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Daily Deal:
Please check the Steam homepage.

Weeklong Deals:
Steam usually has week-long deals that change on Mondays at 6PM UTC. They mostly feature indie games, and may not run every week.

Sale summary lists:

Key:
⤷ indicates DLC, — specifies part of a pack, + shows alternative versions, ⚠ highlights things worth knowing, ♫ is obvious, and ... denotes a multi-pack.

Holiday Sale 2013 | 19/12/13 through 3/1/14:
Days 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-14.

Spring/Autumn Sale 2013 | 27/11/13 through 3/12/13:
All days.

Steam deals on other stores: (Related threads on CAG.)

Indie* bundle threads: (*Not always indie, nor always a bundle.)

Free stuff:
There are quite a few free games (mostly Free to Play) and mods available via the Steam platform, a comprehensive list of which can be found in this thread on the SPUF.
(NOTE: free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.)

Past Steam Deals Threads:

 
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asheskitty said:
Before playing BSI should I play BS1 or BS1+2?
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Doesn't matter. There's a callback for you to say "Neat!" at but it won't significantly impact your game (and you'll likely recognize it anyway at this point just from gaming cultural osmosis). BSI's story is largely independent from the previous Bioshocks though.

 
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Syntax Error said:
Doesn't matter. There's a callback for you to say "Neat!" at but it won't significantly impact your game (and you'll likely recognize it anyway at this point just from gaming cultural osmosis). BSI's story is largely independent from the previous Bioshocks though.
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I disagree. Beyond just recognition, there's an impact to having familiarity that'll be lost. Also, Bioshock 1 is a great game so it should just be played.

 
asheskitty said:
Before playing BSI should I play BS1 or BS1+2?
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I would recommend BS1, not so much because you NEED to play it before BSI, but more because it's just a fantastic game that still holds up very well, and it's nice to have a point of comparison while playing Infinite.

I also agree with Louie that Infinite sort of expects you to know the mythos of the universe, and playing it first might spoil a bit of the structure of the original.

 
Carlmundo said:
FREE copy of Final Slam 2 (once greenlit)
  1. Join the Who's Gaming Now group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/whosgamingnow
  2. Vote for Final Slam 2 here: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=200926865 and you'll get a Steam key once it gets released on Steam.

Source: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/updates/200926865/1393618827


P.S. for anyone wondering about Battlepillars keys, the Steam version is still in development so I don't have them yet.
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Damn you Carlmundo, I've run out of games to play and I NEED Battlepillars.

 
Final Update.  If no one PMs for these now then I'll just drop the codes here I guess and let the lurkers have at em. Get your bibs ready lurkers!

So here's the big drop.  PM with the game(s) you want.   Personal use only.  Priority to CAG regulars.  Not on a first come first serve basis, so if you are a regular and send a request a day after a noob, the regular gets it.  Noobs only can request 1 game/key.  No guarantee the key is still good (but it should be).  

Still Available:

SpaceChem 
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

[SIZE=12pt]Nightsky[/SIZE]

Millenium A New Hope (Desura)

Taken:

Skyrim

Dishonored

Titanfall (Steam)

Grand Theft Auto V (Steam)

Maniac Mansion (GOG Key)

Seduce Me

[SIZE=12pt]Edit:[/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]Games almost gone thanks to a visit from Heath Ledger's ghost.  Told me to tell you he and Philip Seymour Hoffman are doing fine and that the drugs in the afterlife aren't deadly.  [/SIZE]

 
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louiedog said:
I disagree. Beyond just recognition, there's an impact to having familiarity that'll be lost. Also, Bioshock 1 is a great game so it should just be played.
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Agreed that BS1 is a groovy game but I don't think it adds that much to the BSI experience. Your mileage may vary, etc.

I'd say they're closer connected than the Far Cry games but less so than the Borderlands games. And you can easily play BL2 without BL1 and get 95% of the same experience.

 
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asheskitty said:
Before playing BSI should I play BS1 or BS1+2?
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Syntax Error said:
Doesn't matter. There's a callback for you to say "Neat!" at but it won't significantly impact your game (and you'll likely recognize it anyway at this point just from gaming cultural osmosis). BSI's story is largely independent from the previous Bioshocks though.
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This is largely true, though I do agree with the point that there are plot elements brought up in B:I that won't have as much impact without having played the first game.

My .02 on the BioShock series.

BioShock: The best game of the series in every way except;

BioShock 2: More of the same with better combat and a story that is weaker than the first.

