Gaming deals, half price caplets
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The Yakuza Collection is 70% off on Steam right now. That's 7 games of very serious scowling at Yakuza bosses and silly circumstances for £34.
Don't forget all the fun minigames too! (Some of the minigames are "fun", but there's enough variety for everyone to find something they like!)
macosandlinux
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Cyberpunk 2077 is currently available on GOG at all time low-price of $26.99 (55% off) for subscribers.
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macosandlinux
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South of the Circle (adventure game/walking sim, 75 on metacritic) is currently free on GOG.
South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinematic story. The main plot asks questions about the consequences of life choices, of pursuing either career or true love, maneuvering between now and the past.
Crafted by State of Play Games, developers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City, BAFTA-nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS, for audiences that seek emotional and heart-wrenching moments with a game.
View: https://youtu.be/8XQRs7XTElE
South of the Circle is an emotional narrative experience with a deep multi-layered cinematic story. The main plot asks questions about the consequences of life choices, of pursuing either career or true love, maneuvering between now and the past.
Crafted by State of Play Games, developers of BAFTA-winning Lumino City, BAFTA-nominated KAMI 2 and Apple Design Award Winner INKS, for audiences that seek emotional and heart-wrenching moments with a game.
View: https://youtu.be/8XQRs7XTElE
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coconutboy
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The modern version of Firaxis' XCOM legacy, Marvel's Midnight Suns, is on sale. Steam has the base game for $20 and the legendary edition for $30.
Green Man Gaming has the legendary for $26.10
Despite seeing Midnight Suns mentioned on the usual gaming websites, it never really made it onto my radar until I picked up my Steam Deck. The two are an excellent match. Right now is also a good time for checking cdkeys, eneba, and GMG for big discounts on lots of games (including console keys, not just pc stuff).
Also noticed GamesNot
is selling refurbished Steam Decks (non-OLED) at steep discounts. 64GB Deck is $265-279 ("Pro" members get the steeper discount. Might be worth signing up if you'll use the discount on any 1-2 other items over the next year). Even the 512GB LCD is only $342-360, and that plays Zelda BotW at 60 fps, something my Nintendo Switch can't do!
One last mention. Steam Deck users definitely check out Brotato. Excellent game, less than $4, can be played in tiny bite-size chunks of 1-2 minutes, or imbibed for longer sessions.
Green Man Gaming has the legendary for $26.10
Despite seeing Midnight Suns mentioned on the usual gaming websites, it never really made it onto my radar until I picked up my Steam Deck. The two are an excellent match. Right now is also a good time for checking cdkeys, eneba, and GMG for big discounts on lots of games (including console keys, not just pc stuff).
Also noticed GamesNot
is selling refurbished Steam Decks (non-OLED) at steep discounts. 64GB Deck is $265-279 ("Pro" members get the steeper discount. Might be worth signing up if you'll use the discount on any 1-2 other items over the next year). Even the 512GB LCD is only $342-360, and that plays Zelda BotW at 60 fps, something my Nintendo Switch can't do!One last mention. Steam Deck users definitely check out Brotato. Excellent game, less than $4, can be played in tiny bite-size chunks of 1-2 minutes, or imbibed for longer sessions.
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Looks like it was only free for a few days but the sale price is until 1/5. GOG has South of the Circle currently free on giveaway for the next 40ish hours.
macosandlinux
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You're correct. Unfortunately their UI mentioned 'offer ends on: 05/01/2024 00:59 EET' which is confusing. South of the Circle superseded the free offering.
EGS has Saints Row (the latest one that people get grumpy about) listed as today's free game, though it's also showing as $13.49. We'll see if that sorts itself out.
The whole sale was like that. It takes until 11:10 or so to work itself out.
I think it's a cache thing - I saw it happen one day when I checked it right on the hour and it still wasn't showing free even 20 minutes later in that browser. Switched to my phone and it worked as expected.
But at least their giveaways haven't taken down the entire store the way Steam would get knocked offline back when valve had great flash sales.
Wierd i swear it said 3/1 when i posted it. maybe i visited a uk site by accident?
but yeah jan 3
Eh, as much as I love to shit on Epic, during a big Steam Sale it always takes a bit for Steam to update completely.
Which is about the only price point I’d be willing to be at for it. I hate-loved the demo, and don’t know if I want to play the whole game, and certainly wasn’t willing to part with money to find out. But free? Okay!
Epic's free game today is twenty minutes until dawn.
