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  • HadjiQuestHadjiQuest Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mafia II blows.

    What blows harder all all of the DLC packs, although if you just have to get one, Joe's Adventures is the best.

    Get Mafia 1. If you crave more, get Mafia 2 as well, but note that it is no where near the level of the first game.

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Dang. Steam had a Mafia II on sale about a month-ish ago. I might pick up the Joe's Adventure DLC though since I just paid more in lunch than the entire DLC pack for M2.

    More good news, after years of never giving a fuck about Bioshock, after reading about Infinte, I've started looking around to see if I could find a decently priced bundle of 1 and 2. Hopefully, the 2k sale should help me out because seeing Bioshock 1 (and Dead Space 1, and Mass Effect 1) still at $20 is just freaking ridiculous.

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  • GaslightGaslight Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mafia II is well worth $7.50 just for the sequence where you drive home after disposing of a body while your buddies in the back seat drunkenly sing along to the radio and puke from a combination of their libations and lingering corpse stench.

    Seriously, it's not the game it could have been, and it's certainly not the game a lot of people wanted and unfairly expected it to be (HERP DERP open world is so empty, where is my GTA with fedoras HERP DERP) but it's a fun cinematic experience with good atmosphere and some really solid action set-pieces.

    If I had bought it for $40+ at release I would have felt it's too short for the money. I payed $15 for my copy and feel like I got a very reasonable value. $7.50 is a great price.

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Decoy wrote: »
    Dang. Steam had a Mafia II on sale about a month-ish ago. I might pick up the Joe's Adventure DLC though since I just paid more in lunch than the entire DLC pack for M2.

    More good news, after years of never giving a fuck about Bioshock, after reading about Infinte, I've started looking around to see if I could find a decently priced bundle of 1 and 2. Hopefully, the 2k sale should help me out because seeing Bioshock 1 (and Dead Space 1, and Mass Effect 1) still at $20 is just freaking ridiculous.

    I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's even more ridiculous since Bioshock2 is also $20. How the fuck do you put your 3 1/2 year old game and its year old sequel at the exact same price?!?

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  • DourinDourin Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    Decoy wrote: »
    Dang. Steam had a Mafia II on sale about a month-ish ago. I might pick up the Joe's Adventure DLC though since I just paid more in lunch than the entire DLC pack for M2.

    More good news, after years of never giving a fuck about Bioshock, after reading about Infinte, I've started looking around to see if I could find a decently priced bundle of 1 and 2. Hopefully, the 2k sale should help me out because seeing Bioshock 1 (and Dead Space 1, and Mass Effect 1) still at $20 is just freaking ridiculous.

    I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's even more ridiculous since Bioshock2 is also $20. How the fuck do you put your 3 1/2 year old game and its year old sequel at the exact same price?!?

    Bioshock 1 has held that price because it is still a great game. Bioshock 2 has dropped to that price because it is a mediocre linear escort mission set in a rehashed hallway of the world of Bioshock 1. Arguably, Bioshock 1 should be $20 and Bioshock 2 $10.

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  • Rubix42Rubix42 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Bioshock is one of those games that confuses me when it comes to purchasing.

    I can't purchase the Mac version on Steam. But I can purchase a Mac version from Apple's App store. I've seen a couple of games like this, and it confuses me everytime. Why have a game on the Mac App store, with it's window's counterpart on Steam, but we won't put the Mac version in Steam.

    Blerg.

    I really need to just bootcamp my machine. Just need to get the cash for a Win 7 install. Then I could cry about things that have substance.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i'm hoping dead space 2 drops to dead space 1's price soon.

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  • EggPuppetEggPuppet Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Dourin wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    Decoy wrote: »
    Dang. Steam had a Mafia II on sale about a month-ish ago. I might pick up the Joe's Adventure DLC though since I just paid more in lunch than the entire DLC pack for M2.

    More good news, after years of never giving a fuck about Bioshock, after reading about Infinte, I've started looking around to see if I could find a decently priced bundle of 1 and 2. Hopefully, the 2k sale should help me out because seeing Bioshock 1 (and Dead Space 1, and Mass Effect 1) still at $20 is just freaking ridiculous.

