Some guy owns this Jeep and he decided to lend it to TellTale Games for the promotion of their new, Jurassic Park theme game.

Here’s the story:

“Earlier this summer I was contacted by a representative from TellTale Games.They informed me that they were developing a Jurassic Park adventure title for multiple platforms and were looking for a JP Jeep that they could use in a promotional booth at a Seattle gaming convention called PAX in August.

Last year they had produced a Back to the Future game and used the DeLorean that belongs to a acquaintance of mine. As I was unsure how to respond, I contacted my DeLorean owner friend and asked him what kind of deal they approached him with. He said he asked TellTale for insured, enclosed transport -both ways- for his car, airfare, hotel, con passes, and daily per diem. He also received several grand from them for the use of the car alone.

So I was all like "That sounds terrific! If you provide enclosed, insured shipping both ways, airfare, badges for the con, hotel, and per diem then you’ve got yourself a deal!"

They were pretty appreciative of me providing the Jeep to them for free, so they booked transport for my Jeep and we were on our way.

The morning of the pickup I walked aaaaaaall the way around my Jeep and took quite a few pictures of the condition I gave it to them in. Like these:

Then I was off to meet the enclosed transport! Except the transport showed up and was NOT enclosed! I could have been a dick and said, "No dice, friends" and not given them the Jeep. But unfortunately I’m not a dick.

The Jeep goes on it’s way and I fly out a week later. The Jeep was delivered that morning and signed for by one TellTale’s employees, a self-professed "person who doesn’t know anything about cars and in fact does not even own a car!"

Here’s what I saw during my walkaround:

After the walkaround, and before the convention, I talk to the guys at TellTale, among them Kevin Bruner, the company’s CEO. I tell them, "Look I could be "that guy" and throw a fit, threatening to take my Jeep out of here tonight unless you cut me a check right now, but I know this is a huge fuckinging weekend for you guys, that you need to promote your game and you’ve gone a ton of shit to worry about. So, we can but this on a back burner until the expo is over, but I’d like your word that you’ll take care of this immediately afterwards." They were pretty appreciative, and even though I received no per diem or additional badges, I decided to not be a dick about things.

Then the Jeep came home, I didn’t hear from TellTale. A week later I reached out to them, and it was a few more days before they got back to me, telling me that I’d have to file a claim with the auto transport company (Advance Car Carrier Corp.). I told them that I did not arrange for the transportation, and that I should not have to be the middleman. They insist that they are not responsible for the damage in any way, and that only the car owner can file a claim.

So I send all my claim information (scanned receipts and delivery invoices, before and after photos) to the car carrier, and they reply with:

"We have completed our assessment of the above loss and have determined that this is not car carrier damage. After carefully reviewing the damage pictures that you have sent to us, we found that all the damages was noted on the Bill of Lading before transporting your vehicle. Also please note that vehicle was inspected in rain and possible that not all the damages were visible. For that reason the box, where it says that vehicle going ASIS was marked.

Enclosed with this letter is a copy of the Bill of Lading signed by "xxxx" on August 30, 2011 in where was noted that vehicle had pre-existing damages before transporting from WA to CO."

Now, the damage was done on the way TO Seattle, not FROM. And here’s a photo of it "raining" while they loaded up my Jeep. [12] http://i.imgur.com/IQLaK.jpg 
Sure is hard to see stuff with all that rain!

So TellTale hired the sketchiest-possible carrier company, and then one of TellTale’s employees(who admitted she doesn’t know the first thing about cars) signed the bill of lading upon delivery without inspecting the Jeep for damage, thereby releasing the car carrier from responsibility.

I’m disputing their decision, but I have the sinking feeling that I am going to be one of those cases that is just ignored until I go away. Bullshit man.

I guess my lesson is "next time get stuff in writing and be a big dick about everything."

I haven’t heard from TellTale in months regarding this issue, it seems to be resolved as far as they are concerned. Now, the Jurassic Park game is set to be launched this week. I don’t really know if there’s anything I can do, but it seems like if there was ever a time for visibility on this problem, it’s now.”

