Frontlines Fuel of War for four quid this week, it's your fairly standard open world FPS by the guys who did the desert combat patch for Battlefield. it's a near future setting which received a lukewarm reception due to not actually doing anything Battlefield didn't, although the 64 player multiplayer is highly recommended for those who enjoy team based combat. For those who prefer more casual fun the
Luxor series is cheap at two quid per game or nine for the lot. They're also running a 10% off offer on the forthcoming digital release of Blood Bowl but it's still stupidly overpriced; if you're interested but not an absolute BB fanatic I'd wait for a sale.
Gamer's Gate has
Evochron Legends for £19, which is the latest in their Elite inspired space trading mercenary series. Looks pretty if nothing else, there's an
online strategy guide to get you started and the multiplayer is nice. Haven't played it myself, but since the genre is most firmly stuck in a rut you probably already know if you're likely to like it or not. Certainly looks pretty though.
Also on offer is the original remake
Kings Bounty for a tenner. Armoured Princess is out now and apparently an improvement in all areas except the oddball humour, but the original is still great fun (where else can you marry a zombie?) and a third cheaper now. If you liked the Heroes of Might and Magic games or indeed the original you should already have it. Even if you disliked the HoMM series it's still worth a look in, since it returns back to it's roots where things involved narrative rather than strategy and a whole lot more hilarity.
They also have
Majesty 2 for £14, which is ten quid cheaper than Steam are selling it for. It's another remake of an original and for the current price likely to be enjoyable for anyone who enjoyed the original game (the main criticism being it's identical to the original game, but with nicer graphics). There's a demo out if you never played Majesty itself, the main problem with the game remains the same as it's predecessor in that the game becomes repetitive. Also
Tropico Reloaded for eight quid which includes the original, the expansion and the more piratey themed sequel. It's old and cheap elsewhere, but since I've been enjoying
it's successor this week I thought I'd throw it in for anyone who hasn't played the tropical dictator sim or it's inferior pirate king themed successor. Largely to plug Tropico 3 which is an excellent remake of the first game + expansion but not on sale anywhere. Yet.
Over on Impulse the main deal for most this week would be
Prince of Persia for fourteen quid, or
Supreme Commander Gold for twelve. For those who own the excellent Children of the Nile, you can get the
Alexandria DLC for two quid, which adds enough to keep you occupied for the weekend if nothing else.
Direct2Drive has the
Star Wars Classics pack for $25, which includes the Jedi Knight series and Republic Commando among others, but lacks things like Tie Fighter and X Wing and thus is blatantly lying regarding the "classics" moniker. US & Canuckians only though. Also 50% off
Crayon Physics Deluxe which is apparently great if you like puzzle/platformers and now $10. There's also
Cities XL for twenty quid.
EDIT - Buggrit, may as well make this a sticky.