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Tuesday

Order of War / Battlestations series

50% off the following games:
Order of War
US: $29.99 $14.99 / UK: £29.99 £14.99 (50% higher) / EU: 37,99€ 18,99€ (72% higher)

Battlestations: Midway
US: $19.99 $9.99 / UK: £13.99 £6.99 (5% higher) / EU: 19,99€ 9,99€ (36% higher)

Battlestations: Pacific
US: $34.99 $17.49 / UK: £19.99 £9.99 (14% lower) / EU Tier1: 34,99€ 17,49€ (36% higher)
 
60% off the following collections:
Battlestations Collection
US: $21.99 / UK: £13.59 (7% lower) / EU Tier1: 21,99€ (36% higher)

 
66% off the following bundles:
Battlestations + Order of War Bundle
US: $28.89 / UK: £21.75 (13% higher) / EU Tier1: 31,61€ (49% higher)

Monday

Hitman / Deus Ex series see below

Monday has the following deals available:
50% off the following games:
Hitman: Codename 47

US: $9.99 $4.99 / UK: £5.99 £2.99 (10% lower) / EU: 9,99€ 4,99€ (36% higher)

Hitman: Blood Money
US: $9.99 $4.99 / UK: £5.99 £2.99 (10% lower) / EU: 9,99€ 4,99€ (36% higher)

Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
US: $9.99 $4.99 / UK: £5.99 £2.99 (10% lower) / EU: 9,99€ 4,99€ (36% higher)

Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition

US: $9.99 $4.99 / UK: £5.99 £2.99 (10% lower) / EU: 9,99€ 4,99€ (36% higher)

Deus Ex: Invisible War

US: $9.99 $4.99 / UK: £5.99 £2.99 (10% lower) / EU: 9,99€ 4,99€ (36% higher)

 
60% off the following bundles:
Deus Ex Collection

US: $11.99 / UK: £7.59 (5% lower) / EU: 11,99€ (36% higher)
Warning! It is more expensive than games separately (4,99 + 4,99 = 9,98)

Hitman Collection

US: $7.99 / UK: £5.59 (5% higher) / EU: 7,99€ (36% higher)

 
66% off all the above games:
Deus Ex & Hitman Bundle

US: $16.98 / UK: £10.18 (10% lower) / EU: 16,98€ (36% higher)

Good early morning. Let’s make it quick.

Steam Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising is available for 75% off until Monday! ($7.49/£5.49/6.99€). Steam added Toki Tori also on sale with 50% discount ($2.45/£1.62/2,23€).

GamersGate Condemned: Criminal Origins, Elliptic Twist (also available on Mac). And more here (total 23 titles)!

Impulse is offering 22 titles this time! Check the list here like: Spore, Hearts of Iron series, Street Fighter IV, Patrician III etc!

GetGames are offering also discount, for Napoleon: Total War (-20%) & Condemned: Criminal Origins (-75%).

G2Play has also some items on sale with discount, but not sure, if there is a weekend deal also Anyways, check it out here. They are active in our forums, so if any questions, feel free to ask.

Don’t spend too much and have fun!

There’s a hope for Polish XboX Live and Games For Windows Live. As far as I know the creators of WWL are about to receive an official statement from Microsoft head quarters in USA.

Too bad Microsoft waited a month to do this… We will post more details here as soon as we know something.

UPDATE:

Here’s an official Microsoft statement about XboX Live sevice in Poland:

Xbox is very committed to the Polish market and is appreciative of the passion and excitement that our community of users show for our products, including Xbox LIVE. This year, 2010,  is going to be a historic year for Xbox and our aim is to bring to our Polish community of users the full and best interactive experiences possible on the Xbox 360. We currently finalizing our plans for the Polish market that we will become public at the forthcoming E3 consumer trade show, later in June.  Our Polish community of Xbox users should expect to hear more about how we will take the Xbox 360 experience to another level in Poland.

They didn’t even bother to sign the freaking letter (no one knows who wrote this, it just says Microsoft). I say fuck them and their legal games in Poland, just don’t buy new XboX 360 games if your country isn’t supported – like the upcoming Bad Company 2 (a 100% multiplayer game which has no…multiplayer).

I’ll get back to laughing now!

There’s a pack of games for 9.99€ (2€ for each game if you don’t want the pack). Including: Gridrunner, Space Giraffe, Bullet Candy, Bob Came in Pieces, Altitude, Super Laser Racer, and Galcon Fusion!

