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Looks like TSW's Issue #5 is also live now. The client says that it's available in the Item Shop for early registers, but I can't access the Item Shop after logging in because it says it can't find my character. Guess I'll have to let this finish downloading and installing overnight so I can make a character and let you all know if opasx, sunghost, and I also are in the door for Issue #5 or not. No biggie if I didn't make it; it's just amazing that I still got the other goodies, heh!

EDIT: Brrr, what a mess I wrote ^ Getting some sleep now. Happy New Year, everyone!

Haha fine you guys wore me down. I bought TSW and also got the special bonus items. I'll be pming someone for details on the gaming group here

Edit: Site made me a little wary with all the membership ads. The game does not have a monthly fee right? ><

Edit the 2nd: Site says about a different promo: "During December you can get 30% off your purchase of additional membership time.
This offer is only available until Jan 7 2013 so act now to avoid missing out. " So maybe even though the bonuses were for Dec, they also are gonna be good until Jan 7?

I'll just be in the camp of "there's no reason to complain yet, but right now this doesn't look like it'll be remotely as good as last year." Which in turn basically means that you WILL have people complaining due to the expectation and level set of the sale then, which isn't at all unreasonable. Going "but it's a good sale!" just isn't the same when people expect better. Some of the Jan sales were alright then, but others were simply unmatched without peer for the rest of the year and a decent amount took almost the whole year to get prices similar to what they were.

Still, the Bioshock dual pack will be this year's Shogun 2 I guess. We'll see what'll be the DNF, the The Witcher, the Amnesia, etc.

What was all that special last year? I can't really recall any outstanding deals aside from the couple free games that were all pretty old and on frequent sales anyway.

Originally Posted by sunghost I hate you all!

This. I just bought it, and I've confirmed that I also got the Initiate bonus.

See you guys in game sometime soon.

EDIT: Not so soon... 15.4 GB...

Originally Posted by NeoGutsman Looks like TSW's Issue #5 is also live now. The client says that it's available in the Item Shop for early registers, but I can't access the Item Shop after logging in because it says it can't find my character. Guess I'll have to let this finish downloading and installing overnight so I can make a character and let you all know if opasx, sunghost, and I also are in the door for Issue #5 or not. No biggie if I didn't make it; it's just amazing that I still got the other goodies, heh! EDIT: Brrr, what a mess I wrote ^ Getting some sleep now. Happy New Year, everyone!

Yeah, hopefully someone else can confirm that we get Issue #5. Going to take me forever to download this.

Originally Posted by sunghost Yeah, hopefully someone else can confirm that we get Issue #5. Going to take me forever to download this.

same, my download of the 15gb client is going to take anywhere from 6 hours to 23 hours depending on how the client feels when I look at it :S

Let's see what I can remember/pull up here...

Shogun 2 - $2.50 briefly. Got pulled shortly into it (hence, the comparison).
DNF - Free
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - Free
Amnesia - Free
AC1 - Free
GTA4 - Free
Crysis Maximum - $4
Crysis 2 - $5
DAOU + DA2 - $7
Alice Madness Returns - $2.50
Bulletstorm - $2
Dead Space 2 - $2 during sale, free during a PM.
Civ 5 (Vanilla) - $4

These were spread out through the month and the EA ones were dailies, among others (Bad Company 2, Medal of Honor). Those were some of the standouts though. I'm sure there were more, but it was pretty much the best sale that wasn't an accident, firesale, or involved Microsoft going crazy all year.

So apparently BF premium service is $20 after coupon. Worth it?

Originally Posted by NeoGutsman New Year's Miracle? I just purchased The Secret World from Amazon about 10 minutes ago (just before 3am PST), then I registered my key at http://www.thesecretworld.com. After setting a login, password, etc. to register, my confirmation page says that I have The Initiate Pack, blood raven, weaponry set, and faction leather jackets. Now, YMMV, since this extra stuff was supposed to be available for free for those who registered by 12/31/2012 (~4pm PST, my time at least). Also, I haven't even started the game as the client is currently downloading/installing. Just putting it out there to see if anyone else still got this. Good luck, CAGs EDIT: Looks like opasx also got the goodies. Woot woot! EDIT 2: Uh, do I want to install Xfire?

Just bought TSW because of this post...no idea about what half of the stuff you were talking about but yeah...lol

The Sims 3 Pack & Battlefield 3 Premium are both great deals for those that play either alot. I would spring for the BF3, if it was a month or so ago. Don't really play it much anymore.

Other games I'd target are gonna be The Walking Dead, Dark Souls, and Hotline Miami. A sale on Max Payne 3 would be enticing too but not much interest in the game or series, even with the good reviews on this one.

