Normally 29.99, now just 7.49!

Tomb Raider: Underworld represents a new advancement in exploration-based gameplay. As fearless adventurer Lara Croft explore exotic locations around the world, each designed with an incredible attention to detail resulting in breathtaking high-definition visual fidelity that creates a truly believable world and delivers a new level of challenge and choice.

As always Steam is pumping out the deals that keeps them ahead of the digital gaming crowd, and this weekend is no different.  Have you been craving a little Lara Croft action?  Were you scorned by the atrocity of Tomb Raider: Anniversary, but delightfully surprised by Tomb Raider: Legend?  Underworld will put you somewhere in the middle if that was the case.    A beautiful game in its own right, that lacks during certain moments.  Tons of fun to play, if you’re not looking for too much out of a new Croft adventure and just want something… typical.  

Worth 29.99?   Definitely not.  Worth 7.49?  Oh, very much yes and thank you Steam for being ever vigilant in selling games for the price they actually warrent.  [sometimes.]

Randomly lurking on the Gearbox forums today, I noticed a juicy piece of news. It seems that Gearbox has filed a new trademark document for something entitled ‘Borderworlds’. Pretty much seals the deal for a sequel, or maybe even a massive expansion/DLC pack for the original game that moves the focus to multiple different worlds (okay, I’m dreaming here, but it could happen!).

Borderworlds Trademark Status

This week Mixmoff, Aevan, and Dr Scares conduct a killer interview with Pro Gaming Tour founders Frost and BiggK. Then they cover Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, MAG, Lucidity, Primal, and the video game mechanics they wish the could forget.

During my morning lurk on the PC digital distribution websites, I stumbled upon the Direct2Drive 24 Days of Christmas Sale, where each day this month will see a different game on sale until Christmas Eve. Today’s sale is The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut for 50% off, making it $19.99 until tomorrow morning.

However, I noticed something else very interesting. Mirror’s Edge appeared as being on sale for $4.95 according to their main page, which I jumped all over because I forgot to pick it up on Steam this weekend. However, after clicking the link, the price in the checkout was $19.95. Suffice to say, I’m a little disappointed. I wanted Mirror’s Edge for $5 D:

Still though, keep an eye on their website for the coming deals this month. Here’s hoping they have some awesome stuff coming up!

EDIT: Looks like they fixed it finally, about an hour after I first saw it. Mirror’s Edge is listed at $19.95 now. Sad day.

SECOND EDIT: Looks like this is going to happen every day of the sale, The Witcher is still listed for $19.95 until you get to the checkout. This amuses me greatly.

This week for the traditional mid-week sale, Zeno Clash is 66% off on Steam, allowing you to pick up this absolutely bizarre Source engine-based indie gem for just five of your US dollars and ten of their percents.

Zeno Clash is what I can only refer to as a ‘first-person-brawler’, with a lot of obvious inspiration taken from games like Streets of Rage and Final Fight in terms of gameplay mechanics, and some kind of crazy psychotropic substance induced fever dream for the setting. It’s also quite good, so I recommend taking a peek if you have five bucks burning a hole in your pocket.

You can head over to the Steam Store page and pick it up for $5.10 right here.