    I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's even more ridiculous since Bioshock2 is also $20. How the fuck do you put your 3 1/2 year old game and its year old sequel at the exact same price?!?

    Bioshock 1 has held that price because it is still a great game. Bioshock 2 has dropped to that price because it is a mediocre linear escort mission set in a rehashed hallway of the world of Bioshock 1. Arguably, Bioshock 1 should be $20 and Bioshock 2 $10.

    Bioshock 1 has been $5 several times.

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Hm. Mafia 2's demo didn't really do anything for me*, but I think I'll give Mafia 1 a shot at $2.50.


    *I take that back. Being able to order a hot dog from a street vendor on the way to do some crime was the best thing about the demo. I knew that it was a bad idea since the vendor could potentially snitch to the cops later, but dammit, I wanted a hot dog.

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  • busfahrerbusfahrer addict GermanyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    You guys think Bioshock 2 will be on sale in the 2K sale?

    I realize it's worse than part 1 (seeing as Ken Levine wasn't involved), but for 5 Euros I might think about it

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  • RoshinRoshin My backlog can be seen from space SwedenRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i'm hoping dead space 2 drops to dead space 1's price soon.

    I'm sitting here waiting for it to happen.

    PS. Yes, I know DS2 has been on sale elsewhere, but I want it on Steam.

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  • Rubix42Rubix42 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    busfahrer wrote: »
    You guys think Bioshock 2 will be on sale in the 2K sale?

    I realize it's worse than part 1 (seeing as Ken Levine wasn't involved), but for 5 Euros I might think about it

    If you enjoyed the gameplay of the first, the second is just more of that, with a weaker story. They do some cool stuff, but ultimately it's just more of the same.

    That said, I'd snag it in a sale for sure.

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  • busfahrerbusfahrer addict GermanyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Rubix42 wrote: »
    busfahrer wrote: »
    You guys think Bioshock 2 will be on sale in the 2K sale?

    I realize it's worse than part 1 (seeing as Ken Levine wasn't involved), but for 5 Euros I might think about it

    If you enjoyed the gameplay of the first, the second is just more of that, with a weaker story. They do some cool stuff, but ultimately it's just more of the same.

    That said, I'd snag it in a sale for sure.

    So, how bad is the DRM mixture really?

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  • LucascraftLucascraft Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Yeah, Bioshock 2 is not a bad game. In fact, its quite a good game when compared to a lot of other stuff. But its also no Bioshock 1.

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  • SightTDWSightTDW Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Mafia 1/2 are tempting, but I have the entire GTA franchise sitting in my account untouched. I think I'm pretty safe with this sale, but if Civ 5 drops below $30 I think I won't have a choice in the matter.

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  • PheacePheace Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    ok, Mafia 1 Covered. Today I have a shot at the collection. Civilization should add another day since I already have 4.

    Going by the comments I'll probably get Bioshock 1 for another day. And Borderlands will have to be missed xD

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    busfahrer wrote: »
    You guys think Bioshock 2 will be on sale in the 2K sale?

    I realize it's worse than part 1 (seeing as Ken Levine wasn't involved), but for 5 Euros I might think about it

    I'd be surprised if they don't have a Bioshock Day. Regardless of what you think of Bioshock 2's quality as a whole, using the Drill Charge is probably worth whatever low price they'll have it for. :P

    I need to do a drill-only playthrough one of these days.

    Lucascraft wrote:
    Yeah, Bioshock 2 is not a bad game. In fact, its quite a good game when compared to a lot of other stuff. But its also no Bioshock 1.

    I'd compare Bioshock 2 to Max Payne 2. Improved gameplay and weaker narrative, but still a fine game. (I might be biased since I wouldn't hesitate to peg Bioshock as my favorite franchise ever. I paid full price for BS2 at launch and loved every minute of it.)