So if you’re touched by the story and feel like talking to TellTale Games you can do it here:

http://www.facebook.com/telltalegames

and here:

pr@telltalegames.com

Source: reddit

Update: TellTale Games replied http://www.reddit.com/r/gaming/comments/mceic/about_that_jurassic_park_jeep/

“Kevin Bruner from Telltale here. Today there has been quite the buzz about how Telltale reportedly damaged the Jurassic Park Jeep lent to us at PAX. Telltale has in fact been in regular contact with the owner of the Jeep and the last we heard, he was in the process of completing an insurance claim.

The Jeep was damaged on the way to Seattle, before anyone from Telltale every saw or touched it. Telltale used the shipping company that the owner asked us to use. When it arrived we just saw an awesome, well loved, but also well used, Jeep. We had no way of knowing that anything had happened to the Jeep in transport, as it appeared in reasonable condition. Anyone who came by the show and took a picture with the Jeep can attest that the Jeep looked pretty damn cool, and not obviously damaged.

The fact that the Jeep was damaged before we had access to it, and some dispute over the amount of damage caused in transport vs. existing damage has complicated the claim, which has made the process take a long time.

But, today I wake up to find that there is a campaign the day before our game launch to discredit Telltale. Since Telltale didn’t actually do anything negligent, we’ve been using the insurance we purchased to cover this, but it has been time consuming. Apparently too time consuming. To expedite this, I’ll be writing a personal check to cover what we understand the damages to be – this way we won’t need to hash this out publicly any longer.

Some people seem to think that Telltale has grown into some giant corporation that doesn’t care about people anymore. Nothing could be further from the truth. We started the company to make games that are about writing, acting and atmosphere and not about blowing shit up. Since we’ve gone out on this limb, we’ve had some successes (and failures) and earned the chance to work with great licenses like Monkey Island, Back to the Future, Jurassic Park and Walking Dead. All of our games are super faithful to the licenses, and lovingly crafted to make the best fan experience possible. Fans seem to enjoy them, which makes us super proud. We hate that most licensed games are a driver or a shooter with a license slapped on it, which we’ve never been about.

So I’ll fast track getting the Jeep fixed by paying for it personally, even though I don’t like the circumstances this is going down in. Perhaps some of you who are hating on Telltale might be inclined to check out Jurassic Park tomorrow and give us a chance to change your mind.”

NEWS:
#1 Team Fortress 2 Free to play!
#2 L.A. Noire coming to PC this fall
#3 EA is buying PopCap games. Eurogamer
#4 Take Two promises more Duke Nukem. Eurogamer
#5 GTA V in 2012 (PS. Contains GTAIV video)

-50% off from Divinity 2 (WARNING! $1=1€ price)
-50% off from Homefront (WARNING! $1=1€ price)

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.
NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

SPAZ, Magicka, Neverwinter Nights, King’s Bounty series, Aveyond series etc.
Total 22 discounts here

UK (total 36: Build-a-lot’s, GTA’s, Battlefield 3, CoD MW2, Brink, DNF, Mafia 2, Borderlands full, Deus Ex HR, Saints Row 3  etc)
EU is now Georestricted, BEWARE!
(EE can shop in UK store, where DNF costs 30€!)
If you can, try to buy in UK shop, very good discounts for new games.

Interplay games with 50% discount

UFO Trilogy Bundle -50%
Lots of hot deals here

Square Enix week -50%
Discounts for lots of games

26 new games (Alice, Deus EX: HR, F3AR, NFS Shift 2, Duke Nukem Forever, Witcher 2, DS3, Dungeon Siege 3, RIFT (-66%) on sale

Anything else?

TellTaleGames is celebrating 7th anniversary and is offering 75% discount from almost everything until end of June! Get good stuff!

Beamdog offers very good discount for several (26) of games. With 50% or 75% discount

DotEmu is selling Gobliiins trilogy, Another World 15th Anniversary Edition etc here

EB Games is giving pretty good discount for Dead Space 2

GetGames is offering discounts for many action games

Game.co.uk is offering good price for 21 games – Duke Nukem Forever, STALKER, Homefront, CoD: MW2, Dead Space 2, Crysis 2,  etc

DL Gamer is selling RIFT, Brink, DC Universe and Witcher 2 10€ cheaper. Check it out

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

NEWS:
#1 Codemasters was hacked, data stolen. Eurogamer
#2 Far Cry 3 will take the series out of Africa and back to a tropical island. Eurogamer
#3 Battlefield 3 multiplayer beta in September. Game itself 25th/28th Oct. Eurogamer
#4 Mass Effect 3, the conclusive episode of EA and BioWare’s epic sci-fi trilogy, will be releasing on March 6th 2012. It has Kinect support. Eurogamer

50% off from DEAD RISING® 2 (N/A for some countries :P) and Resident Evil™ 5 – WARNING! 1$ = 1€ prices.

