - £29.99 delivered
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PC - £22.93 delivered
Review by Justin Thurman
In order to make some sense of this review, I would like to summarize my feelings on Assault on Dark Athena first and qualify them afterwards: I would very much like to recommend Assault on Dark Athena to you but I find that I am largely unable to do so. I wanted to like it myself. Having loved Pitch Black, been annoyed with but understanding of Chronicles of Riddick, and having not played Escape from Butcher Bay, I came to Assault on Dark Athena expecting (or at least hoping) to find a game wherein I play as the morally ambiguous, very unsettling, sneaky, stabby badass Richard B. Riddick – and at certain points throughout the game, this is exactly what I got. But those points are far too infrequent for me to have felt satisfied by the overall experience or to have felt that Assault properly seizes what makes Riddick such an appealing character.
During his introduction as a character in Pitch Black, Riddick seemed like an actual human being. He quite clearly had his ethical gray areas, he had motivations that didn’t feel like cardboard cut outs (partially because those motivations were consistently kept from us as audience), and he was a very powerful anti-hero. Assault on Dark Athena entirely misses the point of these shortcomings and turns Riddick into a brooding ‘loner’ (the bad kind) that reeks of pretentious self-righteousness. Riddick says things like “The Dark protects her” and “I could [help you]. But when I help people, they end up dead.” – how are we supposed to take him seriously at this point? And it’s not even that he’s mistaken when he says these things – they are actually quite accurate in a literal sense. But they obviously point at a more artistic, metaphorical meaning that suggests that the reason Riddick is wearing those goggles is to hide all the eye-liner he must be wearing.
But immature characterization doesn’t end (or even reach its peak) with Riddick. The supporting characters are the worst in this regard. In particular, there is a conversation with a prison inmate named Jaylor that left a horrible taste in my mouth. Jaylor makes mention of a female prisoner with whom Riddick was previously conversing, making note of all the unsightly things he’s going to do to her when he escapes. During this particular exchange, I’m reasonably certain he uses the word ‘fuck’ at least every other word and concludes by claiming that, “first I’m gonna kill her, and then I’m gonna fuck her.” Throughout the entire conversation, every time he uses any sort of expletive, he emphasizes the word like he’s thirteen and has just discovered the pre-pubescent allure of cursing like a sailor. Now I certainly realize that the mercenaries are supposed to be portrayed as tough and gritty but this sort of dialogue doesn’t sound natural. I am entirely convinced that the writer had the explicit goal of putting as many expletives into this particular conversation as he could – and it shows. And to make the conversation even more unnerving, Riddick makes virtually no response to this rant by Jaylor – and what response could he make? It’s no surprise that Riddick has no acknowledgement of this exchange when this sort of dialogue doesn’t fit in the Riddick universe to begin with.
I realize that I’ve just spent a good five hundred words bitching about characterization and not mentioned gameplay once, but to be honest, that’s what I wanted out of this game: characterization. Stealth action/shooters are not in terribly short supply these days, so I can get that sort of gameplay from a number of a different sources. What I wanted here was a game in which I felt like I was inhabiting the role of Richard B. Riddick in his own universe and I was largely let down. But still, the gameplay itself could have redeemed that shortcoming and made the game worth playing again – and it made a semi-decent attempt at this, but ultimately fell short.
I realize this particular horse has been beaten to death by now, but the biggest gameplay issue I found is that the game can’t make up its mind about what sort of game it wishes to be. The opening sections are sufficiently stealthy and stabby (even if there are certain flaws in both these elements) to make the player hopeful that this sort of work will continue. Even if characterization falls short, the gameplay in the early parts of the game is very much Riddick-esque. But soon you start becoming absolutely overwhelmed with bullets, guns, and more bullets to the point that the game becomes much more about (poorly designed) shooting rather than (wholesome fun) stabbing. To be fair, it’s not as if your stabbing instruments are taken away and you absolutely cannot use stealth – but it is sure to become an increasingly frustrating experience as the game goes on. Enemies become more densely populated, their guns get bigger (as does their ability to absorb bullets to any body part except the head), and then of course the infamous spider turret makes an appearance. So you certainly can stealth and stab your way through the game, but you might as well crowbar your way through Half-Life 2, as the gameplay (at least in terms of player-enemy interaction) won’t be much different.
