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Weekend Sales Friday March 18th

We mentioned some very nice sales going on in our Weekend Sales piece yesterday, and many of those are still available, but a whole new crop has popped up overnight, and you might find something here that seems like a better use of your gaming bucks. Steampowered.com is not only selling Friday Night Combat for a third off, but they’re also letting you play it for free all weekend.  If ten dollars isn’t cheap enough for you, then FREE oughta be enough to get you to try this game.

Weekend Sales Thursday March 17th

Steampowered.com is selling Darksiders for 75% off and that brings it down to ten dollars from now until Monday.  Steam also has numerous other games marked down, the highlights of which include all of the Oddworld games for half off, everything in the Victoria franchise, and all four episodes of Winter Voices for $2.49 per episode.  

Dragon Age Legends Flash Game Now On Facebook

If you’ve somehow already done all that there is to do in Dragon Age 2, but still need some more RPG action in the Free Marches, then head over to Facebook and try out Dragon Age Legends, a free-to-play flash game based on the Dragon Age franchise.  Even if you haven’t had your fill of Dragon Age 2 yet, you will still want to take a look at Legends, because playing through this tie-in game will let you unlock bonus items that your character can use in DA2.

Midweek Sales Tuesday March 15th

I’m sure that in a day or so, we’ll be seeing some alcohol-themed game sales for St. Patrick’s Day, but so far this week we’re looking at some rather boring sales for online games.  Steampowered.com is selling the aerial combat game Dog Fighter Aces High for 75% off which makes it $2.49.  They are also selling a few other games at discounts now as well; all Oddworld Tiles, including the Oddboxx compilation are half off, several game sin the Majesty franchise are marked down by as much as 80%, and the Crazy Machines Everything Pack is 40% at $24.99.

Weekend PC Sales Saturday March 12th

My original plans for this weekend were to be either blowing enemies away in Bulletstorm or stepping into the role of Hawke in Dragon Age 2.
Unfortunately due to me blowing the money I had put away for those
brand new games on repairs for my computer, I shall have to find
something on this weekend’s sales list to play.

The
first place I would go for gaming sales on the PC is and will likely
always be Steam. This weekend they’re featuring a slew of sales with
which Valve plans to steal your money. Firstly, there is a promotion for Shogun 2: Total War happening this weekend. Every day a new Total War game goes on sale (today’s game being Rome: Total War for $3.75), and the Total War collection featuring a decade’s worth of Total War games is also on sale for $99. Steam is also running sales on Crazy Machines, Crasher, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Wings of Prey and Majesty 2.

Weekend Sales Thursday March 10th

If, for some unfathomable reason, you’re not playing Dragon Age 2 right now, then you might be interested in what other games you can grab to amuse yourself over the weekend.  GamersGate.com is celebrating their 5th anniversary all month, and the sale just keeps getting better. They have over one hundred and fifty games on sale at the moment, including some big discounts on great titles like Crysis and Mirror’s Edge among many, many more.  Do yourself a favor and check out this ever-growing list.

EA Uses “Dragons” To Deliver Dragon Age 2

To promote the release of Dragon Age 2 in Europe at the end of this week, Electronic Arts unleashed a horde of giant reptiles on the streets of the United Kingdom today.  Of course, because Dragons don’t actually exists, the promotion had to settle for what appear to be some species of monitor lizard.  Each of these creatures was strapped to a tiny cart packed with copies of the game, then set loose to deliver the games to terrified customers waiting in line outside electronics retailers.

Apparently “Predators Approach Kids Through Video Games”

It’s been a while since we’ve had a good video game controversy, and it seems that NBC New York fluff reporter Andrew Siff has had to make a big stretch to find a way to frighten his viewers into watching his story about the dangers of video games.  After the tragic rape of a Michigan girl by a man she met while playing the online game Runescape, Siff and the NBC New York newsteam took it upon themselves to warn their viewers (Who live hundreds of miles away) that “Predators Approach Kids Through Video Games“!

Midweek Sales Tuesday March 8th

If I can draw your attention away from Dragon Age II for a minute, I’d like to tell you about some other games you might be interested in playing today.  Steampowered.com is selling Mafia II for 75% off for their Midweek Madness sale. This makes the regular edition $7.50, and the Digital Deluxe Edition $10.00.  Alas, the various DLC packs are not marked down at all.

Monday Sales March 7th

Did you blow your game budget on that pre-order for Dragon Age 2?  Well, if you’re down to your last few dollars, you can still score a big stack of games because we’re off to an amazing start this week in terms of online game sales.  For starters, GamersGate.com is holding a massive four week sale to celebrate their 5th anniversary.  You can get close to ninety games at assorted discounts there, including 33% off on Dead Space 2.  That brings it to forty dollars, so grab it if you haven’t yet.