It doesn’t matter if you are a casual or a hardcore gamer, or anything in-between. You can spend your budget more wisely by keeping up with our weekly feature, where we hand-pick the best deals.
This Weekend’s PC Game Deals is a roundup of games – old, new, or soon to be released – that are available at a great price and can be activated on Steam, Origin, or Uplay – sometimes even good old games that are DRM-free.
After a year of relatively modest “on the house” offers, the Origin store is finally offering a more modern game for gamers to download for free. Mass Effect 2 is regarded by many critics as the best of the original trilogy , and all you need to grab it is an Origin account and the Origin client, which you can set up here. Also, if you happen to like Bioware’s space opera and are willing to spend $16.99, you can get the entire series from Games Planet, and Mass Effect: Andromeda – the next installment in the series – is on the horizon as well.
We live in an era where many good games are eclipsed by those backed by big publishers. The “Humble Monthly” subscription is a good way for passionate gamers to discover hand-picked indie games and timeless classics. The monthly package sets you back only $12 (even less if you choose a recurring plan), and also includes a AAA title to spice things up – the March offer is Total War: WARHAMMER , a real-time strategy game that will have you command one of the four races – the Empire, the Dwarfs, the Vampire Counts, and the Greenskins – in battles of impressive scale and epicness.
There are a number of other perks to Humble Monthly, such as indie games developed exclusively for subscribers, a 10% discount on purchases from the Humble Store, and the fact that 5% of the proceeds go to a charity. If you’re wondering, the previous Humble Monthly package included: XCOM 2 , Ryse: Son of Rome , ABZU , SteamWorld Heist , Okhlos Omega , Project Highrise , and Husk.
The ‘Star Wars Bundle III’ , also from the Humble Store, is still available for two more days. This is a no-brainer for those of you with a soft spot for the games that came out from LucasArts and want to grab them on the cheap. One dollar or more will net you Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic, Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance, Star Wars: X-Wing vs TIE Fighter – Balance of Power Campaigns, and Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds Saga.
Paying more than the average (about $11.29/€10.65/£9.09) will also give you access to six more titles: Star Wars: Rebel Assault I and II, Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast, Star Wars Starfighter, and Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords .
