The Heads Up Thread(deals and such)

Dust: An Elysian Tail is $7.49 @Steam. One guy made the whole damn game. I'm sure playing the waiting game on this will save you a couple of bucks in the future, but this is a great price. I'm jumping to show support even though my backlog is still balls.

@Kay- They are virtually identical save for graphics and a few touch challenges. But neither version is pretty by any means. My personal taste is Vita for the pick-up-n-play. But I don't have gamer friends so couch play isn't a priority.

Dang. I was hoping Munch's Oddysee and Dokuro would go live today :/

Oh well, snagged Ratchet collection and still trying to decide on which MK I want. Buying both would put me below $20 and that would probably screw me next week. Grrr...announce all the games and prices NOW! Damn you $ony and all the ways you keep bringing goodness to the gamers!

Found a list of next weeks Sony sale on IGN:

July 9-16
Alice: Madness Returns (PS3 | $19.99/$7.99/$4.00)
Fast & Furious: Showdown (PS3 | $39.99/$31/99/$23/99)
Fight Night Champion (PS3 | $29.99/$11.99/$6.00)
Hitman Trilogy HD (PS3 | $39.99/$19.99/$15.99)
Just Cause 2 (PS3 | $19.99/$9.99/$5.00)
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (PS3 | $29.99/$14.99/$7.50)
LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes (Vita | $19.99/$9.99/$5.00)
LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean (PS3 | $19.99/$9.99/$5.00)
Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PS3 | $19.99/$9.99/$5.00)
Men in Black: Alien Crisis (PS3 | $39.99/$29.99/$20.99)
Prince of Persia Classics Trilogy (PS3 | $39.99/$15.99/$8.00)
Silent Hill: Book of Memories (Vita | $29.99/$14.99/$7.50)
Star Trek (PS3 | $54.99/$43.99/$32.99)
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II (PS3 | $19.99/$9.99/$5.00)
The Adventures of TinTin: The Game (PS3 | $39.99/$19.99/$10.00)
The Simpsons Arcade Game (PSN | $9.99/$6.99/$4.89)
Tron Evolution (PSP | $19.99/$7.99/$4.00)
X-Men (PSN | $9.99/$6.99/$4.89)

Definitely in for PoP collection. Glad they did Ratchet and PoP as I'm trying to get caught up with all the hd collections.

I've heard really terrible things about the PoP Collection. Not the games which I like a lot, but the HD port. I think Twolf might have some first hand experience.

TripOpt55 wrote:I've heard really terrible things about the PoP Collection. Not the games which I like a lot, but the HD port. I think Twolf might have some first hand experience.

If it's the same as the Splinter Cell port, I'm not too concerned. I played the shit out of the OG games so slowdown and glitches aren't really going to affect my experience much. Plus I probably do as much emulation as T-wolf so there are concessions I'm willing to make when it comes to actual releases fucking up their ports. I'll throw $8 at it and skip a Taco Bell run if I'm wrong.

For fuck's sake, the Splinter Cell HD collection is a broken PC port -of a PS2 trilogy- for the PS3 and I managed to platinum the first one with relative ease. Outside of the crypt level of Sands of Time, I don't see anything screwing with me. This forum is made of gamers; not complainers

*edit* Didn't mean to come off as an ass. What I meant was that I've played all of the PoP, Splinter Cell, MGS, DMC, and ZOE games so framerate hiccups and glitches aren't going to affect me. Jak and Ratchet, I've never played those so if I get 6 shitty ports I'll be pissed. Sorry for being a dick.

Far Cry 3 was $20 on XBL yesterday only and I managed to get it before the sale was over. Now I can start back where I left off because I still have plenty of shit to do in that game.

I'll probably get Bulletstorm for $5 before the weekend as well.

The PoP trilogy was awful, yeah. The Sands of Time had loads of sand glitches. The 2nd game worked the best...but it's the worst game. The third had quite a few game-crashing bugs...so yeah, bad job.

Yeah no need to explain the purchase to me spiddy. Was just trying to give a heads up.

I did some googling on the PoP bugs and there are some workarounds and fixes. I hope they work.

$28 for $20 PSN card and 3 months PS+ card @Best Buy.

Today only on XBL:

Left 4 Dead 2 $9.99
Witcher 2 $9.99
The Orange Box $4.99
Forza Horizon $14.99
Crysis 3 $19.99

I've already picked up The Orange Box. I need to finish Half-Life 2.

Way too many deals on GOG today for me to list... They're basically offering all of the deals they had before as a grand finale.

Trackmania 2 Valley is out now and it's 10% off until Monday.

That Orange Box deal is a must for anyone with a 360. The GoG sale is stupid good. Buy FTL, people.

Nintendo Land is $21 @Amazon. I thought the game looked cool at E3 last year. Anyone have thoughts on it?

I love it, it's what I would imagine a Nintendo theme park would be like. All the attractions are special in their own way, like you play them as if you were to play a game from that respective franchise. With motion controls though but they work well, and the Zelda ones work better than Skyward Sword's.

Also, Sonic and All-Stars Racing Transformed is free on steam through sunday.

Sly on Vita is $18 @Amazon.

Lumines Vita is $10.XX @Amazon. Great game at what I consider the jump price.

Love Lumines on Vita. Soundtrack is excellent too.

I'm still undecided on buying MK on Vita again. I sold it because MvC3 is far superior IMHO. But then again, $5...le sigh.

FFVII is now on Steam for $12. I know nothing about the PC version so anyone interested should do some research or maybe ask someone here about it.

I decided to jump on MK Vita. Apparently the physical copy saves to cartridge since all of my progress is gone. So, everyone's been warned. Oh well. Story mode is pretty easy and I wasn't far into the unlocks anyways...

Rayman Origins is $14.XX 3DS and $17.XX Vita @Amazon.

So tempted to jump on Vita. Then I look at it and see Soul Sacrifice, Muramasa and the upcoming Dragon's Crown.

Also, don't forget the PSN store update tomorrow. Last chance for the week 1 deals. Week 2 deals are posted a few posts back. Munch's Oddysee HD drops tomorrow!

Buy MGS Legacy, get Revengeance for $20 @Best Buy.

Worked out to $75 shipped. I can't really justify it since I mainly just want the artbook, but damn if I don't want that book. I'll be pissed if Amazon matches this after I cancelled and paid tax at Best Buy. Sad shit is I own the PSone, PS2, HD and digital copies of all of this...for a fucking artbook and Revengeance. BAH!

$30 credit on the nintendo eShop for anyone in Canada or the US who registers SMT4 and Fire Emblem between July 16th and August 31st. You should probably buy both of those games anyway, so... Yeah, good deal

There's also a Need for Speed sale on Steam. That includes Hot Pursuit and Shift for 6 bucks each.

Sega Mega Pack PC download is $5 @Amazon. It has Toejam and Earl 1&2. Toejam and Earl, people. TOEJAM AND EARL!

Mark of the Ninja is $3.74 @Amazon. Activates via Steam. There is no reason why anyone here that owns a computer shouldn't jump on this.

The steam summer sale has begun... Too many deals to even attempt posting them all. I think I'll jump on Dragon Age Origins at 70% off, and if it isn't 1000x better than 2, I will hold greenman responsible

The same goes for Fallout New Vegas if it goes on sale, except in that case everybody will feel my wrath

Wait, you only played 2? That explains why you don't like Dragon Age!