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[PC] SALE - Risen 2 $19.95 $4.99

"A third-person role-playing game set in a dark and gritty universe, Risen 2: Dark Waters maintains the most immersive features of the original Risen, with multiple approaches to every challenge allowing players to shape the game world based on their own decisions." - game description

Pick up Risen 2 on GamersGate for $4.99 (Activates on Steam)

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[PC] SALE - Chompy Chomp Chomp $6.99 $1.04

"Chompy Chomp Chomp is a maze-based multiplayer rampage in which Chompies chase each other around trying to eat their target colour Chompy. Underneath your Chompy's feet you have a target the colour of the Chompy you need to eat. You get points for chomping, you lose points for being chomped. The target colours change at random, turning hunters into hunted and vice versa. " - game description

Pick up Chompy Chomp Chomp for $1.04 on Steam

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[PC] SALE - Cubetractor $9.99 $2.99

"The game carries elements of a reverse tower defence and a grounded bullet-hell dodger to deliver a unique gameplay experience presented in a classic top-down perspective." - game description

Pick up Cubetractor (DRM-free) from Amazon for $2.99

(Steam version also available, but not on sale)

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[PC] SALE - Star Wars Starfighter $5.99 $4.79

As part of GOG's latest Star Wars games release promotion, the 2001 game Star Wars Starfighter is on sale for $4.79.

"Join three heroic starfighter pilots in harrowing deep space and planetary missions to save the planet of Naboo. Star Wars™ Starfighter™ allows you to fly through a unique chapter of the Star Wars™ universe, piloting 20 realistic and accurately rendered 3D starships amidst a variety of 14 environments set in air and space." - game description

Pick up Star Wars Starfighter for $4.79 on GOG

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[PC] FREE - Theme Hospital

As part of Origins' "On the House" promotional program, Theme Hospital is FREE for a limited time.

"Theme Hospital tasks you with designing, maintaining, and managing a hi-tech hospital as you service hundreds of ailing patients in an attempt to turn cures into cash. You’ll need to be quick on your feet in order to keep your staff happy and patients healthy. Fail, and your business will collapse." - game description

Get Theme Hospital for FREE on Origin

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[PC] FREE - Slam Junk!

"Slam Junk! is a hack'n'slash-platform-puzzle game that lets you control a cyborg that uses his amazing electromagnetic skills. However, this power comes with a cost, since with every new action he sacrifices the battery power that keeps him alive." - game description

Pick up Slam Junk! for FREE on Desura

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The Binding of Isaac (PC/Mac) is $4.99 $1 right now on GamersGate. One-freaking-dollar.

Shove this in the face of your heathen friends who have yet to give this legendary roguelike a shot.

Also, don't confuse this (the original version) with The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, which was recently released and won't be $1 for some time still. And it's worth pointing out that this is the DRM-free copy of the game, so it does not come with a Steam key.

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[PC] SALE Chivalry Medieval Warfare $24.99 $4.99

"The game is skill-based and controls like a FPS, but instead of guns and grenades, players are given swords, shields, maces, battleaxes and longbows. Set in a fictional, yet gritty and realistic world, players will fight in fast paced online battles besieging castles, raiding medieval villages and fighting for glory in the arena with up to 32 players." - game description

Pick up Chivalry Medieval Warfare for $4.99 on Bundle Stars

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[3DS] SALE - SteamWorld Dig $8.99 $4.99

"SteamWorld Dig is a platform mining adventure. Take the role as Rusty, a lone mining steambot, as he arrives to an old mining town in great need. Dig your way through the old earth, gaining riches while uncovering the ancient threat that lurks below..." - game description

Pick up SteamWorld Dig for $4.99 on the 3DS eShop. (sale ends Jan 1st.)

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[PC] SALE - Castle Crashers $14.99 $3.74

"Hack, slash, and smash your way to victory in this award winning 2D arcade adventure from The Behemoth! Featuring hand-drawn characters, Castle Crashers Steam Edition delivers hi-res visuals like nothing you've seen before. Four friends can play locally or online to save your princess, defend your kingdom, and crash some castles!" - game description

Pick up Castle Crashers for $3.74 on Steam

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39 Great iOS Games Currently On Sale

There is a super big list of iOS games on sale (some are even reduced to FREE) over on Gamezebo that all you iPhoners and iPaders will totally want to check out.

The list itself is really well done, with a nice picture and a link to the game's review beneath the image.

Tom's Note: I write for Gamezebo, but I did not write that article. But you should totally follow Gamezebo on Twitter: @gamezebo to see when my stuff goes live!

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[PC] SALE - Bastion $14.99 $3.74 (a better deal than the current Steam sale price)

"Bastion is an action role-playing experience that redefines storytelling in games, with a reactive narrator who marks your every move. Explore more than 40 lush hand-painted environments as you discover the secrets of the Calamity, a surreal catastrophe that shattered the world to pieces." - game description

Pick up Bastion for $3.74 on Green Man Gaming

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[PC] SALE - Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum $4.99

Tom's Note: No animated .gif because the only trailers I could find were made in 1802. Even the Bundle Stars trailer only went up to 240p.

"RCT3 Platinum combines the roller coaster theme park fun of the Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 with included expansion packs Soaked! and Wild! Now enjoy more options than ever. Build your own water slide or create your own safari with real animals. Watch guest reactions to your ultimate theme park!" - game description

Pick up Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Platinum for $4.99 on Bundle Stars (requires Steam)

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[PC] SALE - Humongous Entertainment Titles (Freddi Fish, Pajama Sam, Putt-Putt, Spy Fox) $6.99 $1.74

Humongous Fan Tom's Note: Level 100 Nostalgia Attack is successful! Who else remembers these guys from back in school? For a buck and some quarters you can spend your weekend with some old friends. Or better yet, introduce a young gamer to their first game. #awwww

Pick up games from the Freddi Fish, Putt-Putt, Pajama Sam, and Spy Fox franchises for $1.74 on Green Man Gaming. (requires Steam)

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[iOS] FREE - VVVVVV (that's six V's) Free at Starbucks

Thanks to the Starbucks "Pick of the Week" program, you can get VVVVVV for free at Starbucks. You don't even need to buy anything, just walk in and grab a card. Or if you have a Starbucks Card and the Starbucks app, you can get the game directly through the app.

Enjoy!

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[PC] SALE - A Story About My Uncle $12.99 $3.24

Tom's Note: I really enjoyed my time with ASAMU, it features some fantastic game mechanics that allow for some truly, stomach-churning, maneuverings. Check out my review to see if the game is for you.

"A Story About My Uncle is a first person platforming adventure game about a boy who searches for his lost uncle, and ends up in a world he couldn’t imagine existed. Take help of your uncle’s mysterious inventions that let you jump incredibly high and far through beautiful scenery, uncover clues to your uncle’s whereabouts, and meet fantastical creatures that will help you on your journey." - game description

Pick up A Story About My Uncle on Steam for $3.24

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[PC] SALE - Killing Floor $19.99 $4.99

"Killing Floor is a Co-op Survival Horror FPS set in the devastated cities and countryside of England after a series of cloning experiments for the military goes horribly wrong. You and your friends are members of the military dropped into these locations with a simple mission: Survive long enough to cleanse the area of the failed experiments!" - game description

Tom's note: the gif is taken from the End of the Line trailer.

Pick up Killing Floor for $4.99 on Steam