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Weekend PC digital deals: Civ V for $12

This weekend's hot PC digital deals include Civ V for $12, Bulletstorm for $15, Just Cause 2 for $5, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines for $5, 50% off Magicka and its DLC. Come buy!
Alice O'Connor
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This weekend's PC digital distribution highlights include Civilization V for $12, Bulletstorm for $15, Just Cause 2 for $5, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines for $5, and 50% off Magicka and all its DLC. As ever, there's plenty more too. You really, honestly, truly should buy RPG-FPS Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines. Until Deus Ex: Human Revolution appeared on the horizon, it seemed to be the last of an amazing genre which never quite caught on. It's still remarkably good fun, and a game I replay every now and then. However! You absolutely must apply the community-made unofficial patch. Without it, Bloodlines is a terrible, crashy, buggy mess. With it, gosh, it's so lovely, and you'll mourn Troika more than ever. As well as being on sale, Dino D-Day is hosting one of Steam's famous 'free weekends,' letting you try before you buy. Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals at digital distributors:

Steam

Until Saturday, 10am PST: Weekend:

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Green Man Gaming

Civilization V

Direct2Drive

Just Cause 2

Get Games

Until Sunday, 9am Pacific: Weekend:

Total War: Shogun 2

Impulse

Bulletstorm

GamersGate

Magicka

Good Old Games

Two Worlds

Games for Windows

Dragon Age: Origins
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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    July 29, 2011 11:30 AM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Weekend PC digital deals: Civ V for $12.

    This weekend's hot PC digital deals include Civ V for $12, Bulletstorm for $15, Just Cause 2 for $5, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines for $5, 50% off Magicka and its DLC. Come buy!

    • radar legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:13 PM

      Origin is having some sales too --
      http://store.origin.com/store/ea/html/pbpage.summersale

      BF: BC Vietnam for $5... tempting.
      Anybody know if I can play it with my steam BF:BC if I get vietnam from origin?

      • RAY16 legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 12:29 PM

        All of the Vietnam assets are included in the game install, all you have to do is enter the key and it should work fine. I bought Vietnam from the EA store before they started all of this Origin shenanery and it worked fine for me.

      • Fenring42 legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 12:33 PM

        If you can't you can put your steam cdkey of BFBC2 into Origin and get the deluxe copy there.

      • GrigglePuff legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 12:43 PM

        You cannot AFAIK. Steam games need steam DLC, and non-steam games need non-steam DLC.

      • ShoCon legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 2:04 PM

        Here is your answer!
        http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?s=f723c8c53573405dd85cb772cbae3e7f&t=1650058

        • radar legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          July 29, 2011 2:27 PM

          Awesome, Thanks ShoCon...

          My answer:
          You have bought the base game on Steam, and Vietnam somewhere else - this works. The Vietnam expansion will not be visible in the Steam client, but you can access it in-game.

          Looks like I'll be picking up Vietnam for $5

    • Fenring42 legacy 10 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:21 PM

      Capsized is good. I was gifted it by a Shacker a while back.

    • Madwacker legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:21 PM

      Now that's a price I can get down with for Civ V ! I read in the slickdealz.net forums that the key you get will activate on steam just fine.

    • ShXIII legacy 10 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:45 PM

      Anyone here use Impulse, thoughts? That seems like a good deal for Bulletstorm which I haven't tried yet but want to.

      • Captain Loco legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 1:00 PM

        I have bought a few things on Impulse (mostly Stardock games) and it's fine, fairly unobtrusive except when it needs an update, which seems to be every time one of my Impulse games gets a patch.

      • one random winner legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 1:17 PM

        It's not too bad, it's owned by gamestop now though so who knows how they're going to change it.

      • Memphis-Ahn legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 1:20 PM

        Impulse is really good, you don't need to have it running to play your games (if GameStop hasn't changed that yet).

      • Topsiderover legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 8:57 PM

        I grabbed bulletstrom last night. Pretty good fun and easily worth $15

    • jason bergman legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:45 PM

      Bulletstorm doesn't Steam activate, does it?

      I'd totally buy it for $15, but not on Impulse.

      • ysbreker legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 12:47 PM

        Nope, it's a GFWL title.

