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Weekend PC deals: Just Cause 2 for $3 and other summer savings

So. Video games are on sale this weekend. Quite a few of them. It's hard to pick just to highlight but, ah, let's say Just Cause 2 for $3. Other bargains include FTL for $3; Hotline Miami for $3; The Walking Dead for $6; a bundle of Dead Island GotY, Metro 2033, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row: The Third - the Full Package for $10; and everything Anno 2070 for $25.
Alice O'Connor
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So. Video games are on sale this weekend. Quite a few of them. It's hard to pick just to highlight but, ah, let's say Just Cause 2 for $3. It is delightfully silly. Other bargains include FTL for $3; Hotline Miami for $3; The Walking Dead for $6; a bundle of Dead Island GotY, Metro 2033, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row: The Third - the Full Package for $10; and everything Anno 2070 for $25. As the Steam summer sale is such an all-conquering, all-destroying force, I'll recommend that before you buy, well, almost any of these, you go and check them on Steam because maybe they've come up in a daily deal or flash sale or oh I don't even care. I've chosen not to list a fair number of discounts on non-Steam sites because Steam has them for the same price and they're Steamworks games anyway. Here's our selection of this weekend's PC deals:

GameFly

Dragon Age: Origins

Almost Human

FTL: Faster Than Light

Amazon

Amazon's big old summer sale includes:
  • Acceleration of SUGURI-X Edition + cloudphobia + Flying Red Barrel + GundeadliGne + QLIONE - $9.99 (64% off)
  • Aliens vs. Predator + Binary Domain + Condemned: Criminal Origins + Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit + Viking: Battle for Asgard [Steam] - $9.99 (90% off)
  • Amnesia: The Dark Descent - $2.99 (85% off)
  • Battlefield 3: Premium Edition [Origin] - $19.99 (50% off)
  • Blockland + Dead Pixel + Derrick the Deathfin + Tower Wars + Triple Town [mostly Steam] - $9.99 (80% off)
  • Command & Conquer: The Ultimate Collection [Origin] - $9.99 (50% off)
  • Dead Island GotY + Metro 2033 + Saints Row 2 + Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package [Steam] - $14.19 (85% off)
  • Deus Ex: Human Revolution [Steam] - $4.99 (75% off)
  • Football Manager 2013 [Steam] - $14.49 (66% off)
  • Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood + Garshasp: Temple of the Dragon + Primal Fears + Ticket to Ride + Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers [Steam] - $9.99 (75% off)
  • Hitman: Absolution [Steam] - $9.99 (50% off)
  • Metro 2033 [Steam] - $5.00 (67% off)
  • Metro 2033 + nail'd + Risen + Risen 2: Dark Waters + Risen 2: Dark Waters - Pirate's Clothes DLC [Steam] - $19.99 (76% off)
  • Pathologic - $3.00 (70% off)
  • Sacred 2 Gold [Steam] - $4.99 (75% off)
  • Sleeping Dogs [Steam] - $9.99 (67% off) Sonic the Hedgehog + Sonic 2 + Sonic 3 & Knuckles + Sonic 4: Ep 1 + Sonic 4: Ep 2 + Sonic CD + Sonic Generations + Sonic Generations - Casino Night DLC + Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing + Sonic 3D Blast + Sonic Adventure DX + Sonic Spinball [Steam] - $9.99 (92% off)

Metro 2033

Bundle Stars

Pay $3.96 for Brainpipe, Data Jammers: Fastforward, Gravi, Gumboy: Crazy Adventures, Lunnye Devitsy, Power of Defense, Shattered Haven, Tidalis, Vitrum, and Wake, plus $10 of Iron Grip Marauders credit. Most activate on Steam.

Shattered Haven

GamersGate

GamersGate's summer sale has loads of stuff but most of the good stuff uses Steamworks and is on Steam for the same price, so here are just a few bundles and the daily deals:
  • Back to the Future: The Game + Hector: Badge of Carnage + Puzzle Agent + Puzzle Agent 2 + Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space + Sam & Max Save the World + Sam & Max: The Devils Playhouse + Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People + Tales of Monkey Island + Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventure - $37.50 (75% off)
  • Jagged Alliance: Back in Action + DLC - $11.99 (70% off)
  • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning + DLC [Origin] - $7.49 (75% off)
  • Might & Magic Heroes VI Complete - $32.47 (35% off)
  • Tropico 4 + DLC - $25.00 (50% off)
Friday:

Jagged Alliance: Back in Action

Get Games

Dirt 3

GOG

GOG's Atari sale includes:

Master of Orion 3

Green Man Gaming

Get 20% off everything with the voucher code GMG20-F202F-UI40F, which you'll need for these:

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny

Humble Bundle

Pay what you want for Avernum 1-7, Geneforge 1-5, and Avadon: The Black Fortress. Beat the average price to also get Avernum: Escape from the Pit and Nethergate: Resurrection.

