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    Non-Steam PC Summer Sale Buyer's Guide

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    #1  Edited By bacongames

    I love Steam. It's my preferred platform and I absolutely love what they do. In fact before this thread I haven't really explored much of what's going on beyond Steam because they're a service that I feel does it best both in price and presentation. However as this hot and heavy month for Steam sales ramps up, so it seems is the competition. As a result this will be a collection of all deals I can scrape together that are not on Steam (because there are already plenty of those). Now it must be said that HaroldoNVU's guide is relevant regardless of digital distributor. Also if you want a list of the Steam sales for each day then I recommended this thread.

    Before I go any further, my main resource for finding everything here are the fine folks over at Cheap Ass Gamer which has been a tragically recent discovery given my proclivity for cheap game buying all these years. Anyway I'm just doing the brunt work here and posting what I feel are the relevant websites with relevant deals. So feel free to visit the websites and explore for yourselves because these are not all the deals, just the ones I think people here will care bout.

    Note: ALL GAMES MAY OR MAY NOT BE CHEAPER ELSEWHERE...SCROLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO SEE HIDDEN GEMS AND LINKS

    Origin

    Game TitlePrice --> Percent OffDate
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2$11.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Digital Deluxe Edition$29.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam$8.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield 2: Complete Collection$11.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield 2142 Deluxe Edition$8.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Need for Speed: Shift 2 Unleashed$29.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit$17.99 -- 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Need for Speed: Pro Street$5.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Need for Speed: Undercover$5.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    The Sims Medieval$29.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    The Sims 3$23.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Mass Effect 2$11.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Dead Space 2$17.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    FIFA Soccer 11$23.99 - 40%July 1st - July 4th

    Amazon (Serious there are like 200 games in that Amazon link, I'm not going to put them all there. So please go there and check them all out.

    Game TitlePrice - Percent OffDate
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2$4.99 - 75%July 1st - July 4th
    Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition$11.97 - 60%July 1st - July 4th
    Amensia: The Dark Descent$4.99 - 75%July 1st - July 4th
    Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3$4.98 - 75%July 1st - July 4th
    The Sims 3$19.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Crysis 2$35.96 - 40%July 1st - July 4th
    Spore$7.49 - 75%July 1st - July 4th
    Crysis$11.99 - 60%July 1st - July 4th
    Assassin's Creed 2 Deluxe Edition$13.99 - 60%- - All below end July 4th - -
    Cryostasis$3.24 - 75%
    R.U.S.E.$11.99 - 60%
    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X.$5.98 - 40%
    Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. 2 Deluxe$20.98 - 40%
    Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee$0.84 - 66%
    Oddworld: Abe's Exodus$0.84 - 66%
    SimCity 4 Deluxe$9.99 - 50%
    Mass Effect 2$9.99 - 50%
    Saints Row 2$6.99 - 60%
    STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl$4.99 - 75%
    King's Bounty: Platinum Edition$8.74 - 75%
    Rollercoster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack$9.99 - 50%
    Company of Heroes: Tale of Valor$4.99 - 75%
    Homefront$24.99 - 50%
    The First Templar$15.99 - 60%
    ArmA 2$19.99 - 50%
    ArmA 2: Operation Arrowhead$19.99 - 50%
    ArmA 2: Combined Operations$24.99 - 50%
    Heroes of Might and Magic V$2.50 - 75%
    Dawn of Discovery Gold$11.98 - $40%
    Tom Clancey's Ghost Recon Advancted Warfighter 2$4.99 - 50%
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas$4.99 - 50%
    Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2$4.99 - 50%
    Dragon Age 2$35.98 - 40%
    World in Conflict: Complete Edition$9.99 - 50%
    Mass Effect 2: Digital Deluxe Edition$23.98 - 40%
    Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath$4.99 - 50%
    Street Fighter IV$14.99 - 50%
    Call of Juarez$5.98 - 40%
    Call of Juarez 2: Bound in Blood$14.80 - 51%
    Far Cry$4.99 - 50%
    Far Cry 2: Fortune's Edition$9.99 - 50%
    The Tomorrow War$2.99 - 85%
    Men of War$3.74 - 75%
    Men of War: Assault Squad$17.49 - 50%
    Men of War: Red Tide$8.74 - 65%
    Fallout$4.99 - 50%
    Fallout 2$4.99 - 50%
    Dark Void Zero$2.49 - 50%
    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction Deluxe$12.49 - 50%
    Tom Clancy's Endwar$4.99 - 50%
    Master of Orion 3$9.97 - 50%
    Flatout: Ultimate Carnage$9.99 - 50%
    Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time$4.99 - 50%
    Cargo: The Quest for Gravity$9.99 - 50%
    Silent Hunter V: Battle of the Atlantic$14.99 - 50%
    Disciples II: Gold Edition$4.99 - 50%
    Dungeons$13.59 - 66%
    Flock$4.99 - 50%
    Age of Booty$4.99 - 50%

