GameStop has a pretty big sale both online and in-store, featuring a ton of games under $20 and $100 off Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kits. Some of the $19.99 highlights include:
Bionic Commando (PS3/360) $19.99
Wheelman (PS3/360) $19.99
HAWX (PS3/360) $19.99

GameStop July Sale

Games For Soldiers is a non-profit organization dedicated to distributing video games to troops deployed in combat zones overseas. Over the past year, they've sent along over 800 games and more than a dozen gaming systems to soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines around the globe. From July 7th through August 2nd, you can help support the cause by taking part in their Summer 2009 Raffle. Prizes include an Xbox 360, a Nintendo Wii, A Playstation 3 and many games, gift cards and swag. The earlier you enter the more chances you have to win! 100% of all proceeds from this raffle will go towards the shipping of games to troops in need of some entertainment. Morale -- It's as important as body armor!

For more details, please visit GamesForSoldiers.org.

As an added bonus for CAGs, any CAG who purchases five raffle tickets and includes "CAG: <username>" in their order will receive one extra entry.

Ahoy, mateys! Shipwreck here to totally nail down this whole nautical theme. Just wanted to let everyone know that TellTale Games’ Tales of Monkey Island: Launch of the Screaming Narwhal set sail today and to celebrate all the pointing AND the clicking, we are happy to announce a Spectacular Swashbuckling Monkey Giveaway. What’s so spectacular about it? Well, we’re not only giving away the brand-spanking new first episode, but three lucky winners will receive the generous booty of the entire first season of Tales of Monkey Island for the PC. So that’s the spectacular part, but what’s so Swashbuckling Monkey about it? Well, that’s up to you. Submit a photo of yourself either "monkeying around" or "swashbuckling around" and we’ll choose our three favorites to take home the treasures.

Good luck to all and a big thanks to TellTale Games for the prizes.

Note 1: This contest is for the downloadable episodes and not for the DVD version that ships out after the season is over.
Note 2: Winners will be selected and announced on July 15th.

2009 is quickly becoming the year of the fighting game and Arc System Works has geared up with an entirely new franchise. Published by Aksys Games, "BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger" is a break-neck paced, combo-driven fighter with stunning, hi-def 2D sprites and a dozen bizarre characters. The only question is, can this new kid on the block’s flashy graphics and outlandish duels make it a contender to dethrone even the most established king of the streets?

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Not only is the Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Messenger Gold Pack on sale for $56, Amazon is also throwing in a $10 promotion credit towards their own Xbox Live store. The pack includes 1 year of Live, Project Gotham Racing 4, chatpad, and headset.

Also, buying an Xbox 360 Arcade console gets you a free copy Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts. Both promotions end July 11th.

XBL 12 Month Messenger Gold Pack w/$10 bonus credit $55.96
Xbox 360 Arcade w/Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts $199.99

Atlus is known more for their RPG’s and quirky Japanese ports, but with their first Xbox Live Arcade release, they've dipped into decidedly different waters. Developed by Blitz Arcade, Droplitz is a puzzle game without a single doe-eyed manga character or spiky-haired protagonist to be found. So while the game may lack a certain charm and/or broodiness, it more than makes up for it with frantic puzzling action.

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Best Buy is holding a buy 2, get 1 free on all DS games (in-store only) and has taken $10 off Red Faction: Guerrilla (PS3/360). Amazon also has Red Faction for $50, as does Target (PS3 version only).

Target also has a buy 1 $49.99+ Wii game, get 1 Wii game at 50% off promotion.

Toys R Us is throwing in $10 gift cards with the PS3/360/Wii versions of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Conduit, The Bigs 2, and Fight Night Round 4.

Read on for the rest of the deals.

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It's hard to believe that four years have passed since the last Punisher game, but Marvel's vigilante returns in Zen Studios arena-style first-person shooter for the PlayStation Network. Based on the Unreal Engine and coming in at a meager ten bones, does "The Punisher: No Mercy" succeed in offering cheap multiplayer thrills or is it perhaps the most aptly named game in quite some time?

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GoGamer offers up another Madness sale featuring a ton of PC deals and some console and handheld offerings too.

GoGamer.com 4th of July Madness

Join us for impressions of Ghostbusters, Fight Night Round 4, and The Conduit. Cheapy recounts the time he met Michael Jackson and Wombat reveals the silliest comic book plot twist ever. Of course we also cover game shopping and industry news, new releases, your CAGbag questions and more!


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Amazon matches some of Best Buy's Sunday ad:

Boom Blox Bash Party $29.99
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 $39.99
Grand Slam Tennis $39.99

You can use the savings to pick up one of the many multiplayer map packs. Another option is to not buy it all. Then the savings really start rolling in!

Gears of War 2 $39.99

Mini-game collections are a dime a dozen on the Wii, so how do you differentiate your game from the masses? Well, you’ve got to be a little creative, maybe have a few beers, order a pizza, have a few more beers, and then stare at that empty pizza box until inspiration strikes. Yes, it’s “Let’s Tap”, the first game where your discarded cardboard boxes become peripherals. It’s certainly a quirky concept, but does it translate well into an actual game? Well, let’s see.

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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. Red Faction: Guerrilla $31.81
2. inFAMOUS $34.26
3. Prototype $32.39
4. X-Men Origins: Wolverine $24.89
5. Punch-Out!! $28.65

Keep reading for the rest of the Top 20

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The long-standing war between pirates and ninjas has been well documented across the annals of internet history, but maybe it’s time for us to shed some light on the lesser known battle brewing between the Vikings, Aztecs, and Chinese. Swords & Soldiers hopes to bring this conflict to the forefront… or at the very least, give us some WiiWare that is actually worth buying. Can a creative, aesthetically pleasing two-dimensional side-scrolling real-time strategy game succeed where so many ill-conceived lamewad titles have failed? Well, of course it can.

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Waiting for an expensive accessory to drop? Don't want to pay anywhere near full price for a popular game? Amazon's latest trade-in incentive should help. Trade in $50+ in games at Amazon, get 50% off an accessory or game purchase. Ends 07/11/09.

Amazon 50% off trade-in promotion

Scheduled for an 10/22 release, pre-order Microsoft Windows 7 from Amazon.com or BestBuy.com and save 50%. Offer ends 7/11.

Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade $49.99
Windows 7 Professional Upgrade $99.99

$90 gets you a lot of plastic instruments.

Today's Amazon Deal of the Day:
Guitar Hero World Tour Band Kit (360/PS3/Wii/PS2) $89.98

I think we are all missing Circuit City right about now as we've got another week of ho-hum ads.

Best Buy has taken $10 off several Wii games including Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10, Grand Slam Tennis, and Boom Blox Bash Party.

GameStop is running their a trade in promotion in which 2 games = 10% bonus credit, 4 games = 20% and 6 or more gets 40% extra credit.

Read on for the rest of the deals.

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In case you still haven't gotten your ass to Mars, Newegg has brought back the $40 price point with free shipping.

CheapyD note: I'm currently playing Red Faction Guerrilla and am very impressed so far. The developers have done a great job making destruction a fun and addicting aspect of the game. I would recommend this title even at full price.

Red Faction: Guerrilla $39.99