Bargain Thread 2020

The Humble Store has it for $38.24 if you’re a subscriber. Not much less, but it’s something. GMG is still a better deal.

Temporarily free, grab the Sieges dlc too.

and a soundtrack deal… 2$. I’ve easily spent over a hundred hours listening to these. The game is great too.

Here’s a few:

Zaccaria Pinball has some new 70% off table bundles:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/7514/Zaccaria_Pinball__Starter_Pack/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/14022/Zaccaria_Pinball__VR_Starter_Pack/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/13889/Zaccaria_Pinball__Starter_Pack_Plus/

There are free versions to try before you buy. I grabbed the bottom one.

Pinball Arcade also has 25% off the table packs:

If you’re one of us who bought everything before Williams left you’re missing Star Trek in Stern 1, Mustang in Stern 2, and everything in Stern 3. Mustang is this month’s free play, and it’s fun.

Fanatical Easter Eggstravaganza Spring Sale is live. A New Mystery Egg Bundle for $6.99 contains 10 mystery Steam keys and the chance at uncovering a Golden Egg worth $1000 in games. My take : I’m not a fan of mystery gambling bundles, and Fanatical does not have a great history of quality when it comes to these.

The Star Deal today is Soul Calibur VI for $13.79 (77%).

Steam has over 1000 Weeklong Deals. Mostly the usual dreck, but some highlights include:

This one was very good. Well worth the price if you like this kind of game.

Humble Stardock Strategy Bundle is live. Three Tiers.

Pay $1 and receive Steam keys for:

  • Dead Man’s Draw
  • Sorcerer King : Rivals

BTA (currently $10) and add:

  • Galactic Civilizations III
  • Gal Civ III : Crusade expansion
  • Gal Civ III : Retributions expansion
  • Gal Civ III : Mega Events DLC
  • (note that I believe it says all of these are a single Steam key)

Pay $13 and unlock:

  • Star Control : Origins
  • Star Control : Origins - Earth Rising expansion pack
  • Star Control : Origins - Original Soundtrack
  • Star Control I & II
  • Star Control III
  • Gal Civ III : Intrigue expansion pack
  • Ashes of the Singularity : Escalation

WinGameStore has No Man’s SKy for $20.88 (65%). If you need a quarantine time killer NMS certainly fits the bill.

They also have Fallout 4 : GOTY for $13.98 (77%)

Free 2 months of Stadia Pro starting, well, soon (but not this instant, didn’t work for me yet). This includes 10 games but the only one you probably care about is the exclusive, Gylt.

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-12-05-gylt-review-stadia-exclusive-is-genuinely-unsettling-lite-horror

Dominions 5 is cheaper at Gamergate I think. 20 dollars?

https://www.gamersgate.com/DD-DOMINIONS-5/dominions-5-wariors-of-the-faith

https://www.gamestop.com/video-games/playstation-4/consoles/products/playstation-vr---hdr-compatible-gamestop-premium-refurbished/10160381.html

100$ used PSVR headset & processor box.

Does not come with the PS4 camera (required for VR games)
Move controllers aren’t required, but not having them limits you to 1/2 the games.

It’s gamestop so they could be all scratched up or filthy or whatever. At this price I’d have considered buying a second one for guests & to use with glasses. I mostly use mine to watch netflix & blurays, and it even plays the 3D ones.

How is the full GC 3 experience compared to GC 2?

Uplay+ subscription is $6.99 for first month till May.

Green Man Gaming has a spring sale going on until April 23rd.

https://www.greenmangaming.com/hot-deals/

Guys, my favorite racing game, Bloody Rally Show, is on sale at a historic low. GET IT!

A game I’ve raved about a bunch–Walden, a game–is free for teachers, and now that includes parents who are teaching their kids at home. If anyone happens to be in that boat, the details are here:

https://www.waldengame.com/educators

Walden isn’t edutainment, but it is a really good game that is deeply informed by the actual content of Thoreau’s work. It’s also genuinely gorgeous, with full day/night and seasonal cycles around a nicely rendered Walden pond.

It’s a very old game, but apparently Ubisoft is giving away Assassin’s Creed II today on their Uplay platform. IMHO the beginning of the Ezio Trilogy is when AC actually became a game. Warning, however–be prepared for a couple of truly egregious fake Italian accents (I recommend switching to Italian speech with English subtitles to spare your ears).

Also note a few hours into the game there is a ‘It’s me, Uncle Mario’ ‘joke’ in there.

AC2 is one of the few AC’s (along with Black Flag) that I remember fondly. I watched a travel show with my wive about Florence (where she’s been), and I had these odd memories of scaling some of the buildings we were looking at. That’s probably the best thing about AC games, the sense of place is often really solid and memorable, far more than all the stabby-stabby stuff.

The voice actor who did Uncle Mario had a particularly terrible fake accent as well. No ear whatsoever.

Playstation. Free PS4 Journey & Uncharted 1-3. These were recent PS+ rentals, but now everyone can get to keep them.

Freudian slip? ;-)