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.
NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

Focus Home RPG bundle!, Lost Planet series, Dead Rising 2, Resident Evil 5, Dawn of Magic 2,  SPAZ, etc.
Total 26 discounts here

UK (total 36: Build-a-lot’s, GTA’s, Battlefield 3, CoD MW2, Brink, DNF)
EU is now Georestricted, BEWARE!
(EE can shop in UK store, where DNF costs 30€!)
If you can, try to buy in UK shop, very good discounts for new games.

Strategy First games with 50% discount

Simulator weekend –50%
Spring sale up to 74%
Hot deals here

Introducing FREE GAMES – watch ads and play games for free!
Winter Voices -50%
Expansion week -50%
Discounts for lots of games

CapCom games up to -50%

33 new games (Dirt 3, Deus EX: HR, F3AR, Brink, NFS Shift 2, Duke Nukem Forever (BEST PRICE! ~34€), Witcher 2, DS3, Warhammer 40k: SM, RF Armageddon (Best price ~34€), Dungeon Siege 3 (best price! ~34€) on sale

I personally bought Duke Nukem Forever and Dungeon Siege III from that shop with best price :)

Anything else?

TellTaleGames is celebrating 7th anniversary and is offering 75% discount from almost everything until end of June! Get good stuff!

Beamdog offers very good discount for several (28) of games. With 50% or 75% discount

EB Games is giving pretty good discount for Dead Space 2

GetGames is offering Duke Nukem Forever with almost best price – 37,49€

Game.co.uk is offering good price for 10 games – StarCraft 2, WoW, Dragon Age 2, Tales of Monkey Island, Stalker, Brink, CoD MW2, Dead Space 2, etc

DL Gamer is selling RIFT, Brink, DC Universe and Witcher 2 10€ cheaper. Check it out

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

I hope that you like new geeky summer discount  picture :)

And now the deals, sorry for delay :)

Few important latest news around the world:
#1 Upcoming Duke Nukem Forever will have 3 DLCs – new weapons, maps and karaoke. Eurogamer
#2 XCOM squad based FPS release date is 6th March. trailer. Eurogamer
#3 Sony got hacked again. Eurogamer

75% off Red Faction, Red Faction II and Red Faction Guerrilla – NB! EU prices are LOWER than US prices, GET THEM!
Free Multiplayer weekend for Call of Duty®: Black Ops and on sale with 33% discount (EU price 36% higher than US price). INSTALL

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.
NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

Age of Wonders series, Star Wolves, SPAZ, etc.
Total 20 discounts here

UK (total 18)
EU is now Georestricted, BEWARE!
(EE can shop in UK store, where DNF costs 30€!)
Get 15% discount from DLC packs by entering code EXTRA15

EA Games came to GoG, there will be over 25 games
Age of Wonders series with 50% discount

2K Strategy sale up to 50%
Strategy sale up to 74%
Hot deals here

AI WAR week -50%
GTA IV series –66%
Discounts for lots of games

27 new games (Dirt 3, Deus EX: HR, F3AR, Brink, NFS Shift 2, DNF (BEST PRICE! ~34€), Witcher 2, DS3, Warhammer 40k: SM, RF Armageddon (Best price ~34€)) on sale

Anything else?

