merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

gonna use this thread here also to gripe about how the console deals look pretty weak this year, unless you're looking for a PSP or DS

i think i'll pass on today's pack (see zappi's post)

Torchlight AND Tropico 3 on sale today, biting on both

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6253/

Yeah, go for Tropico 3 Gold. the game & the expansion for $seven fiddy american.

done my wishlist. would be cool if any ilxors get a freebie

Indie pulse pack is up - gettin' it pretty much just for Bit Trip Beat, as I already have Audiosurf, and I'm curious enough about Beat Hazard and The Polynomial to make it a regretless purchase.

lfd2 £3.75

really tempted to get the King's Bounty bundle and the Lara Croft game...

Orange Box $7.50 on steam

Picked up the Pulse Pack today- I was hoping for a steeper discount on Bit.Trip Beat alone, but its discounted price is the same as the pack. Who knows, some of the other titles could be decent (though I'm pissed I can't give away the extra copy of Audiosurf).

At amazon I picked up AC:Brotherhood ($40, not the best deal but December is going to be HELL at work and I need a nice pile of completist open-worldy video games to keep myslef sane), Just Cause 2 ($26) and Resonance of Fate ($20).

you're going to LOVE Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2 down to £9.95 on Zavvi Mega Monday tomorrow + Dead Rising 2 at £17.95.

ditto JC2, a welcome break of an open world where the aim is purely to just have FUN!

Dead Rising 2 has gone up to £25 since I posted earlier :(

thanks for the orange box heads up.

steam today:

Monkey Island 2 SE $2.50
KOTOR $2.50
DiRT 2 $5

lots of people saying Altitude in the indie pack is worth $5 on its own

Civ V for $30 on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038TT8QM/ref=ord_cart_shr?t=slicinc-20&tag=slicinc-20&ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

seriously, get this game

$55 for Mac. Bastards.

doesn't Civ V use steamworks?

my haul:

- Deus Ex 1 & 2
- Torchlight
- L4D2
- Indie Story Pack (got it for Recettear & Puzzle Agent, don't like any of the other 3 games)
- Indie Pulse pack (got it for beat.trip.beat [I had stupidly picked up Audiosurf at $2.50 when it was on sale earlier in the week], haven't played any of the other 3 games yet but I hear Rhythm Zone hellasux)
- Indie Air Pack (got it for Altitude and yep that game owns a bunch right there)

also got Pac-Man CE DX/Dead Nation/Spelunker HD from a PSN share group and picked up Cave Story from DSiWare; it's been quite a week for digital distribution.

tried to grab kotor and dirt but steam wouldn't allow it

grabbed splosion man, TMNT, magic: the gathering, and GTA: SA the other day when on sale on XBL (along with sonic & knuckles and PAC-MAN CE DX)

looking forward to the /actual/ steam xmas sale and eventually picking up an MBP to run the games

I ended up with Defense Grid, the Indie Story Pack, Machinarium, Monkey Island 2: SE and KOTOR.

If you bought Audiosurf and thne the story pack seriously e-mail Steam, they may jsut refund the first purchase. My roommate bought Civ IV (yes IV) a little while back, and realized he should ahve bought the "complete" IV pack, because it was like $5 more or something, e-mailed thme, and they allowed him to switch it around, after he had owned it for like a week.

Deus Ex $0.99

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/games/Deus-Ex--GotY/

bought but can't download right away - can I see my gfwl catalog (aoe3/deus EX) on the site?

i think you need to do it through the client. GFW is a joke imo.

hmmmm, thanks. just couldn't see it on the site

the sooner all DD services become like steam the better and not just for games too. it's fkn criminal that in this day and age on itunes you have to e-mail apple if you want permission to redownload some mp3s if you lose them

Shadowrun (2007) $1
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Shadowrun/

4 adventure games on sale
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/adventure_titles

Viva Pinata $1
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-CA/dailydeal/day3/

http://store.steampowered.com/news/4739/

Now through December 20th, the Great Steam Treasure Hunt will have folks spending time in the tropical sun, earning Steam Achievements in select games, joining Community groups, and earning a slot atop the Steam Leaderboards all in the name of winning free games. Every 48 hours a new set of four tasks will be announced. Select games will also be on sale throughout The Great Steam Treasure Hunt.

Completing a objective qualifies you for a drawing to win the top 5 games on your Wishlist. Each objective has its own drawing, so the more you complete, the better your chances. At the end of the Great Steam Treasure Hunt, there will also be three grand prize winners, each awarded 100 individual Steam games of their choosing. Importantly, our lawyers tell us at this point to say, "No purchase necessary" and to check out the official rules here: http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt.

The first objectives are:
# Self Portrait: Setup an avatar on your Steam Community profile.
# Got Tanked?: Earn the Desert Fox Steam Achievement in R.U.S.E.
# Up the Ante: Win The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory
# More Cowbell: Set a leaderbord score of at least 1,124,400 in easy mode for the 'Paul Hartnoll' level in Chime

oh and not a deal or anything but all the Oddworld games are coming to Steam later this month

chime for a buck anna quarter

Chime so fully fully worth that much, so good!

that's what i needed to hear; snapped up

haha, ok, i'm in.

Games for Windows: Max Payne 2 for a buck
Poker Night at the Inventory is also on sale on Steam, but it's hard to imagine if you wanted it that you were waiting for it to drop from $5 to $3

OTOH, AAaaaa-etc. A Reckless Disregard for Gravity goes for $2.50 today, the price point I was in fact waiting around for this whole time

I just added a bunch of folks from the ILG group; I'm in as trdn89.

is evil genius worth 2.50?

any thoughts on Droplitz or MTG? i haven't played the card game in over 15 years bear in mind

got Droplitz; it was OK, probably just worth the price. Gonna pick up Shatter @ $2.50.

apparently you can't customize the decks in MTG so the hell with it. grabbing Shatter though!

whoa, the awesome soundtrack for Shatter is only $1 until... a few more hours?
http://sidhe.bandcamp.com/

GOG's holiday sale -- almost 300 games discounted
http://www.gog.com/en/page/xmas10

jesus. why can't i just play games for a living.

Oh, this Shatter soundtrack is pretty good!

The Humble Indie Bundle is back, Mac Windows and Linux, no DRM, pay what you want.
Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans.
http://www.humblebundle.com/

oh yeh & Valve gave away keys recently for the first bundle, so you can add the games for free to your Steam. hopefully this happens again with this bundle.

totally getting that bundle just for Braid, and Machinarium is pretty slick too.