    GamersGate

    Game TitlePrice - Percent OffDate
    Air Aces Pacific$24.95 - 50%July 1st - July 31st
    Breaking the Rules: The Roman Tournament$5.99 - 57%July 1st - September 20th
    Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition$29.95 - 25%NA
    Dungeons$19.98 - 50%July 1st - July 10th
    Fortis$4.98 - 50%July 1st - July 31st
    Garshasp: The Monster Slayer$9.95 - 50%NA
    Hearts of Iron 3$5.99 - 70%July 1st - July 5th
    Hearts of Iron 3: Semper Fi$5.99 - 70%July 1st - July 5th
    Metal Brigade Tactics$5.00 - 50%July 1st - September 30th
    Millenium 2: Take Me Higher$9.77 - 30%July 1st - July 3rd
    Millenium: A New Hope$9.79 - 30%July 1st - July 3rd
    Painkiller$2.36 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Black Edition$3.38 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Overdose$1.68 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Pandemonium$10.20 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Redemption$2.50 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Universe$6.78 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    Painkiller: Resurrection$6.80 - 66%July 1st - July 4th
    World War 2: Time of Wrath$14.95 - 50%July 1st - July 31st

    Yes that's Civ 5 for 10 bucks if you purchase digital points from the site and use those instead to hurdle over the weird exchange rate problem.

    Impulse

    Game TitlePrice - PercentDate
    Tropico 3: Gold Edition$9.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Men of War$7.49 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Men of War: Red Tide$9.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Men of War: Assault Squad$19.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2$9.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Battlefield 2 Collection$14.99 - 50%July 1st - July 4th
    Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands$4.99 - 75%July 1st - July 4th

    Direct2Drive

    Game TitlePrice - PercentDate
    Sam and Max: Season 1 - 3 Bundle$16.95 - 66%NA
    Battlefield: Bad Company 2$9.95 - 50%July 1st - July 8th
    BioShock$7.95 - 60%July 1st - July 8th
    BioShock 2$7.75 - 60%July 1st - July 8th
    World in Conflict: Gold Edition$9.95 - 50%July 1st - July 8th
    Call of Duly: Black Ops$40.15 - 33%July 1st - July 8th
    The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Digital Premium$37.45 - 25%July 1st - July 8th

    Green Man Gaming

    Game TitlePrice - PercentDate
    Duke Nukem Forever$36.49 - 27%NA
    Rift$39.99 - 20%NA
    Super Meat Boy$9.95 - 33%NA
    Bob Came in Pieces$1.62 - 75%NA
    VVVVVV$3.48 - 33%NA
    Battlestations: Midway$4.99 - 75%
    Battlestations: Pacific$4.98 - 75%
    A.I.M.$2.38 - 70%NA
    A.I.M. 2$2.98 - 70%NA
    Chrono Rage$2.98 - 75%NA
    Zombie Driver$4.97 - 50%NA
    Death Track: Resurrection$2.98 - 70%NA
    Faces of War$2.08 - 79%NA
    Streets of Moscow$2.98 - 70%NA
    World of Good$4.23 - 75%NA
    Trine$4.23 - 75%NA
    Future Wars$4.94 - 44%NA
    A-Race Extreme Show$4.95 - 66%NA
    RHEM Trilogy$4.98 - 66%NA
    RHEM 4$4.98 - 66%NA
    Twin Sector$4.98 - 58%NA
    Broken Sword 3: The Sleeping Dragon$5.94 - 40%NA
    Men of War: Red Tide$5.98 - 70%NA
    Droplitz$6.76 - 14% (I don't care if it's only 14%, buy Droptliz you fucking bastards)NA
    7 Wonders II$6.94 - 46%NA
    East Side Story$6.94 - 53%NA
    Elements$6.94 - 46%NA
    The Rise of Atlants$6.94 - 46%NA
    The Tudors$6.94 - 30%NA
    Virtual Families$6.94 - 46%NA
    Winemaker Extraordinaire$6.94 - 30%NA
    Super Meat Boy$6.95 - 53%NA
    Pathologic$7.95 - 46%NA
    Fantasy Wars$8.07 - 46%NA
    Midnight Mysteries: The Edgar Allen Poe Conspiracy$9.94 - 23%NA
    7 Wonders: Treasures of Seven$9.94 - 23%NA
    Jewel Quest II$9.94 - 23%NA
    Operation Thunderstorm$9.94 - 33%NA
    Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena$9.94 - 23%NA
    The Void$9.94 - 50%NA
    Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy$9.98 - 49%NA
    Hacker Evolution$9.98 - 33%NA
    Post Mortem$9.98 - 22%NA
    Snowcat Simulator$9.98 - 33%NA
    Still Life$9.98 - 33%NA
    Still Life 2$9.98 - 50%NA
    Syberia$9.98 - 20%NA
    Syberia 2$9.98 - 20%NA
    Woodcutter Simulator$9.98 - 50%NA
    Age of Fear: Undead King$9.99 - 50%NA
    Empire: Total War$11.97 - 40%NA
    Dawn of Magic 2$12.49 - 50%NA
    Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword$14.95 - 50%NA
    Midnight Nowhere$14.95 - 25%NA
    Hacker Evolution: Untold$14.95 - 24%NA
    Star Ruler$18.94 - 24%NA
    Battlestations: Pacific$19.94 - 33%NA
    Euro Truck Simulator Gold$19.98 - 33%NA
    International Basketball Manager$20.99 - 30%NA