BioShock: Infinite: Looks nicer than the other two, though it (like the gameplay) is a shell of the first two. It's a pretty painting on an empty can. The story is 2clever4u and the characters are not as memorable.

Play them in order, imo. Just space them out or you'll get the inevitable "series burnout". Don't listen to the people who tell you to skip BioShock 2 as they are wrong.

 
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Thanks everyone... I guess I should have been more explicit... I'd picked up from before that I should play BS1 before BSI... but is playing BS2/Minerva's Den important to play before BSI.

BS1 has such status that I really should play it (I've owned it since $5 retail.)  I know BS2 wasn't that well received... I was wondering how important it is to play BS2 before BSI.

Amazingly I actually know very little about BS1... underwater, little girl, big daddy, and a wrench.  (Please don't spoil it.  Sure sound like child abuse though.)

 
asheskitty said:
Thanks everyone... I guess I should have been more explicit... I'd picked up from before that I should play BS1 before BSI... but is playing BS2/Minerva's Den important to play before BSI.

BS1 has such status that I really should play it (I've owned it since $5 retail.) I know BS2 wasn't that well received... I was wondering how important it is to play BS2 before BSI.

Amazingly I actually know very little about BS1... underwater, little girl, big daddy, and a wrench. (Please don't spoil it. Sure sound like child abuse though.)
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Good question.

It's not important at all to the overall series story-arc to play 2 before Infinite.

It is a better game than Infinite (anyone who says different is wrong). It just shouldn't be skipped entirely. I will say that there are parts of 2 that will drive home a lot of the backstory of the little girl/big daddy relationship.

 
asheskitty said:
Thanks everyone... I guess I should have been more explicit... I'd picked up from before that I should play BS1 before BSI... but is playing BS2/Minerva's Den important to play before BSI.

BS1 has such status that I really should play it (I've owned it since $5 retail.) I know BS2 wasn't that well received... I was wondering how important it is to play BS2 before BSI.

Amazingly I actually know very little about BS1... underwater, little girl, big daddy, and a wrench. (Please don't spoil it. Sure sound like child abuse though.)
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I haven't played Bioshock 2 and didn't feel like I missed anything from Infinite. I did go through Minerva's Den after BSI and there was nothing that I saw there that would have made BSI better if I'd seen it in MD first.

I also found it very easy to go back to Minerva's Den after BSI.

I will say that I haven't played the BSI story DLC yet (waiting to start until episode 2 is about a week off), so I can't say where among all of this you should play that.

 
The Sifu said:
I would recommend BS1, not so much because you NEED to play it before BSI, but more because it's just a fantastic game that still holds up very well, and it's nice to have a point of comparison while playing Infinite.

I also agree with Louie that Infinite sort of expects you to know the mythos of the universe, and playing it first might spoil a bit of the structure of the original.
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TBCHIMOOO:

Bioshock 2 fixed everything wrong with Bioshock 1. The story I thought was as compelling, even without the twist. Rapture felt alive in the sequel. It was really nice to have characters who stayed with you and who you could side with and such. To me it was a much more cohesive experience than BS1.

So I'd say BS2 is better than 1, and Infinite is better than both.

 
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louiedog said:
I will say that I haven't played the BSI story DLC yet (waiting to start until episode 2 is about a week off), so I can't say where among all of this you should play that.
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All the stuff from the DLC will make much more sense - and you'll appreciate it much more - through the lens of BioShock 2.

 
Since we've been talking about this lately, the censorship and white knight-ism at the Steam community forums is getting nuts.

The guy called zombiworkshop over at the Black Soul forum is going on about how it's fine for key distribution to take weeks (not days, weeks) and that we are all impatient etc. So then I write a reply with no insults that just says 'Okay you're a guy on the internet with an opinion. I'm also a guy on the internet with an opinion but a different one where I don't think there's any excuse why distributing keys should take "weeks" and in the vast majority of the cases it doesn't'.

Someone reported that and it got deleted. I guess. Or else the developer found it just horribly offensive. Either way it was gone, so I reposted a new one. :p

I don't get humanity sometimes.

Cheaplikeafox 3.0 said:
Final Update. If no one PMs for these now then I'll just drop the codes here I guess and let the lurkers have at em. Get your bibs ready lurkers!

So here's the big drop. PM with the game(s) you want. Personal use only. Priority to CAG regulars. Not on a first come first serve basis, so if you are a regular and send a request a day after a noob, the regular gets it. Noobs only can request 1 game/key. No guarantee the key is still good (but it should be).

