Portal Free On PC Until September 20th

The creators of Portal, inspired by how teachers are using portal to teach mathematics, has decided to release the game for free on PC. If you haven't played the game, there will never be a better time to pick this game up. 

For more great offers, check out our updated deals page.

Source: Joystiq, Learn With Portals

Toys R Us Marks Down PS3 To $249

Toys R Us has lowered the price of their 320GB Playstation 3, from $349 to $249. To put it into perspective, that's still almost the cost of a decent blu-ray player. Anyone still holding out should jump on this deal. 

Source: Joystiq

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Hardened Edition $99

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - Hardened Edition will be priced at the... modest $99 point. With what it contains, and the MSRP of all of it, the price isn't too bad. It's probably $59.99 for the game itself, and $50 for the Elite Access, you'd be saving $10 plus getting a few extra goodies. The box includes:

•  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 game with unique disc art.
•  One year of membership in Call of Duty Elite.
•  “Founder status” on Elite with exclusive in-game emblem, player card, camouflage, clan XP boost and other exclusive benefits.
•  SteelBook case.
•  PlayStation Network exclusive: “Animated Timeline Theme.”
•  Xbox 360 exclusive: “Special Ops Juggernaut Xbox Live Outfit.”
•  Limited-edition “field journal” with more than 100 pages of “authentic military sketches, diagrams and written entries.”

Source: Joystiq

Steam Daily Deal - Alien Shooter 67% Off

Castrum - Today's Steam daily deal is 67% off Alien Shooter:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33100/

I've tried this game out before, and it's decent fun for a coffee break or when you're bored. For $2.00, I'd say it's worth it.

Steam Weekend Deal - 50% Off All Call Of Duty Games/DLC

Castrum - This weekend's Steam deal is 50% off all Call of Duty games and DLC, except for Modern Warfare 3 and Black Ops' DLC. As well, Black Ops itself is only 33% off, though that's better than nothing.

I should also note that this weekend is a Free Weekend for Black Ops until Sunday at 1 PM Pacific.

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/Call_of_Duty_Franchise_Weekend

The sale is on until September 5th at 10 AM Pacific.

Kinect Bundle Includes Child Of Eden For Limited Time

MjolnirX - Child of Eden, Capcom and Q-Entertainment's Kinect-based "On-Rails Shooter/Music Game" appears to be bundled with the stand-alone Kinect for a limited time. More official news from Major Nelson below:

Today we have announced we’re updating the Kinect Sensor bundle to include both Kinect Adventures and a download code for a free copy of Child of Eden. This new bundle will be priced the same as the current sensor bundle and will start appearing in stores next week in all Xbox LIVE regions (except Japan since Child of Eden has not been released there.) This bundle will be available in limited quantities and while supplies last so be sure to look for the special packaging above to make sure you’re getting Child of Eden!

permalink: http://majornelson.com/2011/08/30/kinect-sensor-bundle-announced/

75% Off Far Cry Games

Castrum - Steam's mid-week deal is up, and it's 75% off Far Cry 1 and 2, as well as the bundle for both:

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/FarCryMidweek

I absolutely loved Far Cry 2, and for $5.00 you really can't go wrong.

The sale ends September 1st at 4 PM Pacific.

Wal-Mart Rollback For 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle An "Error"

MjolnirX - It seems Wal-Mart erroneously posted that the 4GB Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle had been "rolled back" to $249 (down from the standard $299). It is not a roll-back, but in fact just an error.

Wal-Mart has since released a notice stating:

We made a mistake in our advertising circular for Sunday, August 29 - Monday, September 5, 2011. On page 19, we advertised an Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect for $249. The price was mistakenly labeled as a rollback.

We will honor the $249 retail from Sunday, August 28 - Monday, September 5, 2011, while supplies last. We will not be able to offer rainchecks for this item.

We apologize for the error. We hate to cause you any confusion or inconvenience. We always appreciate your shopping with us and we look forward to saving you even more.  

