Weekend Deals: Insane Indie Bundles, Batman: Arkham Asylum Prices Compared

It's a great week for weekend deals out there. Steam and Direct2Drive are both offering fantastic deals on indie bundles, and other outlets are busy competing over preorder and post-release savings.

Following the release of the Batman: Arkham Asylum demo, we've also got a quick breakdown on preorder pricing for that specific game.

Reminder: this list does not attempt to offer a complete, scientific picture of every deal on the internet. But as always, do feel free to let us know if we've missed any sweet sales.

• Steam's huge indie games sale offers 10 indie games--including Braid, World of Goo, and The Path--for a mere $30, or an alternate five-pack for $20. Also, The Witcher: Director's Cut is $28, Trackmania United Forever is $20, and Prototype is down to $40.

• Direct2Drive's Best of Indie Bundle includes five indie games (Zeno Clash, etc.) for $17.75. Also: Fallout 3 down to $25, Neverwinter Nights 2 Complete bundle down to $54.

• GoGamer is offering a $10 savings on preorders for games like Left 4 Dead 2 (PC), Wolfenstein (PC) and Batman: Arkham Asylum (PS3). Of course, the excellent Anno 1404 (a.k.a. Dawn of Discovery) can be had today for only $25.

• Impulse knocked down the price of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood to $35, and is listing Tropico 3 for preorder at only $36. The store is also carrying the same Red Faction: Guerilla deal as Steam, though the two old games can only be downloaded when Guerilla ships.

• Amazon also has Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood for $35 on PS3 and Xbox 360.

• GameStop is selling preorders of WET for $10 off both the PS3 and Xbox 360 editions. A similar deal is running on Rogue Warrior (Xbox 360, PS3, PC). The new version of Soul Calibur IV is also now cheaper than the used, at $17 on Xbox 360.

And now, a breakdown of Batman: Arkham Asylum prices for the preorder-minded. All prices are before shipping, so keep in mind that stores such as Amazon may ultimately be cheaper if you go for the free shipping option.

Also: while the PS3 version of Batman gets an exclusive Joker DLC challenge map, and GameStop has its exclusive Scarecrow challenge map, such exclusives often show up on other platforms later on.

Current Batman: Arkham Asylum prices:

• GameStop:

  • Xbox 360/PS3: $60.
  • PC: $50.
  • Collector's Editions are $100.
  • Exclusive in-game "Dem Bones" Scarecrow Challenge Map.

• Amazon:

  • Prices are after the application of this $5 gift code: 5OFFARKM

  • Xbox 360/PS3: $48.50.
  • PC: $40.
  • Collector's Editions are cheap: $86 on 360, $89 on PS3.

• Newegg:
  • Xbox 360/PS3: $53.
  • PC: $45.

• Direct2Drive: PC: $50.

• GamersGate: PC: $50.

• Steam: PC: $50.