This week, most retailers have gift card offers with Final Fantasy XIII (Target $10, Amazon $10, Toys R Us $13, Best Buy Gamers Club 500 bonus points).

Toys R Us is holding a Buy 1, get 1 $20 off sale on all in-stock (360/PS3/Wii) $39.99+ games.

Target has Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (DS) for $19.99 and The Beatles Rock Band (360/PS3/Wii) for $29.99.

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Join us for discussion on Activision vs. Infinity Ward, Halo Reach, Bioshock 2, the PS3 clock error, and a spoiler filled Mass Effect 2 talk. We also answer your CAGbag and Twitter questions and oh so much more!


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GoGamer offers up another Madness sale featuring a bunch of console and PC deals, including some under $20 cheapies:

Section 8 $9.90
Ghostbusters $14.40
Bionic Commando $9.90
Band Hero $19.90
Katamari Forever $19.90
AC/DC Live: Rock Band Track Pack $9.90
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $9.90
Dissidia Final Fantasy $19.90

GoGamer.com Madness

Haven't done this for awhile and wanted to announce that there are over 20,000 active alerts in our system.

Here are the games with the most CAG email price alerts set over the last week. The dollar amounts DO NOT represent an actual sale price, but the average alert prices that you and your fellow CAGs have set.

If you want to receive an email when a specific game hits your desired price, use the big search bar at the top of every page, click through to a game's page and set your preferred email alert price. You can then manage your alerts via the "manage email alerts" link located under the "price tracker" menu item in the navigation bar. We've also got a video demonstration.

1. Borderlands $30.52
2. Bayonetta $34.15
3. Heavy Rain $39.00
4. Mass Effect 2 $38.50
5. Darksiders $26.33

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Amazon has a bunch of Xbox 360 accessories on sale, including:

Wireless Controller (Black / White) $29.99
Arcade Play Wireless Controller Pack (Black) $37.99
Wireless Controller with Play & Charge Kit (Red) $39.99

Xbox 360 Gearfest at Amazon

Buy Battlefield Bad Company 2 at Toys R Us and get 50% off Mass Effect 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Army of Two: The 40th Day, or Dante's Inferno.

Best Buy will knock $20 off the PS3 Bluetooth Headset with a purchase of MLB The Show 10.

Target has Dante's Inferno for $39.99 and NBA 2K10 for $29.99.

GameStop will give you a $40 trade-in credit when trading in Madden NFL 10 towards the purchase of Madden NFL 11. Ongoing is a 50% bonus on all trade-ins. Check out CAG's new Trade-In Value Tracker for up-to-date values.

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CAGs have been requesting this feature for a long time so I'm pleased to announce that our Trade-In Value Tracker is now available in an open beta. Gamers can now easily browse, search, and submit trade-in values from online and brick & mortar retailers.

Currently, the trade-in value data is entirely user submitted. In the near future, we hope to automate submissions where possible.

Big thanks to CAG jp0213 for the incredible number of submissions.

Other features coming soon:

• Compare pricing data (new/used/tivs) directly from the Trade-In Value Tracker
• Display relevant trade-in value promotions from the deals forum

As always, your feedback is encouraged!

CAG Trade-In Value Tracker

EA's Project Ten Dollar and Ubisoft's new DRM are discussed, as are your questions and comments from the CAGbag and Twitter and oh so much more!


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We've launched a new weekly contest that will allow CAGs to win any game on their Wish List. Every Wednesday, we will choose CAGs' Wish Lists at random and award those users any $60 or under game on their list.

Here are the winners for Week 1:
skater11392003, JnHolmesJr, TheJerseyKush, Zaniel, and crjav8er

We will choose 2 more winners next Wednesday. Check out the CAG Marketplace to see the most wanted games (Heavy Rain is currently #1) and what your fellow CAGs are selling and trading.

Wish List - FAQ

Get free shipping on all the below used Xbox 360 games until 3/1/2010. GameFly's used games come complete with case and manual and are usually in excellent condition.


