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The orange box is on sale here in the UK with 50% off which makes it £8.49

http://store.steampowered.c...

The complete Valve collection is on sale at 79% off and comes in at £24.99

http://store.steampowered.c...

I would imagine these deals are still available for US customers (I am ass...

5570d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

as ct03 says you might want to buy the games now. It doesn't matter if you can't download and play them yet you can just buy them then when you are ready you can download and play them. There is no time limit for you to download any of your purchases, you can leave a bought game "undownloaded" for years and it will still be there, ready for you to download.

5570d ago 3 agree0 disagreeView comment

Another website that doesn't have a clue what they are talking about. This is what Valve had to say with regard to sales of their own titles :-

Here are the numbers Newell shared from Valve's experiments with "sale" pricing:

* 10% off = 35% increase in sales (real dollars, not units shipped)
* 25% off = 245% increase in sales
* 50% off = 320% increase in sales
* 75% off = 1470% increase in sales
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5570d ago 13 agree0 disagreeView comment

Microsoft is noting but a minnow in the PC gaming world these days. I would go as far to say that Microsoft is considered a dirty word in PC gaming.

I can't see anything they could possibly do in Win8 that would improve their reputation or standing in the PC gaming world. Hell a lot of PC gamers keep dreaming for the day when Valve goes "we are making an operating system for the PC gamer". I know I would ditch Windows in a second if there was an alternative f...

5570d ago 6 agree1 disagreeView comment

Well I am not saying that ME 3 will or will not have MP. I personally hope it doesn't, I have very little interest in playing MP and to me Mass Effect has always been about the single player.

I am just saying that a post from a moderator that does not work for Bioware is not confirmation there will be no MP in Mass Effect 3. Now had this confirmation come from Christina Norman, Chris Priestly or Jesse Houston then yeah it would have been proof because they WORK at Biowa...

5576d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Oh god not this story again, the comment was made by a forum moderator that DOES NOT WORK for Bioware. The moderator in question does not know what Bioware's plans for ME 3 are he is just an ordinary member of the public that was promoted to moderator to help manage the board.

5576d ago 1 agree1 disagreeView comment

Another blogger that does not check his facts. It is a fact that Bioware has said nothing with regard to whether ME 3 will or will not have multiplayer. The statement on Biowares forum today means nothing, you can find the statement here :-

http://social.bioware.com/f...

It was made by a guy called Pacifien, this guy DOES NOT WORK FOR BIOWARE. He is just an ordinary member...

5577d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

It's a UK TV channel that is funded by advertising.

5577d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

The adverts pay for the programme you are watching why on earth would they block out adverts for the xbox 360 and Kinect just because you are streaming video over the PS3 ?

That is like saying "they should block all adverts showing other brands of TV because you are watching it on a Sony TV".

5577d ago 10 agree2 disagreeView comment

Pacifen said it in this topic :-

http://social.bioware.com/f...

But yeah I wouldn't take this as "confirmation" there will be no multiplayer in the game. Pacifen DOES NOT WORK FOR BIOWARE, he is an ordinary user that was promoted to Moderator for his work on the board. He knows about as much as you or me with regard to what Bioware are up too.

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5577d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

I doubt it will be primarily set on earth, the blurb states that you will be recruiting allies to combat the reapers. You can't recruit allies from other planets whilst being stuck on earth and the Reapers over head beating the crap out of you.

Think of this CG trailer like the Horizon CG trailer for ME 2. It gives us a glimpse of less than 1% of the story. It is meant to hype you up that is all.

5578d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

It could go "pay me to play it" and I still wouldn't play it. But there is no way they will make COD F2P. Whilst theoretically they could make more money in the long term it doesn't change the fact in the short term COD is a blockbuster and most publishers like Activision can't see futher ahead than next month in terms of revenue these days.

5592d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

This QR code doesn't have anything to do with Bioware. If you shove it through your phone's camera and barcode reader software you get :-

http://mm.mtv.com/gVhETz

which is a link to spike TV's website.

5597d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Of all the things I could want on the PC I think Kinect ranks somewhere around the same level as wanting a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). I seriously do not want rubbish like motion control or Kinect on the PC

5600d ago 6 agree2 disagreeView comment

"LIVE has the potential to become a part of Microsoft’s recently launched Gaming Hub"

Yeah erm good luck with that Microsoft, you might have to wait a bit for PC gamers to finish laughing at the ridiculous prices on your revamped store that has somehow managed to incorporate the most clunky browsing interface I have ever come across.

So far from what I have seen most PC gamers are not so much "unimpressed" they are really impressed, what i...

5606d ago 0 agree0 disagreeView comment

Mass Effect has always been a multiplatform release, the first one was only exclusive to the 360 for less than 6 months. After that it went multiplatform and was available on the PC and 360.

I would be surprised if this announcement has anything to do with ME 3 though. I really can't see them wanting to announce anything ME 3 related till they get the PS3 version of ME 2 out the door.

5607d ago 6 agree3 disagreeView comment

I don't think it is about fanboysim, most people are mocking this relaunch because the prices are sky high on nearly all the products. This is a relaunch to make GFW compete with those other services and so far it is a laughing stock.

There is also the issue of MS's history towards the PC. If I buy a game from GOG, Impulse or Steam I can be pretty sure they will use that money to improve their services to my benefit. That is not the case with MS, they clearly have ...

5607d ago 1 agree0 disagreeView comment

Microsoft updates their PC service and it is greeted by nothing but tumble weeds blowing around. Yep that sounds about right, you missed the boat MS.

Oh yeah and those prices are hilarious, does Microsoft not realise this isn't console land.

5607d ago 8 agree0 disagreeView comment

"I'll never pay full retail for a PC game on release day, which is all Valve ever offers in my experience. Without physical distribution, there's no competition and that's when the Government gets involved meaning everyone loses."

You do realise it is actually Retail that is holding steam back from setting lower release prices. The price steam charges for a new release is governed by the publisher and publishers set the pricing so as to NOT upset their ...

5611d ago 4 agree0 disagreeView comment

oops wrong place

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