Avadon: The Black Fortress

Indie Game Stand

Pay what you want for The Cat Lady.

The Cat Lady

Indie Royale

Pay what you want, above a minimum, for Crayon Chronicles, LogiGun, Stained, Tales of Maj'Eyal, and Tropical Heat.

Tropical Heat

Origin

The Sims 3

Steam

I suppose I can't put this off any longer. You know all those games on Steam? Yeah, most of them are on sale. Some sale prices will stay the same, but some will go lower in daily deals (which actually run for 48 hours), and some are in flash sales which last 8 hours. If you demand games as cheap as possible, you'll want to wait. These flash sales end at 6pm Pacific today: Here are Friday's 'dailies': Then here are Thursday's dailies, which run out at 10am Pacific on Saturday: Beyond that, I don't know. If you are in front of a computer and want to buy a video game, check out Steam's flash sales.

Anno 2070

Subset Games

FTL: Faster Than Light

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  • Shacknews legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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    July 12, 2013 4:00 PM

    Alice O'Connor posted a new article, Weekend PC deals: Just Cause 2 for $3 and other summer savings.

    So. Video games are on sale this weekend. Quite a few of them. It's hard to pick just to highlight but, ah, let's say Just Cause 2 for $3. Other bargains include FTL for $3; Hotline Miami for $3; The Walking Dead for $6; a bundle of Dead Island GotY, Metro 2033, Saints Row 2, and Saints Row: The Third - the Full Package for $10; and everything Anno 2070 for $25.

    • eorlas legacy 10 years
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      July 12, 2013 4:25 PM

      <3 the Summer Sale. Grabbed Hotline, Anno 2070, DA:O Ultimate, and Borderlands 2 thus far.

      Waiting for The WItcher 2, Skyrim Legendary, Serious Sam 3, and Painkiller to hit their major daily deals or vote sales.

    • VoodooThursday legacy 10 years
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      July 12, 2013 4:26 PM

      $3 dollars is worth the multi-player alone!

    • afty legacy 10 years legacy 20 years mercury ultra mega
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      July 12, 2013 4:53 PM

      How is the Walking Dead? Is it better on PC or console? Do you need a gamepad to play it on PC?

      • shirif legacy 10 years
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        July 12, 2013 4:56 PM

        It's awesome. Works great with the mouse and keyboard.

      • Sonrics legacy 10 years
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        July 12, 2013 5:52 PM

        I played it on PC with a 360 controller, works great also.

      • Speed- legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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        July 12, 2013 6:10 PM

        Anyone played walking dead on a MBA? Will the integrated vid card run it at all?

        • FodderMK legacy 10 years
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          July 13, 2013 8:28 AM

          I played it on a MBA with Windows and it ran fine for the most parts. I turned down some of the settings to get a better framerate. Can't speak for the OSX version.

    • RuffasBluetain legacy 10 years
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      July 12, 2013 6:40 PM

      Strange. Almost Human's site has Legend of Grimrock listed at $14.99.

    • Sailor of Fortune legacy 10 years
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      July 12, 2013 8:09 PM

      http://www.dorkly.com/comic/52849/normal-reactions-vs-reactions-during-the-steam-sale

    • Aerizy legacy 10 years
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      July 13, 2013 11:59 AM

      In the wake of the annual Steam summer sale, it appears as though many other companies are kicking their own specials into gear so they are able to compete.

      I agree that there are far too many to focus on. However, the biggest deal for me was to get the Skyrim Legendary Edition for more than 45% off. I've already "completed" this game, and DLCs, on the Xbox 360 - Loved every minute of it! I have to admit that playing with HD graphics and the Workshop community on the PC have made this game even better!!!

    • OhMyHip legacy 10 years
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      July 13, 2013 12:25 PM

      Steam has Crysis Pack for $34.99 but if you get Crysis Maximum Edition(C + C WF) and Crysis 2 Maximum Edition you save $5.

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