Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

Kadath · 2012-10-29T21:39:21.000Z

Telefrog:

Remember, Dark Souls: Prepare to Die Edition is $19.90 on Amazon today. Unlocks on Steam.

This also gave me some weird World of Tanks promo, check your email!

intruder · 2012-10-30T01:31:28.000Z

scharmers:

Vista or Win7 upgrade only.

You ain’t getting standalone for $15, ya cheep bastards :)

I assume you need to provide Microsoft with your credit card details for purchase?
If so I’m out. :p

Giaddon · 2012-10-30T03:55:01.000Z

Walking Dead is down to $9 on GamersGate right now.

Gladguy · 2012-10-30T05:56:09.000Z

Giaddon:

Walking Dead is down to $9 on GamersGate right now.

Shows as $14.97 for me…

red_guy · 2012-10-30T05:58:29.000Z

tgb123:

So is Steam

So is Origin - I’m not linking to the sale itself because the country code makes up half the URL, but there’s a “Mystery Sale” link clearly visible on the front page. 50% off lots of titles, not just EA stuff.

Kingdoms of Amalur DLC included in the sale. The game itself isn’t. My top picks (if I didn’t own them) would be Mass Effect 3 and The Secret World, €15,= each.

From the fine print: sale lasts until November 4; only available in Russia, Poland, UK, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Spain, Belgium, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Brazil, Mexico, Germany*.
*In Germany, discounts on Sims Supernatural and Battlefield 3 are lower.

robc04 · 2012-10-30T07:08:52.000Z

Amazon is having video games in their gold box deals of the day: http://www.amazon.com/gp/goldbox/ref=cs_top_nav_gb27

scharmers · 2012-10-30T12:35:35.000Z

intruder:

I assume you need to provide Microsoft with your credit card details for purchase?
If so I’m out. :p

No, you can come up to Redwest C and drop your untraceable cash monies in a slot there.

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Squee · 2012-10-30T12:38:21.000Z

scharmers:

You ain’t getting standalone for $15, ya cheep bastards :)

Actually you are. You may not even need the registry tweak.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/windows-8-pro-upgrade-product-key-cant-be-used-to/1726d238-98fb-4634-a468-04645a8ee097

intruder:

I assume you need to provide Microsoft with your credit card details for purchase?
If so I’m out. :p

You don’t. You can pay via Paypal.

djotefsoup · 2012-10-30T17:26:47.000Z

SPAZ for $2.49 on steam seems pretty good bargain wise. Steam says I spent 139 hours on it :P

Brad_Grenz · 2012-10-31T00:51:26.000Z

Darkness 2 is back to $5 on Amazon. Still unlocks on Steam.

intruder · 2012-10-31T02:43:51.000Z

Squee:

Actually you are. You may not even need the registry tweak.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-windows_install/windows-8-pro-upgrade-product-key-cant-be-used-to/1726d238-98fb-4634-a468-04645a8ee097

You don’t. You can pay via Paypal.

WOW! Thanks a ton! On my way then (will put it on my new system which I will buy soonish).

Edit: Worked flawlessly. The Windows 8 Upgrade program checked my Win7 (work) computer, listed which programs will work / not work.
After having entered my registration data (I created a new Windows Live account / Hotmail account as Windows 8 will run a lot over it) and paying via Paypal I ended up with a downloaded ISO file and the upgrade key.

Balasarius · 2012-10-31T05:47:51.000Z

Brad Grenz:

Darkness 2 is back to $5 on Amazon. Still unlocks on Steam.

w00t, thanks. $5 is cheap enough for me to try it out.

WarrenM · 2012-10-31T06:30:12.000Z

intruder:

WOW! Thanks a ton! On my way then (will put it on my new system which I will buy soonish).

Edit: Worked flawlessly. The Windows 8 Upgrade program checked my Win7 (work) computer, listed which programs will work / not work.
After having entered my registration data (I created a new Windows Live account / Hotmail account as Windows 8 will run a lot over it) and paying via Paypal I ended up with a downloaded ISO file and the upgrade key.

Out of curiosity, can you remember what was in the “not work” list?

intruder · 2012-10-31T07:01:29.000Z

WarrenM:

Out of curiosity, can you remember what was in the “not work” list?

I ran the tool again and made a screenshot.

Keep in mind this is my standard work laptop with mainly Office and a few players / viewers on it. Nothing fancy.
I ran Windows 8 preview in a Virtual Machine to have a look a while ago. Usually it’s not on the machine.

WarrenM · 2012-10-31T07:04:16.000Z

Sweet, thanks! Just gathering information …

biosc1 · 2012-10-31T09:15:44.000Z

intruder:

I ran the tool again and made a screenshot.

Keep in mind this is my standard work laptop with mainly Office and a few players / viewers on it. Nothing fancy.
I ran Windows 8 preview in a Virtual Machine to have a look a while ago. Usually it’s not on the machine.

In our office, I run into an issue with Kaspersky having to be disabled ahead of time which I suppose is pretty common sense to disable your anti-vir software before upgrade.

Other than that, I’m amazed that there has been no issues with Adobe CS, Visual Studio, MS Office 2007/2010 (yah, you would imagine these would work, but you never know).

Mysterio · 2012-10-31T09:23:06.000Z

GMG 25% off code valid from from 31st October 2012 12:00 UTC/GMT until 9th November 2012 12:00 UTC/GMT

Vesper · 2012-10-31T11:43:47.000Z

Anyone else having trouble buying things from GMG? I’ve always used Paypal in the past but it’s failing after going through the Paypal login (not authorized or some crap).

On a whim, I tried one of my Visa cards but that didn’t work. Wasn’t really expecting it too since I know lots of people have issues with it being a foreign transaction. Really anxious to grab Dishonored for $35 (after 25% and my Xcom credit).

Syzygy · 2012-10-31T13:01:07.000Z

Speaking of three letter acronyms starting with GM, boardgame publisher GMT Games (publisher of Twilight Struggle, Labyrinth, Andean Abyss among many others) is holding their Fall sale until November 9. http://www.gmtgames.com/news.aspx?showarticle=253

25% off of anything in their catalog, and if you’ve ordered anything from them through P500, you get n+1 games at 50% off.

They also have an amazingly generous “Tough Economy Special”. If you’ve lost your job since Nov. 1, 2011 and are still out of work, they will send you two games for free.

scharmers · 2012-10-31T13:04:13.000Z

Vesper:

Anyone else having trouble buying things from GMG? I’ve always used Paypal in the past but it’s failing after going through the Paypal login (not authorized or some crap).

On a whim, I tried one of my Visa cards but that didn’t work. Wasn’t really expecting it too since I know lots of people have issues with it being a foreign transaction. Really anxious to grab Dishonored for $35 (after 25% and my Xcom credit).

When I use my card on GMG, I have to go through the additional MasterCard SecureCode (or whatever it’s called) procedure. If I skip it, and I go through the charge anyway, but my card gets turned off :\