Damnation $7.99
Major League Baseball 2K9 $7.99
Raven Squad $7.99
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra $9.99
Afro Samurai $9.99
Bionic Commando $9.99
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood $9.99
Fuel $9.99
Ghostbusters $9.99
Infernal: Hell's Vengeance $9.99
Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 $9.99
Rise of the Argonauts $9.99
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $9.99
Velvet Assassin $9.99
Wanted: Weapons of Fate $9.99
Wheelman $9.99
FIFA Soccer 09 $12.99
Fight Night Round 4 $12.99
Left 4 Dead $12.99
Red Faction: Guerrilla $12.99
Wolfenstein $12.99
Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires $12.99
Overlord II $12.99
Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 $16.99
Prototype $16.99
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits $14.99
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel $14.99
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger $17.99
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare $24.99
The Beatles: Rock Band $27.99

After four years in development, Quantic Dream’s mature thriller is finally hitting store shelves this week. Best classified as an Interactive Drama (in fact, the first Trophy I received was “Thank you for supporting Interactive Drama”), Heavy Rain aims to stretch videogame conventions while interweaving storylines from four playable characters. With its focus on narrative and cinematic presentation, will unfolding the mystery of the Origami Killer leave gamers loving its novel approach or lamenting a missed opportunity?

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Both Best Buy and Target are throwing in a $50 gift card with an Xbox 360 Elite. Best Buy also has the option of a $30 gift card with an Xbox 360 Arcade purchase. Also at Best Buy, DJ Hero and Tony Hawk Ride are down to $79.99.

GameStop is offering an extra $30 credit on trade-ins of Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, DSi, DS Lite or PSP systems when used to purchase a new system.

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Chances are pretty good that if you’re visiting Cheap Ass Gamer, you probably have a firm grasp on what the God of War franchise is all about. While I’m not quite as certain that every CAG is as intimately familiar with Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy, I’ll give everyone the benefit of the doubt and assume that we are all extremely well-read. To put it bluntly, Dante’s Inferno unapologetically combines the two into a new videogame. Is this amalgamation of classic literature and modern classic gameplay a blessed union, or is the descent into Hell a bumpy ride?

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I realize I'm a little late on this, but I wanted to let the CAG community know that I've donated 100% of Cheap Ass Gamer's January advertising revenue to Partners in Health's Haiti relief efforts. Partners in Health is an A+ rated charity with over 20 years of on-the-ground experience in Haiti.

If you've been surfing CAG (without an ad blocker), you've already helped a little bit. If you have the means, I encourage you to make an additional donation via the link below.

Partners in Health - Stand with Haiti

The gang discusses Dante's Inferno, Heavy Rain, Mass Effect 2, Microsoft's X10 event, your questions and comments from the CAGbag and Twitter and oh so much more!


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Today's Amazon Deal of the Day:

Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 $19.99

We're going to be launching a new weekly contest that will allow CAGs to win any game on their Wish List. Every Wednesday, we will choose a CAGs' Wish List at random and award that user any $60 or under game on their list. To kick off this contest, we will choose 5 winners next Wednesday.

FAQ
Q: How do I add a game to my Wish List?
A: Go to your Wish List (it's under "games & collections" in the navigation bar), and use the "add game" field to search for games you want to add.

Q: When are you going to pick a winner?
A: Every Wednesday, until further notice

Q: What's the point of the CAG Wish List?
A: It lets you see all the lowest prices of games you want, and it's a big part of how the CAG Marketplace works - when another CAG has a game available to sell or trade that's on your wish list, you'll see it in the Marketplace.

Q: Do I have to be a registered CAG to enter this competition?
A: Yes - but it's quick, easy and free to register. (Just click "register" in the nav bar at the top of the page.)

Q: Anything else I need to know?
A: You don't need to update your list every week in order to be eligible to win. If you are selected as a winner, you can choose any $60 or under game that is on your Wish List at the time of your victory.

Wish List

While the Halo feature film is having a difficult time getting off the ground, Bungie and Microsoft’s flagship series gets some high-quality fan-service this week in the form of Halo Legends. Consisting of seven shorts created by well-known anime studios, Halo Legends offers nearly two hours of Japanese perspective on the Halo universe. But does all that Eastern talent mixed with our Western gaming franchise equal one great Halo must-have?

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Joining the list of great pre-order deals at Amazon, Battlefield Bad Company 2 now has a $20 gaming credit.

Battlefield Bad Company 2 w/$20 gaming credit
More $10/$15/$20 pre-order gaming credit offers

Best Buy will throw in a $15 gift card with the purchase of 2 Wii Remotes with MotionPlus.

Target has Left 4 Dead 2 (360) for $35 and a free $25 gift card with the purchase of a DSi system.

Ongoing at GameStop, there is a tiered trade-in offer; trade any 2 Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii games (w/$5 or more value) and get an extra $10 trade-in credit, trade 4 get $25, or trade 7 get $50.

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