Shack PSA: Weekend PC Digital Deals and Discounts
by Alice O'Connor, Dec 17, 2010 2:00pm PSTIt's Friday and video games still exist--this can only mean that PC digital distributors will offer discounts on many games in an attempt to be paid some of your money.
What've we got for you? Worms Reloaded is down to $9.99 to mark the launch of an update with TF2-related goodies. Publisher 1C Company is offering an impressive 60% off everything in its digital store. Ubisoft has a slightly less impressive but still respectable 33% off its digital lot. GOG's massive sale continues, as it will for some time. That's not all--other video games are also cheaper than they were a week ago.
Here's our selection of the weekend's deals:
The Humble Indie Bundle #2
'Pay what you want' for a brilliant bundle of Braid, Machinarium, Cortex Command, Osmos and Revenge of the Titans. You can divide your payment up between the developers, the organiser, the EFF and charity Child's Play as you see fit. Runs until Tuesday, December 21.
Steam
- Worms Reloaded - $9.99 (50% off)
Until 10am PST on December 18
- Civilization V - $37.49 (25% off)
- Zombie Driver - $2.50 (75% off)
- Bob Came in Pieces - $2.50 (75% off)
1C Company
A whopping 60% off everything in the publisher's digital store.
Direct2Drive
- SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition - $4.95 (75% off)
- Lost Planet 2 - $19.95 (50% off)
- Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - $24.50 (30% off)
There's also 20% off eighteen games nominated in IGN's 'Best of 2010' awards if you use the promo code ignbest at the checkout. Amongst them are Cod Blops, Civ V, Fallout: New Vegas and Super Meat Boy. Your initial order must be over $19.95 to qualify.
Good Old Games
GOG is offering up to 50% off 290 games in its massive Christmas sale. This will end on January 3, 2011.
The Giving Game + Music Bundle
A week-long rotating 'pay what you want' sale pairing indie games with indie albums. Currently, Max & the Magic Marker is the featured game, with Beat Hazard and the Mac edition of Multiwinia to come. 25% of the dosh goes to charity Child's Play.
Ubisoft
33% off digitally-distributed games including Splinter Cell: Conviction, Assassin's Creed 2, Silent Hunter 5, R.U.S.E. and Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands.
GamersGate
- Blade Kitten - $5.00 (50% off)
- Cities XL - $9.98 (50% off)
- Civilization III Complete - $2.48 (50% off)
- Civilization IV - $5.00 (75% off)
- Disciples Platinum - $11.98 (60% off)
- Hearts of Iron 2 Complete - $4.49 (70% off)
- King's Bounty: Armored Princess - $8.99 (70% off)
- RollerCoast Tycoon 3 Platinum - $11.98 (50% off)
- Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space - $11.98 (60% off)
- Section 8 - $4.99 (75% off)
- SimCity 4 Deluxe Edition - $7.98 (60% off)
- Test Drive Unlimited - $9.98 (50% off)
- The Graveyard - $2.50 (50% off)
- The Sims 3 - $15.98 (60% off)
- The Sims 3 Ambitions - $11.98 (60% off)
- The Sims 3 World Adventures - $11.98 (60% off)
- Train Simulator 2010: Engineers Edition - $26.77 (46% off)
- Tropico Reloaded - $3.50 (50% off)
Adventure Shop
50% off island-related adventure games for its An Island Weekend promotion.
Ship Simulator
50% off all games in the Ship Simulator series.
Games for Windows
- Mahjong Wisdom - $2.49 (75% off)
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Payments can be split up however you want between 2 charities, and the developers. They've raised almost a million dollars so far this year.
They recently gave out codes to activate last year's bundle on steam, so its likely this year's bundle will follow suit.
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