This unfortunate shift really is quite a shame because the melee combat in the game is great. It’s visceral, the killing blow animations are excellent, and the stealth kills always feel rewarding. And then the gunplay feels approximately like flashing a strobe light at a mannequin until someone tips it over for you. But my absolute biggest peeve with the gameplay is the horrific eyeshine. The Dark Athena is sufficiently dark to warrant the name. Oftentimes you will be creeping along a corridor or an air vent with only a single light source off in the distance, making navigation rather cumbersome. Your eye shine, however, while semi-functional in absolute darkness, is blindingly headache-inducing when there is any source of light in the vicinity. I found myself switching back and forth constantly in order to even walk down an empty hallway. Many of the rooms you must navigate have light sources abundantly placed in one section with total darkness everywhere else, so you must switch your eyes on and off just for turning around. I am not exaggerating when I say that it quite frequently gave me headaches over longer playing sessions. Weird, glowy vision was fine in the movies for one reason: we weren’t the ones controlling it. In game, it is cumbersome and unnecessary. More traditional forms of night vision would have been just fine. But the worst part of Riddick’s eye shine is that it actually hampers your ability to hide from enemies in shadows. Quite frequently you find yourself slinking about in a dark section of a room with enemies just on the other side of whatever crates you’re hiding behind, and you have two options: leave eyeshine off and be unable to make out the environment in which you’re hiding, or turn it on and be unable to see when you’re about to stick the end of your nose into the light, resulting in it being blown off your face. The only way to make sense of the situation is to switch eyeshine on and off repeatedly, which, as I’ve suggested, is rather frustrating.
I could go on about other complaints I had such as frequent backtracking, long loading, or a boring story (and how could the story be any good with such lackluster characterization?), but I feel that would be largely unnecessary. The game had two fronts on which it could have succeeded. It could have been an engaging portrayal of the Riddick universe but it turned out to be immature and insipid. It could have been entertaining, well-executed stealth gameplay but it turned out to be a weak shooter. Even still, I have heard that Escape from Butcher Bay is better in both these regards and I was not so turned off by Assault that I won’t play Escape. I want to reiterate that I really enjoyed stealthing around and picking off guards in the early sections of the game. I still hold out hope that the Riddick character can be revitalized and that more of the engrossing stealth-stabbity fun is in there somewhere. There are some promising aspects of Assault on Dark Athena’s gameplay that, if they were refined and focused on more fully, could make an excellent game and I am hoping that Escape from Butcher Bay will fit that bill.
And last but not least, there’s the multiplayer. Seeing as multiplayer was not originally planned to be included, I expected it to feel tacked on and unnecessary – and largely it did. But the Pitch Black game mode in which one player plays as Riddick and the rest as the mercs hunting him was surprisingly engaging. Playing as Riddick is a fun hide and seek, cat and mouse chase, whereas playing as a merc brings out the fear that should be associated with hunting and being hunted by Riddick. The environments are claustrophobic and dark, forcing the mercs to choose between a relatively weak weapon with a stronger flash light or a strong weapon that offers little in the way of visibility. It promotes coordination among the mercs and allows Riddick, when that coordination is lacking, to pick them all off one by one, exactly as he should. I don’t know if that experience is worth the price of admission all on its own, but it’s an enjoyable diversion nonetheless.
So ultimately, if you enjoyed Butcher Bay (as many people did) and would like to play it on a current-generation console, pick it up. You’ll get the game you know and love, some entertaining multiplayer, and if you must lengthen (and reduce the quality of) the Riddick experience, you have the single player portion of Assault on Dark Athena. But for anyone looking for a new, exciting entry into the Riddick universe or the stealth/action genre, I must suggest you look elsewhere.
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Xbox 360 - £32.73 delivered
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PS3 - £29.99 delivered
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PC - £22.93 delivered
Lego Indiana Jones + Kung Fu Panda + Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 - £19.99
Lego Indiana Jones + Kung Fu Panda + Wireless Controller, Xbox 360 - £19.99 delivered
Wii Motion Plus
Wii Motion plus is out soon (12th of June), and here are the best prices for the unit on it's own, and bundles with games.