Originally Posted by Nidaba Haha fine you guys wore me down. I bought TSW and also got the special bonus items. I'll be pming someone for details on the gaming group here Edit: Site made me a little wary with all the membership ads. The game does not have a monthly fee right? >< Edit the 2nd: Site says about a different promo: "During December you can get 30% off your purchase of additional membership time. This offer is only available until Jan 7 2013 so act now to avoid missing out. " So maybe even though the bonuses were for Dec, they also are gonna be good until Jan 7?

I listened in on all the "buy buy buy" comments and broke too. Add one more MMO to my tried list I guess. I also got the package, approx 6am CST

So is the 2012 Editor's Choice stuff live?

Originally Posted by DarkZero104 Let's see what I can remember/pull up here... Shogun 2 - $2.50 briefly. Got pulled shortly into it (hence, the comparison). DNF - Free The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - Free Amnesia - Free AC1 - Free GTA4 - Free Crysis Maximum - $4 Crysis 2 - $5 DAOU + DA2 - $7 Alice Madness Returns - $2.50 Bulletstorm - $2 Dead Space 2 - $2 during sale, free during a PM. Civ 5 (Vanilla) - $4

You missed "Dead Space 2 - Free"

Originally Posted by rasvelen So apparently BF premium service is $20 after coupon. Worth it?

Yes so long as you already have BF3, Aftermath is the second best DLC after Karkand for the game, Close Quarters and Armored Kill are too focused on one direction for my liking. I can't speak for you but Aftermath is probably the second best DLC for BF3 after Karkand.

If you've enjoyed the base BF3 game, you'll enjoy the DLC's. I bought Premium for $30 and don't regret it even though I thought AK was shit due to being so spread out and focused on air warfare. But CQ for a nice change of pace, especially with Gun Master, and Aftermath's terrific maps make it a great purchase for $20.

If you didn't enjoy BF3 though just pass on it.

Best price Ive seen on BF3 premium so far, but it'd feel weird paying over twice as much for DLC as the base game.

Originally Posted by Detruire You missed "Dead Space 2 - Free"

I edited it in afterwards!
Though I did forget about it. Found an old topic that was there with the sale live though, that's how I found out about that and Civ 5 vanilla for $4. A lot of those games just plain took the entire year to get to a remotely similar price and since then there's been a much more notable bundle love than we had. Don't think that's a coincidence, more of a change of business. A lot of those games didn't come in on their own. Many early ones were PMs (The Witcher I bought on the 2nd). Some game sales happened during the month OUTSIDE of the sale too (DRM free Risen first showed up in Jan) and then we had a publishers week or two towards the ending that was nuts. This however was stuff that was revealed over the course of the month, with sales that took time to hit, so any complaining right now's completely premature as it's literally been live for just a few hours (except for *maybe* Alan Wake, that game totally should be in the list). With that said, it didn't matter what category you wanted to break it down though: Indie games were free, major publisher games were free, AAA games were free. Some of these were constantly on sale through the year prior too. A lot of the retorts to the complainers also is wrong too because last year really *was* that good. If you even heard about what went down that month it only makes sense that you expect a drool-worthy CAG moment. The only fair answer right now, for both ends, is to wait and see.

Unless it's Alan Wake. Probably.



Bear in mind, this sale happened at the same time Best Buy clearanced their inventory and it was possible to get retail copies of the games for LESS than their before-coupon price. Or in Dead Space 2's case, the CE for $5. Jan was a great month overall. This is neither here nor there, just felt like adding it in as I'm also aware people have Comcast and shouldn't only look to Amazon as a result. >_>;


Different note, bit on Secret World myself. What the hell, $13 and I get some initiate bonuses that I shouldn't anymore? Sounds good to me!

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals Example Spec Ops: The Line and The Darkness 2 will both be $2.49 after coupon on 1/2.

Now at that's a price i'll be picking up Spec Ops, i've been trying to avoid buying the game cause i already owned on the PS3 but for that price i'm in. For those interested in the game, the co-op missions can be a lot of fun too and you can finish them by yourself if you want. Unlike The Syndicate where you need atleast 2 teammates or you will get slaughtered by the AI.

Totally off topic but if The Syndicate gets to be on the promotion by the end of the month we should create a group or something, the game has 9 very well done co-op maps, i'm really surprised, tons of hours of gameplay right there.

What are the chances Dishonored shows up for $30 or less pre-coupon? Got screwed by the Gamersgate thing and want to replace it at a decent price. I traded in my barely played 360 version when they posted that they would give out new keys in Jan, but then they re$$$$ed so I lost because they lied.

Originally Posted by nosferatu51 What are the chances Dishonored shows up for $30 or less pre-coupon? Got screwed by the Gamersgate thing and want to replace it at a decent price. I traded in my barely played 360 version when they posted that they would give out new keys in Jan, but then they re$$$$ed so I lost because they lied.

No chance because Amazon DD does not have Zenimax titles

Bah humbug. I will never buy from GG again. I wouldn't have held it against them if they hadn't said they would get keys and then change their mind days later.

On a more positive note, Amazon is rocking it.