TellTaleGames is celebrating 7th anniversary and is offering 75% discount from almost everything until end of June! Get good stuff! And happy birthday! :)

DotEmu has also celebrating anniversary and is offering every day from 1st – 5th June free game. And happy birthday! :)

Beamdog offers very good discount for several (16) of games. With 50% or 75% discount

EB Games is giving pretty good discount for several games like Dead Space 2, Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Darkspore and Shift 2. Although check the retail/Steam prices first (warning: Dead Space 2 EU price is totally messed up in Steam – $29.99 (20,69€) vs 49,99€ ($72.45))

Game.co.uk is offering good price for 10 games – Shift 2, Lego Universe, Fallout: LV, TDU2, Civ V, Shogun 2, etc

DL Gamer is selling RIFT, Brink and Witcher 2 10€ cheaper. Check it out

EA Games renamed their Store to Origin, it has now Steam-like overlay and possibility to play your games anywhere. Even in mobile, if it supports it :) Heh, looks like they kicked original Origin away, look at the text at the end of the page :D

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

Mount & Blade complete pack with 60% discount and somewhat fair price.
Sol survivor is on weeklong sale, it has almost unfair price $4.99 vs 4,49€
NB! Beware of First Templar, you get scammed: $33.99 vs 38,24€, come on! Kalypso did it again!

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.
NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

Cities XL 2011, Spellforce series, etc.
Total 16 discounts here

UK (total 27): Brink, Dirt 3, Fable 3, HoMM VI and lots more
EU (total 5): Witcher 2, Dead Meets Lead, SEGA packs

JoWood games up to  75% off til Tuesday. Check it out!

Square Enix with 30% discount
Commandos – 5 games for 5.00 – save 78%
Hot deals here

Discounts for lots of games

Several discounted game sagas on sale. Check the Special Deals section.
20 new games (DNF, NFS:S2, DA2, DS2, RIFT, ACB, W2, DS3, Homefront, Bulletstorm) on sale

Anything else?

Telltale Games is having OMG! Spring sale – 50% off almost everything

DotEmu is offering this weekend several DRM free games with 50% discount – Gobliiins Trilogy, Raptor, Silmarils Collection, etc

Beamdog offers King’s Bounty series etc with very good discount – 50-75%.

THQ shop is selling several games with good price – Darksiders, Dawn of War II series, Metro 2033, STALKER

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

Metro 2033 with 50% discount – get it, it’s a good game! Unfortunately price is 9.99$/£/€. You can get it in Gamersgate with 5€

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com.
NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

X3 gold, Company of Heroes Gold
Total 13 discounts here

UK (total 24): Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Homefront, RIFT, GtA4, AC:BH, BF3, Starwars, HoMM VI
EU (total 6): Witcher 2, Jurassic Park, Dead Meets Lead, SEGA packs

Ubisoft selected games 50% off. Check it out!

Spring Sale at least 50% discount and up to 70%
Merscom Games up to 70% discount
Headup games (Grotesque Tactics, Greed etc) 50% discount
Introversion games (Darwinia, Uplink etc) 50% discount
JoWood games (Gothic series, Painkiller etc) 25% discount
Hot deals here

Hidden Object week 50% discount
Easter Sale
Discounts for lots of games

Easter sale up to 60% off

Several discounted game sagas on sale like Dragon Age, Total War etc. Check the Special Deals section.
34 new games (NFS:S2, DA2, DS2, RIFT, ACB, W2, DS3, Homefront, Bulletstorm) on sale

Anything else?

Telltale Games is selling Jurrassic Park pre-orders with $5 discount.

EB Games is selling RIFT with discount

DotEmu is offering this weekend several Anuman DRM free games with 50% discount

Beamdog offers Hired Guns, Tortuga, Disciples 2, Greed, Flatout etc with very good discount – 50-75%. Xenus II even for free!

THQ shop is selling Darksiders (for Steam) with good price and some others like Dawn of War II series, Metro 2033, STALKER

HumbeBundle Frozenbyte games deal – pay whatever you want

EA store is offering 50% discount for all items in their store (except points and pre-orders)

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare! And if you care.

Damn, booze is evil :) But let’s rock!

Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Collector Pack -60% with UNFAIR price! $25.98 vs 27.98€ ($40.43)

Still -75% for PotatoPack, that contains 13 indiegames. Games separately -50%. You can get potato hat for TF2 if you have all games on that list in your account.

Rockstars week, check every day for new discounts and enter the contest to win complete pack.

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com. NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good after US price!

Total 13 discounts here

UK (total 33): Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Homefront, RIFT, GtA4, AC:BH, BF3
EU (total 7): Witcher 2, Jurassic Park, SEGA packs

Activision quests 30% off. Check it out!

Buy Alone in the Dark and get it’s sequels for free!

