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2010/05/26

Video Game Deals on Amazon [May 26, 2010 Edition]: Avatar, Rise of the Argonauts

Yo, yo, yo! We got some hot deals in the hizzle here dog! Seriously, check some of these deals out. I’ve been collecting them for the past few days.

Avatar for the PC, both the standard and special edition downloadable versions off of Amazon are $30 off each – saving 50% off in both cases. Rise of the Argonauts for the PS3 is also more than $30 off. There’s some great deals for almost every console here.

VGDs feature on AAA once or twice a week with deals at least $7.00 [R50] or more making the big list. Deals which are more than $10 make the best deals list.

Links go to game detail pages at retail and digital distribution outlets like Amazon and Steam, etc. You can also check out my Amazon aStore for the latest and greatest games released this year.

Best Deals:

$30 off or more:

Rise of the Argonauts - $18.77 - Save $31.22 [PS3]

James Cameron's Avatar: The Game [Game Download] - $19.99 - Save $30.00 [PC]
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Special Edition) [Game Download] - $24.99 - Save $30.00 [PC]

$20 off or more:

Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $21.65 [Wii]
Commandos Strike Force - $8.02 - Save $21.55 [PC]
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $20.00 [360]
DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable - $59.99 - Save $20.00 [Wii]

$10 off or more:

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic - $24.99 - Save $18.22 [PC]
Guitar Hero Van Halen - Software Only - $19.99 - Save $18.38 [Wii]
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $17.01 [PS3]
Yakuza 3 - $39.99 - Save $15.00 [PS3]
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle - $59.99 - Save $12.55 [Wii]
Domination: Massive Assault - $11.44 - Save $12.13 [PC]

Dark Void - $14.55 - Save $12.00 [360]

The full list [anything more than $7.00]:

[PC]

Silent Hunter 5 - $24.99 - Save $18.22
Domination: Massive Assault - $11.44 - Save $12.13
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game [Game Download] - $19.99 - Save $30.00
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game (Special Edition) [Game Download] - $24.99 - Save $30.00
Commandos Strike Force - $8.44 - Save $21.55

[Xbox 360]

Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $20.00
Dark Void - $14.55 - Save $12.00
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle - $69.99 - Save $10.00
Split / Second - $49.99 - Save $7.00

[PS3]

Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $17.01
Yakuza 3 - $39.99 - Save $15.00
Dark Void - $16.19 - Save $9.00
Rise of the Argonauts - $24.64 - Save $21.35

[Nintendo Wii]

DJ Hero Bundle with Turntable - $59.99 - Save $20.00
Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle - $59.99 - Save $12.55
Guitar Hero Van Halen - Software Only - $19.99 - Save $18.38
Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Kit - $59.99 - Save $10.00
Cabela's Monster Buck Hunter with Gun Peripheral - $29.99 - Save $10.00
Lego Indiana Jones 2. The Adventure Continues - $19.99 - Save $21.65
EA Sports Active More Workouts - $19.96 - Save $10.03

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Sources: Amazon - Nowinstock

2010/03/10

Video Game Deals on Amazon: Avatar, Xbox 360 Bundles

So this week we’ve got two new Xbox 360 Bundles to look at, which you’ll find below. As for games, the best notable ones (which means games I’ve heard of) include deals on Twin Sector for the PC, Avatar on the Xbox 360 and PS3, and a deal on SAW, that game based on the movie, for the 360 as well.

Best deals:

Imagine: Soccer Captain - $9.96 - Save $16.28 [DS]
Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun [Game Download] - $6.99 - Save $13.00 [PC]
Elements of Destruction - $9.06 - Save $10.93 [PC]
Twin Sector - $17.98 - Save $10.51 [PC]
XIII Century: Blood of Europe [Game Download] - $19.99 - Save $10.00 [PC]

Consoles, bundles, and special deals:

Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Forza 3 and ODST - $299.99

Splinter Cell Conviction 360 Bundle - $399.00

Agatha Christie: Evil Under the Sun [Game Download] - $6.99 - Save $13.00
Elements of Destruction - $9.06 - Save $10.93
Twin Sector - $17.98 - Save $10.51
XIII Century: Blood of Europe [Game Download] - $19.99 - Save $10.00

PS2

Stuntman: Ignition - $7.88 - Save $7.11

PS3

Karaoke Revolution: Presents American Idol Encore 2 w/Microphone - $17.47 - Save $8.87
Avatar - $29.99 - Save $9.97

Xbox 360

Avatar - $29.99 - Save $8.00
UFC Undisputed - $22.98 - Save $6.98
SAW - $29.00 - Save $10.00

Nintendo DS

Imagine: Soccer Captain - $9.96 - Save $16.28
Petz Hamsterz Superstarz - $15.40 - Save $10.00

Nintendo Wii

Jonas - $9.99 - Save $9.97
Nerf 2: N-Strike Elite - $29.99 - Save $9.01

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Source: Nowinstock.net

2010/03/06

End-Week Video Game Deals on Amazon: Avatar, Brutal Legend

Lots of good deals these past few days. Titles you might recognise include Avatar for the PC, which is 25% off, and Brutal Legend for the Xbox 360 and PS3 which are about 40% off. There’s The Saboteur for Xbox 360, and Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes which have good deals on them as well.

I’ve rounded up everything off that’s about $10 off and more below.

Biggest Deals:

Street Racing Syndicate - $14.99 - Save $34.00 [PS2]
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes - $19.99 - Save $20.00 [Wii]
Robin Hood Defender of the Crown - $16.64 - Save $19.00 [PS2]
Brutal Legend - $19.96 - Save $17.03 [Xbox 360]
Brutal Legend - $19.96 - Save $15.13 [PS3]
Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks - $18.96 - Save $16.01 [Wii]
The Saboteur - $37.99 - Save $12.00 [Xbox 360]
Avatar - $29.96 - Save $10.03 [PC]

Avatar - $29.96 - Save $10.03
Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships - $9.99 - Save $9.67

PS2

Street Racing Syndicate - $14.99 - Save $34.00
Robin Hood Defender of the Crown - $16.64 - Save $19.00

PS3

Brutal Legend - $19.96 - Save $15.13

Xbox 360

Brutal Legend - $19.96 - Save $17.03
Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks - $19.35 - Save $15.00
The Saboteur - $37.99 - Save $12.00
Infernal: Hell's Vengeance - $9.99 - Save $10.00

Nintendo DS

Battle Trainer - $19.99 - Save $10.00

Nintendo Wii

Ben 10 Alien Force Vilgax Attacks - $18.96 - Save $16.01
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus - $15.96 - Save $10.63
Castlevania Judgment - $13.99 - Save $9.80
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes - $19.99 - Save $20.00

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Source: Nowinstock.net

2009/12/22

NAG Magazine January 2010 Issue on the way, Delayed in Cape Town

January will mark 11 years that I’ve been buying NAG magazine.
Unfortunately for those of us in Cape Town (including me), if you aren’t a subscriber, you’ll only be able to get the issue on the 7th of January, instead of the 24th of December like everyone else. That’s a whole 2 weeks delay! Damn!
So, if you were planning on wrapping it up for Christmas, guess you’ll have one less present on the morning, which has approached so fast. It’s on Friday – can you believe it?

“Update: Due to some unforeseen delays with the distribution of the DVD, the January issue will only be on shelves in Cape Town on the 7th of January. Subscribers will not be affected.”

It’s too bad, because this issue looks like it’s going to be a good one. Features include a Dead Space 2 interview, and reviews of all of 2009’s big hits: Modern Warfare 2, Assassin’s Creed II, Dragon Age: Origins, and Left 4 Dead 2!
The DVD will contain demos of Avatar and Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising, as well as the usual truckload of videos and trailers and lots of other stuff.
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http://nag.tidemedia.co.za/?p=5743
http://forums.tidemedia.co.za/nag/showthread.php?p=253220#post253220

2009/12/01

NAG December 2009 Issue Impressions, Highlights

So, it’s the last issue of the year, well, not technically, since there will be one last one belted out before Christmas, usually, just before the new year. Okay, so it’s the second last issue.
I purchased this one last Thursday, and I’ve since had a look at some of the stuff on there, played some of the demo, etc.
Anyhow, just a short note: I’ve been buying NAG, a local gaming magazine for over ten years now. It started up in 1998, about April, and I started buying it soon thereafter.
NAG is one of my sources for trailers, demos, patches and such that are way too large to download from the net all the time. The NAG DVD was once upon a CD which could only pack about 700 MB. Then it progressed to a 4.7 GB DVD, and later a 9 GB DVD (one of those dual sided ones, or whatever, except you don’t have to turn it over to access the other side, like PC Format DVDs).
So, this month, I’m going to give my thoughts on the DVD and the magazine. First off, I’ll write about the DVD, and the highlights on it, seeing as that’s the first thing I get out of the package and pop in my DVD-RAM drive.
We have demos, and these consist of Darkest of Days, an anachronistic-type shooter which involves time travel and such, going back between the past and future, and lets you use modern weapons in battles in the American Civil War.
Then there’s Painkiller Resurrection, a demo of a fan-made sequel to the original game, I’m led to believe. There’s also the Wolfenstein Demo. I’ve played the full game of this- not bad.
So, some pretty good demos this month. There were some others that I haven't really looked at.
The next folder on the disk reads “Drivers”, and contains ATI and nVidia drivers. I was disappointed here, seeing as there were only nVidia drivers for Vista- nothing for XP this month.
Then we have extras, with some other folders inside, which contains a free magazine…on cars. I should give that to my dad. The free full game of Death Rally is on there, so it would have saved me downloading it last month. There’s also Warsow, a game similar to Quake III Arena. I think it uses a derivative of the same engine.
No patches this month either.
As always, lots of trailers and such. This seems to be where most of where NAG’s effort goes as far as the DVD is concerned. It’s got a WarCraft retrospective series, seeing as I was just reading the other day that it’s been fifteen years since the first game in the Blizzard series was released. There’s the ScrewAttack videos as well. Some good videos on there include an AvP trailer, some Assassin’s Creed stuff, lots of BioShock 2 stuff, Borderlands, and of course the embarrassing Modern Warfare 2 Fight Against Grenade Spam movie that caused such a fuss because of its acronym. There’s a disturbing movie of the SAW videogame too.
Interestingly enough, on the cover it says the the printers that usually do the DVD went out of business, so this one had to be done overseas. I’m not sure if this is true, seeing as NAG usually likes to joke around sometimes, damn them.
As for the magazine, it’s still no where as large as it was years ago. At one stage it was brimming with content – sometimes 140 or so pages, but for the past while it’s been below 100 pages, and there are lots of ads. NAG claims this is because of the recession. I’ve noticed that instead of waiting until the next magazine is printed where there can be a proper review for a game, on their website they have posts about games and such, in order to keep up with other websites and blogs.
Magazines are slowly becoming obsolete.
So, highlights this month in the magazine include a review of Operation Flashpoint (I was disappointed with this game), Brutal Legend (The Soundtrack sounds like something I’d be more interested in), Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Borderlands (tough to love with its bugs, but good).
There’s also some previews of games like Metro 2033, a game that I’m quite keen on playing, seeing as it’s very STALKER-ish (by some of the guys who worked on STALKER), as well as quite a bit of stuff on Avatar, and Darksiders gets the cover story this month.
So, all in all, not bad. About a 7 out of 10.