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Crayon Physics Deluxe: Pay What You Want
From now until the 15th of January, the independent game, Crayon Physics Deluxe (77 at GameRankings) is for sale for whatever price you’d like to pay.
It’s a puzzle title with over 70 levels. In their B+ review, the Onion described it like this:
Each of the 70-plus levels occupies just one screen, and the objective seems [...]
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, [...]
Street Fighter IV – old school fighter made new – $20
Street Fighter IV / PS3, Xbox (93 on Metacritic) brings together the old-school fighter with all of the characters made famous from the franchise with lots of great newness: online match-making, high definition 3D, moves, and a bunch of characters. It’s a full-on button-mashing party, and everyone’s invited.
Here’s what HardcoreGamer said in their 4.75 / [...]
Valkyria Chronicles / PS3 – Strategy in 1930’s Europe Fantasy
From DealNews: GameStop is having a sale on Valkyria Chronicles / PS3 for $20 (86 at Metacritic). (Make sure to hit DealNews for the details on free shipping.)
Valkyria Chronicles is a well-produced squad-based strategy game that walks the line between something like Final Fantasy Tactics and a first-person shooter. It’s set in a ‘Europe in [...]
Trine – fantasy platformer on the PS3, PC: $20
Trine / PS3 and PC (83 at Metacritic) is a very pretty 2d action platformer, in which the action shifts between a thief, a knight, and a wizard. In the single-player game, you flip between these characters. In the co-op mode, up to three players can join up and fight the good fight together. Each [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]