Two great sites for finding deals.
http://www.steamgamesales.com/stores.phphttp://twitter.com/videogamedeals
This is basically a script that finds everything on steam and the other digital distributors that's discounted. It's ordered most recent->oldest, so checking the top periodically will keep you abreast of all the current sales. Their twitter posts all their front page deals, without the reviews and podcasts, nice for getting to the nitty-gritty.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/
Cheapassgamer handles all the rest. They keep you up to date on retail or online deals. The owner posts bigs stuff to the main page, and the forums keep track of all kinds of deals. The forums are also really good for finding out if a certain coupon works for a certain game, whether you can combine deals or not, and other details.
http://gizmodo.com/tag/dealzmodo/
Games and more! (courtesy of Darlan)
http://canadiangamingdeals.com/
If you pay for things in moosedollars, this site if for you (courtesy of EvilMonkey)
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I just have such a hard time deciding if I should go for HoI or Europa.
There's a paradox games thread floating around G&T that you could poke into and ask, they seem to know their stuff. Having never played either, but seen some LPs, Europa seems a little more general, and HOI more war-focused.
Noooo, not now
I have no monies at all
I should not be looking in this thread
Since there will probably be a Skyward Sword/Motion Plus bundle anyways, this seems like the best way to get a Wii on the cheap.
So I can get 2 games AND a few 12 packs of Jones' Soda?!
Critical Failures - Havenhold Campaign • August St. Cloud (Human Ranger)
I didn't like the demo -at all-, and bought the complete edition based on the SotS thread OP. It's the best space 4X game I've ever played, and I include my delusionally nostalgiac memories of MOO and MOO2 in that statement.
The real-time combat takes some getting used to, but it delivers--like the rest of the game--when you get used to it.
I did buy it, I'm still learning the ropes, but I don't hate it as much as the demo for some reason.
It is an ugly game though, hard to love.
The feedback on the real-time combat is all in the graphics. Once you realize how...informative and functional the graphics are, you might change your tune. Also once the fleet sizes get monstrous you'll be more just outright impressed. You also have to admire their balls for making stuff that most consider "basic UI functionality" stuff you have to research. It gives the research so much more depth, but makes for a very bad first impression of the game when you don't realize it. They probably should've made watching a explanatory video mandatory before the first play of the demo/game.
Just so I say something on-topic--Zombie Fort is on sale on D2D for something like $5 ($7? I forget). It's far uglier and wonkier than SotS, though. I won't recommend it, but you can definitely make a case for it having some unique coolness.
And I don't wanna hear any laughing from you Yanks. In Canada we have to take what we can get.
I'm considering this to get Dragon Quest IX, but I don't really have anything to pair it with.
http://canadiangamingdeals.com/
http://gizmodo.com/tag/dealzmodo/
It's because of them I managed to get the complete Powerpuff Girls 10th Anniversary collection for half price:
$30 instead of $60.
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http://accessories.dell.com/sna/sna.aspx?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs&~topic=hotdeals_redhot&redirect=1
$39 is a decent price I'm thinking, especially for Canada.
Steam: CavilatRest
http://www.amazon.com/Assassins-Creed-2-Pc/dp/B001TOQ8R0
Thanks so much, everything with deals seems to completely disregard Canada, and even CAG had ( or maybe still has) some elite group that tries to be like the illuminati of deals.
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I'd still like to play it though.
Maybe I'll just hit up Goozex eventually.
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Then yeah $20 isn't bad. I really like the art. The battle music is annoying.
Them's the highs and lows, I guess.
http://www.gamersgate.com/summersale
This week is RPG week: Gothic, King's Bounty, Titan Quest, Deus Ex, etc.
http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-THQCC/thq-complete-collection-bundle
Titan Quest, Dawn of War (no DoWII) Company of Heroes, Stalker, and some other stuff. Depending on how much of this you already own, it can be quite a steal.
Best Buy's closing out the Splinter Cell and FF13 360 bundles for $300 apiece. They've got the 250GB drive, so that's not shabby at all.
http://www.gogamer.com/48-Hour-Madness_stcVVcatId553100VVviewcat.htm?AID=171950&PID=1312731
48 hours only
Alan Wake $30
Mass Effect 2 (PC) $17
Mafia II $50
Several other good deals too
No stock on what you want at Rogers? Try getting Futureshop to price beat. A friend of mine and myself have both had luck with the PSP Peacewalker bundle at 100 bucks + change, plus a few games 50% of Futureshops price as well.
I might snap and buy one. I'm not really a Final Fantasy person but I need a bigger hard drive, and a new controller.
And I want my 360 in White dammit.
Edit: From Amazon:
Get the "Final Fantasy XIII" Limited Edition Bundle, the "Final Fantasy XIII" faceplate, "UFC Undisputed 2010" and "Bioshock 2" all for $299.
Whoa snap.
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Action Week at GamersGate. Bunch of Painkiller games, Batman, etc.