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Weekend PC digital deals: Christmas sales bonanza

Test your speed against digital distributors in the incessant rotating daily deals this holiday weekend and you can find Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10, Rage for $15, and heaps more lovely bargains.
Alice O'Connor
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Whatever you're celebrating over the next week or so--be it Christmas, Festivus, or New Year--digital distributors are lining up to take away what what little money remains after you've stocked up on the gin you need to survive with the faintest glimmer of hope left in your tired heart. It's a time of incessant rotating daily deals, so you'll need to be quick if you want to snap up Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10, Rage for $15, Renegade Ops for $3, and many of the other wonderful bargains. Hey, you could buy video games for others as last-minute gifts! Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

Amazon

Liable to disappear whenever Amazon feels like it:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Direct2Drive

Friday:

Dragon Age II

GamersGate

GamersGate boasts that it has over 800 games on sale at the moment. Copy that list here? Bugger that for a game of soldiers. Here are a few of the deals as a taster:

Deus Ex: Human Revolution - The Missing Link DLC

Get Games

Mafia II

Good Old Games

Almost every game at GOG is on sale right now. The full list is this-a-way, but here are a few highlights:

Dungeon Keeper

Humble Indie Bundle

Pay what you want for a bundle with Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony, BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Super Meat Boy, Shank, and NightSky, and their soundtracks. Pay more than the average to get Gratuitous Space Battles and Cave Story+ too, plus the Humble Indie Bundle 3 games: Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVVV, And Yet It Moves, and Hammerfight.

Super Meat Boy

IndieGala

Pay what you want for a bundle with Hacker Evolution: Duality, inMomentum, Saira, Your Doodles Are Bugged! and Zombie Shooter 2. Pay more than the average price to receive Hacker Evolution: Untold and Zombie Shooter too. All games are redeemable on Steam.

Hacker Evolution: Duality

Impulse

Impulse has 210 games on sale, so here are a few of them:

Dark Void

Little Big Bunch

Pay what you want for a bundle with Explodemon, Frozen Synapse, New Star Soccer 5, Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee, Serious Sam: Double D.

Frozen Synapse

Matrix Games

Specialist strategy publisher Matrix is offering around a third off most of its games. I would select a few highlights if I had the slightest clue about hardcore, esoteric strategy titles.

Gary Grigsby’s War in the East

Origin

Dragon Age: Origins

PopCap Games

PopCap is offering 50% off all its PC and Mac games.

Steam

Steam's holiday sale is big. Really big. Huge. Colossal. There are discounts on publisher catalogues, bundles, and heaps of individual games. Think of a game, then go check and you'll probably find it on sale. The real treat, however, is the daily sales. Every day, a dozen or so games receive mega-discounts, so you might want to avoid buying games not in daily sales for now in case they crop up a lot cheaper later. And, of course, there's a chance to win every game on Steam. Until Saturday, 2pm Pacific:

Saints Row: The Third

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    December 23, 2011 2:00 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Weekend PC digital deals: Christmas sales bonanza.

    Test your speed against digital distributors in the incessant rotating daily deals this holiday weekend and you can find Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $10, Rage for $15, and heaps more lovely bargains.

    • Alice O'Connor legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 2:11 PM

      I am surprised that Amazon has not yet changed their deals. They usually change everything the second after this goes live. Perhaps they know that I now know, and are waiting for me to stop paying attention.

      • Marrbe legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 2:14 PM

        I bet you'd look dapper in a fedora, like Chip in Rescue Rangers. That game rocked.

    • DrFlammable legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 23, 2011 2:20 PM

      think sonic generations will come up cheaper on steam before the amazon sale goes down? currently like $22 bucks but i wonder if it'll come up on a daily deal

      • pyide legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 23, 2011 2:21 PM

        gooooooooooooood question.

      • Alice O'Connor legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 2:34 PM

        Given how recent Sonic Generations is, a 50% discount if already pretty hefty.

        Steam's daily sale prices have been beaten elsewhere before, too, so it wouldn't necessarily be cheaper if Steam did have it on a daily.

        I think this Amazon price is only good for today, but they're so vague in scheduling these things.

        • DrFlammable legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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          December 23, 2011 2:38 PM

          it was up yesterday at least by noon, too. one of my co-workers pointed it out to me

    • DrFlammable legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 23, 2011 2:25 PM

      also is heroes 6 any good? better or worse than HOMM3?

      • DragonSire legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 6:16 PM

        I liked Heroes 6. It's different than Heroes 3 by a lot, so it's hard to compare. One of the best features is zones of control. If the enemy wants a mine, they have to take the castle or fort that is in charge of the area.
        Also neat is the ability to train all of your troops for the week form one castle, no more do you need 6 level one heroes to cart your guys around to your main hero.
        Last but not least is being able to convert any town or creature dwelling to your starting faction. So you can get a monstrous army, fast.
        Those are just off the top of my head. Hope it helps.

      • jason bergman legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 24, 2011 6:18 AM

        Try the demo. It's got a ton of gameplay.

    • OmegaRed59 legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 3:29 PM

      Picked up Deus Ex yesterday from Amazon, now time for Just Cause 2!