      • ShXIII legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 12:48 PM

        Yeah if I could activate it on Steam Id be all over it, never used impulse before so I'm not sure if Ill get it.

      • sevogajre legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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        July 29, 2011 1:08 PM

        It does not, no. I'm still considering it, but I dunno...

      • bammerz legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 1:27 PM

        It activates on Origin.

    • ctlaltl33t legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:45 PM

      Buy Just Cause 2 you dirty heathens

      • angelrubio legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 3:20 PM

        fuck yeah this

      • PenicillinX57 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 30, 2011 5:32 AM

        Just Cause 2 is a worthy addition to any gamer's library. It brought many smiles to my face.

    • ysbreker legacy 10 years
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      July 29, 2011 12:46 PM

      Bulletstorm isn't available for me in the NL :( and $15 was something I was willing to pay for that :/

    • Arcanum legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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      July 29, 2011 1:10 PM

      Did Magicka ever stop being buggy as shit?

      • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 1:13 PM

        Yeah like after the first day. Magicka is fucking awesome and the PvP is fucking awesome and it's fucking awesome

        • one random winner legacy 10 years
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          July 29, 2011 1:18 PM

          A little longer than that, but they're still fantastic with all the updates.

        • Arcanum legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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          July 29, 2011 1:18 PM

          It was definitely buggy the last time I played it. I gave up when I had to deal with the old wizard boss whose spells didn't go away when I died and was otherwise behaving brokenly.

          • Total Exodus legacy 10 years
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            July 29, 2011 1:24 PM

            I just recently completed my fist play through and can say it was bug free for me.

        • ctlaltl33t legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          July 29, 2011 1:19 PM

          I got to level 4 or 5, but the gameplay got so repetitive that I lost interest. Is there anything in the later levels that make it worth playing more?

          • Lucien Irenicus legacy 10 years
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            July 29, 2011 1:33 PM

            I got to one point where I went from cleaning house to immediately having my ass handed to me, and I spent like a total of two hours trying to get past that spot. Then I gave up and haven't played since.

          • Rooster Cockburn legacy 10 years
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            July 29, 2011 1:56 PM

            They introduce a lot of large and fun enemies, with some pretty fucked up abilities. In particular there's a later level where you'll find that your weapons and spells don't quite do the same things they used to do, and you have to either run or figure it out.

          • OverloadUT legacy 10 years
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            July 29, 2011 2:38 PM

            It gets very difficult which tends to break the repetitiveness because it's likely that the repetitive strategies you've been using will no longer work.

        • Halen legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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          July 29, 2011 9:09 PM

          It was super buggy for at least 2 weeks.

      • moogle legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 29, 2011 2:01 PM

        Yes unless you play it on a laptop. Then it's laggy as shit :(

    • ShoCon legacy 10 years
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      July 29, 2011 2:08 PM

      Steam also seems to have the DCS games, Black Shark and A-10C Warthog for 33% off right now. Not sure of the duration.

      Lots of great games on sale this weekend. Too bad I already own more than I can play.

    • perstephanie legacy 10 years
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      July 29, 2011 2:31 PM

      I am so good about not spending much money on games but the more time I spend on this site the more I want to buy things even when I know I haven't spent enough time on the games I already own. I want to buy Civ V but I never really played Civ IV enough and I honestly do not need to be playing whatever the current games are when I have games that make me just as happy sitting in front of me.
      I should just let it motivate me to actually play what I own instead of letting it tempt me into buying a bunch of stuff I don't need.

    • capt tripps legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury mega
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      July 29, 2011 4:53 PM

      Not listing the Origin games on Sale? http://store.origin.com/store/ea/html/pbpage.summersale?sourceid=origin1103&om_u=2260689467&om_i=_BOMwM5B8cj0JJ5

      • Alice O'Connor legacy 10 years
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        July 29, 2011 5:31 PM

        Origin hasn't had anything for the past month, so this week I didn't even check. LO AND BEHOLD.

        I'll add those tomorrow. Thanks.

        • streibs legacy 10 years
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          July 30, 2011 1:16 PM

          It appears the Civ V and Just Cause 2 sale is over. That's a bummer.

    • ironhorse86 legacy 10 years
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      July 30, 2011 7:44 PM

      bought just cause 2, but went to buy it for a gift and the deal is over! wth is only saturday?

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