Sales & Specials+: Week of August 7th, 2012

Sales & Specials+: Week of August 7th, 2012

Arcade shoot 'em ups get discounted

Written by Dat Boi Treezy on 07 August 12 at 18:05

The Sales & Specials+ are currently on a roll when it comes to changing the offers after the slow start with Gears of War 3 items being the Chain Reaction for a while. This weeks Chain Reaction is filled with BioShock 2 goodies, and the Scratch & Match section of the deals is filled with glorious arcade shoot 'em up titles.

Scratch & Match

Sine Mora - 1200 MSP 800 MSP
Radiant Silvergun - 1200 MSP 960 MSP
Ikaruga - 800 MSP 600 MSP

Chain Reaction

Here's the list of Bioshock 2 downloadable items in order from first to fourth:

Protector Trials in BioShock 2 - 400 MSP 200 MSP
Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack in BioShock 2 - 400 MSP 200 MSP
Rapture Metro in BioShock 2 - 800 MSP 400 MSP
Minerva's Den in BioShock 2 - 800 MSP 200 MSP

The offers on the Sales & Specials+ are available for Gold and Silver members from the UK and the US.
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GuyWhoPwns
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:08
Awesome, more Bioshock dlc on sale (sarcasm).
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:08
Sine Mora desperately needs a DOTW.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:09
Time to give Sine Mora a chance now it's more my sorta price :)
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Mr Ripps
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:15
I never could get the Chain Reaction Deal to work last week with the Full house poker. then they changed it back to Gears of War 3 after 3 days of it not working. on my dashboard. did anyone else get the Uno, Carcassone, Risk Factions, Poker Chain Reaction deal to work?
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:17
I wish you were able to skip the chain reactions if you already own them in order to get to the games you actually want to purchase...

Seems like an easy thing to code and would help them get more money.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:18
Mr Ripps said:I never could get the Chain Reaction Deal to work last week with the Full house poker. then they changed it back to Gears of War 3 after 3 days of it not working. on my dashboard. did anyone else get the Uno, Carcassone, Risk Factions, Poker Chain Reaction deal to work?I never even saw that offer. I may have grabbed Risk if I had as I had the first 2.
FailedSeppuku
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:18
Sine Mora will be mine and maybe Radiant Silvergun too. Although i still have a lot to do in Dodonpachi, Mushihime and Trouble Witches .... they can wait!!
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:21
I had all but Poker and it wouldn't let me buy anything, checked each day.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:22
960? That's strange...
warm slurm
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:23
I wonder if Sine Mora is easier than the likes of Deathsmiles.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:27
Now that I actually own BioShock 2, I may see if I can scrape up enough money to buy the DLC this week. Not that it won't be on sale again 3 more times before the year's out.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:27
So what happens if you already have one of the chain reaction items? Say I have Sinclair already. If I buy Protector Trials, do I have to buy Sinclair again or does it skip straight to Rapture Metro?
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:32, Edited on 07 August 12 at 18:34 by Arj295
The DLC I missed out on buying never comes up again, however the DLC I've purchased always appears frequently discounted - just typical. On the other hand I'm sure you newcomers to Bioshock 2 must be best pleased.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:32
xSouthParkFTWx said:960? That's strange...Not really, that's 20% off regular price.
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:33
Lefty24 said:So what happens if you already have one of the chain reaction items? Say I have Sinclair already. If I buy Protector Trials, do I have to buy Sinclair again or does it skip straight to Rapture Metro?No one knows, as it never really seems to work correctly!

Last week I owned all the Chain reaction games, but only Full House Poker was marked as "bought". This week is more of the same, as I own all the DLC, but not a single one is unlocked.

In theory, you can "skip" things you already own, and simply buy what you need to unlock the item you want. Hopefully it will work sometime, and it would also be nice if it would register previous purchases (right now it seems to allow you to re-purchase and pay for something you already own).
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:34
Anyone know when they are actually going to get the Wheel of Mystery up and running?
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:39
Actually I'm really happy about this. I never brought the Bioshock dlc when it was on sale and have been playing the multiplayer so yay clap
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:40
Any of these games worth grabbing?
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Posted on 07 August 12 at 18:40
Finally some Bioshock DLC on sale...(for like 10th time)

No interresting deals for me, or its too expensive for what you get even on sale.