That’s right, it’s less than a day for Microsoft to respond on the lack of XboX Live and Games For Windows Live in Poland (and the most of central, eastern European countries). I wonder if they’re going to send anything at all, at least an e-mail?

We’ll see!

PlayStation 3  users all over the planet (the regular version, not PS3 slim) can’t login to the PlayStation Network, use their DLCs or earn achievements (and play some single player games).

The famous 8001050F error sets up the date in the device to January 1st 2000. What does it mean? It will disable your console.

Sony did react to all of this on their Twitter account saying:

PSN status update: We’re narrowing down the issue and continue to work to restore service to all. Updates as soon as we have them.

And the latest:

Here’s the latest info on PlayStation Network’s status: http://bit.ly/cZQKpn

Which has all the info: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/03/latest-info-on-playstation-network-status/

Does it sound familiar to you guys? It does to me, it’s just like Steam – when it’s down you can’t access any of that stuff and you can’t even play most of your games if you didn’t activate the offline mode at least once.

More games coming on next weekends. More information can be found here.

Warning! Games For Windows Live is NOT supported in some countries.

Also Steam is offering 75% discount for Spellforce (RPG/RTS) series. It is a good serie with excellent story and bare naked ladies and dragons Loved it totally! Heard that they are working on Spellforce 2 addon Faith in Destiny, so need to buy first version or something, maybe there will be”loyality” deal like with Stalker Call of Pripyat.

Direct2Drive suprises with “Amazing Strategy Titles on sale!” by offering 60-75% discount for: Supreme Commander Gold, Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Gold Edition, Tropico 3, Hearts of Iron III with Sprite Packs Bundle, Hearts Of Iron III, Hearts Of Iron II Collection, East India Company and more! Whole UK list here. EU deals are here. US list is here. Fortunately the deal is not ending on 1st March, it lasts almost a week, til 4th March. Unfortunately some are geo-restricted and some prices are crap, like Supreme Commander Gold – 14.95$/£4.95/19.95€. Come on!

PS. Don’t forget to check out the D2D EU “Join the party” celebration here.

Impulse has 14 titles on sale, some are geo-restricted. Check them out here.

Good Old Games has Activision month running (last week!) and lately were Kings Quest 4+5+6 and Call to power 2 added, so if you want, check them out hzere.

G2Play key store has also some deals, like Source Multiplayer Pack 25% off and other deals. Check it out here. G2Play is active in our forums, if any questions, ask away.

NB! There is deal, where you can buy Dawn of War II for £5!!! Check the comments!

Don’t spend too much And have fun!

And here’s the poll:

Also check out this thread with a lot of good suggestions (official Steam forums).

And here’s an official support/bug report forum.

in other news

New Features Advance Leading Game Platform
February 23, 2010 — Valve announces a new version of Steam which is immediately available in public beta.

In the last 12 months, Steam has grown 200%. There are now 25 million users, 1000+ games, 12 billion player minutes per month, and 75 billion Steam client minutes per month. To accommodate this growth, a new Steam client has been created.

This opt-in beta is available immediately to all Steam users. If users already have Steam installed on their computer, they can take part in the beta by clicking this link and then selecting "UI Update" under Beta Participation. If they don’t have Steam installed, they can download it here. To preview the new Steam client without taking part in the beta, a complete rundown of the new features is available here.

Increasingly, the most effective way of reaching new gamers is through the existing players of a game. With the new Steam release, gamers will now be able to see which games their friends have purchased directly within the Steam storefront. 25 million gamers create a highly effective and knowledgeable source of purchase suggestions.

News outlets now have the ability to reach the Steam community through the new client’s News aggregator functionality. Those organizations interested can contact Doug Lombardi at lombardi@valvesoftware.com.

With users purchasing more and more games through Steam, new methods of library management were needed. The new client introduces library customization tools to help gamers sort, group, and find games in libraries which for some hardcore players contain hundreds of titles. In addition to having lots of games, gamers needed methods of tracking all of their achievements in a standardized cross-game fashion, which is now possible with the new release.

"We made hundreds of changes to the Steam client as a result of customer feedback on the interface, performance, and functionality," said John Cook, Director of Steam Development at Valve. "For example, we swapped out the Internet Explorer rendering engine with WebKit, which gives us a bunch of size, stability and performance benefits. This release of Steam leaves us well prepared for another year of strong growth."

About Steam
The leading online platform for PC games and digital entertainment, Steam delivers new releases and online services to over 25 million PC users around the world. For more information, please visit steamgames.com.

About Valve
Valve is an entertainment software and technology company founded in 1996 and based in Bellevue, Washington. For more information, please visit valvesoftware.com.

