Bargain Thread 2012 Edition

Alistair · 2012-12-07T13:57:45.000Z

Ah, if I impersonate a British person, I can indeed use the 35% off FC3, which brings it down to $37 ish.

lordkosc · 2012-12-07T14:21:18.000Z

Alistair:

Ah, if I impersonate a British person, I can indeed use the 35% off FC3, which brings it down to $37 ish.

Mention something about fish and chips and traveling in the Tardis and you will definitely pass for one.

rhinohelix · 2012-12-07T14:22:25.000Z

Squee:

Hmph.

Survey just gave me the 35% code, FWIW.

Scuzz · 2012-12-07T14:37:48.000Z

Telefrog:

Bioware/EA are giving away all the promo/preorder DLC items (rings, armor, widgets) for Dragon Age Origins and Dragon Age 2. http://social.bioware.com/da2/dlc_bundle/

How do things like that integrate into your game? I think I still have all three installed in my PC so do I just dl’d them someplace or are they just waiting to be dl’d direct into the games?

biosc1 · 2012-12-07T15:00:32.000Z

Scuzz:

How do things like that integrate into your game? I think I still have all three installed in my PC so do I just dl’d them someplace or are they just waiting to be dl’d direct into the games?

It’s only if you got DA & DA2 through Origin.

Telefrog · 2012-12-07T15:07:09.000Z

biosc1:

It’s only if you got DA & DA2 through Origin.

No matter where you bought DA & DA2, you should be prompted to login to the Bioware/EA social network.

biosc1 · 2012-12-07T15:19:23.000Z

Telefrog:

No matter where you bought DA & DA2, you should be prompted to login to the Bioware/EA social network.

Ah, that’s good to know. I thought that when the message said “Your account has been updated and the items unlocked”, I figured it was just through Origin and didn’t extend to Steam.

Scuzz · 2012-12-07T15:20:26.000Z

Telefrog:

No matter where you bought DA & DA2, you should be prompted to login to the Bioware/EA social network.

I think I got Awakenings from Bioware/Origin. I can’t remember how I got DA:2.

Spoit · 2012-12-07T17:28:01.000Z

biosc1:

It’s only if you got DA & DA2 through Origin.

There was a dropdown to select the platform

Canuck · 2012-12-07T17:45:02.000Z

ineffablebob:

Green Man is doing a survey, at the end of which you get a 35% off code. As they say at the end of it:

So do the survey, and complain about how slow their site gets sometimes. :)

I didn’t notice at the time but how long is the coupon good for? There aren’t any games I’m looking for right now but there might be something during the winter sale that I want to add a 35% off coupon to.

Squee · 2012-12-07T17:55:48.000Z

It ends on January 1st.

Rachel_Brown · 2012-12-07T18:38:49.000Z

Alistair:

Ah, if I impersonate a British person, I can indeed use the 35% off FC3, which brings it down to $37 ish.

VPN? or…?

Angrycoder · 2012-12-07T19:16:07.000Z

Miner Wars is on sale for $5 on GMG. It just came out a few weeks ago and retails for $25. Registers on steam.

TimJames · 2012-12-07T20:01:40.000Z

Looking through the GMG preorders, I guess $60 PC games are here to stay.

Brad_Grenz · 2012-12-07T20:15:47.000Z

Peter Jones:

Same price on Steam as well. FTL also is now on Steam for the same price as GOG.

Amazon has been price matching Steam a lot recently. Buying from Amazon has the benefit of the $5 voucher towards one of their Editor’s Choice games in January that comes with almost everything right now. For stuff that unlocks in Steam anyway, like Sine Mora, buying from Amazon is an easy decision. Other than that it’s a judgement call.

robc04 · 2012-12-07T21:18:28.000Z

Tim James:

Looking through the GMG preorders, I guess $60 PC games are here to stay.

Only if people buy them at that price :-)

Alan_Friesen · 2012-12-07T21:56:45.000Z

Neverwinter Nights retailed for $80 CAD back in the day. Prices fluctuate up and down.

malkav11 · 2012-12-07T22:31:19.000Z

Angrycoder:

Miner Wars is on sale for $5 on GMG. It just came out a few weeks ago and retails for $25. Registers on steam.

No, it doesn’t.

Edit: Okay, I guess you do get a Steam key, it’s just not automatically provided at time of purchase. You need to go here: http://www.minerwars.com/SteamKeys.aspx

tgb123 · 2012-12-08T02:42:57.000Z

Kings Bounty:Warriors of the North is on GMG for $15, which means you can get it for $10 with the offered code (which I just did) and register it on Steam (which I just did).

Spoit · 2012-12-08T03:16:26.000Z

I’m saving the code for the deals they’re sure to have around Christmas. 35% on top of that will be insane