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    [soothsayer]
    Also, if you really want BioShock 2 (like me) and it doesn't go on sale on Steam, AND you don't mind owning non-Steam games, you'll be able to pick it up on April 14th on D2D for 75% off.
    [/soothsayer]

    And curly haired boy, we know your ulterior motives for wanting Dead Space 2 to drop in price. :)

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  • TheCanManTheCanMan GT: Gasman122009 JerseyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    EggPuppet wrote: »
    Dourin wrote: »
    TheCanMan wrote: »
    Decoy wrote: »
    Dang. Steam had a Mafia II on sale about a month-ish ago. I might pick up the Joe's Adventure DLC though since I just paid more in lunch than the entire DLC pack for M2.

    More good news, after years of never giving a fuck about Bioshock, after reading about Infinte, I've started looking around to see if I could find a decently priced bundle of 1 and 2. Hopefully, the 2k sale should help me out because seeing Bioshock 1 (and Dead Space 1, and Mass Effect 1) still at $20 is just freaking ridiculous.

    I was just thinking the exact same thing. It's even more ridiculous since Bioshock2 is also $20. How the fuck do you put your 3 1/2 year old game and its year old sequel at the exact same price?!?

    Bioshock 1 has held that price because it is still a great game. Bioshock 2 has dropped to that price because it is a mediocre linear escort mission set in a rehashed hallway of the world of Bioshock 1. Arguably, Bioshock 1 should be $20 and Bioshock 2 $10.

    Bioshock 1 has been $5 several times.

    True. But if its normal price had dropped to something like $12 or less, its 75% off sale price would break my "it might as well be free" threshold of $3 and it'd be an instant purchase (backlog be damned).

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i'm hoping dead space 2 drops to dead space 1's price soon.

    Every page. I'm kinda wishing it does too if only to appease you :lol:

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Sale and the thread reminded me that I still Bioshock, but haven't played it due to sound not working. I found a solution that worked for some guy, which I didn't try. So now I'm downloading it and hope it works for me too.

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  • heenatoheenato Alice Leywind Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    I had that same problem with the demo. Turns out it was just outdated audio drivers, that I just needed to update, then sound worked. Game had terrible framerate for me, I think, but otherwise it worked.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Yeah, updating audio drivers was one of the things I tried. This solution was editing a config file and changing maxchannels from 128 to 64. And it worked! I know what I'll be playing the next couple of days.

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    i'll try that peewi, cheers. had the same problem which strangely didn't happen when using the 360 pad.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Wait what? Are you saying that sound worked when playing with a controller, but not otherwise? That's an odd one.o_O

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  • Big ClassyBig Classy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    yup, all kinds of messed up. or i'm getting confused. also possible.

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  • Raiden333Raiden333 Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So Beat Hazard has updated twice today.

    Part of the ARG?

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  • TKaneTKane Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Peewi wrote: »
    I know what I'll be playing the next couple of days.

    Is it WoW?

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  • mtsmts Dr. Robot King Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Don't know if anyone posted this but Civ V is amazons video game deal of the day. THough it isn't that great a price. 29.99

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  • AaronKIAaronKI Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Raiden333 wrote: »
    So Beat Hazard has updated twice today.

    Part of the ARG?

    I'm not sure what the first update did, but it broke the game for me. The second update seems to have fixed it.

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  • PeewiPeewi Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    TKane wrote: »
    Peewi wrote: »
    I know what I'll be playing the next couple of days.

    Is it WoW?

    It is not.

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  • busfahrerbusfahrer addict GermanyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Peewi wrote: »
    Yeah, updating audio drivers was one of the things I tried. This solution was editing a config file and changing maxchannels from 128 to 64. And it worked! I know what I'll be playing the next couple of days.

    Enjoy, it's an astonishingly well-made game :)

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  • busfahrerbusfahrer addict GermanyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    mts wrote: »
    Don't know if anyone posted this but Civ V is amazons video game deal of the day. THough it isn't that great a price. 29.99

    Anyone thinking about this should consider that due to Steam's current 4-day long sale of 2K games, chances are that one of these days will feature Civilization games at a reduced price

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Maddoc wrote: »
    To be fair, New Vegas has an opposite problem from Fallout 3

    VATS is nearly suicidally useless most of the time, and the real time shooting is far more accurate and useful

    I'm still amazed at how much the simple addition of iron sights helped the gameplay.

