The Groginati Sales Thread

[Gusington]

Assassin's Creed III standard edition on sale for 11.99 at Steam (regularly 29.99), deluxe edition 23.99 (regularly 59.99) until 10/11.

[steve58]

GoG.com is having a Gov't Shutdown promo.  Plus, if you're a furloughed gubbermint worker and have a letter to prove it...you can pick up the games in the promo for free.

http://www.gog.com/promo/shutdown_promo_091013

Showing you how government works, in case yours doesn't!
Speaking from one organization that has had an unpopular shutdown to another: America. What are you doing? America? Stahp.

Shutdowns are never popular, and all of the polls show that this is not a big hit with most Americans either. Americans may be looking for something fun to do, since all their parks are closed for the moment. Thankfully your favorite purveyor of digital games is here to help. It occurs to us that one of the problems may be that there are people on Capitol Hill who don't know what a functioning government looks like, so we thought we'd help and point a few out with a special 24-hour 50% off Shutdown Promo.

The Guild: Gold Edition is a great place to see where the term "Machiavellian Politics" originated from. If you're looking to find a land where earning power was the key to success in the political arena, look no further. Meanwhile, in Capitalism Plus and Capitalism 2, you can get the best economic sims that money can buy half off and see for yourself how a demand economy functions. Tropico Reloaded is 50% off as a reminder of what can happen when governments go awry, and Alpha Centauri (with the Alien Crossfire expansion!) has more different styles of governments modeled than you can shake a stick at. So, really, these games are a quick lesson in civic government. Because we're concerned for you guys.

There has been a lot of furor over health care in America leading up to this shutdown, and we think it's a shame so many people are upset about medicine and how to treat each other. To help further our educational mission for this promo, we figured we'd put Theme Hospital in the sale as well, because that way you can judge for yourself just how tricky it can be to balance the needs of sick patients against limited budgets. Finally, for reasons entirely unrelated to who may or may not have been involved in shutting down the US Government, we also appear to have Redneck Rampage on sale 50% off.

Finally, we would like to express our condolences to everyone who's been furloughed by the shutdown. More than that, actually, we'd like to offer you the games pack of our special Shutdown Promo for free. Send an email to thanksobama@gog.com with your picture holding the official furlough letter you received, before Friday 11 October 2013 at 12:00 EDT and we'll give you The Guild: Gold Edition, Capitalism, Capitalism 2, Tropico: Gold Edition, Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire, Theme Hospital, and Redneck Rampage free.

We hope the games will keep you all occupied while you're waiting for someone on Capitol Hill to get their act together. Meanwhile, get The Guild, Capitalism Plus, Capitalism 2, Tropico: Gold Edition, Alpha Centauri + Alien Crossfire, Theme Hospital, and Redneck Rampage 50% off (or free if you met the requirements above), in our special Shutdown Promo! The offer lasts until Thursday, October 10, at 12:59PM GMT.

[JasonPratt]

^^ Redneck Rampage.  ::) :P

[steve58]

...some more GoG.com specials:

Divinity: Dragon Commander is 40% off (that's only $23.99) until 3.59 AM GMT on 14 October 2013.

Divinity: Dragon Commander--Imperial Edition also is 40% off (that's only $26.99).

[update:  same prices on Steam for the weekend]

...and

Buy any game on GOG.com and get the Witcher 1, too, free for a limited time!
This is the final week of our 5th Birthday Celebration. We're going to go above and beyond the call of birthday, though, and give you guys something incredible for our final thank you: buy anything on GOG.com--yes, anything--and get a free copy of The Witcher: Enhanced Edition with any purchase.

In case you don't know about it (how don't you know about it if you've found your way here?) the game has been lauded as:

"a fantastic RPG, and an amazing achievement for first-time Polish developer CD Projekt" (PC Gamer)

and

"one of the most engrossing, mature games in years" (Gamespot).

It's a definite must-have for all RPG fans and, frankly, all story-oriented mature gamers, and now, for an entire week it comes at an unbeatable price of free!

Combine that with the sale that we have right now on Divinity: Dragon Commander for extra promotional goodness, or find anything else that strikes your fancy and get a copy of the Witcher. Buy one for your friends--heck, at this price go ahead and buy one for people you don't even like all that much. ;)

This special offer lasts until Thursday, October 17 at 9:59 AM GMT

[Martok]

GamersGate is currently running a "loyalty deal" for Europa Universalis IV until Oct. 16.  Both the regular version and the Extreme Edition are 25% off. 

[republic]

Humble Weekly Bundle:

Just $1 is required to get Steam keys for Cities XL Platinum, Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition, Divinity II: Developer's Cut, R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War, Confrontation and Game of Thrones. If you pay $6 or more, you'll also receive Wargame: European Escalation and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes!

www.humblebundle.com/weekly

[Huw the Poo]

Yeah that's a damn good bundle.  I'll get it for Cities alone.  I'm sure my lady will play the Sherlock Holmes game too.

[PanzersEast]

Pretty good bundle.... all the games I have now my back log is full.... even at a cheap price.


PE

[steve58]

Tower Wars $2 at Steam until 10/14.  This one didn't have much (any?) single player when it was first released, but they've added it in the latest update.

[Huw the Poo]

StarDrive is 66% off on Steam.

[BanzaiCat]

Humble Weekly Bundle:

Just $1 is required to get Steam keys for Cities XL Platinum, Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition, Divinity II: Developer's Cut, R.A.W. Realms of Ancient War, Confrontation and Game of Thrones. If you pay $6 or more, you'll also receive Wargame: European Escalation and The Testament of Sherlock Holmes!

www.humblebundle.com/weekly

That's a REALLY good bundle!

I've never bought anything from HB before and just tried two different debit cards - neither of them work. Money isn't the issue; their billing page keeps telling me "card and zip do not match." It's highlighting my state as if that's an issue. Both these cards work fine elsewhere and I made certain both accounts are in order. I don't know what the deal is...anyone ever have this happen to them?

[smittyohio]

Yeah that's a damn good bundle.  I'll get it for Cities alone.  I'm sure my lady will play the Sherlock Holmes game too.

Can someone clarify something for me... The bundle contains Cities XL platinum, which appears to be an expansion, requiring ownership of Cities XL.  Is this correct?

[-budd-]

GOG is giving away the witcher enhanced edition directors cut free with any purchase until OCT 17th. EA titles on sale.

http://www.gog.com/promo/exciting_ea_exclusives_111013

thinking of picking up DK2

[steve58]

Yeah that's a damn good bundle.  I'll get it for Cities alone.  I'm sure my lady will play the Sherlock Holmes game too.

Can someone clarify something for me... The bundle contains Cities XL platinum, which appears to be an expansion, requiring ownership of Cities XL.  Is this correct?

I've got Cities XL Platinum and never had a previous version.  Cities XL Platinum is a stand-alone, not an expansion.  There was quite a bit of grumbling around the internet when it came out because it did not add much more than a few new buildings to the previous version...

[smittyohio]

Yeah that's a damn good bundle.  I'll get it for Cities alone.  I'm sure my lady will play the Sherlock Holmes game too.

Can someone clarify something for me... The bundle contains Cities XL platinum, which appears to be an expansion, requiring ownership of Cities XL.  Is this correct?

I've got Cities XL Platinum and never had a previous version.  Cities XL Platinum is a stand-alone, not an expansion.  There was quite a bit of grumbling around the internet when it came out because it did not add much more than a few new buildings to the previous version...

Cool, thx!   For some reason amazon lists that it requires another version.    Good to know