Will Templeton

Rayman Origins & Super Mario Galaxy, Wii – £25

Rayman Origins & Super Mario Galaxy, Wii – £25 delivered

Add them both to your basket and the discount will be applied automatically.

This is on The Hut’s 2 for £25 deal going on at the moment. Exercise caution, as not all of the games on offer are worth getting on a 2 for £25 deal due to being cheaper elsewhere or regularly having decent sale prices. Rayman Origins is also available on PS3 and 360 but there’s very little to pair with them that would be worth doing – two games selling at £12.95 might be on the deal, but you’re saving less than a pound by buying them together.

From a quick glance, these are the ones that might be worth putting together in a bundle are:

Mass Effect 2 – 360
Mafia 2 PS3/360

Don’t forget, the Hut Group have a pretty bad track record for customer service and delivery times. But they’re also cheap.

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, Xbox 360 – £9.99

El Shaddai, Xbox 360 – £9.99 delivered

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, PS3 – £9.99

El Shaddai, PS3 – £9.99 delivered

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Xbox 360 – £9.85

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, Xbox 360 – £9.85 delivered

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, PS3 – £9.95

Enslaved: Odyssey to the West, PS3 – £9.95 delivered

The Hut Group have a pretty bad track record for customer service. But they’re also cheap.

Quarrel, XBLA – Review

Quarrel, XBLA – 400MSP

Review by Will Templeton

Quarrel’s been through a lot on its journey to XBLA. Rejected several times by publishers everywhere, Denki’s taken the stance that the publishers are playing it safe rather than playing the market – that their little word game could stand on its own two feet in the land of guns. Finally, following its success on iOS, Denki was able to secure a publisher and release a much more full-featured version, including the simultaneous multiplayer that was so tragically cut from the mobile app.

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Swift*Stitch, PC – 67p

Swift*Stitch, PC – 67p

Today only.

Bulletstorm, Xbox 360 – £7.95

Bulletstorm, Xbox 360 – £7.95 delivered

Zavvi is operated by The Hut, and they have a pretty bad track record for customer service. But they’re also cheap.

Burnout Crash, PSN – £5.49

Burnout Crash, PSN – £5.49 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale. There’s an additional 30% off if you’re a PSN+ subscriber.

Risk: Factions, PSN – £5.49

Risk: Factions, PSN – £5.49 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale. There’s an additional 30% off if you’re a PSN+ subscriber.

Shank, PSN – £7.99

Shank, PSN – £7.99 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale. There’s an additional 30% off if you’re a PSN+ subscriber.

DeathSpank, PSN – £7.99

DeathSpank, PSN – £7.99 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale. There’s an additional 30% off if you’re a PSN+ subscriber.

Burnout Paradise Complete Edition, PSN – £15.99

Burnout Paradise Complete Edition, PSN – £15.99 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale. There’s an additional 30% off if you’re a PSN+ subscriber.

Crysis, PSN – £7.99

Crysis, PSN – £7.99 on the PlayStation Store.

This deal is available until Tuesday, Jan 17th as part of PSN’s January sale.

Rayman Origins, Xbox 360 – £14.95

Rayman Origins, Xbox 360 – £14.95 delivered

Zavvi is operated by The Hut, and they have a pretty bad track record for customer service. But they’re also cheap.

Rayman Origins, PS3 – £14.95

Rayman Origins, PS3 – £14.95 delivered

Zavvi is operated by The Hut, and they have a pretty bad track record for customer service. But they’re also cheap.

Rayman Origins, Wii – £14.95

Rayman Origins, Wii – £14.95 delivered

Zavvi is operated by The Hut, and they have a pretty bad track record for customer service. But they’re also cheap.

Final Fantasy XIII, Xbox 360 – £6.97

Final Fantasy XIII, Xbox 360 – £6.97 delivered

Final Fantasy XIII, PS3 – £6.97

Final Fantasy XIII, PS3 – £6.97 delivered

Steam Holiday Sale 2011 – Everything In One Place

Hey folks – here’s SavyGamer’s post detailing the Steam sale for Winter 2011. We’ll do our best (and by ‘we’, we mean Will and Tony, giving Lewie a well-deserved break from the season’s bustle) to keep this up to date with all the daily specials throughout the sale, so you can always check back here to see everything that’s on sale in one place.