Theatre of War for free, if you buy it’s one sequel!
20% discount bonus code (20PEC-GMGV2-PROMO) for next purchase available on the page!

Commandos weekend with 66% discount
Space battle week with 50 – 75% off
Train simulator weekend 50% discount
Discounts for lots of games

Focus special selection (Cities XL, Runaway, Blood Bowl) -50%

Several discounted game sagas on sale like Dragon Age, Total War etc. Check the Special Deals section.
34 new games (NFS:S2, DA2, DS2, RIFT, ACB, W2, DS3, Homefront, Bulletstorm) on sale

Anything else?

Telltale Games is selling Jurrassic Park pre-orders with $5 discount.

EB Games is selling RIFT with discount

DotEmu is offering this weekend several JoWood DRM free games with 50% discount: Aquanox 1&2, Painkiller Black Edition, Gothic 2 Gold, Spellforce Gold, etc

Beamdog offers Men of War, Death to Spies, Death Track: Resurrection etc with very good discount – 50-75%. Xenus II even for free!

THQ shop is selling Darksiders (for Steam) with good price and some others like Dawn of War II series, Metro 2033, STALKER

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare! And if you care.

Okay, –75%  for PotatoPack, that contains 13 indiegames. Games separately –50%. You can get potato hat for TF2 if you have all games on that list in your account.

NB! DO NOT Pre-order DARKSPORE, it costs 10€ more than ANY OTHER SHOP (EA store)! But play a beta :)

You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com. NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good  after US price!

Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Collection
Disciples III – Renaissance

Total 12 discounts here

UK (total 21): Crysis 2, Dragon Age 2, Homefront, RIFT,
EU (total 5): Witcher 2, Jurassic Park, SEGA packs

Rebellion games up to 60% off. Check it out!

Greenman has updated visually their page, take a look! It’s pretty and modern, congratz!

75% off Merscom Mysteries
Weekend deal contains 7 different games, check out the carousel on the page
Also do not forget the specials section under weekend deals

Gamersgate has 5th birthday (week4 deals), happy birthday!
They are celebrating it with discounts for lots of games
Help Japan by buying any (or all of them) games from here

Several discounted game sagas on sale like Dragon Age, Total War etc. Check the Special Deals section.
19 new games (DA2, DS2, RIFT, ACB, W2, DS3, Homefront) on sale

Anything else?

Telltale Games is selling Jurrassic Park pre-orders with $5 discount. Also they are promoting “Play for Japan”, so participate and help Japan back on their foots.

EB Games is selling RIFT with discount.

DotEmu is offering this weekend several games with 50% discount: Flatout series, MegaRace series, Motoracer series

THQ shop is selling Darksiders (for Steam) with good price and some others

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare! And if you care.

Hello, as I m on vacation currently, I can make another one too :)

And on Saturday, have few drinks for me! :)

Steam offers this weekend F1: 2010 with 50% discount. But DO NOT BUY this!
Full price in US: $39.99, in EU: 44.99€ ?? COME ON! Also it is not available in ex-Tier 3.
Also there is a free weekend and 75% discount for Lead & Gold, which has much better fair price and a new map. Download it here!
You can check the discount prices in SteamPrices.com. NB! Do not forget, that white (+%) and yellow (-%) percentages are good  after US price!

W00t! Impulse has awesome sidescroller Jets’n’Guns Gold on sale. It’s OST (free download) is great, made by one and only SID metal band Machinae Supremacy, who is using Commodore 64 audiochip called SID. So let’s hear some songs – I Turn to you, Jets’n’Guns, Death from Above.

Total 21 discounts here

CoD stuff, Witcher, Post Apocalyptic Mayhem, Jurassic Park, SEGA packs
All here.

Enlight Software games up to 60% off. Check it out!

Some stuff with 70% discount
Football Manager 2011 with 50% discount
Alien vs Predator with 75% discount!

Gamersgate has 5th birthday, happy birthday!
They are celebrating it with discounts for lots of games

Several discounted game sagas on sale like Dragon Age, Total War
20 new games on sale

Anything else?

EB Games is selling stuff.

Telltale Games is selling Jurrassic Park pre-orders with $5 discount. Also they are promoting “Play for Japan”, so participate and help Japan back on their foots.

EA Store is now disappointing. It has euro prices for me now, that means lots expensive prices. So I simply drop it from Weekend deals post.

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare! And if you care.

Hey, dudes.

I can’t ignore this awesome weekend deal in Steam and decided to post this.

In Steam is one kickass game Darksiders on sale. I have played it for many hours and I totally love it.
It is recommended to everyone, great story, great environment, great graphics, neat stuff.

And it has a god damn good price and it’s fair deal!

Price: $10.00 / £5.00 / 7,50€

Some useful links: Official page, IGN great guide (I have exploited lots of this guide :))

Also there is one other deal – Monday Night Combat has FREE WEEKEND and discount –33% if you want to buy it
(but I was unable to download it :S okay, update: I was able to install it when in Update News window)

Classic Atari games on sale – Icewind dale, Baldur’s gate, MoO, Neverwinters Night
King Arthur -85%
Total 32 discounts here

D2D is offering Assassins Creed: Brotherhood Deluxe Edition with 10€ discount (49.95€)
(it’s full price in Steam is 49.99 1$=1€ :P)
other 4 items in EU: Witcher 2, Sega Classics

Strategy sale -70%
Action sale -50%

Gamersgate has 5th birthday, happy birthday!
They are celebrating it with discounts for lots of games

17 new games on sale

Anything else?

EB Games is selling also loads of stuff.

Telltale Games is selling Jurrassic Park pre-orders with $5 discount

EA Games is selling The Sims 3 series with -33% discount

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare! And if you care.

There are daily deals in Impulse, Good Old Games, GreenManGaming, GamersGate, GamesPlanet, Game.Gamesplanet  and in Telltale Games. Check those sites every day for something interesting: new deals, coupons, etc.

25 days of Christmas, every day new deal!

Christmas 14 day deals! Every day new surprise. Check it out!

GmG has every day new advent offer. Check their homepage!
Christmas Deals for everyone!
1C Metabundle -50%
Hacker bundle -75%
Fantasy action bundle -40%
Shooter metabundle -50% (no link now, because it’s still broken :()

Holyday gift guide WEEK 2 – 66 games up to 70% savings!
1C Advent Calendar – every day new deal!
And they have buy 4, pay 3 deal, get the cheapest game for free.

GamesPlanet has X-Mas Warm-up going on in both sites. Every day, new deal with 50% discount. Check them all out!

Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
World in Conflict Complete Edition
Call of Juarez Bound in Blood
The Settlers 7
Far Cry 2: Fortune’s Edition
Shaun White Snowboarding
Assassin’s Creed

Here are some interesting news from last weeks:

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• “PC is generation ahead of consoles” (Crytek);
• Assassins Creed 3?;
• “DRM treats gamers as criminals!” Witcher 2 developer CD Projekt (that’s why Witcher 2 is DRM free, so BUY IT, don’t “try and buy” it, support this way of thinking!);
• BioWare: “Too many games, gamers can’t keep up”. I totally agree!;
• Get 3 NFS:HP cars for Christmas for free, just watch the trailer in YouTube before 12th Dec, shoot!;
• Mass Effect 2 for PlayStation 3 even better than XBox version;
• Duke 3D revamp multiplayer beta;
• Microsoft & Sony lying about shortages of Kinect / Move to make customers buy more;
• Microsoft developing TV service;
• Infinity Blade, first iPhone game with Unreal Engine in AppStore on 9th Dec;
• Two THQ core games to PS Move;
• Pirates of Burning Sea is now free to play;
• The Witcher 2 has 16 endings! Jesus :D;
• EA boss believes that gaming future is the music genre;
• Killzone 3 Europe-only Collector’s Edition!;
• EA pressurizes Tiger Woods to start winning or else …!;
• EU customers will get Explosive Mission Pack, who pre-orders Deus-Ex: Human Revolution;
• Activision sees no future for Facebook and mobile games;
• Uwe Boll is spoiling another game Dungeon Siege 2 sweet memories with a awful-to-be movie with Dolph Lundgren named “In The Name Of The King 2”;
• UK shops promise to freeze the game prices despite the VAT hike and call publishers to lower the price;
• There will be Prototype 2, not L4D3 or next Resident Evil as was hidden inside VGA teaser;
• 1080p PS Move game Top Darts coming for Christmas;
• Valve launches Team Fortress 2 open beta over 3 years after release;
• Monty Python virtual world for Facebook;
• Civilization V nominated for Grammy award;
• EA reveals strategy to beat Activision and CoD: make a good game!;
• There will be DLC for Ghostbusters;
• Blizzard release schedule (up to 2015) leaked – next Startcraft II’s, Diablo 3 three parts and mystery game Titan;
• Big Daddy in WoW;
• Japanese browser game: Battle Vixens: Legend of the Huge Tits Struggle;
• Australian customers, be happy: Australian government: “No conclusive link between violent games and aggression”, you can soon get 18+ games now!
• Lara Croft gets Kane & Lynch DLC;
• Iranian MMO Garshasp may be released internationally (they should rename it then :D);
• Creating Amnesia, puzzles and future plans;
• Closed beta begins for Pride of Nations;
• Best Kinect hacks so far;
• Elder Scrolls V direct sequel to Oblivion;
• Uncharted 3 is going to desert;
• Mass Effect 2 sexy paintings of female characters;
• 3D Mark 11 benchmark for DirectX 11;
• Jade Raymond (Assassins Creed) is making Splinter Cell 6;

