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Ubisoft Gamescom Daily 1 Deals

Ubisoft has some of the worst DRM known to man, but a deal is a deal. The Uplay store has a different game available for $1 each day from Thursday to Sunday to celebrate Gamescom.

• Thursday: Tom Clancys H.A.W.X. 2
• Friday: From Dust
• Saturday: Silent Hunter 5
• Sunday: Driver: San Francisco

I picked up HAWX 2 for a buck even though its supposedly not the best; its always looked interesting despite the reviews and for a dollar I really dont care what anyone else thinks. Im on the fence about From Dust, as from what Ive heard its a really interesting game marred by a terrible porting job. The Silent Hunter series is new to me and Ill probably pass on Saturdays offering. Driver: San Francisco definitely looks like the best game of the bunch - it actually has positive ratings on Metacritic - so for $1 its a no-brainer. My OCD side hates buying games on their own individual DRM platforms outside of Steam, but if I get anything more than 10 minutes of enjoyment out of these games itll be worth it.

Check out the deals here: http://uplay.ubi.com/en-US/events/gamescom

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Two Game Combo Deals and More Deal Aggregators

First things first: GameStop has a couple of combo packs on sale featuring the Dead Space and Dragon Age franchises. The Dragon Age pack includes DA: Origins Ultimate Edition and DA2 for $10. This is a ridiculous amount of content for 10 bucks. The Dead Space pack isnt too shabby either, featuring the original game and the sequel for $10. Both combo packs require the GameStop app and as far as I know neither one will activate on Steam, though they might work with Origin.

Continuing on the subject of game deals, there was a reddit post earlier that listed a bunch of deal aggregator sites. I covered a few of these in my Where to Find Gaming Deals Online post a couple of months ago, but a few sites on the reddit list are worth adding to the rotation.

One site in particular that looks pretty solid is IsThereAnyDeal.com; it has a ton of filters that let you sift through deals in addition to price alerts and price history. Some of the game links (particularly those from GreenManGaming) dont point to the correct page, but the author of the site was actively commenting in the reddit thread and mentioned that hed look into it.

All of these deals have ruined me. I dont know if I could bring myself to pay full price for a game ever again - not that thats a bad thing.

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