Black Friday gaming deals (or just game deals)

[Raoul Duke]

Amazon has Left 4 Dead (PC) for $30 again.

[Nate]

looks like its sold out again already. I got my copy earlier this morning though.

[Nate]

http://www.gogamer.com/White-Friday-Dea ... iewcat.htm

Gogamer.com is having a red Friday sale. They have GTA IV for PC for 34.90 plus $3 shipping. They also have other deals, but nothing I was interested in.

[Arch_Bushmaster]

if they ever patched STALKER, picking that up for $8 would be a steal

[TC]

if they ever patched STALKER, picking that up for $8 would be a steal

i found that picking up the numerous player/fan made mods that are all over the net made that game more than playable. it's really fun when you incorp. the mods.

[Pokaris]

I picked up Gears of War and Halo 3 for $19.98 Canadian (~$17 US) on Boxing Day, which is basically their Black Friday the day after Christmas.

[Sean II]

Orange Box is $20 at Target.

[Nate]

gogamer.com is having a sale again, PC games.

Fallout 3 32.90
Far Cry 2 27.90

and some others. I got an email, its not very well advertised on their webpage.

[Talenos]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

World of Goo for 9.98 for PC right now for the next couple hours.

[Gretyl]

Upcoming Deal
An alternative to No Child Left Behind.

If they're sellin' L4D, this hint is

[Talenos]

Call of Duty 4 $20

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Call-of- ... d=FW7ixkv1

[Nate]

50% off Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 on steam this weekend.

[Tom the Cat]

Call of Duty 4 $20

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Call-of- ... d=FW7ixkv1

Wow. CC is closing now. I wish there was one in the area; I have a buddy who wants to get his hands on a cheap CoD4, and I'd like to see what other gaming deals they have if they're trying to sell off stock.

[Arch_Bushmaster]

gogamer.com has a bunch of games on sale for $1, $2, $3, or $4 for the next few days. i'm getting scarface, hearts of iron, combat mission: beyond overlord, prey, and battlestations midway, all for the PC, for a grand total of $11.

[G.O.A.T.]

Call of Duty 4 $20

http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Call-of- ... d=FW7ixkv1

Wow. CC is closing now. I wish there was one in the area; I have a buddy who wants to get his hands on a cheap CoD4, and I'd like to see what other gaming deals they have if they're trying to sell off stock.

The Circuit City near me jacked up there prices before taking discounts. A few weeks after they started going out of business they had there stuff more expensive than your average electronic store. They had PS3 greatest hits games marked at $60 with 30 or 40% off! They also had their TV prices marked up, which meant their "clearance" prices were more expensive than their normal price.

[Nate]

This weekend only, save 30% on anything and everything in Rockstar Games' catalog. This includes recent releases such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Bully: Scholarship Edition, as well as past hits such as Max Payne 2 and the highly-rated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Visit the Rockstar Games publisher catalog for a complete listing of all Rockstar Games available on Steam.

[Gretyl]

For the record, Steam's RSS feed is here. Look how much time I've saved you, Nate!

[TC]

This weekend only, save 30% on anything and everything in Rockstar Games' catalog. This includes recent releases such as Grand Theft Auto IV and Bully: Scholarship Edition, as well as past hits such as Max Payne 2 and the highly-rated Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.

Visit the Rockstar Games publisher catalog for a complete listing of all Rockstar Games available on Steam.

Holy shit. The Max Payne games are worth it alone. After watching Max Payne (blu-ray), the only thing that movie did was make me want to install both Max Payne games again.

[Toilet of Sadness]

They ran a similar sale last year and I bought both Max Paynes for ~$10 total.

[Nate]

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1764/

Games included into the 2K Pack:

* Bioshock
* Prey
* Civ City: Rome
* Civilation IV Warlords
* Civilation IV: Beyone The Sword
* Railroad Tycoon 3
* Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
* Freedom Force
* Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
* Shattered Union
* Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization
* Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
* Sid Meier's Civilization IV
* Sid Meier's Pirates!
* Sid Meier's Railroads!
* X-COM: Apocalypse
* X-COM: Enforcer
* X-COM: Interceptor
* X-COM: Terror From the Deep
* X-COM: UFO Defense

$54. I've played Bioshock and Pirates! and they are both pretty good. I know nothing about the rest of those though.