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Seduce Me
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God damn it, I missed Seduce Me. :~( I think it was the only game you gave away that I don't have too, but I guess now that list has publicly exposed that I have a problem.

I bet that NSFW bundle is averaging like $30 now or something. I should go look I guess...

 
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Syntax Error said:
You're a madman. Stay away from gentlewomen and children, you beast.
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Yeah I know I'm in the minority here and I can see why. The writing is definitely better in Bioshock 1. Don't get me wrong I have absolute respect for that game and the entire team. They broke some serious ground and they have immense talent. But overall Bioshock 2 just felt more memorable for me.

I can't exactly compare both stories since they serve different purposes. The first being philosophical and the second going for a more sentimental approach. Both work extremely well but the latter is what I liked the most. The first one I didn't really feel attached to any characters. I had about as much empathy for the little sisters as I do a 1-up shroom in Mario. I never killed any of them, sure, but ultimately I saw them as power-ups.

 
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Motoki said:
Since we've been talking about this lately, the censorship and white knight-ism at the Steam community forums is getting nuts.

The guy called zombiworkshop over at the Black Soul forum is going on about how it's fine for key distribution to take weeks (not days, weeks) and that we are all impatient etc. So then I write a reply with no insults that just says 'Okay you're a guy on the internet with an opinion. I'm also a guy on the internet with an opinion but a different one where I don't think there's any excuse why distributing keys should take "weeks" and in the vast majority of the cases it doesn't'.

Someone reported that and it got deleted. I guess. Or else the developer found it just horribly offensive. Either way it was gone, so I reposted a new one. :p

I don't get humanity sometimes.

God damn it, I missed Seduce Me. :~( I think it was the only game you gave away that I don't have too, but I guess now that list has publicly exposed that I have a problem.

I bet that NSFW bundle is averaging like $30 now or something. I should go look I guess...
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Disclaimer - everything on the taken list may or may not have been entirely made up by me and never actually given away.

And after the big breast saggy tummy dev thing, I'm thinking some of the users are much more sensitive than the devs. I wouldn't even call it sensitive. They just report things they disagree with and then don't report the ragers they agree with even if they say much worse.

 
I like Bioshock 2 a lot more than 1. Minerva is very good but didn't live up to the hype of being "one of the greatest DLCs ever". I'm sure I would have appreciated it more if I hadn't played it immediately after 1+2. Taking a break before I start Infinite.

 
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I didn't like Bioshock Infinite. I mean it was okay on its own since it had so much personality, but it destroyed literally everything I loved about the first two Bioshock games. I liked the first one a little more than the second, just because of the new wow-factor, but they were both excellent. Still waiting for Minerva's Den to go on sale.

 
TheRainCoat said:
Yeah I know I'm in the minority here and I can see why. The writing is definitely better in Bioshock 1. Don't get me wrong I have absolute respect for that game and the entire team. They broke some serious ground and they have immense talent. But overall Bioshock 2 just felt more memorable for me.

I can't exactly compare both stories since they serve different purposes. The first being philosophical and the second going for a more sentimental approach. Both work extremely well but the latter is what I liked the most. The first one I didn't really feel attached to any characters. I had about as much empathy for the little sisters as I do a 1-up shroom in Mario. I never killed any of them, sure, but ultimately I saw them as power-ups.
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Story: Bioshock 1> Bioshock 2

Gameplay: Bioshock 2 > Bioshock 1

 
asheskitty said:
I was wondering how important it is to play BS2 before BSI.
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I pretty much agree with Hal on almost all accounts. I think Bioshock 1 is still the best of the series and one of the greatest games ever made.

2 improved on the combat (and reworked that bloody hacking minigame into something tolerable) but I disliked the move to a linear world design and the story was a tad weaker for me (but maybe that's just because it wasn't new and fresh the way 1 was). It's a fantastic game all the same and I would definitely recommend playing it, but it isn't absolutely necessary to do so before Infinite (although it would seem odd to me to go backwards) as nothing from the base game at least really ties into it at all.

I would personally recommend going through them in order, spaced out over a few months, unless you are simply dying to get to Infinite in which case you aren't going to lose anything postponing 2 for later. I will say I was rather disappointed with Infinite aside from its story and art design, as much of the stuff I loved about Bioshock which made it unique were removed/reworked into a far more by the numbers shooter. It's not a bad game persay, but my least favorite of the three and nowhere near something I would consider GOTY (or GOLY in this case) worthy.

