Browsing all articles from December, 2009.
Steam Holiday Sale: Ridiculous
Steam has started their annual holiday sale. Some of the prices are just silly.
Right now, for instance, they have S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl / PC (82 at GameRankings), an excellent, overlooked 2007 horror shooter, for $1.99.
Other titles of note – and there are a bunch – include Mirror’s Edge (80 at GameRankings) for $4.99, World [...]
Shadow Complex / Xbox – $10
I wrote about Shadow Complex / Xbox (89 at GameRankings) back in September. It’s an excellent platform shooter with all kinds of fun stuff thrown in — power-ups, memorable bosses, lots of excellent explosive action. It’s the ‘Deal of the Week‘ this week at the Xbox Live Arcade — $10 versus the usual $15.
Machinarium / PC – $10 today
Direct2Drive has been having a 24 days, 24 games sale. Today’s game is Machinarium / PC (84 at GameRankings).
It’s a very attractive puzzle game, released in October. You play a little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard. You have to return to the city, confront the evil organization behind your demise, [...]
Tekken 6 / Xbox, PS3 – $20 at Amazon today
Tekken 6/ Xbox, PS3 (80 at GameRankings) is $20 at Amazon today.
It’s the latest in the long line of quality fighters, released this past October. A list of features written by a marketing hack would look like this:
Gorgeous Graphics: The advanced high-definition graphics and 3D animation technologies create the most impressive HD visuals in Tekken [...]
Team Fortress 2 / PC – free this weekend
Team Fortress 2 (92 at GameRankings) is free to play on Steam this weekend. You can enjoy the new weapons that have come out for the Soldier and the Demoman, be part of the current ‘war’ between these two characters, and check out the new crafting system, in addition to the usual explosive mayhem. Here’s [...]
Half-off at Atari.com
For a limited time, get 50% off all games on atari.com.
Of note (ratings from GameRankings):
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition / PC (85) – $15
Neverwinter Nights 2 Gold / PC (82) – $15
Ghostbusters / all platforms (80 or so) – $15
Champions Online / PC (73) – $15
Enter Promo code ‘atari50′ on checkout to get 50% off.
Sega Genesis Firecore – $25
In an attempt to relive their glory days, Sega came out with a device that will play old Genesis carts, and has 20 games built in. It’s called the Sega Genesis Firecore. Normally $50, Buy.com has the system on sale for $25 with free shipping.
The built-in titles are:
Golden Axe
Crack Down
Altered Beast
Sonic & Knuckles
Ecco the Dolphin
Alex [...]
Wii Games at GameFly
GameFly is running a series of sales this week. Today they’ve got:
MadWorld – $9.99
House of the Dead: Overkill – $12.99
Phantom Brave: We Meet Again – $14.99
… and two other games that aren’t worth playing (X-Men Origins: Wolverine – $9.99 and Professor Heinz Wolff’s Gravity- $9.99).
MadWorld (82 at GameRankings) is the ultra-violent black-and-white title where our [...]
DJ Hero / all platforms – $80
DJ Hero / all platforms (85 or so at Gamerankings) was released about a month ago to solid reviews. It was my ‘Hype of the Week.’
DealNews brings word that the $120 retail game is now available for $80, with the turntable.
Normally, I wouldn’t consider this ‘cheap,’ but Christmas is coming, and it’s a good [...]
Good and Cheap at Best Buy
There are a bunch of games at the corner of cheap and good at Best Buy right now. Ratings are from GameRankings:
Dead Space, Xbox and PS (89): $14.99
It’s a sci-fi horror shooter. I wrote about Dead Space back in October.
Fight Night: Round 4, Xbox and PS3 (87): $19.99
This is the latest in a series of [...]