Weekend Game Deals - August 10, 2012

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This weekend, Steam is putting Nexuiz into homes at $2.50 (opens in new tab) , GamersGate's Summer Sale (opens in new tab) is on (and it's big), GameFly is on a cheap shooter kick (opens in new tab) , and Get Games continues to send off copies of Civilization V for $8.99 (opens in new tab) . Many more deals of the weekend game variety below! Also, tell us what you're playing this weekend in the comments, because sharing is fun.

STEAM

The Tropico series is on sale! Oh wait, that's every week. No, the big deals on Steam this weekend are 75% off Nexuiz (opens in new tab) (which is also free-to-play for the weekend) and 80% off Dungeons: The Dark Lord (opens in new tab) .

GAMERSGATE

GamersGate's Summer Sale (opens in new tab) is on! I don't know when it'll flip from the Week 2 sales to the Week 3 sales, but as of now tons of action games are on sale. Check prices here before accidentally spending too much elsewhere!

GAMEFLY

GameFly has discounted part of its shooter shelf (opens in new tab) , including the Battlefield and Crysis series.

GAMESTOP

GameStop has 12 pages of deals listed -- see them all here (opens in new tab) . I've pulled out a few notable discounts:

GET GAMES

Last week's Take 2 sale (opens in new tab) remains active, at least at the time of writing, which means Civ V for only $8.99!

GOG

GOG's weekend theme is its Special Summer Selection (opens in new tab) , which strikes 50% off seven apparently-Summery games.

AMAZON

Amazon's come back to form this week with a bigger selection of deals, though none of them are especially high profile. Note that a few of these deals, such as for Assassin's Creed Revelations and Civilization V, are may be beaten by the retailers above unless their deals expire first.

If you find any great deals I missed, please do share them in the comments. And if you want to keep up the sharing, tell us what you're playing this weekend, too. Sharing is fun!

I'm planning to turn up some Ratatat and finish A Virus Named TOM (opens in new tab) (not that its soundtrack isn't great -- it is -- I just really like Ratatat). Jamestown (opens in new tab) has been calling out to me too, and -- oh yeah -- Orcs Must Die 2 (opens in new tab) is out. I think I'll skip my usual Sunday morning omelet and put my $15 there. I do really like omelets though, and you can imagine what kind of omelet $15 can get you. A pretty damn good one. Still, there are orcs who need deadening.

Tyler Wilde
Executive Editor

Tyler grew up in Silicon Valley during the rise of personal computers, playing games like Zork and Arkanoid on the early PCs his parents brought home. He was later captivated by Myst, SimCity, Civilization, Command & Conquer, Bushido Blade (yeah, he had Bleem!), and all the shooters they call "boomer shooters" now. In 2006, Tyler wrote his first professional review of a videogame: Super Dragon Ball Z for the PS2. He thought it was OK. In 2011, he joined PC Gamer, and today he's focused on the site's news coverage. His hobbies include amateur boxing and adding to his 1,200-plus hours in Rocket League.