Wii Motion Plus - £15.96 delivered
Wii Sports Resort + Wii Motion Plus - £37.96 delivered
Grand Slam Tennis + Wii Motion Plus - £42.73 delivered
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2010 + Wii Motion Plus - £42.99 delivered
Professor Layton And The Curious Village, DS - £17.99
Professor Layton And The Curious Village, DS - £17.99 delivered
Mario Power Tennis (New Play Control), Wii - £9.99
Mario Power Tennis (New Play Control), Wii - £9.99 delivered
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box + Trivial Pursuit , Xbox 360 - £14.95
Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box + Trivial Pursuit , Xbox 360 - £14.95 delivered
Utter steal.
Far Cry 2: Collector's Edition, Xbox 360 - £19.95
Far Cry 2: Collector's Edition, Xbox 360 - £19.95 delivered
Street Fighter IV [Collectors Edition], Xbox 360 - £28.73
Street Fighter IV [Collectors Edition], Xbox 360 - £28.73 delivered
Xbox 360 120GB HDD - £25/£32
If you're looking to upgrade your Xbox 360 hard drive, it's worth remembering that you can buy preowned and that your old hard drive after the upgrade is blank and resellable. However, due to the good folks at CEX, you can squeeze an extra couple of quid out of the swap.
Currently, the 120GB hard drive is being sold for £48. The trade-in value of the 20GB is £16 and the 60GB is £23, £4 and £6 more than their cash value respectively. However, if you trade in your hard drive, you lose all the stuff on it.
This is where your mileage may vary. A month or so ago, at the Sheffield store, the folks at CEX were very accommodating. They transferred all my data from my old 20GB HDD to the preowned 120GB HDD in-store. It took about an hour and a half. However, they're under no obligation to do this - staff at the Nottigham store have reportedly been less than helpful. You need to make it clear you want to ahead of time, because you don't want the trade-in to go through and lose all your stuff because they didn't understand what you wanted to do. You may also need to provide your own transfer cable, as there's no guarantee that the one they have is up to date or that they even have one. You can get a free cable from Microsoft by using the form on this page. Write 'On Order' in the Elite serial number area, and you'll be sent the cable within about a week. Make sure you check the page on CEX's website to see if stock is available at your local store.
This depends on the co-operation of CEX staff, but I've found them to be almost universally friendly and reasonable people.
Lightweight Ninja, PC - 62p
Lightweight Ninja, PC - 62p
Looks neat, has a ninja in it, and costs next to nothing! Demo here.
Unreal Tournament 3, PC - £6.99
Unreal Tournament 3, PC - £6.99 on Steam
Free weekend is on right now too.
Also worth thinking about the Unreal Deal Pack:
Unreal Gold
Unreal 2: The Awakening
Unreal Tournament: Game of the Year Edition
Unreal Tournament 2004: Editor's Choice Edition
Unreal Tournament 3
All for £11.49
Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock + Wireless Controller, PS2 - £17.99
Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock + Wireless Controller, PS2 - £17.99 delivered
Are these guitars compatible with the PS3?
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, DS - £14.99
Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, DS - £14.99 delivered
The Hut 24 hour Nintendo Sale
Some excellent offers on Nintendo games in The Hut's 24 Hour sale.
Highlights:
DS
New International Track and Field - £5.93
Pokémon Pearl - £16.93
Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - £12.93
Dragon Quest - Chapters Of The Chosen - £8.93
Disgaea - £17.93
Wii
House Of The Dead: Overkill - £14.73
MadWorld - £14.93
Blast Works - £17.93
The BBC really love Halo
The BBC decided that as part of their "Big Gaming Weekend", they would conduct a pointless poll to compile a ranked list of the best games ever, to help us decide whether Football Manager 2009 is objectively better than Tetris (it is).
However, they seem to have slipped up a bit, so let's all take the opportunity to point and laugh.
Halo is not only the 25th best game ever, it is also the 39th best game ever. Mario Kart 64 must be pretty confused, being halfway inbetween Halo and Halo.