 
Captain Urahara said:
Personally I don't like any of the Bioshock games. I was really let down by Bioshock 1. I found 2 and Infinite boring.
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pasports31 said:
not sure what random sales you mean, but it's gone live, so it's possible that's what you're seeing
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I think the point was that we're getting sales now like the Bohemia one that aren't a daily, or mid or weekend or weekly and aren't on the front page. And yeah that seems to be due to publishers being able to do their own sales and I expect more of that sort of thing in the future where we'll have to hunt down sales or hear from word of mouth.

 
asheskitty said:
Thanks everyone... I guess I should have been more explicit... I'd picked up from before that I should play BS1 before BSI... but is playing BS2/Minerva's Den important to play before BSI.

BS1 has such status that I really should play it (I've owned it since $5 retail.) I know BS2 wasn't that well received... I was wondering how important it is to play BS2 before BSI.

Amazingly I actually know very little about BS1... underwater, little girl, big daddy, and a wrench. (Please don't spoil it. Sure sound like child abuse though.)
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It's been said but I thought I would add my two cents.

BS2 is not necessary at all. Its a good game but not an industry changer like the first.

BS2 wasn't developed by Irrational and I think more or less they pretended like it didn't happen in BS:I

 
Luriden said:
Nope. I didn't get it on Steam until last fall. I had it on 360 previously but never played Minerva's Den.
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You should check if you were upgraded to GOTY. I thought that happened late late last year or early this year and everyone got it for free.
EDIT: Looks like Mid October.


MrNinjaSquirrel said:
2 improved on the combat (and reworked that bloody hacking minigame into something tolerable) but I disliked the move to a linear world design and the story was a tad weaker for me (but maybe that's just because it wasn't new and fresh the way 1 was).
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I loved that Hacking Mini Game
 
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warreni said:
My one in February: Just Cause 2. I'm still working on my review, but TL;DR version: it's hard and irritating but strangely compelling at the same time. The faction missions are samey and annoying but blowing s*&% up is actually more fun than it has any right to be.

Just started Arkham Origins a few days ago and so far I agree with the critical consensus: more Batman is always good but this does feel like a step down from Asylum and City.
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Just Cause 2 was such a fun game to play, I haven't gone back to it in 3 years (kind of hard to believe actually, damn). I beat the game on hard and put in about 72 hours trying to 100% everything, but sadly I fell short in the end. JC2 was extremely addicting with the huge open world nature of it, where you could fly around the entire island and do pretty much whatever you wanted whenever you wanted.

The grappling hook was a fun gadget to use once you got the hang of it. While I agree there was a repetitive and sometimes boring nature in the faction missions, races, sabotages, and resource collecting it still was entertaining because blowing stuff up is always fun. It's one game I thoroughly enjoyed from start to finish, more or less a guilty pleasure game from what I remember.

[customspoiler="I just finished Arkham Origins..."]a few days ago and my first reaction was AO was more of the same like others have mentioned and perhaps not as strong as AC and AA.

It was going to be pretty difficult for new dev Splash Damage to mess up AO when Rocksteady had a solid platform and structure in place for someone else to manipulate. However, I'm a sucker for the Batman franchise and after thinking about it some more I liked it more than I initially thought I would. AO, like the first two, kept the successful formula of fun game play and a good story to play through. So there was plenty to like for Batman fans.

Arkham Asylum was Epic (with a capital 'E'), Arkham City was great, and Arkham Origins was very very good. It's easy to see why some might say it's a "step back" as it's pretty difficult to release an origins game (Batman in year 2 of being Batman) after the climatic ending to Arkham City. However, I think they did as good a job as one could. There were plenty of things going against AO; Troy Baker replacing Mark Hamill as the Joker, Roger Craig Smith replacing Kevin Conroy as Batman, lead writer Paul Dini (DC Comics Animated Universe) being replaced by Corey May and Dooma Wendschuh, and new developer Splash Damage taking the reigns from Rocksteady. Sure some elements of the game and aspects of the story could have been expanded upon or developed further, but all in all I still would easily recommend AO for anyone that enjoyed AC and AA. It's a fun game and par for the course, which is good IMO.

A few minor things I didn't like about Origins though:

-The boss fights were unbalanced, some of the earlier fights were more difficult than the later fights in the game.

-The Enigma data file collectable puzzles seemed to be almost too easy this go around, but maybe I'm just use to collecting and item hunting by now.