I played this on android some time ago on android. It's similar to vampire survivors, The catch is each game has a max of 20 minutes
I played this on android some time ago on android. It's similar to vampire survivors, The catch is each game has a max of 20 minutes
The shooting and abilities are more player-directed as well. It’s not quite as auto-magic as other Survivor-likes - you have to aim and click and stuff. I picked it up right as it came out of early access a long time ago - it was fun for a few hours, but couldn’t really touch Vampire Survivors. But at the price of free? It’s a great pickup.
WinGameStore has Jagged Alliance 3 for $20, I was definitely waiting for a price drop so $20 was a no-brainer.
The daily epic giveaway is over, so you have a week to add Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy to your account. I think this got decent reviews and was better than the Avengers game which came out around the same time, though it doesn't have the cinematic cast voices
It's pretty solid. I think I played it to about 1/2 way complete before getting distracted. My biggest gripe is that Star-Lord is pretty whiny but I guess that's kind of true to the comics.
The actual game-game isn't much to write home about, but the actual banter and characterizations are more interesting and clever than the movies, overall. Drax, in particular, is fantastic. I thoroughly enjoyed my time with it.
In the time remaining in the EGS winter sale with its 33% off coupon, I'm wondering whether to pick up any remaining low-hanging (and cheap) fruit. Assassin's Creed Valhalla for instance, which just as a big AC fan I feel almost compelled to play, even though I hear/read many complaints about it being too big / a slog etc. OTOH I'm retiring soon and hey, 10 bucks after coupon.
I've played through 1, the Ezio series, 3, 4 (arrr, pirates!), and Origins. Played some of Unity, Syndicate, Odyssey and am currently playing Mirage.
I can always go back and finish the partially played ones, of course. Plus there is no shortage of other stuff in my backlog.
I've played through 1, the Ezio series, 3, 4 (arrr, pirates!), and Origins. Played some of Unity, Syndicate, Odyssey and am currently playing Mirage.
I can always go back and finish the partially played ones, of course. Plus there is no shortage of other stuff in my backlog.
True, but in case I didn't finish it before it left Game Pass/my GP sub lapsed, would Ubisoft remember my progress in the form of a cloud save?
OT, but you can usually find your local save files and just copy them. I've done that with a couple games I started on Game Pass and later bought on Steam.
Oh, I thought MS obfuscated the location of game saves and all that with their titles.* I made the mistake of buying the PC version of Forza Horizon 3 from the Windows store and found that out the hard way.
*Or do they not do that anymore?
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Immortals: Fenyx Rising is $6 on Steam today. It's a somewhat charming open world platformer in the vein of modern Zeldas. I played and enjoyed the first area or so when I had game pass, $6 is definitely worth it to see the rest.
coconutboy
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Cocoon is on sale for $17.50. Came out at the end of Sept 2023, so a nice 30% discount. Cocoon won a lot of mentions on best of 2023 lists. Links-
www.eurogamer.net
www.rockpapershotgun.com
arstechnica.com
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macosandlinux
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Brain-breaking Zachtronics factory puzzler Infinifactory is free* on Epic.
* You'll pay for it in lost sleep.
* You'll pay for it in lost sleep.
macosandlinux
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The Beast Inside is currently free on GOG.
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. The game mixes intriguing story-driven adventure with unnerving survival horror experience. Immerse in the tale of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists living in different centuries but bounded by dark heritage.
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/792300/The_Beast_Inside/
The Beast Inside is a unique, gripping twist on thriller and survival horror. The game mixes intriguing story-driven adventure with unnerving survival horror experience. Immerse in the tale of long-buried secrets, personal tragedies, and madness. Play as two protagonists living in different centuries but bounded by dark heritage.
View: https://store.steampowered.com/app/792300/The_Beast_Inside/
Days Gone and HZD are $12.49 but Uncharted is showing as $25 for me. Sale ends in 6 days.playstation games ported to PC on sale at GOG for $12.49
Includes Days Gone, Horizon Zero Dawn and Uncharted Collection.
GOG.COM
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GOG's site is down right now for maintenance, but they don't directly say that. When you go to gog.com, you're redirected to the support pages, but with no usable message of any kind. If you click on the "other" link, the top result is:
"We are undergoing a planned maintenance – services will be back at 10 PM UTC."
... but you can't click on that and get details, you're just redirected to the uninformative main page again. They're handling this very poorly.
"We are undergoing a planned maintenance – services will be back at 10 PM UTC."
... but you can't click on that and get details, you're just redirected to the uninformative main page again. They're handling this very poorly.
