Online gaming specials this weekend

It’s Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friiiiiday, and I’ll be working tonight. By “working”, of course, I mean playing Call of Duty: Black Ops II for review – but it’s still technically, you know, work. It’s a hard job.

For everybody else who isn’t forced to spend Friday night on the couch, in their jammies, drinking alcopops and playing Call of Duty (… for work), though, Steam is throwing a free Awesomenauts party all weekend and you’re invited. If you like what you play, and you’d like to play more of it, the game is also 50% off until Monday. That’s just $4.99 (R45) for total galactic supremacy. What a deal.

PEW PEW PEW!

If you’re looking to scale down from total galactic supremacy to a much more manageable banana republic dictatorship, the Tropico 4: Steam Special Edition is 75% off, so just $7.49 (R65) buys you El Presidente’s entire island dystopia to do with as you please. Remember kids, happy citizens are almost definitely hiding something.

Over on GOG, there are a bunch of specials, including: