Gaming on a budget – local retail roundup

Gaming can be an expensive hobby. Fortunately, console gamers find relief in the second-hand market, while digital specials from the likes of Steam help alleviate the financial burden faced by PC gamers.

Then of course there are the local retail specials, which can be a blessing to cash strapped gamers.

As compiled by MyGaming forumite, remnant, here is a roundup of specials currently available at local retailers:

PC Games

TakeALot (Formerly Take2)

•    Portal 2 – R271
•    Bioshock – R59
•    Bioshock 2 – R181
•    Unreal Tournament 3 – R54
•    Assassin’s Creed 2 – R86
•    Mass Effect – R42
•    Dragon Age 2 – R308

MyGaming Shop

•  Dungeon Siege 3 – R199
•  Rift – R170
•  Total War: Shogun 2 – R170 

BT Games

•    Assassin’s Creed 2 – R99
•    Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – R99
•    Dragon Age Origins – R85
•    Dead Space – R45
•    Crysis – R45
•    Crysis 2 – R199
•    Metro 2033 (Could include Red Faction: Guerrilla Disc) – R59
•    Resident Evil 5 – R59
•    Warhammer: Dawn of War II: Gold Edition (Box set containing Warhammer: Dawn of War II and Warhammer: Dawn of War II: Chaos Rising) – R99
•    Bioshock – R65
•    Borderlands GOTY (Includes vouchers to download all four DLC add-ons) – R129
•    Hitman Ultimate Collection (Includes all four Hitman titles: Hitman codename 47, Hitman 2: Silent Assassin, Hitman Contracts, Hitman Bloodmoney) – R125
•    Call of Duty: Black Ops – R275
•    Super StreetFighter IV Arcade Edition (ETA: Jul 15, 2011) – R255
•    Unreal Anthology (Includes: Unreal (including Return to Na Pali expansion pack), Unreal II: The Awakening, Unreal Tournament (Game of the Year Edition), Unreal Tournament 2004 (Editors Choice Edition)) – R49
•    Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction – R85
•    Splinter Cell Collection (Includes: Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Splinter Cell Double agent) – R85

ZapsGaming

•    Singularity – R133
•    Call of Duty: Black Ops – R269
•    Dead Space 2 – R184
•    Unreal Tournament 3 – R59

Incredible Connection

•    Mass Effect 2 (Limited stock, Please click the availability button to see if your closest store has stock and call the store to find out if they still have it) – R49
•    Dragon Age Origins (Limited stock, Please click the availability button to see if your closest store has stock and call the store to find out if they still have it) – R49
•    Dragon Age Origins: Awakening (Limited stock, Please click the availability button to see if your closest store has stock and call the store to find out if they still have it) – R49
•    Bioshock 2 (Selected stores only. May be a Display/Demo Unit) – R99

Exclus1ves

•    Call of Duty: Black Ops – R270
•    Bioshock 2 – R181
•    Assassin’s Creed 2 – R81
•    Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY – R128
•    Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (Pre-Order. Release Date: 15 Jul 2011 ) – R264
•    Dragon Age 2 – R320
•    Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction – R81

Hi-Fi Corporation

•    Crysis Maximum Edition (Includes: Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Crysis Wars) – R60

XBOX 360 Games

TakeALot (Formerly Take2)

•    Need For Speed Most Wanted – R89
•    Assassins Creed – R128
•    Assassin’s Creed 2 – R181
•    Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – Da Vinci Edition: Includes DLC – R269
•    Compilation: Bioshock / The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion – R270

BT Games

•    Mass Effect – R95
•    Metro 2033 – R99
•    Need for Speed Most Wanted – R89
•    Gears of War – R99
•    Assassin’s Creed – R129
•    Assassin’s Creed 2 – R179
•    Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – R279
•    Dragon Age Ultimate Edition (Includes: Dragon Age: Origins, Dragon Age: Origins – Awakening Expansion Pack, 7 Downloadable Content Packs) – R199
•    Resident Evil 5 – R149
•    Red Dead Redemption – R265

Kalahari

•    Red Dead Redemption & Borderlands (Kalahari deal of the week) – R380

MyGaming Shop

•   Duke Nukem Forever – R299
•   Dungeon Siege 3 – R249
•   Operation Flashpoint: Red River – R299

PS3 games

TakeALot (Formerly Take2)

• God of War III Platinum – R265
• Heavy Rain: Move Edition – R174    
• Tekken 6 – R270 
• Uncharted 2 – R265

BTGames

• Assassin’s Creed – R129
• Assassin’s Creed 2 – R179  
• Dead Space – R129 
• Red Dead Redemption – R265

MyGaming Shop

• Dungeon Siege 3 – R249
• Operation Flashpoint: Red River – R249
• Crysis 2 – R249
• Dragon Age 2 – R249

Additional Information:

1) ZapsGaming often lists games twice but at different prices so always look out for that. The price difference can sometimes be nearly R100. Delivery costs R19.

2) BT Games allows you to order games online and get them delivered to one of their stores. Payment is made upon collection of your order. Prices in-store could be higher than the online prices. Orders above R390 can be delivered to your home address for free, otherwise delivery costs R49.

3) TakeALot (Formerly Take2) charge R35 for delivery to a physical address. Delivery is free on orders greater than R350. You can collect orders from their warehouse in Cape Town. I have used ‘Take2’ quite often and can vouch for their quality of service (note: I have always picked up my orders).

4) Exclus1ves delivers anywhere in SA for free.

5) Kalahari offer free delivery on orders greater than R250.