Buying Guide: 2009 Holiday Sales
*Updated December 7* to include Muzzy Lane and Games Workshop specials. There are lots of great sales being offered by publishers this holiday season. We've done our best to track them all down in one place for you.
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This year it seems as if every publisher is offering some kind of sale to give gamers an excuse to find a reason to get another game. Over the last several days press releases have rolled in and we’ve consolidated them for your shopping enjoyment.
Arcen Games
Arcen Games is offering a 25% discount on and AI War: Fleet Command for $14.99 USD, and/or preorder AI War: The Zenith Remnant for $7.49 USD. Enter code BLLR0018P to get a 25% discount on all games bought directly from Arcen through 11/30/2009.
Gamers Gate
Update: GamersGate has released a webpage where their holiday specials can be found: http://www.gamersgate.com/giftguide
Games Workshop
From now until December 15th Games Workshop is offering a Citizens Reward - a $15 voucher for every $150 spent in their online store. Spend $300, get a $30 voucher.
Logitech
Logitech is offering discounts ranging from $15 to $100 on many popular items. Everything from keyboards to headsets to security cameras are available. The sale will end November 30th. Details can be found on the Logitech website http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/349/6443&cl=us,en.
Matrix Games
Starting on November 25th and continuing until Midnight on January 17, 2010, gamers around the globe will be able to purchase most titles in the Matrix Games catalog at up to 30% off. Here’s a full list of the games on sale this year, with discounts listed based on the digital download price:
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Product Name |
Original Price |
Sale Price |
Save $ |
Save % |
|
Advanced Tactics: World War II |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Ageod's American Civil War |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Battlefront |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Battles In Italy |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Battles In Normandy |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Birth of America 2 |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Carriers At War |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Close Combat: Modern Tactics |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
Close Combat: Wacht am Rhein |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Close Combat: Cross of Iron |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Command Ops: Battles from the Bulge |
$79.99 |
$55.99 |
$24.00 |
30% |
|
Commander: Napoleon At War |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Commander: Europe At War Gold |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Conquest Of The Aegean |
$59.99 |
$41.99 |
$18.00 |
30% |
|
Crown of Glory: Emperor's Edition |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Empires In Arms |
$59.99 |
$41.99 |
$18.00 |
30% |
|
Flashpoint Germany |
$34.99 |
$24.99 |
$10.00 |
29% |
|
Flyboys Squadron |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
For Liberty! |
$34.99 |
$24.99 |
$10.00 |
29% |
|
Forge of Freedom |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Gary Grigsby's War Between The States |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Gary Grigsby's World at War: A World Divided |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Guns of August |
$34.99 |
$24.99 |
$10.00 |
29% |
|
Highway to the Reich |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Hired Guns |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
Hornet Leader PC |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
John Tiller's Battleground Civil War |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
John Tiller's Battleground Napoleonic Wars |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
John Tiller's Campaign Series |
$34.99 |
$24.99 |
$10.00 |
29% |
|
Kharkov Disaster on the Donets |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Korsun Pocket |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
Larry Bond's Harpoon - Commander's Edition |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Larry Bond's Harpoon 3 - Advanced Naval Warfare |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
|
Legion Arena Gold |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Maximum Football v2 |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Napoleon In Italy |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Panzer Command: Kharkov |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Panzer Command: Operation Winter Storm |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Starships Unlimited v3 |
$24.99 |
$19.99 |
$5.00 |
20% |
|
Steel Panthers World At War: General’s Edition |
$69.99 |
$48.99 |
$21.00 |
30% |
|
The Operational Art of War III |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Tin Soldiers: Alexander the Great |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
Tin Soldiers: Julius Caesar |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
UFO: Extraterrestrials |
$39.99 |
$27.99 |
$12.00 |
30% |
|
Uncommon Valor |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
War In The Pacific |
$69.99 |
$48.99 |
$21.00 |
30% |
|
War Plan Orange |
$44.99 |
$31.99 |
$13.00 |
29% |
|
World War 2: Time of Wrath |
$29.99 |
$19.99 |
$10.00 |
33% |
|
World War One |
$49.99 |
$34.99 |
$15.00 |
30% |
Get more information on any of these great Matrix Games titles from MatrixGames.com.
Muzzy Lane
Muzzy Lane is offering Making History Gold Edition for $14.99 for the holidays
Shrapnel Games
Shrapnel Games is offering a number of discounts running through December 13th:
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Modern warfare with a focus on airmobile ops from Vietnam through Afghanistan. Supports up to two players. Very detailed, very realistic. Available as a download/physical product combination. For Windows.
$44.95
NOW: $39.95Buy ►
Real-time air traffic control simulation. Single player only. Expansion pack with more airports available. Physical product and download. Command air traffic control in a number of real world airports and make sure everyone gets down safely. Scenarios play quickly, great lunch hour gaming. A different kind of sim for folks burned out on WW2 or space marines. For Windows.
$39.95NOW: $33.95Buy ►
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Modern warfare focusing on armored conflicts. Detailed and realistic. Supports two players and is available as a download/physical combo. Perfect for treadheads and those looking for the most realistic wargaming commercially available. For Windows.
$44.95NOW: $38.95Buy ►
Battle Group Commander:
Episode One
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Modern warfare simulation of a British Battle Group facing a Soviet style opponent on the Salisbury Plan Training Area. Supports up to two players and is available only as a download. This is an episodic game series and has a reduced number of scenarios from a full release (at a reduced price of course!). Perfect introduction to other ProSIM titles. For Windows.
