GamersGate Deals August 25 – 30

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.

Sega’s Games Convention Plans

SEGA Europe and SEGA Germany are getting ready for Games Convention 2008, in Leipzig, Germany next week and today announced some of the things they have planned for public and industry consumption.

The new Samba De Amigo game will make its public debut next week, along with two Sonic games: Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood on the DS and Sonic Unleashed. SEGA will also showcase Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games, Beijing 2008, Dinosaur King, and Space Siege.

Industry types will want to visit Sega’s booth in the Business Center (Hall 1, Booth I31), where the company will provide access to developers from Japan (Platinum Games), the UK (Headstrong Games, The Creative Assembly), and Australia (The Creative Assembly Australia), who will show off their latest games.

Games to be shown in the business area include Total War, Alpha Protocol, Platinum Games’ and Bayonetta, Madworld, Golden Axe, Valkyria Chronicles, and Stormrise – an all new strategy game designed for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360.

Space Siege in Stores

SEGA of America and developer Gas Powered Games have released Space Siege in North America. Space Siege takes Chris Taylor’s popular action RPG magic to space with a brand new adventure set on a gigantic space ship being overrun by alien life forms.

Playing as robotics engineer Seth Walker, players must decide to either preserve or leverage their humanity to save the few survivors on the ship using a mix of skills, cybernetic upgrades, weapons and even a robotic sidekick they create themselves. Like the Dungeon siege series, this game is all about action, but the game makes decent use of puzzles and even physics to thwart the alien interlopers hellbent on spilling human blood.

Look for our review soon, but in the meantime check out the Five Things You Need To Know About Space Siege to learn the essentials.

Shipping This Week of August 11 - 15

The big release this week is Madden NFL 09 on multiple platforms and for PSP fans is the Madden NFL 09 bundle which includes a metallic blue PSP, the game, NFL: In Just One Play video, 1GB Memory Stick Duo and “Beats” game download voucher. Also of note this week is Gas Powered Games’ action RPG Space Siege. Read on for the rest after the link.

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