The list can be seen here. Let's see how long it takes to percolate through the Twitterverse back to the BBC hivebrain.
Cheers to Ram Raider for the tip off.
Wii Homebrew - beginners guide.
The Wii homebrew scene is a rapid moving entity. New developments are always being made, and new fun bits of ones and zeros are always getting released.
I decided to write a beginners guide to homebrew, detailing what kind of things it can let you do, as well as collect together some useful links.
What is homebrew?
Homebrew, in regard to consoles, is code that has been made by 'bedroom developers'. These are often very talented individuals and groups, and everything they do is without support from the platform holder (in the case of the Wii, Nintendo). These are hackers in the purest sense of the word, they push hardware and software to do things that the original creators never intended.
It is not illegal, you own your Wii, and it is entirely up to you what code you run on the hardware you own. Running unlicensed code on your Wii technically voids your warranty, however, it is possible to remove any trace of having done so in the event of hardware problems.
What can I do with homebrew on the Wii?
Some of the functions that having a homebrew enabled Wii can let you do are:
Customization of the Wii System menu
Region free gaming (for both Wii and Gamecube games)
USB Loading (more on that later)
Homebrew games
Media Centre Capabilities
Homebrew games
ScummVM Wii
And a bunch of other neat little tricks
I'll give a rough guide to how all these work later in the guide.
How do I get homebrew up and running on my Wii?
Running homebrew on your Wii is a fairly simple procedure, but it is not without risks. If you do something wrong, you could brick your system. As long as you follow this guide to the letter, you should not encounter any trouble.
First, you need the following:
A Wii
Permission from whoever owns the Wii
An SD card, and a way of putting data on it (SD Card reader)
An internet connection (which I assume you have)
The first step is to install 'The Homebrew Channel' on your Wii. This is a channel that displays on your Wii System menu which will allow you to run executables off an SD card. Essentially where you can boot homebrew from. You only have to install this once, then it will be saved in the console until you decide to remove it.
Nintendo won't just let you install anything on your Wii, so you need a hack, a way to bypass Nintendo's security on the console. Luckily, such a thing exists. Originally, you needed to use the Twilight Hack, which used a vulnerability in The Twilight Princess. Now, however, a hack exists that requires only an SD card, called "bannerbomb". Head to the bannerbomb website, and download the most recent version. This will let you run the installer for the Homebrew Channel, which you can grab here from bootmii.
Once you have downloaded the hackmii installer, you need to put both it and bannerbomb on your SD card. You need to put the folder "private" on your SD card, then the file "installer_beta1.elf" on your SD card, and rename it "boot.elf". Should look something like this:
Where "J" is whatever drive letter your SD card is.
Once you have this set up, you are ready to install the homebrew channel. Stick the SD card in the console, then got to the "Wii" menu, then "Data Management", then "Channels", then "SD".
It will then ask you if you want to "Load boot.dol/elf?", which you do.
Then the Hackmii installer will boot. Follow the on screen instructions for "install The Homebrew Channel". This is really simple, but if you have any problems, let me know.
You can delete everything off the SD card if you like now, you have everything on the console you need to run homebrew off the SD card.
The hardest part is now done. You should see The Homebrew Channel on your Wii's system menu, meaning you have a homebrew enabled Wii, congratulations!
How do I run homebrew applications?
Now that you have got the Homebrew Channel installed, you can run any homebrew you want from your SD card. To get applications to run, you need to create a folder called "Apps" on the SD card, then create a new folder for each application (named whatever you want the application to show up as in the Homebrew channel), then put the .dol or .elf file in that folder, and rename it to "boot.dol" or "boot.elf". Applications often come with a "meta.xml" and "icon.png", these contain the application description, and icon. They aren't essential, but make it prettier and can give you useful information.
Then stick the SD card in the Wii, and run The Homebrew Channel, and the application should show up.
What can I do from here?
Well, there are a bunch of fun things you can do, but first, I suggest you do a few things to customize your Wii.
