An update to our Mid-Week sales roundup, Good Old Games (Gog.com) has spent the last month trying to repair their image after pulling a shameless publicity stunt back in September. Their latest ploy to regain the respect of the classic games community is giving away a free game to their long-time customers, while also holding a mid-week sale on products published by Strategy First.
Sony seems to have been storing games up somewhere because it is a huge week for new releases, especially in the stores. The game likely to get most attention this week is Fallout: New Vegas. But Vanquish, an intense third-person shooter has been getting some fairly decent reviews, so might also be work a look
I’m sure everyone is too busy exploring post-apocalyptic Nevada in Fallout New Vegas to bother with the other games on sale this week, but for those who aren’t fighting Ghouls on the Vegas strip, there are a few good deals to be found online with these Midweek sales. Games For Windows is still selling Street Fighter IV at half off for $14.99, and GamersGate.com is also selling it for half off, along with a 50% discount on sixteen other co-operative games. Unfortunately Gamer’s Gate will only give you half off on Street Fighter IV if you buy the Two pack. No, really.
The sun rises on another new day in the fertile land that I have christened ‘Elandonia’. I emerge from the door of the log cabin I had built the night before to the sound of burning zombies and the innocent oinks of the many pigs that can be seen across the landscape, jumping over hills and swimming in the vast sea that stretches out to meet the horizon. This is Minecraft…
By now you have probably read the Player Affinity review of Super Meat Boy. But what’s that? Still not convinced enough to buy Super Meat Boy this Wednesday? Well how about this… Team Meat has announced that when Super Meat Boy hits the Xbox Live Marketplace this week it will premiere at a discounted price of only $10.
Assassins Creed 2 was an impressive single player experience that came close to winning many writers’ game of the year awards in 2009. Since the game lacked a multiplayer component, it was hard to rationalize a GOTY title when you consider the continued enjoyment associated with the replay value of multiplayer. Ubisoft hopes to cover all their bases with the release of Assassins Creed: Brotherhood.
Fallout: New Vegas, releasing tomorrow, has already had DLC announced for it. I quite enjoyed Fallout 3 but so far have been very skeptical on New Vegas. The fact that they’re planning on releasing DLC for New Vegas (that is developed by Bethesda) shows a certain amount of confidence in their product which could mean it’s better than Obsidian’s (the developer of Fallout: New Vegas) last game, Alpha Protocol.