-Some of the villains didn't get enough screen time. I would have liked to have seen more interaction.
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Wow, I got carried away... #Friday

DrR0Ck said:
I clicked with 235 remaining as well. it says I'm in the queue!

Update: "Unfortunately, a key could not be assigned to you"
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Yup! Same here. Alienware gave us the old "No soup for you!" response, even though we were in the queue line. I feel like I don't want anymore "soup" from them after the way they've handled these giveaways in February. :nottalking:

 
Motoki said:
I think the point was that we're getting sales now like the Bohemia one that aren't a daily, or mid or weekend or weekly and aren't on the front page. And yeah that seems to be due to publishers being able to do their own sales and I expect more of that sort of thing in the future where we'll have to hunt down sales or hear from word of mouth.
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They should make a scrolling box, similar to the new one with updated games, that points out these games. Does that one scroll, or does it pick 3 every time the page is loaded? Either way, there should be a way to feature them. Probably in the box above updated games that typically features a bunch of bundled games most people have already.
 
I just activated my Ultionus key and made it to the first boss... I haven't gotten so angry at a BS boss like that since my NES days.

 
pROvIs said:
BS2 wasn't developed by Irrational and I think more or less they pretended like it didn't happen in BS:I
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To be clear, BS2 was developed by 2K Marin, a spin-off of Irrational. Some of the Irrational guys moved to California to start that studio (Irrational already had one other studio in place at the time). So, it wasn't the exact same group of people, but it wasn't farmed off to some outside studio to cash in either. (not saying that's what you are implying)

 
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Luriden said:
I didn't like Bioshock Infinite. I mean it was okay on its own since it had so much personality, but it destroyed literally everything I loved about the first two Bioshock games. I liked the first one a little more than the second, just because of the new wow-factor, but they were both excellent. Still waiting for Minerva's Den to go on sale.
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Amazon sells the digital code for 4.99 right now....it looks like it might be region locked to North America though:

http://www.amazon.com/BioShock-Minervas-Online-Game-Code/dp/B00FL07QUQ/

 
hal said:
To be clear, BS2 was developed by 2K Marin, a spin-off of Irrational. Some of the Irrational guys moved to California to start that studio (Irrational already had one other studio in place at the time). So, it wasn't the exact same group of people, but it wasn't farmed off to some outside studio to cash in either. (not saying that's what you are implying)
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I agree, some of the people were the same but unless to me its a series where unless Ken Levine is involved it is a bit soul-less. Kind of like Monkey Island without Tim Shafer, or Mario without Miyamoto. I think it was a bit of a cash grab end of the day.

Irrational wanted to move on to new ideas and 2k wanted to capitalize on the Bioshock popularity. It was a great opportunity for the people who left to grow and branch out. End of the day though, they couldn't change the formula and had to remain faithful to the source material. On top of that they were incredibly misguided and tried to implement a multiplayer mode no doubt put in to help sales in the demographic. I think the game is very good but I don't know if it could ever get out of the original's shadow or meet expectations.

For me it's simple: Bioshock made me think about the way games are made and the role of the player in interactive media. Bioshock 2 was a good action game. Bioshock Infinite was lacking compelling gameplay to me but made me think about the political significance of propaganda and using patriotism/religion to do great evils in the world. So for me I think Infinite was a more important cultural piece of work for video games than Bioshock 2 but was no where near as significant as the original Bioshock.
 
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Preedatore said:
They should make a scrolling box, similar to the new one with updated games, that points out these games. Does that one scroll, or does it pick 3 every time the page is loaded? Either way, there should be a way to feature them. Probably in the box above updated games that typically features a bunch of bundled games most people have already.
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I would also imagine they will do a 'recently/currently on sale' section at some point along the lines of the 'Recently updated' feature. Then again given how long it took them to implement that essential feature it may be quite some time before we get one for sales.

And the Recently updated doesn't scroll as far as I can tell. It just picks a random three and then you have to click through for the rest, which is not the best system but it's something.

Foxhack said:
I just activated my Ultionus key and made it to the first boss... I haven't gotten so angry at a BS boss like that since my NES days.
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I ain't gonna lie, I couldn't get past that first boss so I guess that's the end of the line for Boobarella and me.

I wish the 2hard4u devs would think of us lame, out of practice, ain't nobody got time fo' dat types and make easier easy modes or hell I'll take a cheat mode. With my backlog and I don't have the time or inclination for challenge. It's all I can take just to get the hell through games period.

 
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