Preloader is a homebrew application which lets you make some changes to the system menu. Nothing major, but it is definitely a good idea to do. If you plan to play imported games on your Wii it is definately recomended, because one of the ways you can damage your Wii is to update the system menu to a newer version from an imported disc. Trying to install a USA system menu on a PAL Wii will damage it, but Preloader can prevent this.
Grab it from here.
Once you have put "preloaderv0.29-cred.dol" on your SD card (in the folder "SD:\Apps\Preloader"), then renamed it to "boot.dol", you can put the SD card in the Wii, and launch preloader from the Homebrew Channel.
Follow the on screen instructions, and go to "Systemmenu Hacks"
I recomend selecting the following Hacks:
Replace Healthwarning with Back Menu (this removes the stupid Health warning screen from the boot process)
Region Free Wii games
Skip Disc Update Check (means that games will no longer be able to update the system menu without your permission)
Region Free Gamecube Games with video mode patched
Remove NoCopy protection (lets you copy saves to SD Card that you are not normally allowed too)
Move Disc Channel (lets you move the disc channel with A + B, like other channels).
Then "Save Settings".
You can now play imported Wii and Gamecube games from the disc channel, and have a few other neat tricks enabled too.
If you want, you can also go to "settings", and turn "ignore standby setting" to "on". This will make the Wii go to the "Red" Off mode by default, instead of the "Orange" standby mode. Uses less power.
Then Save settings and reboot the Wii.
Now for fun toys
You have done all of the hard work now, so I think it is time to grab some fun homebrew toys. I've put together links to some of the most useful and fun homebrew about, but if you think of anything good that is missing, let me know.
USB Loaders
If you have a spare USB hard drive, it is definitely worth thinking about using one as a USB Loader for your Wii.
A USB Loader lets you instead of booting games from the disc, boot them from a USB hard drive/pen drive. This has several advantages, not having to swap discs/carry all your games with you (particularly useful for me moving between university and my parents fairly regularly), quicker load times, and you don't have to keep your games in the same place as your console (mine are stored under my bed, out of the way now).
You have to rip all your games onto the drive on your console, which takes a while, but is well worth it in my opinion. It only supports partitions up to 500gb, you can use a bigger drive if you want, but will only be able to use 500gb of it for Wii games. Games vary in size quite a bit, but average around 2/2.5gb.
I have tried a few different USB Loaders, but by far my favorite is USB Loader GX. For more information on it, head to their website here.
Media Players
There are a range of homebrew media players for the Wii, that let you play videos either from the SD card or a USB Hard drive. I prefer GeexBox.
There are ways of playing DVD Videos on the Wii, but I honestly recommend against it. I have not heard conclusively one way or the other whether it does damage to the disc drive or not, and I am sure you all have other things to play DVDs on.
Q1Rev
A pretty decent port of Quake 1 to the Wii, you can either use the Shareware version for free, or the full version from your original discs.
Commander K. Wii
A port of the first three Commander Keen games. A tonne of fun.
ScummVM Wii
There is a fantastic range of classic adventure games that can be played on the Wii via ScummVM Wii. The excellent Beneath a Steel Sky is freeware, and you can also play the likes of Sam & Max Hit the Road, Full Throttle, Monkey Island 1+2, Day of the Tentacle, The Dig, Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and more.
So that's it. If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments. I will try to keep this guide updated and relevant.
Recommended sites:
Wiibrew - A wiki full of homebrew software
Boring essential legal stuff:
SavyGamer and LewieP accept no responsibility for any damage caused to your Wii, SD card, other hardware, or limbs when following this guide.
Bionic Commando Rearmed, Xbox 360 - 400 MS Points
Bionic Commando Rearmed, Xbox 360 - 400 MS Points
Was half price on PS3 before, now is on the 360 too.
Cheers to GovernmentYard for the tip off.
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, PC - £2.99
The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles, PC - £2.99 delivered
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £15.99
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £15.99 delivered
See this post of me bitching about this kind of thing, only imagine it being more so now.
Grand Theft Auto 4, PC - £14.69
Grand Theft Auto 4, PC - £14.69 delivered
Update: Apparently, Morrisons still have this for £9.99. Cheers to Optimaximal for the heads up.