[Wycked]

I recently picked up OutRun 2006 C2C (PS2), SimFarm (PC), Legend of Mana (PS1), Riven (PC) and Trickstyle (DC) for like 2 bucks apiece at Goodwill. Woo!

[Gretyl]

Oh, @lucasartsgames has been handing out Steam codes for their classic adventure re-releases all afternoon. More to come!

[Nate]

I'm tempted to get Indiana Jones for 5 bucks. I remember playing the first one, good times.

[Raoul Duke]

All Dawn of War and Company of Heroes games are 50% off on Steam.

[Gretyl]

Ok, here's Steam's news RSS feed: http://store.steampowered.com/feeds/news.xml

Can we please stop reposting their sales in this thread now?

[Tom the Cat]

Why? What's the harm? Some people don't use RSS and would still probably appreciate a friendly heads up if there's a noteworthy game sale going on.

[Gretyl]

As an interested reader of this thread, I consider (only) reposting Steam's sales announcements tantamount to drive-by posting. It increases the noise by repeating something most people who care about PC gaming (and don't mind Steam) are already aware of.

[Tom the Cat]

Well, I guess I'm not saying every steam sale needs to be posted, but particularly noteworthy ones should.

[Pokaris]

I caved and picked up Saints Row 2 for $7.50 off Steam yesterday, was still going this morning.

[Pokaris]

Best Buy is doing the Buy 2 get 1 Free that Toys R' Us did a couple weeks ago this week.

[nithos]

Amazon is running a deal as well. Spend $80 on select games, get a $40 GC for a future game purchase.

[Tom the Cat]

Steam has S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadows of Chernobyl for $5 this week. Tempted to pick it up, even though I don't think I'll be able to run it until I get a new vid card.

[nithos]

Picked up the $99 Arcade deal that Walmart.com had Saturday morning. Not sure if I will sell my launch unit after it gets back from repair or just put it on the basement TV.

[Toilet of Sadness]

How'd you get a launch unit repaired? You're well out of the 3 year window.

[nithos]

How'd you get a launch unit repaired? You're well out of the 3 year window.

I got a RRoD previously, I guess it got an additional 3 years of RRoD warranty from the time of repair (Nov 2006).

[Wargazm]

http://www.gohastings.com has a 20% off sale of used games. Just add the code HASTINGS to your order.

I just picked up 10 games I've been meaning to buy for $120 bucks.

Assassin's Creed II - $27.83
Bionic Commando - $4.45
Brutal Legend - $22.19
Condemned: Criminal Origins - $5.31
Condemned 2: Bloodshot - $4.27
Dark Sector - $3.60
Far Cry 2 - $11.19
Mirror's Edge - $7.17
Prince of Persia - $10.81
Saints Row 2 - $12.16

[Gretyl]

Oh thank you! Just got Dead Space & Saints Row 2 for <$25 shipped.

[Crump's Brother]

Oh shit. This can't be good for me.

edit: How the fuck is "previously viewed" different than "used" and why won't the discount work in that instance. That's stupid.

[Wargazm]

they should work...I had some previously viewed things on there and the discount applied to every item.

[Gretyl]

Heh, looks like Hastings doesn't believe in the integrity of the penny.

Code: Select all

Quantity:1,Saints Row 2 Used - PlayStation 3 $7.44Discount: 1 for $7.4399999999999995 each
Quantity:1,Dead Space Used - PlayStation 3 $10.64Discount: 1 for $10.639999999999999 each

[nithos]

Oh shit. This can't be good for me.

edit: How the fuck is "previously viewed" different than "used" and why won't the discount work in that instance. That's stupid.

Previously Viewed typically don't come with the original box/manuals. Used typically do.

[Wargazm]

oh fuck, are you serious?

