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Obsidian Unveils Cyborg Dog and Other Fallout Companions

Sep 17, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

The Fallout series is known for its stories, and cast of characters, including the companions who join the Player of your quest. Bethesda’s spectacular epicFallout 3 had a great selection of people, robots and creatures who would join you as you wandered the wasteland, including the obligatory Fallout Dog; Dogmeat. Yesterday Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout New Vegas announced the people/ things who will join you on your trip to New Vegas. Depending on the choices you make in the game (Alignment and such) you’ll be accompanied by various humans, a Ghoul, a female Super Mutant, an upgraded Eye Bot, and- best of all- a cyborg dog who is 209 years old (That’s 1,463 in dog years)

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PC Digital Download Sales 9/12/10

Sep 13, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Week 3 of the Digital Download Sales is here, and Civilization V is still selling very, very well. Steam and Direct2Drive both show a lot of love for Sid Meier this week, but as usual, Steam has a better deal, so the sales for Civilization are not surprising on Steam.

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Dark Elves Play Football With SWAT Teams and Nerd Porn In These Weekend Sales

Sep 11, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

While your friends with Xboxes are sleeping on the sidewalk in front of Gamestop in anticipation of the big Halo Reach launch on Tuesday, you can spend the whole weekend at home playing with the mountain of cheap games you can buy in these Weekend Sales.

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A Puzzling Quest For An Armored Princess On Sale This Week

Sep 8, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Did you enjoy your three-day weekend? Why not just call in sick for a few more days, so you can play all the cheap games you’re going to buy in this week’s online Sales?

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Forever Has Arrived

Sep 6, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Way back in 1991 Apogee Software released a crappy side-scrolling shooter called Duke Nukem which was set in the distant future of 1997 (HA!) By the time the real year 1997 rolled around, Duke had become a franchise of mediocre shooting games which managed to stay in the public eye because of the quaint controversy over the fact that the game had some levels set in strip joints. Yet that glorious future of 1997 held the promise of one more Duke game: Duke Nukem Forever. Now, after thirteen years in development, Forever Has Arrived!

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PC Digital Download Sales 9/5/10

Sep 6, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Welcome to PC Digital Download Sales week 2! This is a weekly feature on Player Affinity where we look at the best selling games on the PC platform every Sunday with data from 3:00 PM. The info is collected from both Steam and Direct2Drive’s top 10 seller lists. This week, Direct2Drive had a great sale giving a lot of games away for only $6. Pretty good, huh? As a result, that influenced this week’s top 10 sales.

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Fallout New Vegas Promotional Comic Free on iTunes

Sep 5, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

If you are anything at all like us here at Player Affinity, you are already excited about Fallout New Vegas. The game is over a month away, but the hype machine is starting to build up steam. Among the promotional goodies for the game is a hardcover graphic novel written by Chris Avellone, one of New Vegas’ designers. “All Roads” by Dark Horse Comics, which is only available if you order the Collector’s Edition of New Vegas. However, folks who own and iPhone/Pad can have a look at 12 pages of it right now by downloading a free app at itunes.

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Birthday Parties and Child’s Play With Weekend Sales

Sep 4, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

No plans for the weekend and no money either? How about buying some cheap games with this week’s crop of weekend sales? Steampowered.com is showing off their patriotism by selling everything in the WWII franchise Company of Heroes for 75% off. The original game is now just two dollars and fifty cents, with the Complete Pack of three games at $12.50. After a few weeks of crappy discounts, direct2drive.com has finally put together some decent sales. Every day throughout September they’re putting two games on sale with savings of about 75%. Not content with just a daily sale, direct2drive is also celebrating their sixth birthday. Each week for the next four weeks they’ll have a handful of games marked down to six dollars. This week it has several Star Wars games and the Penumbra collection among others.

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Planes, Trains, and Amnesia on Sale This Week

Sep 1, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Steam doesn’t have an official Midweek Madness Sale this week, but what it does have is a crazy amount of percentages off for some less popular games. If you likeRailworks, they’ve got a 50% off deal for you, bringing it down $35. The price of the DLC for it has also been chopped in half, which is good for all Railworks fans. The very few amount of you out there. Riven and realMyst are both 17% off for $5 instead of $6. Well, Myst for $6 was already a great deal, so this is just further incentive. Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse is also marked down to $19.99 until September 8th.

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RUSE Demo Deceptively Enjoyable

Aug 31, 2010 | Justin Moody | PC News

Had enough of Starcraft II yet? If you are, or were never into Blizzard’s style of strategy, there’s a new RTS game just on the horizon. RUSE is a WWII strategy game by French developer Eugen Systems. It is set in various theaters of war during World War II, and lets you command the armies of assorted Axis and Allied nations, including the French. You can insert your own France WWII joke here:

Obsidian Unveils Cyborg Dog and Other Fallout Companions

PC Digital Download Sales 9/12/10

Dark Elves Play Football With SWAT Teams and Nerd Porn In These Weekend Sales

A Puzzling Quest For An Armored Princess On Sale This Week

Forever Has Arrived

PC Digital Download Sales 9/5/10

Fallout New Vegas Promotional Comic Free on iTunes

Birthday Parties and Child’s Play With Weekend Sales

Planes, Trains, and Amnesia on Sale This Week

RUSE Demo Deceptively Enjoyable

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