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Star Trek Online: Ten Dollhairs On Amazon


Away team of the USS R'lyeh

Captains log, stardate 2365 rounded off to the nearest decimal point. While on a trade mission to the Steam quadrant, our ship received a hail from the jungle planet of Amazon Rigel IV in an attempt to offload ancient relics at a reasonable price. The items themselves are data disks dating back to the early twenty first century, containing on them a “video game,” based on long forgotten dreams of space exploration. Our ship was not equipped with the necessary equipment to make use of these disks, but we agreed to forward the message to anyone who could make use of such primitive technology.

Those looking to buy should be informed that the low prices are supplemented by delivery costs and time, making a more timely and, arguably cheaper, alternative in other sources of purchase, particularly the D2D and Steam quadrants, both of which offer this product in transmission form.

Direct2Drive Sales Continue!


If Funcom's money was gold-backed...
They did it for gold...

I wanted to bump this up to the top again so people can once again see the ongoing sale on Direct2Drive regarding MMOs.

  1. For the sake of space, I’ve moved previous month’s updates to the bottom of the page.
  2. [9/2]: Removed Alganon, as the game no longer has a client to purchase.
  3. [9/2]: Removed Fallen Earth, as it is no longer on sale.
  4. [9/11]: New Sale: Fallen Earth: Blood Sports for $6.00
  5. [9/11]: New Sale: Lord of the Rings Online: VIP Starter Pack for $4.95
  6. [9/11]: New Sale: Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures for $9.95
  7. [9/11]: Price Reduction: Champions Online reduced again to $6.00 (from $19.95)
  8. [9/17]: New Sale: Star Wars Galaxies
  9. [9/18]: Removed Fallen Earth: Blood Sports, as it is no longer on sale.

Past Updates:

  1. [7/27]: Star Trek Online’s price has been heavily slashed!
  2. [7/28]: Final Fantasy XI: Ultimate Collection has been slashed again! $9.95.

Darkfall Price Reduction, Coming To A Store Near You!


Kill the carebear! Now At a Reasonable Price!

Darkfall has been reduced to $29.95 Euro/USD, and no I did not make a typo there. Those of you buying the Euro edition will be happy to know that Aventurine has reduced the price of the Euro edition to match the US edition, pre-VAT.

But the news gets better for our fledgling one year old MMO: Darkfall will be coming to more retail outlets and online shops. Where does this mean? In all likelihood, we will probably see Darkfall on Steam, Direct2Drive, or ImpulseDriven (or any combination of the three) as well as Wal Mart, Target, Play.co.uk, Game (for you UK’ers), Gamestop, and various other locations and localized game retail shops.

With Darkfall on digital distribution services, the game is likely to see a whole host of newbies flying in from all around the world. Hopefully the current servers will accommodate, and by servers I of course refer to the “Newbie Population Control” guild.

With the free trial, newbie protection program, and new player guild, as well as the lowered price for the game itself, there has never been a better time than now to dive into Darkfall if you have not give the game the opportunity.

Star Trek Online/Global Agenda/Aion Tops Sale Charts


You will be assimilated...with three packages to choose from.

MMOs sell better than you would think, but in the realm of hundreds of competing, non subscription based games, making it on to the best selling list at any medium is a feat taken almost exclusively by preorders and World of Warcraft.

So despite what people may be saying about the Star Trek Online open beta, the majority appears to disagree. Coming in at #3 on the Steam best seller list: Star Trek Online, digital deluxe package. On Direct 2 Drive, Star Trek Online is taking the #1 and #2 spot in terms of sales. Star Trek, which just recently went into open beta, and launches early January, offers players a large variety of pre order exclusives depending on which retailer they purchase from.

Coming in at #5 on the Steam sale list: Global Agenda. Global Agenda will feature a Crimecraft style subscription program (The new, not the old) from the get go, with the regular online game being free to play, with the persistent more MMO-esque parts of the game requiring a subscription fee.

Finally, at #9, the only title on the list that has already been released: Aion! Even though Aion is so 2009, it still makes its way onto the top sales charts.

Direct2Drive and Impulse: Good Stuff Cheaper


And you thought Steam was the only digital download service that had Christmas specials. Once again, these prices are in USD.

Direct 2 Drive

Impulse

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