Steampowered.com has so many sales throughout the year that, frankly, it’s news when they DON’T have something on sale. Since January third, we haven’t heard a peep out of Steam regarding any sales. The rest of the online retailers and digital distributors are back to their usual pattern, though, so let’s take a look at what’s on sale for Tuesday January 11th
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 was one of the best multiplayer first-person shooter games to be released in 2010. The amazing sound design, the destructible environments and the intense teamwork contributed to a finely polished product that really emulated a living, changing battlefield. The range of tactical options available to each class allowed players to plan tactics and work together as a finely tuned machine. The depth of the replay factor added to the fun of the title, and so when I heard that a legacy of the Battlefield series was being reborn in the framework of Bad Company 2, I was excited and salivating for what could be. Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam was released in mid-December, and while it comes with some quirks that drag the game’s cohesion down a little, it shines as an expertly-crafted expansion that introduces new weapons, maps and a refreshing revisit to the bloody rice paddies of ‘Nam.
THQ has just announced a collector’s edition for it’s upcoming RTS, Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II Retribution, as well as six “race packs”. The collector’s edition will allow you to get all the bonus items from each race pack, six race art cards, a poster, and a collector’s box. The more interesting side to this story, though, are the “race packs”. Fans of a race can purchase one of the six race packs, but only through digital retailers and pre-order. Each race pack ha…
Dead Space 2 is due to be out before the end of the month, and fans of the original are more than ready to play as Isaac Clarke once more. If you can’t wait to fight monsters and danger once more, but have already played through Dead Space one too many times, here are some games you’ll enjoy.
Back in the distant past of 2010, Amazon had a non-stop string of sales ranging from mid November’s “Prelude to Black Friday” all the way up to the “Seventeen Days of Christmas” sale. Since the new year started, Amazon hasn’t had many good PC games sales, which spares us the awful themes, but means that we’ve been paying full price for our games. Today (And only today, Sunday the 9th), they’re making up for the tepid sales by selling Toms Clancy’s HAWX for a mere $5.44.
Munch’s Oddysee was released for the original XBox back in November of 2001, and has just now been ported to the PC. So, how does an XBox launch title hold up on the PC, nine years since its release? Unfortunately, not well, and certainly not as well as the rest of the games in the Oddworld series.
If you’ve grown tired of fantasy and scifi-themed MMOs, you can now try a new strategy MMO about pirates. Picaroon is the latest game by UK Developer Nicetech who previously brought us the long-running space strategy game Time of Defiance. Their new game is set in a Waterworld-esque future where dry land is rare, and humanity battles to control the remaining islands.
