PC games

[jbolton]

I have noticed that stores are not really selling pc games anymore. Where are the best places to pick up new games for pc?

[Yreka]

http://store.steampowered.com/ is (by #'s sold) the most popular way to buy PC games nowdays. Unless you are looking for a specific "blockbuster EA title", the use a similar service www.origin.com.

You can also find "game codes" by service on Amazon, greenman gaming, etc. For these, they basically email you the code, and you enter it into the appropriate service to activate the game on your account. Another cool link to follow is:

http://www.cheapshark.com/

They track sale(s) from each of the major vendors (which happen quite frequently)


Let me know if you sign up, I have a few giftable games on steam I can pass over. (also "Yreka" on steam).

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Steam +1000

When you switch PC's you can just reload your Steam account and your games are there, with updates and patches. I can't remember the last time I opened my CD drive.

[nothinghere2c]

everything is on Steam or EA Origin or Battle.net nowadays.

that or buy a hard copy on amazon prime and get it pretty much the next day.

[chiefcrash]

If you're looking for older games, or DRM free games, try http://www.gog.com/

[ultrahax]

+1 for Steam and GOG.com

[Deadbolt]

steam
gog
greenman

those 3 should provide more deals than you can shake a voodoo 3 at

[pbsmind]

+1 for Steam and GOG.com

^ This. Also check out humblebundle.com every week or so. They've done deals on indie and blockbuster titles.

[jbolton]

If any of you are into flight sims, there is a new modern combat flight sim that looks very promising.

http://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/world/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/223750/

[NorCalXJ]

Pc games you really have to buy online now. No more hard copies.

[monk]

Steam is okay but it's crap how they handle updates and expansion packs. I try going thru Amazon when possible.

[Peter.Steele]

Steam is okay but it's crap how they handle updates and expansion packs. I try going thru Amazon when possible.

Please explain how keeping your games automatically up to date is crap?

[monk]

Please explain how keeping your games automatically up to date is crap?

I remember that with the SIMS in particular, the updates where months behind. If you tried manually installing the update, it would fail. I do notice that Steam is frequently "updating" when I launch it now but that's the client I believe. Maybe they keep it all the way updated if it's a new game?

[Peter.Steele]

I remember that with the SIMS in particular, the updates where months behind. If you tried manually installing the update, it would fail. I do notice that Steam is frequently "updating" when I launch it now but that's the client I believe. Maybe they keep it all the way updated if it's a new game?

Blame EA for the SIMS updates, not Steam. The Steam version of the game is different from the EA/Origins version, and takes a different patch. EA is trying to get customers to bail on Steam (which takes its cut of each sale) and get people to move over to their service (which keeps that cut in-house). Problem is, Origins gets hacked. Constantly. Steam doesn't.

The Steam updating thing on reboots is a bug that occasionally pops up. I had that too for a while, don't remember what fixed it.

[Barbarossa]

Any http://blog.dota2.com players?