    And yeah, don't buy CiV for that price, it's been way cheaper than that. It was $20 on greenman just last week

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  • EchoEcho ski-bap ba-dapModerator mod
    edited April 2011
    Huh. ARMA2 got a 300 meg update. No patch news.

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  • DecoyDecoy Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Spoit wrote: »
    It was $20 on greenman just last week

    And totally worth it. Muahahaha...... kinda.

    Trying to sack a city early on is impossible. :)

    Echo wrote: »
    Huh. ARMA2 got a 300 meg update. No patch news.

    Are you talking about yesterday's patch?
    ARMA 2 version 1.08-1.09 Changelog

    VERSION 1.09 HIGHLIGHTS
    * Various mission improvements
    * Broad range of fixes and tweaks

    Engine 1.08-1.09 Changelog
    * Updated: Merged various fixes from Operation Arrowhead
    * Fixed: Stop firing at vehicle crew once it is dead. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/5183)
    * Fixed: Rpt file no longer created in local settings when -profile is used (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/13308)
    * Fixed: Some texture or model files not loaded from mod paths starting with @. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/14039)
    * New: -skipintro command line option to disable loading menu cutscenes.

    Missions 1.08-1.09 Changelog
    * Fixed: I2 - mission is not failling before the takeoff.
    * Fixed: C1,I1 - SD pistol mags were missing.
    * Fixed: C5 - high command icons were not loaded.
    * Fixed: C6 - task waypoint for transport important POW is fixed.
    * Fixed: C3 - smuggler not shooting.
    * Fixed: C2 - Pepan is not at the pump.
    * Fixed: I1 - Shilka was too strong.
    * Fixed: I1 - Razor is hunting down one enemy on whole chernarus.
    * Fixed: minor fixes in (CZ/RU) dubbing protocol.


    ARMA 2: Operation Arrowhead version 1.57-1.59 Changelog

    VERSION 1.58 and 1.59 HIGHLIGHTS

    * Significantly improved convoy and driving AI behaviour
    * Numerous combat AI enhancements and fixes
    * Enhanced vegetation rendering
    * Improved commanding interface
    * Several MP security fixes
    * Tweaked speed of transition animations
    * Language fixes

    Version 1.58-1.59 Changelog
    Engine
    * Fixed: Crash when CreateGearDialog was called from user dialog.
    * Fixed: Hand movement (including reloading) of remote was not transferred accross network.
    * Fixed: VOIP was not working.
    * Fixed: Su-34 crashed after take off when player was a gunner (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/18371)
    * Optimized: Improved FPS in some scenes when looking through scope into forest.
    * Fixed: Crash after UI navigation Options > Audio Options > Auto adjust > Cancel
    * Improved: Quick commanding menu now allows to order multiple units to engage or fire at the same time.
    * Fixed: regularCheck no longer done for players not fully ingame to prevent timeouts during the mission loading.
    * Changed: Manual vectoring control in autohover mode with analogue throttle using Flaps actions.
    * Fixed: Helicopter did not take off when engine was off and enemies nearby.
    * Improved: Faster Signature checks on server side.
    * Improved: Only first AI unit in each formation reports its position on Report Status.

