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Opening specials at Best Buy Thurrock

Buy More Best Buy, USA based Electronics retailer is opening their first store in the UK on Friday, in Thurrock, and have a bunch of special opening offers.

Nintendo Wii [Black] – £99.99
Xbox 360 Elite console, Battlefield: Bad Company 2 and Splinter Cell: Conviction – £199.99
PS3 Slim 250gb, Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in time, FIFA World Cup 2010 and Blu Ray Remote – £249.99
DSi XL + Sonic & SEGA All-Star Racing – £149.99
Sony A230 Digital SLR Camera – £199.99
Fujifilm J25 Digital Camera – £49.99
Blackberry Curve 8520 (black/Lilac) – £119.99 (includes £20 top up)
Nokia X3 – £59.99 (includes £20 top up)
Toshiba 32AV615HD, 32″ LCD TV – £179.99
Samsung UE3286000, 32″ LED 1080p TV – £399.99
LG 50PS6000, 50″ Plasma 1080p TV – £499.99
Avatar, DVD – £6.99
Avatar, DVD + Blu Ray – £9.99
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Blu Ray – £29.99

Other deals available in this fairly clunky e-catalogue.

28/04/2010

Bully: Scholarship Edition, PC – £4.24

Seems a little expensive to me, compared to the other discounts that they have been giving, especially because it has been readily available for £2.99 in the past, and it is essentially an enhanced PS2 port.

28/04/2010

Grand Theft Auto 3, PC – £1.50

28/04/2010

Max Payne, PC – £1.50

28/04/2010

X3: Gold, PC – £14.99

Or just get Terran Conflict for £9.99

Edit: Colbert, in the comments, argues that you don’t really need to bother with X3: Gold, just get Terran Conflict.

27/04/2010

Grand Theft Auto IV, PC – £5

27/04/2010

Splinter Cell: Conviction – Review

Splinter Cell: Conviction, Xbox 360 – £27.95 delivered

Apply code “APRIL2”

Review by Lewie Procter

I’m not sure exactly how to approach distilling my opinion on the new Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell™ game down into text. Unlike the game itself there is more than one way I could accomplish that goal. Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell™ has had a complete overhaul. Remember how in the old Tom Clancy’s™ Splinter Cell™ games you had to think? Not any more. In the place of intelligent stealth action is flashy whiz bang punchy shooty nonsense, where the most complex challenge you’ll ever have to solve is “how do I press the button that the game tells me to”. (more…)

27/04/2010

Mirror's Edge, Xbox 360 – £2.99

Mirror’s Edge, Xbox 360 – £2.99 delivered

Everyone should buy this. Here’s my review.

27/04/2010

The SavyGamer Podcast, Episode 12

Another Monday, another show.

This week, we talk about the implications of Ubisoft removing printed manuals from their games, interview the developers behind Breath of Death VII for XBLIG, and a challenge is set. Plus, more things!

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This week, we’re restarting the weekly SavyGamer Game Night with Left 4 Dead 2’s The Passing on Xbox 360 and PC. If you want to play, join the SavyGamer Steam group, or add the Gamertag We R SavyGamers on Xbox Live, and join in the fun this Friday with the new Mutation, Bleed Out.

Also, don’t forget to follow us on Twitter! The account for the site is @SavyGamer, and you can find tweets from Lewie and Will at @LewieP and @Willeth respectively. Also, don’t forget to send us your suggestions for what you want to hear about in next week’s show with the hashtag #sgpodcast – we’ll pick the best to talk about next time, and every time.

See you here next week!

Links:
Halo: Reach [Legendary Edition], Xbox 360 – £89.85 delivered
Seriously, go and watch Consolevania/VideoGaiden, it’s all bloody brilliant
Breath of Death VII
Zeboyd Games

26/04/2010

Rockstar Collection, PC – £29.99

Bully: Scholarship Edition
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto IV
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Manhunt
Max Payne
Max Payne 2
Midnight Club 2
Wild Metal

It’s worth bearing in mind that GTA 1 + 2 and Wild Metal are freeware from here.

26/04/2010

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, PC – £1.49

26/04/2010

BioShock, PC – £7.59

26/04/2010

Torchlight, PC – £7.59

26/04/2010

Far Cry 1 + 2, PC – £11.50

26/04/2010

X-Com Complete, PC – £2.95

Includes:
X-Com: Enforcer
X-Com: Interceptor
X-Com: Apocalypse
X-Com: Terror From the Deep
X-Com: UFO Defense

26/04/2010

Civilization 4: Complete, PC – £4.95

Includes:
Original game
Warlords
Beyond the Sword
Colonization

26/04/2010

Echoshift, PSP – £4.85

Echoshift, PSP – £4.85 delivered

26/04/2010

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, PC – £2.86

S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, PC – £2.86 delivered

26/04/2010

Brütal Legend, PS3 – £9.99

Brütal Legend, PS3 – £9.99 delivered

26/04/2010

3D Dot Game Heroes, PS3 – £22.95

3D Dot Game Heroes, PS3 – £22.95 delivered

Apply code “APRIL2”

25/04/2010

Resonance of Fate, Xbox 360 – £17.95

Resonance of Fate, Xbox 360 – £17.95 delivered

25/04/2010

Resonance of Fate, PS3 – £17.95

Resonance of Fate, PS3 – £17.95 delivered

25/04/2010

Modern Warfare 2, Xbox 360 – £17.95

Modern Warfare 2, Xbox 360 – £17.95 delivered

This is good, because not only is it cheap, but you know that you will be contributing to the Infinity Ward Janitor’s bonus.

25/04/2010

Machinarium, Mac – Free

Today only

25/04/2010

400 Free MS Points

Update: This offer doesn’t go live until Monday, so hold your horses for now. I’ll remind you once it has gone live.

Details here. Go!

Load up the game marketplace, go to “Game Videos” and download the “Multiplayer Freeroam” trailer for Red Dead Redemption, and you’ll get 400 MS points for free.

Limited supply, so be fast.

24/04/2010

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