This weekends steam deals include Codemasters racing package and the Rockstar games catalogue. All of the games from the Codemasters package are either really good or brilliant. Fuel, which was released about this time last year is an amazing world of roads, dirt tracks and a massive collection of vehicles that include racing cars, motorcycles, trucks three wheelers and a whole range of other wheeled transport that covers some of the most beautiful areas of America, though this game is set after a major shift in the worlds climate and most of America is no longer habitable. You take over the character of a renegade racer who travels to these various areas (that include such places as the grand canyon) to race. The winnings from each race are more fuel which unlocks new areas of America to explore. There’s also a free ride option that allows you to explore the regions that you have unlocked. This is a massive open world racer that includes thousands of miles of road and track (though you can basically go anywhere on the map) as well as thousands of square miles of territory to explore. I’m actually really amazed that the normal commercial price for this game has come down to the level it has (around a third of it’s release price). I’d compare this gaes quality with the likes of the Call of Duty franchise, which does hold it’s value much better. Still, this game is probably less appealing to a lot of gamers. I’d certainly check out the videos to get a feel for the game. At less than £3 for the game until next Thursday 6th May, this is an amazing bargain; (it’s even cheaper if you buy the full package).
Dirt 2 is another amazing Racing game. With a tried and tested formula that the Colin McRae franchise has followed since the Colin McRae 2005 installment (or maybe Colin McRae 04), The graphics are out of this world and the awards are varied. This has to be one of my favorite racing games together with Fuel and Need for Speed: Shift (the latter isn’t part of this deal). The rest of the Codemasters pack are also excellent games. If you don't have any of these games, now’s your chance to pick up some of the best racing gamers around for only £12.50 for the lot; or you can buy individual titles for a 75% reduction. This is a deal not to be missed.
Rockstar have had an ongoing sale of all of their titles for the past four days and will continue till Monday evening (possibly Tuesday). You can buy the whole Rockstar portfolio for only £29.99, that includes all of the Grand Theft Auto series, Manhunt, Max Payne 1 & 2, Bully: Scholarship Edition and Midnight Run II plus the first two Grand Theft Auto games are also added to the package (which are free) as is Wild Metal another freebie. You can purchase all of the titles separately as special four hourly deals which usually start from late afternoon (GMT) to the early hours of the morning (the last deal is put up around 3am GMT). To get the three free games check out the free games synopsis for downlonload links. I bought the classic GTA package which included the two freebies, GTA III, GTA: Vice City and GTA: San Andrea for less than £5. (I already own them on disc but wanted the Steam versions as I'm more likely to play them via Steam these days) The price of the whole package is remarkable in that it includes the only just released episodes from liberty City that includes the Lost & the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony, which normally costs £19.99 plus Grand Theft Auto IV which has dropped in price to £19.99. so you can see, the asking price for the full catalogue is basically giving you the latest game plus GTA IV for half price and all of the rest for free (i.e. GTA III, Vice City, San Andreas, Manhunt, Midnight Run II and Max Payne I & II games. This is another amazing deal, especially if you don’t already own any of the games. Even if you do own some of them it’s a superb deal.
I must warn you though that there has been a lot of controversy over the Grand theft auto games. You may not want your younger children access to these games because there is a lot of mindless violence in all of the games apart from Midnight Run II.
Codemasters Racing Pack
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Colin McRae DiRT 2
£7.49 usually £29.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOGaM3C5Ncc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=citAmIg1P4I
DiRT
£1.75 usually £6.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuW17bXx-o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfjpselBwS8
FUEL™
£2.74 usually £10.99 (was £30 last year)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdQjtFjZt10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3V3qUEPnSc
GRID™
£4.99 usually £19.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOlMzHdVaFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gb7zN0qXc9o
Chase Camera
Head camera
ToCA Race Driver 3
£1.74 usually £6.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_m6VB1Uv88
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLJutDG09wI
Weekend deal £12.50 for all the above games
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Rockstar Package
Watch out for the four hourly deals that usually single out one title from the Rackstar portfolio or sometimes packages such as the classic pack that I mention in the main introduction to this post. They are working on Pacific time but I’ve quoted GMT (UK time). The first four hourly deals start around 9am PST and end at midnight or 1am PST. The fiull package is available till Monday 3rd May or Tuesday 4th May (can’t remember exactly when the 7 day deal started)
Video of complete history of the GTA series up to the latest release:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3LdpKB1Ew
Bully: Scholarship Edition
usually £16.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi6A-JxQ7LY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY9l_ik7Lrc
Grand Theft Auto
(always free)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8tvADi-uA8
Grand Theft Auto 2
(always free)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsetMJCTdkY
Grand Theft Auto 3
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ltuw5Nrc_UY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR3vxldtUWo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWi4uQggiPQ
Grand Theft Auto IV
usually £19.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daP_ZnnIsRI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7qNqWUExi8
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
usually £19.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6lZ23ngDao
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg8jzTQUgkc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLFddxK4AbE (intro movies in game)
Ballad of Gay Tony:
The Lost & the Damned (Hells Angel gang)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
usually £13.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3D8_2UIEGxc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRzinXCPAqM
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2WSixKiiSs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckbEyw8dlVE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wROPMN9kw90
Manhunt
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3bLo6J95FM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XEt5ScRlFc
Max Payne
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56LEzKVhVyE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxN2dt2OJ3w
Max Payne 2
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tezzo0yJfVM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nR1KqecBOCo
Midnight Club 2
usually £5.99
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GdoeL-_-X0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVMPu2nnUc4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDA4004LCZw
Wild Metal:
(always free)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH0I9EV70yA
Here's an interesting synopsis covering the controversy surrounding the GTA series:
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2008/04/24/a_decade_of_controversy_a_grand_theft_au
There’s also loads of other deals at the moment including loads of games from Big fish, Railworks ( the latest rail simulator), the whole of the Guild Wars package is available for 50% off, X3 Gold and X3 Terran Conflict are both available with 50% off, Flotilla a new indie space r.t.s. with 10% off, other deals include two Ironclads games, The Whispered World a massive point and click adventure and Booster Trooper a platform shooter. You can check out all of the above deals HERE
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