Browsing all articles from December, 2009.
Wal-Mart bundles
Wal-Mart is offering a bunch of game bundles — the details are at DealNews.
Unsurprisingly, most of the games are particularly awful. (’Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer’ needs to die, die, die.)
From the ‘Playstation 3 two-for-$30′ list, the good games are LEGO Indiana Jones, LEGO Star Wars, MotorStorm, NBA Street: Homecourt, NHL 08, Resistance: [...]
F.E.A.R. 2, Left 4 Dead / PC – under $18
Two well-reviewed horror shooters are on sale.
Left 4 Dead / PC – $14.99
Steam is selling Left 4 Dead for $14.99 as a downloadable.
GamingExcellence described it this way:
You’re trapped on a rooftop, zombies are everywhere and you’re running low on ammo. Welcome to Left 4 Dead.
HardcoreGamer lead with:
I should probably get this out of the way [...]
News Round-up
The Tokyo Game Show round-up, a fan-made Metal Gear Solid Movie, and the masochistic game of the week, below.
Indie Games / PC – $5
Direct2Drive, an online retailer who specializes in downloadable games, is celebrating its fifth anniversary with a month-long sale of PC titles for $5. Each week offers a new category. This week the theme is “independents.”
Games that are worth playing in the set that are currently on sale include:
World of Goo – a charming platform and [...]
Used Nintendo Gamecube Console for $30 + $3 s&h
Old game systems are awesome. They’re stupid cheap, they play a ton of games that are also stupid cheap, and they’re fun.
This just came in from DealNews:
Used Nintendo Gamecube Console for $30 + $3 s&h, more (updated): “ GameStop offers the used Nintendo GameCube Console for $29.99 with $2.99 for shipping. That’s $49 below the [...]
Shadow Complex – $15
One of the best things that’s happened in recent history for cheap gaming is the Xbox Arcade. There are hundreds of titles in a variety of genres — many of them quite good — most priced from $8 to $15.
One of the best recently (and perhaps ever) is an old-school, side-scrolling platformer with lots of [...]
Supernatural Video Games from Amazon
Today, Amazon’s Gold Box Deals are supernaturally-themed video games.
We’ve already missed the recently released Ghostbusters: The Video Game (all platforms: reviews have been decent). Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS: well-reviewed) is up now for $19.98 (regularly $28.99), and new, unannounced titles drop at 1pm Pacific, and then again at 4.
NOTE: It looks like you have [...]
Midnight Club: Los Angeles – $20 or less
Midnight Club: Los Angeles is a handsome racing game set in a detailed model of Los Angeles, “the most authenic and stunning … ever created,” according to the Rockstar marketing team.
It offers:
40 different vehicles, including motorcycles, exotics, and, my personal favorite, muscle cars.
All the customization you can eat: from suspension systems and engine internals to [...]
News Round-up
A price drop for the Wii is predicted, Christmas lists are warming up, and the best game featuring a naked guy on a bicycle, below.
Plants vs. Zombies – Free
PopCap’s critically adored PC and iPhone game, Plants vs. Zombies, is now available as a free browser game here.