    All Interplay Games 50% Off at GOG.com

    Games that need future Quick Looks --> Mark Leung: Revenge of the Bitch, Virtual Families, Woodcutter Simulator, Euro Truck Simulator Gold, Pat Sajack's Lucky Letters. Seriously though some of these indie games sound awesome and hilarious. Not so seriously there are so many fucking simulators on that website. Drive a Steam Train, Mining & Tunneling Simulator, Heavyweight Transport Simulator, Trainz Simulator: Settle and Carlisle

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    #2  Edited By ajamafalous

    Thanks for doing this.

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    #3  Edited By Binman88

    Yeah, thanks! 
     
    Still hoping to find The Next Big Thing on sale somewhere closer to €10, but no such luck yet.

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    #4  Edited By BeachThunder

    Also, GOGhas 50% off all of their Interplay games.

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    #5  Edited By bacongames

    Updated for latest updates July 1st.

    Include latest Direct2Drive promotion and gems I've found.

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    #6  Edited By SlasherMan

    This is great.
    What weird exchange rate problem are you referring to with Civ 5? I just went to the UK site and bought it directly. No problems at all.

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    #7  Edited By zameer

    Bumping this because it deserves more pageviews.  
     
    Stuff like that UK Civ 5 deal highlight how important keeping track of this is.

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    #8  Edited By The_Patriarch

    Thanks for this.

    Borderlands GOTY is still available on Direct2Drive for $7.50 if anyone missed it on Steam yesterday.

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    #9  Edited By Kidavenger
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    #10  Edited By bacongames

    @Kidavenger said:

    Greenman gaming is worth checking out too.

    http://www.greenmangaming.com/games/browse/hot-deals/

    Duke Nukem Forever 27% off

    Sanctum 50% off

    P.S. CAG is a terrible place full of slimeballs, don't go there, it's not worth it.

    Oh I don't read the posts. Basically it's distributed human scraping of deals. They more or less do all the work for me, I see the thread titles, read the first post, and go from there.

    @SlasherMan said:

    This is great. What weird exchange rate problem are you referring to with Civ 5? I just went to the UK site and bought it directly. No problems at all.

    I assumed that it wouldn't work using dollars with pounds sterling so I also assumed you would purchase those blue points and use those to buy the game. Unless the website does that automatically :P. Either way I owned it so I didn't explore.

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    #11  Edited By SeriouslyNow

    Courtesy bump, as requested.

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    Oh dammit, that 5 dollar Bad company 2 on Amazon is for the US only :( If anyone can buy it for me, I can add the equivalent amount to your paypal etc.
    Edit: Steam sale came to my salvation.

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    #13  Edited By bacongames

    @SeriouslyNow said:

    Courtesy bump, as requested.

    Thank you.

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    #14  Edited By bybeach

    Amazon has a 2 for one deal right now. Among featured was demon souls and Bayonetta, along with some butt ugly controllers and such for a good price I guess. Vanquish , not featured, is going for around 19.50 there, and I am tempted. Thats a young mans game (intense and unrelenting) but maybe in small bites...

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    #15  Edited By SlasherMan
    @bybeach: I'm playing through Vanquish right now actually, and it's pretty good. I expected better after Bayonetta if I'm honest, but that doesn't make it any less of a quality game. I'd say it's worth $20 (I think I got it for about that too). If you're especially into third person cover-based shooters, I'm sure you'd like it even more than I do.
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    #16  Edited By bacongames

    Alright, I've removed the Civ 5 deal as it is no longer available. Also, shameless bump (sorry but this was two nights of work I'm not about to let go into oblivion).

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    #17  Edited By SlasherMan
    NBA 2K11 going for ~$7 over at GamersGate. Offer expires in 6 hours or so.
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    #18  Edited By Pop

    Lol!! on that interplay sale found a game called redneck rampage from 1998. I can't believe such a game name exists. Thanks for making this thread dude it's helpful.

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    #19  Edited By bacongames

    @Pop said:

    Lol!! on that interplay sale found a game called redneck rampage from 1998. I can't believe such a game name exists. Thanks for making this thread dude it's helpful.

    Personally Virtual Families is my favorite. How is that not asking for a Quick Look? Or at least Mark Leung: Revenge of the Bitch.

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    #20  Edited By The_Patriarch

    5 X-com games for 2½ quid over on Gamersgate.co.uk today.

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    #21  Edited By The_Patriarch

    Bumping this again, this time with Civ 5 on sale on Direct2drive. 20 Dollars or 10.75 pounds.

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    #22  Edited By SlasherMan

    Shame a lot of people seem to have missed that $10 Civ 5 sale on Gamersgate. By far the best deal during these sales.

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    #23  Edited By ultimathule

    Earth 2150 Trilogy is $2.39 on GOG. 
     
    It's a great RTS, tottaly worth it.

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