{"id":6866,"date":"2010-07-25T23:17:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-25T21:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"this-week-s-top-25-downloadable-pc-game-deals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/6866-this-week-s-top-25-downloadable-pc-game-deals","title":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s top 25 downloadable PC game deals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/6832-Digital-downloads-account-for-game-sales.html\" target=\"_self\">we learned<\/a>&nbsp;that just under half of all US PC game sales in 2009 were attributed to digital downloads, with Steam being the obvious market leader. Steam has become a firm favourite thanks largely to its regular specials. However, it is not the only digital retailer that can often be found selling games at reduced prices.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Although digital downloads accounted for 48% of US PC game sales in 2009, those sales accounted for just 36% of dollars spent. This is largely because of the massive volumes of games that are sold at reduced prices online.<\/p>\n<p>It is difficult to keep track of what is currently on special across the wide variety of online digital retailers. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, we bring you the 25 best deals from digital distributors from across the internet, courtesy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.deals4downloads.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">deals4downloads.com<\/a>. Be sure to check out their full listings of reduced games.<\/p>\n<p>1.&nbsp;Tomb Raider: Underworld (PC) for $14.97, Save 50% at GamersGate. Expires shortly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2.&nbsp;Tomb Raider Anniversary (PC) for $9.97, Save 50% at GamersGate&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>3.&nbsp;Mount and Blade: Warband (PC) for $14.95, Save 50% at Direct2Drive, DLGamer, GamersGate, Impulse, Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4.&nbsp;Heroes of Might and Magic V Gold Edition (PC) for $19.97, Save 50% at GamersGate&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5.&nbsp;Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic (PC) for $24.98, Save 50% at GamersGate. Expires shortly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6.&nbsp;Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West &#8211; Free Weekend (PC) for FREE&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>7.&nbsp;Trine (PC) for $6.78, Save 66% at GamersGate&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>8.&nbsp;East India Company Bundle (PC) for $14.95, Save 50% at Direct2Drive, GamersGate, Impulse&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>9.&nbsp;Majesty 2: Kingmaker (PC) for $7.50, Save 50% at Direct2Drive, GamersGate, Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>10.&nbsp;Fallen Earth: Blood Sports (PC) for $17.99, Save 40% at Direct2Drive, Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>11.&nbsp;Hearts of Iron III (PC, Mac) for $14.99, Save 50% at DLGamer, GamersGate, Gamesplanet, Steam, Impulse&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>12.&nbsp;Dark Horizon (PC) for $4.97, Save 50% at GamersGate&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>13.&nbsp;Sword of the Stars Complete (PC) for $14.98, Save 50% at GamersGate, Impulse, Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>14.&nbsp;Europa Universalis III (PC) for $7.47, Save 50% at GamersGate, Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>15.&nbsp;Monster Jam (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% at Impulse&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>16.&nbsp;MotoGP 08 (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% at Impulse&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>17.&nbsp;Eufloria (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% at Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>18.&nbsp;MotorM4X: Offroad Extreme (PC) for $4.89, Save 30% at Steam&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>19.&nbsp;Rush for Berlin (PC) for $4.99, Save 50% at GamersGate<\/p>\n<p>20.&nbsp;Knights of Honor (PC) for $7.47, Save 50% at GamersGate, Steam<\/p>\n<p>21.&nbsp;Monster Jam (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% at Impulse<\/p>\n<p>22.&nbsp;Legio (PC) for $4.95, Save 50% at Direct2Drive, GamersGate, Impulse<\/p>\n<p>23.&nbsp;Penumbra: Black Plague (PC) for $4.97, Save 50% at GamersGate<\/p>\n<p>24.&nbsp;Supreme Ruler 2020 (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% at GamersGate<\/p>\n<p>25.&nbsp;Activision RPG Hits (PC) for $8.38*, Save 30% at Good Old Games<\/p>\n<p>Remember, once you have purchased your game online you will still have to download it, so take bandwidth costs into consideration.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/7260-Weekly-top-25-downloadable-game-deals?p=265616#post265616\" target=\"_self\">Discuss this weeks best digital deals<\/a> in the forums<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>East India Company, Tomb Raider: Underworld\/Anniversary, Europa Universalis III and more reduced<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}