Category: News
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Now it’s time to get the Hitmans … or not? (48% higher price in EU)
The Hitman Collection US: $9.99 UK: £6.99 (12% higher) EU: 9,99€ (48% higher)
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Metal Drift Pre-Purchase for Beta Access! (fair price)
Metal Drift US: $12.49 $9.99 UK: £7.99 £6.39 (3% higher) EU: 8,99€ 7,19€ (6% higher) Gamespot user score: 7.3 Metal Drift is a vehicular sport combat game set in a distant future. As the player, you command an agile, high powered hover tank in a futuristic sports arena. Core game play centers on intense tank-on-tank…
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Gabe Newell in Australia
Sorry I’m posting this so late but I didn’t have much time. Here’s the presentation from Australia – with Joe (the creator of Fly Gabe Newell campaign) and Gabe Newell. Unfortunately Joe did not ask a question from our group (at least not on the video) which simply was “why do Europeans have to pay…
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Left 4 Dead 2: Scavenge game mode
Scavenge, the fourth game mode to be included in its upcoming zombie thriller, Left 4 Dead 2. Scavenge mode challenges players to compete in round-based games of up to 8 players (Survivors vs. Infected). The Survivors must battle both the Infected and the clock as they collect gas cans to refuel a generator located in…
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Steam: 2 new releases, 2 pre-purchases
Two new games released and two pre-purchases that have a fair price.
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Impulse: 20% off everything – discount coupon!
To save 20% off any game on Impulse use this coupon code: SURVEY-2009
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L4D2 Pre-Purchase unfair regional pricing
If you are thinking about pre-purchasing L4D2, you should think twice, as you might be yet another victim of Valve’s regional pricing scam. Previously only differing the price between US Dollar, Euro and British Pound, they now topped it by even discriminating between the European countries. So we not only have the well known unfair…
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Weekend Deals (25.09.09)
Here we go!
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Steam: EA Games lowered prices in Europe!
Thanks for all the guys who noticed it (I really have no time to check the Steam store right now). As the news title says, some EA Games are priced really reasonable on Steam comparing to what they were in the beginning (30%-140% more!). See all EA Games on Steam here. Read more about it…
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Impulse: Ready To Play beta available!
Impulse "Ready to Play" (RTP) is a revolutionary system that enables users to find other gamers to play a personal computer game. Unlike existing systems, Impulse "Ready to Play" includes an intelligent player profile, scheduling and notification. I think all Stardock customers (Impulse account holders) have access to the “Ready To Play” beta. To install…
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Steam: New games in store
Some new titles showed up yesterday on Steam. Including a cool puzzle game called Puzzlegeddon (try the demo here) and Freeze Tag games. While the first one is priced really fair around the world the second one continues with over priced policy in Europe, especially Tier 1 (40% more) and the UK (23% more). We…
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Left 4 Dead: Crash Course coming up Sep 29th
Crash Course delivers new single-player, multiplayer and co-operative gameplay and bridges the gap between the end of the "No Mercy" campaign and the beginning of "Death Toll" in the original game. While containing both Survival maps and a Co-operative Campaign, the primary goal of Crash Course is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in…
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Left 4 Dead 2 Demo coming next month!
At a press conference held earlier today in Tokyo, EA took to the stage and revealed that a playable demo for Left 4 Dead 2 will be out next month. It’s dated for October 27, and that’s all that was discussed. Not which platform that was for, not whether it was for pre-order customers or…
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Euro Gamer prepares it’s own digital distribution store!
According to Czech Euro Gamer website (translated by Google) they are planning to start a new digital distribution service for Europeans called Get Games. And here’s what they said: Steam’s European competition was officially announced today. People prefer digital distribution before retail versions of games. The increase in popularity of services such as Steam is…
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Left 4 Dead 2: New Orleans was chosen for a reason
Valve’s Chet Faliszek has said that the reason it chose New Orleans as the location in Left 4 Dead 2 had more to do with the east coat of the US not being used in games much, this making it a fresh locale. “We still wanted it to be on the East coast, a bunch…
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Get Tales of Monkey Island Episode 1 for FREE!
According to LucasArts and Telltale Games today is the International "Talk Like a Pirate Day”. And because of that both companies prepared a cool promotion for gamers around the world! Episode 1 of Tales of Monkey Island is available free, but only for few hours! Full version can be downloaded from the official website at…
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Weekend Deals (18.09.09)
Updated: GOG deals updated. Updated: Gamers Gate deal. Updated: GOG updates!
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Steam: Unreal Tournament anniversary!
Epic Games, Inc. invites everyone to check out Unreal Tournament 3 Black, the premier first-person shooter with more official content and community mods than ever before, completely free of charge starting tomorrow. Thursday, September 17, marks the 10-year anniversary of the original Unreal Tournament demo release, and to celebrate Epic will kick off a long…
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Steam: New Lucas Arts games over priced but…
We asked about it on the official Lucas Arts Twitter account and believe it or not they did respond: See it here: http://twitter.com/lucasartsgames/status/4014989632 [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][poll id=”7″] [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]
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Steam: Garry’s Mod 50% off
It’s still worth getting it (even though it’s over priced all over Europe) ;) US: $4.99 UK: £2.99 (0% lower) EU tier 1: 4,99€ (46% higher) EU tier 2: 3,99€ (17% higher) EU tier 3: 3,99€ (17% higher)
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The Fly Gabe Newell Fund Has Been Successful!
The creators of the Fly Gabe Newell Fund have raised over $3000 in order to fly Gabe Newell and Erik Johnson to Australia to show them their Left 4 Dead campaign. If you don’t know what the hell is this about go here first. This is one of the latest replies from Gabe Newell:…
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More DLC coming for Left 4 Dead!
Valve revealed that players can expect more DLC after the upcoming “Crash Course,” Shacknews reports. As one of the L4D2 boycotters reported in one of announcements on Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott group profile, the next DLC will contain either, “a new Special Infected, a new Campaign or new Weapon(s).” Maybe Valve isn’t that evil…
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Depeche Mode music in Left 4 Dead 2
Some time ago we find out that the Left 4 Dead 2 will have many references to the band Depeche Mode, including their music. The band’s manager decided to explain this weird idea. It is not difficult to imagine that it’s all about the money. Johnathan Kessler explains that the purpose of implementing the band’s…
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Steam Games on Twitter!
I have no idea how did we miss that but Steam is actually on Twitter. You can follow Steam on Twitter by clicking here. In case you’re wondering this Twitter account is mentioned on the official Steam Facebook account as well so it’s legit.
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Weekend Deals (11.09.09)
Here we go! This time with Gamers Gate deal. Update: Impulse deals added.