Source: Joystiq

GOG.com Weekend Deal - 50% Off Myst Games

Castrum - This weekend's GOG.com deal is 50% off all Cyan Games releases, which is basically Myst + spin-offs and The Manhole:

Cyan Games 50% Off

Wal-Mart Drops 4 GB Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle To $249

Castrum - Wal-Mart is dropping the price of their 4 GB Xbox 360 Kinect bundle to $249 for a limited amount of time. If you were waiting for a good deal to get a 360 for the kids/wife/yourself, this is the best you can hope for for the time being.

Source: Joystiq

Weekend Steam Sale - 75% Off Counter-Strike/Borderlands

Castrum - This weekend's Steam sale is 75% off all Counter-Strike and Borderlands stuff: this includes all DLC and vaguely-related spin-offs:

Counter-Strike

Borderlands

The sale is on until August 29th at 10 AM Pacific.

LEGO Batman 50% Off

Castrum - Today's daily Steam deal is 50% off LEGO Batman:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/21000/

66% Off All Serious Sam Games

Castrum - The Midweek Madness sale on Steam this week gives you 66% off all Serious Sam games and bundles:

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/SeriousSam

There's also a deal where if you pre-order Serious Sam 3, you get 85% off all SS games.

Amazon Drops Prices On A Mound Of Games

Castrum - Big price drops on many a PS3 game over at Amazon.com:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_357239182_3?ie=UTF8&plgroup=1&docId=1000712801&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-1&pf_rd_r=0PAVP9W6832ZC17TTC7B&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1314943822&pf_rd_i=409566

Mostly crap games, but not too bad.

Toys R Us Offloading All Its Old Peripherals

Castrum - Seems Toys R Us is getting out of the room-cluttering-peripheral-junk market, judging by these prices (ex. $10 for DJ Hero + turntable):

DJ Hero Turntable Bundle (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) 

DJ Hero 2-Pack Turntable Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

DJ Hero Renegade Edition Turntable Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

DJ Hero 2 Turntable Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

DJ Hero 2 Party Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

Guitar Hero 3: Legends of Rock Guitar Bundle (PS3, 360) 

Guitar Hero: World Tour Super-Bundle (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) 

Guitar Hero: World Tour Guitar Bundle (PS2, PS3, 360, Wii) 

Guitar Hero 5 Guitar Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock Guitar Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

Tony Hawk: Ride Skateboard Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii) 

Tony Hawk: Shred Skateboard Bundle (PS3, 360, Wii)

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/20/peripheral-price-drop-madness-guitar-hero-dj-hero-and-tony-ha/

Battlefield: Bad Company 2 On Sale For $40 At Wal-Mart

MjolnirX - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 is now on sale at Wal-Mart for only $39.96, down from $59.96.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Battlefield-Bad-Company-2-Xbox-360-Xbox-360/10926991

Witcher 2 $30 Until End Of The Week

Castrum - The Witcher 2 is marked down to $30 on GOG.com until the end of the week (I'd say probably Monday the sale will end), so get it while you can:

DRM-free digital distribution platform GoG has given us another reason to get excited about Gamescom -- a reason that doesn't include the near-constant stream of tasty German beers. For the rest of the week, CD Projekt's The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has been marked down to $29.99 on the GoG storefront.

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/08/18/the-witcher-2-marked-down-to-30-on-gog/

Steam Daily Deal - Roboblitz 50% Off

Castrum - Today's deal on Steam is Roboblitz, which garnered an 80 average on Metacritic upon release:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/4300/

Steam Weekend Deal - 50% Off Warhammer 40K

Castrum - The weekend Steam deal is 50% off all Warhammer 40K games, except for Space Marine and Dawn of War 2 - Retribution's DLC:

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/11181

The deal ends Monday at 10 AM Pacific.

RAGE On iPhone Free For One Week

Castrum - Owing up to his promise that RAGE would be free if it got 100,000 Likes on Facebook, John Carmack has announced that the iPhone/iPad version of RAGE will be free for one week:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rage-hd/id400707675?mt=8