Unlike normal deals posts on SavyGamer, we haven’t checked that these are the cheapest place to get the games in question from, and when we spot something that is available for less elsewhere, there’ll be a link to the cheaper alternative too. Remember, unless something is on Daily Special, it’s best to wait until the end of the sale, because it’s possible that it might be available for less as Daily Special later on.

Personal recommendations are bolded in the post, with the initial of whoever recommended them in brackets. Games that have been part of a challenge for the Great Gift Pile are in italics.

Don’t forget to sign into the Great Gift Pile and click ‘Get Started’ to claim a free game or voucher (or both!) in your Steam Inventory!

Today’s deals (final day)
AssCreed – £2.49
AssCreed 2 – £3.74 [W]
AssBro – £10.19 [W]
AssRev – £22.49
AssPack – £39.99 [W]
Bastion – £3.89 or £5.76 with the soundtrack [T]
Batman: Arkham City – £19.99 [T & W]
Batman: Arkham City: Nightwing Bundle – £2.49
Batman: Arkham City: Robin Bundle – £2.49
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 – £29.99
Dead Island – £14.99
Dead Island Bloodbath Arena DLC – £3.99
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – £10.19
Deus Ex: Human Revolution Augmented Edition – £15.29
Dungeon Defenders – £2.49 four-pack for £7.49 (£1.87 each)
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim – £23.44
L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition – £8.74 [T]
Magicka Collection – £5.99
Magicka – £1.99 four-pack £5.99 (£1.50 each) [T]
Orcs Must Die! – £2.99 [L & T]
Orcs Must Die! – Artifacts of Power – 49p
Orcs Must Die! – Lost Adventures – 74p
Portal – £3.49 [L]
Portal 2 – £4.99 [W & L]
Portal Bundle – £5.74 [W & L & T]
Saints Row: The Third – £20.09 (£9.99 here, and registers on Steam)
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter – £1.19
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter – £1.79
Serious Sam HD: Gold Edition – £2.99
Serious Sam HD: Double Pack – £2.19
Serious Sam Double D – £1.49
Serious Sam: The Random Encounter – 99p
Serious Sam 3: BFE – £14.99
Terraria – £1.49 four-pack for £4.49 (£1.22 each) [T]
Total War Mega Pack – £8.74 [T]
Medieval II: Total War – £2.49
Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms – £1.24
Rome: Total War – Complete – £2.49
Rome: Total War – Gold – £1.24
Rome: Total War – Alexander – £1.24
Empire: Total War – £2.49
Empire: Total War – Elite Units of America – 49p
Empire: Total War – Elite Units of the East – 49p
Empire: Total War – Elite Units of the West – 49p
Empire: Total War – The Warpath Campaign – £1.49
Napoleon: Total War Imperial Edition – £3.74
Napoleon: Total War – Coalition Battle Pack – 49p
Napoleon: Total War – The Peninsular Campaign – £1.49
Total War: SHOGUN 2 – £7.49
Total War SHOGUN 2 – The Hattori Clan Pack– 74p
Total War SHOGUN 2 – Sengoku Jidai Unit Pack – 49p
Total War SHOGUN 2 – The Ikko Ikki Clan Pack – 74p
Total War SHOGUN 2 – Blood Pack DLC – 24p
Total War SHOGUN 2 – Rise of the Samurai Campaign – £1.49

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Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, PS3 – £32.99

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, PS3 – £32.99 delivered

Today only.

CODBLOPS: Rezurrection, PC – £4.99

CODBLOPS: Rezurrection, PC – £4.99

This should just be a Steam code but I don’t have much experience with Dixons Downloads. If someone could post in the comments if they know for certain one way or another I’ll edit this to make more certain.

Thanks to Gareth for the tip.

EDIT: At some point this has shot back up to regular price. Thanks to everyone who mentioned this.

Serious Sam 3: BFE – £21.59

Serious Sam 3: BFE – £21.59

Use the code EGROCKS to get this price on the preorder. Registers on Steam.

Thanks to Aaron for the tip!

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – £199.99

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play – £199.99 delivered

Unlocked for use on any network, and handily abbreviated to SEX Play for some hearty giggle time.

Cheers to Brendy for the heads-up.

Trine, PC – £3.99

Trine, PC – £3.99

GetGamesGo are currently having an indie sale – check the site for more deals.