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller [Black] - £18.96
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller [Black] - £18.96 delivered
inFAMOUS, PS3 - £32.95
inFAMOUS, PS3 - £32.95 deLIVERED
or you can get the spECIAL edITION for £38.89
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, DS - £11.48
Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, DS - £11.48 delivered
Little King's Story, Wii - £22.99
Little King's Story, Wii - £22.99 delivered
Thanks to IronMaiden for the tip off.
Nintendo Wii Console - £145
Nintendo Wii Console - £145 delivered
Also available in store at Asda. They are also doing the console + Wii Play for £155 in store (but not online).
2 for £20
The Hut have got a fairly decent 2 for £20 offer on at the minute.
Highlighs:
360
Civilization Revolution
Fight Night Round 3
Armored Core: For Answer
Star Trek - Legacy
Top Spin 3
Sega Rally
Infinite Undiscovery
Saints Row
Virtua Fighter 5
Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
Lost: The Video Game
PS3
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion [Game of the Year Edition]
Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
BAJA: Edge of Control
MX Vs ATV Untamed
Assassin's Creed
Haze
Half-Life 2 [The Orange Box]
Lost: The Video Game
Armored Core: For Answer
Wii
Sonic And The Secret Rings
Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon
Soul Calibur Legends
Zack And Wiki: Quest For Barbaro's Treasure
Nights: Journey Of Dreams
Boom Blox
Red Steel
Nunchuck
House of the Dead Overkill Hand Cannon
DS
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
New Internetional Track And Field
Endwar
Scrabble 2007
Guitar Hero III Wireless Guitar, Wii - £9.99
Guitar Hero III Wireless Guitar, Wii - £9.99 delivered
Works with:
Guitar Hero III - Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: World Tour
and Rock Band 2
It does not work with Rock Band.
Infinity Ward and Lionhead collaboration confirmed
According to Gameplay, a mashup of the Call of Duty and Fable series, entitled "Call of Fable 2" is now available.
Either that, or they forgot to proof read. Cheers to Extralife for the tip off.
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £16.19
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £16.19 delivered
See this post of me bitching about this kind of thing, only imagine it being more so now.
$5 off $50 at Play-Asia
$5 off $50 at Play-Asia
Use one of these coupons:
XW-OQG-LGL
BT-WRS-RCB
These are one use codes, so it is first come first served. Thanks to lavatein for the codes.
Additions Direct code bargains
As you might have seen, I posted a bunch of great deals recently that use the code "ZG310" at Additions Direct.
This voucher is £30 off a £60 or more spend. It can be either one item that is £60 or more, or several cheaper items. Their prices are pretty bad, but with the £30 off code, there are some good deals to be had. Here is a list of smaller items that are worth considering getting:
Xbox 360
Rockband 2 - £49
Red Faction: Guerilla - £47
X-Men origins: Wolverine - £42
Damnation - £41
Batman: Arkham Asylum - £40
UFC 2009: Undisputed - £39
Virtua Tennis 2009 - £39
The Godfather II - £39
Bionic commando - £39
Resident Evil 5 - £35
Wheelman - £33
Wanted: Weapons of Fate - £30
WWE: Legends of Wrestlemania - £30
Battle Fantasia - £29
Wireless Controller - £29
Midnight Club: Los Angeles - £29
Street Fighter IV - £28
Civilization Revolution - £19
2,100 MS Points - £19
Project Gotham Racing 4 - £19
Play and Charge kit [Black/White] - £14
PS3
The Godfather 2 - £42
UFC 2009: Undisputed - £42
Terminator Salvation - £40
Red Faction: Guerilla - £40
Ghostbusters: The Game - £39
Batman: Arkum Asylum - £39
X-Men origins: Wolverine - £39
Wanted: Weapons of Fate - £35
Bionic Commando - £35
Dual Shock 3 - £34
Shaun White: Snowboarding - £29
Killzone 2 - £29
Street Fighter IV - £28
Metal Gear Solid - £24
Burnout Paradise - £21
Blu-Ray remote - £19
Wii
Animal Crossing with Wii Speak - £52
Super Smash Bros Brawl - £39
Super Mario Galaxy - £35
Mario Kart - £35
Wii Play and remote - £34
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 - £30
Pikmin 2 - £30
Virtua Tennis 2009 - £29
House of the dead: Overkill - £29
Mario Power Tennis - £29
Wii remote - £29
Pikmin - £25
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - £25
Wii Speak - £24