$14.95NOW: $11.95Buy ►
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Another excellent and detailed modern warfare simulation and the precursor to ATF: Armored Task Force. Available only as a download. Supports up to two players. For Windows.
$32.45NOW: $27.45Buy ►
BRAINPIPE: A Plunge to Unhumanity
Arcade gaming. Single player only, race through a tunnel of bizarre sights and sounds in a quest to become something more than human. And to get the high score. One-click gameplay, perfect for all types of gamers. Available as a download only. For Windows, Mac OSX.
$14.95NOW: $11.95Buy ►
Turn based fantasy strategy gaming. Supports up to twenty-one players (AI, human, both) and is highly moddable. Comes with a three hundred page plus manual, and includes more gameplay than should be allowed by law. Think of it as the Nethack of strategy gaming. Available as a physical product only. For Windows, Mac OSX, Linux.
$54.95NOW: $46.95Buy ►
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Step back to the glorious year of 1982 and do battle on sheep infested islands of the South Atlantic. Another realistic modern warfare simulation from ProSIM emphasizing infantry on infantry battles. Supports up to two players and is available as a download/physical combo. For Windows.
$44.95NOW: $38.95Buy ►
Raging Tiger: The Second Korean War
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. A great 'what-if' title from ProSIM. While hypothetical in nature, the game is still as realistic as you can get with a commercial product. Subject matter is perfect for gamers looking for a variety of combat situations. Available as a download/physical combo and supporting up to two players. For Windows.
$44.95NOW: $38.95Buy ►
Real-time tactical sci-fi gaming. Sci-fi RTS (no base building) set in the near future featuring plenty of realistic bullet points that most RTSes ignore, such as true LOS and accurate ballistic models. Supports up to two players and is available only as a physical product. For Windows.
$14.95NOW: $6.95Buy ►
Turn based Age of Sail wargaming. Command everything from a single ship to an entire fleet and do battle on the high seas between the 17th and 19th centuries. Includes the ability to create your own scenarios and PBEM play. Players can recreate any battle their can think of during the Age of Fighting Sail. For up to two players, available as a physical product and a download. For Windows, Mac OSX.
$39.95NOW: $33.95Buy ►
Scallywag: In the Lair of the Medusa
Real-time single-player dungeonhack. Play the main game, a Rogue-like featuring plenty of hack and slash, mushroom eating, oil lamp lighting gameplay or create your own Rogue-like! A perfect toolkit for the budding dungeon master, new games can be created using the game with standard Windows applications while more experienced users can even add new code. For one player, available as a physical product or download. For Windows.
$29.95NOW: $21.95Buy ►
Turn based sci-fi auction gaming. Do you remember the game M.U.L.E.? Space HoRSE is a homage to that classic 8-bit game and is sure to bring back fond memories of a simpler time of gaming. A great game for all ages, Space HoRSE supports up to four players on the same computer and is playable in under an hour. Available as both a physical product and a download. For Windows.
$34.95NOW: $26.95Buy ►
Pausable real-time tactical gaming. Another highly realistic look at modern warfare, this time focusing on the Arab-Israeli conflicts. Includes both historical campaigns and a hypothetical one. Supports two players, available as a download/physical product combo. A great game for anyone interested in tank-rich gaming along with a healthy dose of air power. For Windows.
$44.95NOW: $39.95Buy ►
Turn based grand strategy gaming. Refight the entire war in the Pacific from 1941 until 1945 in a single session. The perfect game for the wargamer with too little time on their hands. Supports up to two players (and PBEM play), limited ability to mod the game. Available as a physical product or a download. For Windows.
$39.95NOW: $35.95Buy ►
Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space
Turn based single player galactic exploration. Explore an entire universe in less time than it takes to watch a single episode of Star Trek. A random setup means no two games are alike. Very mod friendly. Single player only, available as a physical product and download. For Windows, Mac OSX.
$24.95NOW: $20.95Buy ►
Turn based tactical gaming. A comprehensive game of ground warfare from 1946 until 2020 featuring about every single weapon platform of importance (and even those not) from around the globe. Great tabletop gaming experience on your PC. Supports up to two players and allows scenario creation/map making. Available as a physical product or download. For Windows.
$39.95NOW: $35.95Buy ►
Turn based tactical gaming. Like WinSPMBT, this is an extensive game of land warfare but covering the period between 1930 and 1946. Fight in hundreds of scenarios or generate your own. Like Squad Leader, but only without the hundred page rulebook. Supports up to two players and is available as a physical product or download. For Windows.
$39.95NOW: $35.95Buy ►
Storm Eagle Studios
Storm Eagle Studios is offering discounts for an unspecified but limited period of time. More information can be found at the Storm Eagle Studios Store: http://www.stormeaglestudios.com/public/html/se_store_v2.html
Jutland Pro+Ship 1 Regular Price $89.90 Limited Time $79.90 Save $10.00
MEGA Bundle Regular Price $149.85 Limited Time $129.85 Save $20.00
Jutland Pro
Jutland Ship Pack 1
Distant Guns 1.5 Pro
We have done our best to consolidate all sales information from the various publishers, however if we have missed something please feel free to contact us and let us know at news (at) wargamer (dot) com.
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