It’s Black Friday! And apparently that hails discounts at various retailers who are all capitalising on the urge to splurge.<\/p>\n
Not to be left out of the action, digital download gaming stores are also offering a variety of specials (yes, they offer specials every week, but let’s play along).<\/p>\n
There are a load of deals floating around though, too many to list in one article, so if you’re trying to make every penny count, it will definitely reward you to shop around.<\/p>\n
Below are a selection of the most prominent digital sales going down, with everything covered from the latest and greatest AAA to the feistiest indie game.<\/p>\n
The sale everyone is probably aware of, Valve has launched its Spring Steam Sale, with a variety of games discounted daily, along with 8-hour flash sales.<\/p>\n
For example, today’s deals include:<\/p>\n
Over on Humbe Bundle, the Mobile Bundle 3 still has a few days to go, and the just-launched weekly deal entices with a variety of cool indie games.<\/p>\n
Humble Mobile Bundle 3<\/strong><\/p>\n All nine games are revealed now: Pay what you want to receive: EPOCH, rymdkapsel, SpellTower, Swordigo. If you pay more than the average you also get: Ridiculous Fishing: A Tale of Redemption, Kingdom Rush, Hundreds, Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manoe, and the Desert Bus. A selection of soundtracks are also included.<\/p>\n Humble Weekly Sale<\/strong><\/p>\n A good variety of indie games are on offer, covering schmups, puzzle-platformers, brick-breakers, action-RPG, and tower defense.<\/p>\n Name your price for Jamestown, Closure, Space Pirates and Zombies, Shatter. Paying more than $6 gets you Dungeon Defenders, and Defense Grid Gold.<\/p>\n Greenman Gaming is running a promotion on various games – 4 deals every 4 hours for 4 days. Obviously you’re going to have to camp out on the store to catch some good deals.<\/p>\n Indie Royale is launching 7 new indie games.<\/p>\n Pay more than the minimum ($3.41 at the time of writing) and receive Mitsurugi Kamui Hikae, Metal Planet, Pulse Shift, Al Emmo and the Lost Dutchman’s Mine, Millennium 2 – Take Me Higher, and Fleet Buster.<\/p>\n A mystery game is yet to be revealed.<\/p>\n GOG\u00a0 has launched their Black Friday special – there are 65 titles discounted up to 70%, and none of the risks of bodily harm. There variety of classic PC games seriously tugs at your nostalgic heartstrings – check out the list here: http:\/\/www.gog.com\/promo\/black_friday_weekend_promo_291113<\/p>\n GamersGate has launched their Black Friday sale, with a huge variety of daily deals running over the weekend. For example, some of the standout deals include:<\/p>\n Bundle Stars has launched two new bundles, both rather compelling if you’re keen on some indie games and space-themed games.The Ultimate Sci-Fi bundle includes 8 games and 1 add-on for R27<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The Outer Limits Bundle includes 10 games for R31:<\/p>\n If you are looking for something off the beaten path, Desura.com\u2019s specials<\/a> could be of interest. You can also build your own bundle of cute games over on Groupees<\/a>.<\/p>\n If you’d like to pick up a gadget of the physical variety, check out what the local retailers are offering, as well as MyBroadband weekend tech deals roundup:<\/p>\nGreenman Gaming 4-play special<\/h3>\n
Indie Royale Debut 7 bundle<\/h3>\n
GOG Black Friday<\/h3>\n
GamersGate Black Friday<\/h3>\n
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Bundle Stars<\/h3>\n
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Other cool deals<\/h3>\n