    Version 1.57-1.58 Changelog
    Engine
    * Changed: First click on a target from quick commanding menu now issues Target instead of Attack, second click issues Engage.
    * Improved: VerifySignatures entry in server.cfg can contain the required version of signatures.
    * Improved: Stronger signature checking.
    * New: Ctrl+F1..Ctrl+F5 assigns unit to team red/green/blue/yellow/white.
    * Changed: Shift-F1..Shift-F5 select corresponding color team (red/green/blue/yellow/white)
    * Fixed: Mv22 did not take off when spawned on the ground (http://forums.bistudio.com/showpost.php?p=1852614&postcount=103)
    * Fixed: AI no longer sees through fog better than player. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/12178)
    * Fixed: weather changes done in the vehicle init line considered when checking AI visibility on the mission start.
    * Improved: Init scripts time limit increased from 3 ms to 100 ms.
    * Optimized: setViewDistance is no longer slow when used to reduce view distance.
    * Changed: Yellow server no longer listed at the bottom of the server list.
    * Fixed: Signatures GameSpy key truncated to at most 200 Bytes. Too long list has caused other GS keys were not available due to overflow.
    * Improved: Convoys now passing crossroads a bit faster.
    * Improved: Road obstacle avoidance improved.
    * Improved: Alt-F4 exits the game only in UI screens (including pause and map)
    * Fixed: AI unable to traverse some roads when in combat.
    * Fixed: Loading of some world was very slow unless -exThreads=0 was used.
    * Fixed: Bug in TCMalloc which might be causing Out of memory (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16099)
    * Fixed: AI subordinates moving in convoy now leaving roads less frequently.
    * Changed: Bounding overwatch movement now respects formation order.
    * Fixed: Formations broken when in danger (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16862)
    * Fixed: Game is no longer checking files on W: drive during startup.
    * Improved: AI using cover at house corners more often.
    * Fixed: Prevent server crash on many malformed incoming network messages.
    * Improved: Vegetation rendering using AToC (require antialiasing enabled)
    * New: Player can command AI to move into a specific cover.
    * Improved: AI helicopter no longer attempting to land into a wind under 1.5 m/s.
    * Fixed: Non-existing files attempted to be open for procedural textures (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/13864)
    * Improved: AI now always moves without covering when given move command by a player (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16504).
    * Improved: AI now always moves without covering when boarding a vehicle.
    * Fixed: Helicopter flying too low when approaching a landing spot.
    * Improved: AI keeping formation a bit more strictly while in combat.
    * Fixed: AI units not following player in combat. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16353)
    * Fixed: Fire command was not working on non-enemy targets.
    * Fixed: Av-8 sometimes performed long series of full rolls when disengaging from a target.
    * Fixed: Improved airplane terrain avoidance when attacking. (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16219)
    * Fixed: Possible ServerCommand abuse by non-admin attackers.
    * Fixed: lip-sync in EW campaign and in MP while client using VON.
    * Fixed: AI units sometimes walking in circles (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16081)
    * Fix: Flooding of RPT file by "Cannot find Object" and similar messages after client disconnection.
    * FIX: Engine crash with diag_log versus % r. 76245 - Replicated fix 73479 (fixed crash when no clutter shape)
    * Fixed: More reliable VRAM detection on Vista/Win7 (using DXGI). (http://dev-heaven.net/issues/16163)
    * Fixed: Units created by CreateUnit have had empty identity.
    * Improved: AI helis able to fly a bit faster.
    * Fixed: AI piloting a heli with a player as a gunner did not attempt to autorotate.
    * Reduced lod switching in dense (forest, town) scenes.
    * Fixed: Flood in RPT file caused by lines like "Object 2:200 (type Type_268) not found."
    * Fixed: Fake server monitor line after client connects.

    Data
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    * Changed: speed of some animations and turning speeds.

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  • curly haired boycurly haired boy Your Friendly Neighborhood Torgue Dealer Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    Decoy wrote: »

    And curly haired boy, we know your ulterior motives for wanting Dead Space 2 to drop in price. :)

    :P
    i'm so lonely playing multi by myself

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  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    So Radeon's got a pretty good deal going right now where you get a download code for Shogun 2, a Steamworks game, with purchase of some of their mid/upper end cards right now. Basically the 6850 through the 5870. Here' a list of the cards on Amazon, although I've seen this deal on NewEgg right now too.

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  • MuppetmanMuppetman Registered User regular
    edited April 2011
    What are my chances of Batman : Arkham Asylum going for cheap any time soon? £15 is not so shabby but I'm paying 2 MMO subs at the moment so cannot quite justify it. I have no real experience of Steam sales...

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  • ChaosHatChaosHat Hop, hop, hop, HA! Trick of the lightRegistered User regular
    edited April 2011
    busfahrer wrote: »
    mts wrote: »
    Don't know if anyone posted this but Civ V is amazons video game deal of the day. THough it isn't that great a price. 29.99

    Anyone thinking about this should consider that due to Steam's current 4-day long sale of 2K games, chances are that one of these days will feature Civilization games at a reduced price

    I'm currently fingers crossed for Borderlands GOTY at reduced price.

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