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We are glad, that EU is recognized as considerable Union, not like some rich bastards from hell ;) So even if the price is unfair for some games, buy them and get something extra, just for us, the EU customers.

And here are deals from our friends

There are daily deals in Impulse, Good Old Games, GreenManGaming, GamersGate, GamesPlanet and in Telltale Games. Check those sites every day for something interesting: new deals, coupons, etc.

Looks like Steam is recovering from holiday deals, no weekend deal announced yet.
But get Arcadia, it’s developer contacted Steam to lower the unfair price for EU!
And I suggest indie game Rush, which looks pretty cool :)
But special deals here

MinerWars 2081
X3 series (also separately)
Best of Tilted Mill (bundle)
Kalypso games price drop
25 days of Christmas, every day new deal!
Total 22 discounts here

On sale:
4 items in EU: Witcher 2, Sega Classics

Christmas 14 day deals! Every day new surprise. Check it out!

GmG has every day new advent offer. Check their homepage!
Christmas Deals for everyone!
1C Metabundle -50%
Hacker bundle -75%
Fantasy action bundle -40%
Shooter metabundle -50% (no link now, because it’s broken now :()

Holyday gift guide WEEK 1 – 54 up to 82% savings!
1C Advent Calendar – every day new deal!
And they have buy 4, pay 3 deal, get the cheapest game for free.
Price drops of several games

GamesPlanet has X-Mas Warm-up going on. Every day, new deal. Check it out!
All nice deals right here

Anything else?

Games for Windows this week deal is World of Goo with 75% discount. Also they have 99 cents deals every day. But beware, those deals may be georestricted.

GetGames: Cryostasis 80% discount.

EA Store: if you wish to play Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam 3 days earlier than others, then EA can do this for you.

Game.co.uk has also several discounted games (Empire: Total War, FM2010, BC2, Kane & Lynch 2, Sims 3, Dead Rising 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy XIV, WoW) for digital download. Check here

THQ official shop lowered prices for some games too – STALKER & Metro 2033. Check here

EB Games is selling Supreme Commander 2 with 50% discount

Telltale Games is having 30 days of Telltale! Every day new deal. Check it out

Gametap is offering several (13) discounts. Check it out

DL Gamer offers Aion with 30% discount and Guildwars for free until 14th Dec.

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

Sorry for late post :)

Here are some interesting news from last week:

Design your own S.T.A.L.K.E.R 2 quest; leaked news: Tomb Raider: Ascension coming 2011; Sony cuts PSPGo price again in UK; Trials HD 2nd add-on Big Thrills with 40 new tracks and more coming on 1st Dec; Crytek believes that Crysis 2 will be a 90 rated game; Alan Wake 2 coming for Kinect?; new Assassins Creed coming in 2011; Blizzard bought 9k m2 new office space; Diablo III heading to consoles; MMO APB re-launches as Free-To-Play game in 2011; new MMO called Planet Michael Jackson, wtf?; Need For Speed Shift 2 out in spring 2011; Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings will released on 17th May 2011 (almost all shops sell it for 45€ already); gaming is good for boys, but bad to girls in school; Activision closes Guitar Hero dev; some info revealed for Bioware new unannounced game and some speculations – new just new HINT was posted!; free DLC for R.U.S.E.; PC Create demo available; Portal 2 suffers Valve time :D – it will not make it on 9th Feb, new date is 22th April in EU; EA launching Facebook golf game; THQ Homefront coming on 11th March in EU; Bungie searching for lots of beta testers for unannounced game; Borderlands with all DLCs coming to Mac on 3th Dec;

