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Direct2Drive Begins Rockstar Week

November 16, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Amazon got us off to a very early start on the relentless pre-Christmas sales frenzy with their “Prelude To Black Friday Deals”, now Direct 2 Drive has joined in with a week of sales on games by Rockstar Games which will run from now through Friday, with one game on sale each day. Today (Monday) it is Manhunt 2, which has been marked down by 75% to $4.99. The Manhunt series never quite got the critical success of Rockstar’s other franchises, and deservedly so, due to Manhunt’s gratuitous gore and mediocre gameplay. The second game in the series is a bit better than the first, but the increase in quality was drastically overshadowed at launch by the hysterical controversy about the Wii version’s use of motion-sensing controls.

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Baldur’s Gate II Now At Gog.com

November 16, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Good Od Games has been slowly adding a series of classic RPGs from the late 90’s and early 2000’s to their stable over the last couple of months. Now they’ve completed the set by releasing Baldur’s Gate II: Complete. This comes after GoG.com released the original Baldur’s Gate, Icewind Dale, Icewind Dale II, Neverwinter Nights and Planescape: Torment, which were all huge commercial hits, in addition to being some of the top rated PC RPG’s of all time. They’re all based on the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop top games, and fans of modern RPG’s by Bioware will see early versions of Bioware’s distinctive playstyle present in these older games.

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Amazon Holding Lightning Deal on Civ 5

November 16, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

As part of their “Prelude To Black Friday” hysteria, Amazon is holding a series of Lightning Deals on video games for the next week and a half. They’re distributing it between the various platforms, so the deal won’t alway be something of interest to us PC Gamers, but today they actually do have something relevant to us; Civilization 5 marked down to $34.99 Because this is a “Lightning Deal” it’s only available until 5:00 pm EST today (Monday).

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PC Digital Download Sales 11/14/10

November 15, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC Features

Steam continued to do what Steam does best this week, namely, they sold the newest release at the top and got great sales for one of their latest deals. The entire list is standard, top to bottom, with no surprises. Football Manager 2011, does stand out a little, though. Call of Duty will stay on the top for a long time, probably as long, if not longer than Civilization V did.

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Call of Duty Black Ops PC Review

November 15, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC Reviews

For the past few years, the big question that’s come up with the new Call of Duty game has been, “Who’s making it?” Infinity Ward, the original creators of the series, have been known to revolutionize the series, and make it the top-dollar franchise it is today. Treyarch is more known for making pale imitation of those great games, which were good, but could never reach the same level of quality and respect from the gaming community. Now with the Infinity Ward lawsuits, and the general uncertainty of the Modern Warfare series’ future, Treyarch is making a huge comeback with Call of Duty: Black Ops. In many ways, it’s the most ambitious game in the series, but in many other ways, it’s one of the most safe sequels from Activision yet. To be short, if you like Call of Duty, you’ll like Black Ops. A more detailed explanation will take longer, though.

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City of Heroes On Sale at Direct 2 Drive

November 15, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Direct2Drive has forgone the usual weekend sale this week, and instead has been offering “Daily Deals” on MMORPGs by publisher NC Soft. Friday it was Aion, Saturday it was Guild Wars, and today (Sunday) they’re selling the City of Heroes: Going Rogue Complete Collection for $19.95, which is half off its usual price. This edition includes everything that the wannabe internet superhero needs

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Amazon Launches “Prelude To Black Friday” Sale

November 15, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

It’s nearly two whole weeks before Thanksgiving, yet Amazon has already started the holiday shopping season with their farcical “Prelude To Black Friday” sale on games. Yes, it’s a real thing, and that really is what they’re calling it. We here at Player Affinity love cheap games, so we’ll overlook this nonsensical hype and keep an eye on this week-long event just in case a good deal comes along.

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Direct2Drive Begins Rockstar Week

Baldur’s Gate II Now At Gog.com

Amazon Holding Lightning Deal on Civ 5

PC Digital Download Sales 11/14/10

Call of Duty Black Ops PC Review

City of Heroes On Sale at Direct 2 Drive

Amazon Launches “Prelude To Black Friday” Sale

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