Good Old Games is back from expanding their titles and are offering RPGs from Divinity games (Divine Divinity and Beyond Divinity) with 50% discount. Yay! I remember playing those games long time ago. Loved Divine Divinity title theme song. Get them both for $7.98 and save $8.00! Link here.

Steam gives away THQ Complete Pack for 50% less price (49.99€). And don’t forget Shattered Horizon free weekend and 50% discount (9.99€). Check the Shattered Horizon post here.

Warning: both deals suffer 1$=1€ terror, making price 35% higher than in US!

Impulse showed already yesterday some titles as Weekend Deals, but today the list has been updated. Impulse is offering now 12 titles including Tropico 3, THQ Ultimate Bundle (70% discount!) etc. Check them out here!

NB! Some items Like Star Trek Online and Savage 2 is available only for US and Canada

GamersGate has Mac week running and forgot to offer something for real gamers, so no weekend deal for normal people Check the difference picture here (opens in lightbox).

G2Play is offering L4D2, Orange Box among other things. G2Play is active in our forums, so you can always ask them questions if needed.

PS. The list probably will be updated, is something new pops up.

Stardock launched today ImpulseTV. A new unique feature to its digital distribution platform Impulse.

According to Jason Ocampo.

ImpulseTV Goes Live on Stardock’s Impulse Digital Distribution Platform

There’s a lot of real gems out there that people would normally never hear about. With ImpulseTV, we hope to shed some light on great games – both famous and unknown.

Basically ImpulseTV is video channel embedded  into Impulse.

Currently 8 videos are available to watch. Including a ImpulseTV exclusive Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity and Star Trek Online feature video clip. Both are narrated by Jason Ocampo and Brain Clair from Stardock.

It is a interesting new feature not seen anywhere else. Certainly ImpulseTV bring some spice into the battle between Steam and Impulse. I like ImpulseTV, but I’m curious if it will develop into anything else than a pastime amusement.

CEO of Stardock Brad Wardell states:

We will be constantly enhancing the features of ImpulseTV over the course of the next year. With ImpulseTV, fans obtain access to intelligent, honest conversations about games and everything they might need to make a decision about purchasing that game – everything from video, commentary, online friends who have that game, chats, discussions and more all in one. It really enhances the Impulse package as a whole and I’m proud of what the team has accomplished.

If you have already Impulse installed just launch and it will auto-update to the newest version.

Otherwise visit Stardock’s download store at http://www.impulsedriven.com/ to get Impulse.

Stay tuned!

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Thanks to Rad86N, it came to my attention there will be from 19th to 21st February on Steam a Free Weekend promotion for Shattered Horizon™ including a hefty 50% discount.

This follow the the yesterday release of the first content pack Moonrise for Shattered Horizon™. Moonrise is free and adds 4 new maps to Shattered Horizon™.

According to  FM_kingkatt on the official Futuremark forums:

Announcement on the Futuremark Forums

Moonrise Free Weekend on Steam:
Starts 00:01 GMT Friday 19 February (click link for other time zones)
Ends 21:00 GMT Sunday 21 February (click link for other time zones)
Players can start pre-loading Shattered Horizon from Steam late Wednesday evening onwards.

Shattered Horizon will be sold during the promotion for,

US: $19.99 $9.95
UK: £14.99 £7.49 (18% higher)
EU: 19,99€ 9.95€ (37% higher)

At this point I don’t know if the promotion includes the Shattered Horizon Clan Pack. The post will be updated when we know more.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/18110/

Shattered Horizon Moonrise Trailer on Steam

Minimum requirements

• DirectX 10: Shattered Horizon requires DirectX 10, no support for WinXP
• OS: Windows 7, Vista
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 or AMD Athlon64 X2 5600+
• Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT or ATI Radeon HD 3870 DirectX 10 with at least 256 MB RAM

Recommend requirements

• OS: Windows 7, Vista
• Memory: 2 GB RAM
• Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 or AMD Phenom II X4 940
• Graphics: DirectX 10 with at least 512 MB RAM (NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260 or ATI Radeon HD 4870)

What’s wrong you may think? Well, according to Steam Support you can’t refund only one game if you put them both in the shopping cart. And now the guy had to “give back” (and get back the $2 of course) Psychonauts in order to get his money for AvP back.

After that he wanted a refund for his pre-ordered copy of  Battlefield Bad Company 2. I wonder why?

Whats’s our point? Watch out there kids, don’t get pre-orders with regular games!

PS Our favorite moderators already closed the topic.