And here are deals:

Updated: added Sam & Max collection to TellTaleGames, Test Drive Unlimited in Gametap

40% on Sniper: Ghost Warrior! (Warning: 1$ = 1€ price)
Other deals here

Thanksgiving sale: STALKER bundle (-75%!)  and more
Total 38 discounts here

On sale:
9 items in UK: GTA IV complete, AC II, Alien Breed 3: Descent, AC: DC, Witcher 2, Clones & Sega Classics
6 items in EU: Withcer 2 (BEST PRICE!!!), Clones, Alien Breed 3: Descent & Sega Classics

GoG brings tear to my eye with this Witcher 2 pre-order announcement:
“Since the EU price is almost $16 more than the price in USD, we’re giving our EU customers
a $16 credit to purchase anything on GOG.com. ” Also pre-ordering gives you PDF Artbook and 1 game for free
Ubisoft games -50% if buying all games, -30% if buying separately
Find your game in the list

Playlogic games -80%
Thanksgiving deal, selling up to 90% discount!
Syberia deal save 50%
Hot deals here

Dragon week – save up to 66%!
Lots of discounts here

Racing week up to 50% discount for Dirt series, Fuel, Grid, Test Drive / Moto GP 08
Also if missing F1, get F1 2010 :)

Anything else?

Games for Windows aka Games on Demand has launched new fancy Marketplace; 50% discount for Bioshock 2 as a Deal of the Week. If you are quick, you can buy Saints Row 2 with 80% discount. 9 hours to go. Hey, the have deal every day until 21th Nov!

GetGames: Beyond good and evil 80% discount. Just look at their page, they have lots of discounts.

EA Store has FPS week -25% including Battlefield 2: Complete, Mercenaries 2, BBC2, Battlefield 2142 Deluxe, Crysis, Saboteur, MoHA. Also if you wish to play Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam 3 days earlier than others, then EA can do this for you.

Game.co.uk has also several discounted games (Empire: Total War, FM2010, BC2, Kane & Lynch 2, Sims 3, Dead Rising 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Final Fantasy XIV) for digital download. Check here

THQ official shop lowered prices for some games too. Check here

EB Games is selling Rome: Total War Gold with 66% discount

Telltalegames is selling Sam & Max complete collection for 50% discount

Gametap is offering Test Drive Unlimited bundle with 71% discount

Have more info? Post a comment if you dare!

Save big on your holiday shopping with Telltale

It’s that time of year again, and you’ve got someone on your holiday list who is impossible to shop for. Fortunately for you, the Telltale Store has some special holiday packages over on the gifts page! If you’re new to their site, they’ve got loads of games, comics, DVDs, and more in the Telltale store – and some extra-special deals on Monday, November 30th for Interloper subscribers, and also a couple of holiday-related perks to take advantage of right now, so read on!

• Free Shipping Starts Now! If your order is worth more than $25, it’ll qualify for free shipping via USPS! Just select the free shipping option in your order checkout, and you’ll be all set. US customers: You’ll want to get your orders in before December 16th to get ‘em delivered in time for the holidays.
• Special One-Day Offers on Monday! You lucky newsletter subscribers will save 20% on all items in the Telltale store. This deal lasts for one day only; it gets started at 12:00AM and runs through 11:59PM (Pacific Time) on Monday, November 30, 2009.
• New Bundles! They’ve put together an assortment of gift packs for the video game enthusiast on your list. Visit their holiday gifts page (or take a peek below this article) to check out our Monkey Island, Sam & Max, and Strong Bad bundles!
• Gift Wrapping! Through the holidays, your order can be gift-wrapped for just $2.50 per item. Select the gift wrap option for each item on the shopping cart page before checkout.

» Visit Telltale’s gift store!