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FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage / Xbox – $12
As part of their Early Black Friday Sale, Newegg has FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage / Xbox (80 at Metacritic) for $11.99. It’s a racing game, with a heavy emphasis on car-to-car contact.
In their ‘A’ review, 1up said:
Strip away all the glitz, glamour, and pretension from Electronic Arts’ Burnout series and you get FlatOut — a [...]
The Week in Games
The biggest entertainment opening of all time! Hard times in the gaming industry! And the boomingest videogame explosions ever! … All after the break.
Psychonauts / PC – $9.99
Psychonauts / PC (87 at Metacritic) is $9.99 at GoG.
This title is possibly the most likely game to wind up on the “great overlooked games” list, right next to Beyond Good and Evil. It’s a smart platform game with an original setting, an interesting premise, and a wicked sense of humor. (The trailer starts with [...]
Guitar Hero: World Tour / Xbox – $13.92
Guitar Hero: World Tour for the Xbox (85 at Metacritic) is on sale at Walmart for $13.92 plus a couple of bucks for shipping, or opt for in-store pickup. This is the version of Guitar Hero that came out about a year ago, and supports the full band — drums, guitar, bass, vocal. This copy [...]
The Week in Games
WoW Philosophy! Strippers and Counter-Strike! And Hot Elf Lovin’! … after the break.
Mass Effect / PC : $9.99 at Steam
Mass Effect / PC (89 at Metacriticc) is half-price at Steam this weekend.
Mass Effect is a space opera action RPG from BioWare, the development company that brought us — well, let’s just say, “all the best RPGs of the last ten years.” Starting with Baldur’s Gate, through Neverwinter Nights, Star Wars: Knights of the Old [...]
Picks from GoGamer’s 48-Hour Madness
Another week, another GoGamer 48 Hour Madness Sale. I wonder if they get tired of the regular cycle of insanity over there.
Flipping through the picks, and looking for ‘cheap and don’t suck’ gets us down to a fairly thin list, show below, with their GameRanking score:
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas / PC : $7.90 (91)
Lego [...]
Wallace & Gromit Episode 3: Free this Week
Telltale Games is celebrating 20 years of Wallace & Gromit by giving away Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures Episode 3: Muzzled / PC (75 at Metacritic). It’s an adventure game starring an Academy-award winning cheese-lover and his dog.
For a limited time, you can buy all four episodes in the series for $20.
Here’s the trailer:
Rock Band 2 on sale for $20
Best Buy has Rock Band 2 / all platforms (91 or so at Metacritic, depending on platform) on sale for $20. Visit DealNews for the platform links.
If you haven’t already played the title — and you have any interest at all in musical games — go! Now! Rock Band 2 is one of the best [...]
AAAAAAAAA!!! – A Reckless Disregard for Gravity
AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! (84 on Metacritic), the ‘jump off a building’ game from Dejobaan games, does not suffer from a lot of story getting in the way of the fun. Here’s the pitch from the developer:
Dive off a skyscraper.
Flip off protesters.
Spraypaint buildings.
How great does that sound?
It ends up looking like this:
In their 9/10 review, GamesRadar [...]