[Wargazm]

thanks for letting me know....I modified my order. I'd be pissed if I didn't get cases/manuals.

[Crump's Brother]

That's good to know. I wouldn't want previously used even if it was discounted.

[nithos]

The general concensus that I got over on Slickdeals was only buy Used from Hastings, never Previously Viewed.

I am still 4-5 deep on 'unopened' games at home, so I had to talk myself out of buying 4-5 more games that I will never get the time to play.

[Crump's Brother]

Same boat for me nithos. I want to get Bioshock and Mass Effect, but not knowing when I would actually get around to playing should really be enough to stop that purchase. I buy too many games that I stop playing part way through. That's a habit I should stop.

[nippletwister]

I thought previously viewed means former rental while used means previously owned.

[Gretyl]

I buy too many games that I stop playing part way through. That's a habit I should stop.

Do you mean "stop buying so many games" or "stop playing partway through the purchased games" or both?

[nithos]

I thought previously viewed means former rental while used means previously owned.

Right. Apparently, Hastings has higher standards on what they will accept for a used trade-in and what they are willing to rent out.

[nithos]

Same boat for me nithos. I want to get Bioshock and Mass Effect, but not knowing when I would actually get around to playing should really be enough to stop that purchase. I buy too many games that I stop playing part way through. That's a habit I should stop.

Mass Effect was one of the few games that I played through the complete story. It's worth the bargain bin pick up. Bioshock is on my list but I want to knock out a couple more games first.

[Crump's Brother]

I buy too many games that I stop playing part way through. That's a habit I should stop.

Do you mean "stop buying so many games" or "stop playing partway through the purchased games" or both?

It's both.

[Gretyl]

so who's picking up what from Steam's summer sale this year?

[Talenos]

I picked up a few things so far.

Borderlands
Elder Scrolls IV
Torchlight

[Pokaris]

I grabbed Cities XL, I've bought so many of the complete packs.

[Scosemon the Magnificent]

Batman: Arkham Asylum
Deus Ex
Fallout 3
Magicka
Monday Night Combat

[Talenos]

Today I picked up

Portal 2
Terraria
Sam and Max Collection

Pretty good haul.

[nippletwister]

Sam and Max Collection

ooh!

[Raoul Duke]

Is it just me, or has there been very few good gaming deals online this year? I was hoping to pick up Arkham City, Gears of War 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations (Xbox360) and Skyrim (PC) for a decent price. The best I've seen online has been $40 for the XBox games, and $52 for Skyrim. I know Best Buy had slightly better in-store deals this past weekend for some of these, but the combination of paying sales tax + dealing with crowds just wasn't worth it.

Oh well, maybe I'm just expecting too much. I have backlog of games I need to finish anyways.

[Toilet of Sadness]

Pretty sure all of those but Skyrim could have been had for ~$30 at some point this weekend. Amazon ran lightning deals on all of them at some point. Problem is that those tend to get sold out in less than 2 minutes. Pretty sure I saw Skyrim somewhere for about $40 through one of the digital download services, too.

[Raoul Duke]

...or I just wasn't paying enough attention.

[Toilet of Sadness]

vOv it happens. Cheapassgamer's the way to go to stay on top of that.

[Raoul Duke]

Guess I spoke too soon - Arkham City is $30 and Gears of War 3 is $34 on Amazon right now.

[nippletwister]

I'm the only one on ST that hasn't played it, but Arkham City is fifteen bucks on Steam. And Asylum GOTY is under seven bucks.

[Pokaris]

Steam Summer Sale

Might & Magic Heroes VI $24.99
Terraria $2.49
Portal 2 $4.99
RidgeRace Unbounded $24.99
Call of Duty MW3 $29.99
Indie Bundle I $9.99
Total War Shogun 2 $7.49
Crusader Kings II $9.99
Legend of Grimrock $5.99

Also Community Choice Deals that change every 8 hours
Right now Saints Row The Third $12.49

And flash sales with varying end times
spacechem $2.49
Warlock Master of the Archane $6.79
Back to the Future $6.24
Rayman Orgins $14.99