Zack and Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure - £19
Resident Evil - The Umbrella Chronicles - £19
Resident Evil 4 - £19
Links Crossbow Training + Zapper - £19
Nunchuck - £14
DS
Animal Crossing - £32
Nintendogs: Dalmations and friends - £29
Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass - £29
Professor Layton and the curious village - £29
Pokémon Platinum - £25
Rhythm Paradise - £25
New Super Mario Bros - £25
Mario Kart DS - £23
Sonic Chronicles - £21
Cooking Mama - £19
42 All time classics- £19
Big Brain Academy- £19
100 Classic book collection - £19
Sight Training - £19
More Brain Training - £19
Brain Training - £17
PSP
God of War: Chains of Olympus - £14
Killzone Liberation - £11
Ratchet and Clank: Size Matters - £11
Daxter - £11
Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins - £11
Tekken: Dark Resurrection - £9
Pursuit Force: Extreme Justice - £9
Powerstone Collection - £9
Everybody's Golf - £9
Crush - £9
Street Fighter: Alpha 3 Max - £9
LocoRoco - £9
Capcom Classic Collection: Reloaded - £9
So put together any basket of items that adds up to £60 or more, and apply code "ZG310" for £30 off. Let me know if you see any good deals I have missed.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Guitar Hero: World Tour - Guitar Bundle, PS3 - £46.37
Guitar Hero: World Tour - Guitar Bundle, PS3 - £46.37 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Nintendo DSi [Black/White] - £119.77
Nintendo DSi [Black/White] - £119.77 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Nintendo DS Lite [Turquoise/Green] - £70.84
Nintendo DS Lite [Turquoise/Green] - £70.84 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Play TV, PS3 - £46.37
Play TV, PS3 - £46.37 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adaptor - £34.63
Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adaptor - £34.63 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Project Gotham Racing 4 + Microsoft Wireless Wheel, Xbox 360 - £56.16
Project Gotham Racing 4 + Microsoft Wireless Wheel, Xbox 360 - £56.16 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Wii Fit, Wii - £41.48
Wii Fit, Wii - £41.48 delivered
Apply code "ZG310" to get £30 off.
Now, a word of warning. Additions Direct are pretty sly, and won't think twice of just charging you more than the checkout process says (which is actually illegal), and making you fight to get the price you were quoted. It will probably work out ok, but I have had bad experiences with them in the past. I would say document the entire transactions with screendumps, just to be on the safe side.
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Xbox 360 - £19.54
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Xbox 360 - £19.54 in store at Sainbury's
Thanks to plaido for the tip off.
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PS3 - £19.54
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, PS3 - £19.54 in store at Sainbury's
Thanks to plaido for the tip off.
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £17.99
Rock Band: Song Pack 2, Xbox 360 - £17.99 delivered
This pack contains 20 songs on the disc, and also comes with download codes to let you put the songs on your hard drive.
Songs on Rock Band cost 160 MS Points, so based on the cheapest MS Points currently available, that is roughly 96p per track. Based on the RRP for MS Points, it is £1.36.
This track pack comes with 20 songs, at £17.99. So that is roughly 90p per track.
The downside is that obviously you don't get to pick and choose which songs you get. But you can also sell on/trade in the disc once you have downloaded the songs.
It's kind of ridiculous that it costs significantly more to get Harmonix to send you some ones and zeros than it does to get them to package up a disc, ship it to a retailer, give the retailer a profit margin, and then post it to you. I guess it is a symptom of the immaturity of the market for DLC.
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Xbox 360 - £11.98
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, Xbox 360 - £11.98 delivered
BioShock [Collectors Edition], Xbox 360 - £29.99
BioShock [Collectors Edition], Xbox 360 - £29.99 delivered
I've not seen these in stock anywhere for a long time, and this isn't a bad price for it.
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