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    Steam Halloween Sale - stock up for your M11x

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Stain, Oct 28, 2010.

  1. Stain

    Stain Notebook Consultant

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    The Steam Halloween sale is on now. With the M11x not having a DVD drive, places like Steam are great for this little beast. There are some great deals to be had!
    Oct 28 - Nov 1

    Here they are:

    Aliens vs Predator 50% off $10
    (DLC also 50% off)

    Alter Ego 50% off $15

    Amnesia: Dark Descent 33% off $13.39

    Bioshock 75% off $5

    Burn Zombie Burn! 50% off $5

    Dark Fall: Lost Souls 66% off $6.79

    Dead Space 50% off $10

    Devil May Cry 4 50% off $10

    Doom Rails 50% off $5

    Dracula: Origin 75% off $5

    Ghostbusters 50% off $10

    Ghost Master 50% off $2.49

    Haunted House 50% off $10

    Left 4 Dead bundle 50% off $15
    (Left 4 Dead indiviual titles also 50% off)

    Nation Red 66% off $3.39

    Overlord Complete 75% off $7.49
    (Overlord individual titles also 75% off)

    Plants vs. Zombies GOTY 50% off $5

    Resident Evil 5 50% off $15

    Silent Hill: Homecoming 50% off $20

    Team Fortress 2 50% off $10

    Worms Reloaded 50% off $10

    Zombie Bowl-o-Rama 75% off $2.50

    Zombie Driver 50% off $5


    Also I see that the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle is on for 75% off ($10), although it seems to be a separate sale.


    Enjoy!!!
    Stain
     
  2. BrotherGA2

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    Came here to post this! +rep
    Picking up Bioshock for sure... Already have all the Valve games. Any other must-haves?
     
  3. Tony Ferrino

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    I would say the must-haves (apart from the ones you've mentioned) are Amnesia, Dead Space and Plants v. Zombies.
     
  4. Vidaluko

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    DMC4 is also great, just be sure to play it with a Pad

    I got Frontlines because is an OK game, but at $2.99 is an awesome chance to get it, I plan to get Bioshock and Team Fortress 2...
     
  5. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    damnit, when will they discount warhammer 40k... they had a 1 week sale way back in May and I missed it, and nothing since then.... *cry*
     
  6. c4sc4

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    I'm hoping it will be on sale tomorrow for the end of the THQ sale.
     
  7. MikeeDinh

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    thanks for the heads up =]
     
  8. roxxor

    roxxor Notebook Evangelist

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    here's hoping for a dowII+chaos rising dual-pack... won't hold my breath though :(
     
  9. LupinTheThird

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    are these games going to be discounted tomorrow too, or just today?
     
  10. Arcanum84

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    Thanks for the info, I love Steam sales! It's too bad I just picked up Amnesia a few weeks ago, but there are a few on that list that I've wanted for a while but never got around to. Everyone have a fun Halloween weekend!
     
  11. c4sc4

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    These Halloween sales last until Monday.
     
  12. Arcanum84

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    Unfortunately a lot of these aren't available if you are outside the US. :(
     
  13. Vidaluko

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    optical drive is dead anyway, but very nice deals on steam especially with tf2 and l4d2
     
  15. instantcold

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    Do these games well with r2? like overall because i have only used my r2 to place sc2 so I dont know how r2 runs these games.

    This sale looks so appetizing to buy all of them, but I do not know if they will run well, like resident evil 5 or dmc4, games like those
    (Ya ya I know you guys are gonna tell me search it up blah blah, I will admit it, I'm too lazy)
     
  16. pspknightx

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    Both DMC4 and RE5 will run well on R2 :D

    But using keyboard to play somehow not really nice, get a nice gamepad or xbox 360 wired controller will solve :p
     
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    Thanks for quick reply
     
  18. Stain

    Stain Notebook Consultant

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    I cannot speak for across the "pond", but I am in Canada and all of these deals apply.
     
  19. roxxor

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    the halloween sale games until nov 1st i think, the THQ games only for 1 day.
     
  20. roxxor

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    so ya, it's almost 15 hours into friday already, and still no THQ announcement... cmon valve!!!!
     
  21. Character Zero

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    Been waiting for DMC to go on sale. I could have picked it up for the 360 for $10, but the demo ran great on the R1 and I wanted the instant gratification of downloading it.
     
  22. Stain

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    They always change the deal at 10am pacific time
     
  23. c4sc4

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    EDIT: 10 AM New THQ sale and it all of the Dawn of war games at 50% off.
     
  24. Stain

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    Today's THQ deals (actually this one is a weekend deal):

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Gold Edition, 50% off, $20
    (incl DoW2 and Choas Rising)

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Complete Pack, 50% off, $30
    (seems to be missing DoW2:Chaos Rising, update: this has been removed)

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II, 50% off, $15
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Chaos Rising, 50% off, $10

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Platinum Edition, 50% off, $15
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Gold Edition, 50% off, $10
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Soulstorm, 50% off, $10
    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War Dark Crusade, 50% off, $10

    Also:
    Frontlines: Fuel of War, 85% off, $3 (was yesterday's deal that was not removed, now it is gone)
    S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Bundle, 75% off, $10
     
  25. roxxor

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    Nice. Bought DoWII bundle. 1.2MB/s download. <3 steam. =)
     
  26. c4sc4

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    That was yesterdays THQ deal and is no longer on sale.

    EDIT: Strange, it seems that Steam has removed the DoW Complete pack.
     
  27. roxxor

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    Ya, it's been removed from Steam UK as well. I reckon it's because someone screwed up by not adding chaos rising to it.

    Edit: pretty stupid not to include soulstorm in a dow1 pack.
     
  28. Itsnotlikethat

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    I'm in Britain and they are all available here. Not sure where that other bloke is located?
     
  29. roxxor

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    I'm in Reading. Click add to cart and see what happens. For me it said it couldn't process, and then when I refreshed the list, it was gone. It's still gone.
     
  30. Itsnotlikethat

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    What games are you talking about mate?
     
  31. roxxor

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    The complete pack.
     
  32. roxxor

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    Just a heads up to R2 users, according to this thread on the official relic forums, because of optimus issues, it's not possible to change graphical settings, so the game can only be played on LOW settings (despite the internal benchmarking tool that has the gt335m flying on ultra settings).

    I found out the hard way... :(
     
  33. Vidaluko

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    That´s bad, I only got Bioshock and Team Fortress 2, and Bioshock runs perfect, all maxed out, and still 60fps or more