    • incognitumaliquid legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 5:23 PM

      Saint's Row: The Third - Steam key - $19.99 (plus possible credit card foreign transaction fee (~3%, varies by card) if buying from the U.S. since it is a U.K.-based merchant) http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/action/saints-row-the-third/ - sale plus code brings the price down to $19.99. Learned about this from Red-Cell's comment at http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/63421/Steam-Holiday-Sales-Day-5-Deals-And-Objectives

    • Silent Bob legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      December 23, 2011 5:24 PM

      Rage for fifteen bucks is an awesome deal for anyone that hasn't picked it up yet. Despite all the negative crap I heard about it, I actually enjoyed the hell out of it. Took my sweet time since I heard it was short and ended up at 19 hours when I did beat it. Got my $30 worth from it and I'll probably play through it again and finish all the races and job board missions next time around.

      It's a fun game and other than an occasional blurry texture if you're right up on something, the graphics are exceptional. Feels solid, the weapons are all pretty satisfying, animations are stellar, AI is pretty nice. Damn good game. Especially for fifteen bucks. The bugs at launch really tainted it's reputation unfortunately.

      I will say though, the complaints about the lame ending are justified. Very weak.

      Another thing, I read a lot of comments from people stating that once you leave wellspring the missions are lame. I disagree. I thought the blue line station level was awesome. The distillery and even jackal canyon were fun.

      • atxjefe78 legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 5:55 PM

        I have to agree! Bought Rage during the Black Friday sale and played it a bit. Patches and driver revisions probably helped the most, but I found it to be a worthwhile purchase at $30. For $15, I wouldn't think twice about buying it.

        Now if I can just break away from Skyrim long enough to play this again...

    • atxjefe78 legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 5:40 PM

      Renegade Ops on Amazon is a helluva deal! Since it also uses Steam, I went ahead and picked it up for $3. Much to my surprise, all of the DLC is included for free...a savings of $8. Clutch buy!

      Also, greenmangaming.com has Saint's Row The Third on sale too. Except entering the voucher code FIFTY-SAINT-XMASS sets the price at $20. It gives you a key to activate on Steam, which I just did. Saw this tasty bit of info in the comments on joystiq article about this.

      Holy shit my wallet is crying uncle!

      • atxjefe78 legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 5:42 PM

        Forgot to add that Renegade Ops on Amazon also comes with $5 coupon to use on any best-selling 2011 game. Coupon is good through Jan 31, 2012.

      • Don Soleone legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 4:09 PM

        Amazon's offer for Renegade Ops has expired, but Steam has an awesome deal:

        4 copies for $10

        Aww yeaa!

    • StolenNosferatu legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 6:33 PM

      Deus Ex HR for $10?! BOUGHT!

      • StolenNosferatu legacy 10 years
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        December 23, 2011 6:57 PM

        fuck it i bought a 2nd one since i had another $5 of video game credit

    • Proven28 legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 9:23 PM

      Just Cause 2 for $2.49.. that has got to be the best fun per dollar ratio ever.

    • G-3722 legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 9:26 PM

      Crap, that Deus Ex deal is pretty good but i only thought of Steam when it came to Christmas sales so i put all my gaming budget on my Steam wallet.

      When did i became Valve's bitch?

    • dookiebot legacy 10 years
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      December 23, 2011 10:25 PM

      Deus Ex or Rage? That is the question!

      • atxjefe78 legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 6:16 AM

        You can't go wrong with either, though I'd buy Deus Ex before Rage. It'll give you more replayability.

      • Dessicator82 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury super mega
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        December 24, 2011 6:18 AM

        DXHR was my fav of the year.

      • g3dHorse legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 6:44 AM

        DXHR, easy.

      • Pneum0 legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        December 25, 2011 5:28 AM

        As one of the biggest fanboy's of id software ever, i'd say get Deus Ex.

    • capt tripps legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury mega
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      December 24, 2011 11:39 AM

      How is the campaign for Shogun 2? The Amazon sale has changed (50% instead of 75%).

      • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 6:18 PM

        I'm not sure but I can't wait to try it co-op.

    • FesterBlatz legacy 10 years
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      December 24, 2011 2:54 PM

      I'm really hating a lot of these sales... all of the AAA games that I want are not available for those insane prices because I reside in Australia. Steam Xmas discounts... 33% off Skyrim today.. still over $60!

      Dues Ex HR on Amazon.... not available without a US address it seems... FOR A DOWNLOAD!


      BAH HUMBUG!

      That's better. :)

      (hang on, I wonder if i can use my VIADDRESS.. hmm)

      • FesterBlatz legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 3:06 PM

        SCORE! Dues Ex HR now activated and downloading via Steam!

        I used my freight forwarding address located in Indiana USA... I hadn't used it for ages so kinda forgot about it at first...

        Booya! There's a tip for any other Australians reading this thread and feeling left out. Go sign up at VIADDRESS (or some other freight forwarding company in the USA) for an American address, and then you can get your downloads for cheap. It does not cost anything to have a VIADDRESS account, unless you actually use them to forward a parcel on to you.

        Merry Christmas!

    • FesterBlatz legacy 10 years
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      December 24, 2011 3:13 PM

      Dead Island is only $12.99 right now on Amazon as well.

      • tw3kr legacy 10 years
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        December 24, 2011 6:17 PM

        Dungeon Defenders for $2! Amazing deal.

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