Steam, like Impulse is offering a limited time sale on the PC version of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The award winning shooter from Infinity Ward can be picked up via Steam for 40 percent off its regular price. This is the lowest price the game has seen since its release, but it is for a very limited time.
You can find out more about this and other sales going on at Steam this weekend by visiting www.steamgames.com.
10tons has released what it calls a “huge update” for its top-down tower defense iPhone and iPod Touch game, Boom Brigade. The update promises to almost double the content of the original. So what’s new? The update features a new class called the pyro. The pyro uses a flamethrower to stream fire at the alien hordes. The class comes with five different upgrade levels. Also, the simple trooper update system was replaced with a “BunkerMart” that has a broad selection of supplies, including health packs, repair bots, reinforcements, powerups, and more. The troopers will also travel to a new world where they can observe the behavior of new aliens.
To celebrate the update, the game will be on sale for 48 hours starting on Monday 26th October. The sale price is $0.99 or 0.79€. The update is free for those who have already purchased the previous version of the game. Find out more at www.boombrigade.com.
THQ Week on Steam
It’s THQ week on Steam all week long, which means a discount on all THQ published games currently available via Valve’s digital distribution platform.
Each day a new deal will be available so check back in all week. In addition, the THQ Collector Pack — featuring select titles from the Company of Heroes, Titan Quest, and Warhamner 40,000: Dawn of War series will be available for 10 percent off its regular price for the duration of the sale.
For more information, visit store.steampowered.com
Stardock’s Impulse is offering a number of decent sales as well as making available Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition. Sid Meier’s Civilization IV: The Complete Edition delivers the complete Civilization IV experience in one value-priced, DRM-free package. It includes Civilization IV and the Warlords, Beyond the Sword and Colonization expansions in one package.
Impulse is also offering 25 percent off Company of Heroes, and 50 percent off Europa Universalis ROME, Making History Gold Edition, Nemesis of the Roman Empire and The Spirit Engine II.
Find out more by visiting www.impulsedriven.com.
Direct2Drive is celebrating its fifth birthday with what can only be described as an absolutely awesome sale. Every week they will offer a handful of games for $5. And these aren’t crappy games either. This week Direct2Drive is offering Neverwinter Nights 2Neverwinter Nights 2, Assassin’s Creed Director’s Cut, Titan Quest Bundle, Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir, Drakensang: The Dark Eye, Elven Legacy, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Eve Online and PlanetSide: Aftershock for $5 USD each.
But there’s more! The following games are still available for $5 USD for a limited time: BioShock, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Civilization 4, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2, Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Sid Meier’s Railroads!, X-Com Complete Bundle, Far Cry, The Settlers - Heritage of Kings,MLB 2K9, Sonic Mega Collection Plus, Call of Juarez, Empire Earth Gold, Silent Hunter III, Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones, Manhunt, Max Payne 2, and Prison Tycoon 4: Supermax.
Finally, D2D is also offering a chance to win all 50 games for sale during this special birthday celebration. You can find that at here.
GamersGate has passed along its details on its upcoming promotions and releases for August 25 - 30, 2007. The Publisher Special of the Week is Buka entertainment, which means consumers can pick up any Buka title in the GamersGate catalog for 50 - 75 percent off the normal price. the digital distribution platform is also offering pre-order deals on Alpha Protocol and Football Manager 2010; those who pre-order Football Manager 2010 will get Outrun Coast 2 Coast free and ordering Alpha Protocol will get you a free copy of Space Siege.
Finally, the “over the weekend” (August 27 – 30) specials include 50 percent off Grand Age: Rome, 40 percent off Gothic and 30 percent off AI War: Fleet Command.
To see a complete listing of new additions check out GamersGate.com or follow GamersGate on twitter at @gamersgate.
CD Projekt RED and Steam are offering The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for 30 percent of its retail price. The special promotion is live today and will run until August 12. That’s right around $27.99 for those not waiting to grab a calculator. This deal is only available in North America and Eastern Europe because the game isn’t available on Steam in other regions.
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut, which has found itself on Steam’s top 10 bestsellers list for the past few days, offers re-recorded and rewritten English dialogue, a new inventory system makes item use and organization less complicated, a myriad of technical enhancements and improvements, and a bonus material like a multilingual game disc, the D’jinni Adventure Editor, Two new adventures offering more than 5 hours of additional gameplay, the official soundtrack, music Inspired by The Witcher album, Making Of content and more.
Find out more by visiting store.steampowered.com/app/20900.
