Origin are actually using their massive discounting ability to offer some impressive discounts on EA games, valid until midnight AEDT tonight.

If you head over to the Origin online store you can grab Dead Space 1 for $4.50, Dead Space 2 for $6, and the entire Mass Effect Trilogy for $39 (normally $70).

Meanwhile, Dragon Age: Origins and the sequel are $10 each, Crysis is just $4.50 (what is this, Steam?) and Battlefield 3‘s various expansions are anywhere from $10 – $12 (if you’re not a Premium member).

Check them all out by clicking here.

Source: Origin (thanks Cas!)

As the title says, EA Origin Store are having an Australia Day sale where, until January 29 (Tuesday, for those of you playing along at home) you can grab a bunch of titles for $9.99 each.

Games on sale include Dragon Age: Origins, Awakening, Dragon Age 2, Dead Space 1 and 2, Mass Effect 1 and 2, Battlefield 1942, 2142, BC2, BC2: Vietnam, and even games like Alice, Bulletstorm and Spore. Check out the full list of titles right here.

For some reason both Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age: Origins have Digital Deluxe Editions priced at the same price as the regular vanilla editions, so if you are looking to buy one of them, grab the Deluxe one instead! Weird.

The good folk at Green Man Gaming have written in to let us know that they’re having their own Christmas Sales, and they’re just as good as Steam’s thankyou very much.

The first thing to know is this code: GMG30-DPLIM-DN831 which will get you 30% off nearly everything in store (aside from a few exceptions).

There’s also daily deals, too: starting today there’s 50% off Hitman: Absolution ($25!) and 75% off Lord of the Rings: War in the North ($5!) and 66% off Capcom Games. Tomorrow it’s Quantum Conundrum, Sleeping Dogs and more, and there will be rolling daily deals all the way to Boxing Day.

The 30% off code above can be combined with these daily deals (except Hitman) for even greater savings. Enjoy! And if you purchase a title which has a cash back sticker, you’ll get some cash back (or you can take it as GMG credit to use later). What is this madness.

Head on over to Green Man Gaming and take a look.

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I awoke this morning to the sound of my wallet shrieking in pain, spinning wildly around on my desk and occasionally spraying out a fine mist of blood. Demonic possession, you say? Actually, quite the opposite: the Steam Christmas Sales have kicked off, and it’s time for wallets everywhere to begin their annual suffering.

The sale is running from now until January 5, and has opened with deals like 50% off Hitman: Absolution, 50% off Borderlands 2, and Wargame: European Escalation for just $9.99.

Meanwhile, flash sales up today include War of the Roses for $15 (next three hours only!), Natural Selection 2 for $10 and Batman: Arkham City for just $7.50. Madness.

Hit up the Steam Store for more deals.

If you’re one of the six billion people on earth who apparently weren’t too impressed with Duke Nukem Forever, it’s time to relive the glory days with a depressingly small 35MB download of Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition from GOG.com.

The giveaway marks the launch of their 2012 DRM-FREE HOLIDAY SALE, which is worthy of the all-caps and has 474 different titles on sale from now until January 3rd.

Top sellers on the front page include The Witcher 2 for a puny $12, RollerCoaster Tycoon for $3, Total Annihilation for $3, and just $11.92 for a bundle of Bullfrog Favourites including Populos 1-3, Dungeon Keeper 1-2, Syndicate, Theme Hospital, and Magic Carpet.

Plus, free Duke Nukem 3D. Can’t complain about that.

Steam’s Big Picture Mode, designed to allow you to play your high-powered PC games on the big screen of your comfortable loungeroom, has now officially left beta. You can now find it in the top-right corner of your Steam client, ready to deploy once you’re all hooked up.

To celebrate, Steam are having a sale on their “most controller friendly” games, including Mark of the Ninja for $10, Portal 2 for $5, Left 4 Dead 2 for $4.99, and Space Marine (which plays much better with a controller) for $7.50. Hit up the link for all the deals.

If you’re looking at putting together a new small-form PC to take advantage of Big Picture Mode, why not check out this build guide?

Source: Thanks, Spkypwnsuall!

THQ’s recent financial troubles aren’t a secret to anybody, but I didn’t realise we were at the point where buying their games was akin to giving away money to struggling indie developers. And yet, today, the internet is abuzz with the news of The Humble THQ Bundle, where you can get some of PC gaming’s biggest titles for basically nothing.

Check this: the bundle includes Darksiders, Metro 2033, Red Faction: Armageddon, Company of Heroes, and its expansions Opposing Fronts and Tales of Valor. If you pay $5.64 or more you’ll even unlock Saints Row the Third, one of the best and most stupidly fun games I’ve ever played. Oh, and you get all the soundtracks for free. Have you even heard the Saints Row soundtrack? That shiz is banging.

All the games redeem through Steam too, so there’s no need to download or install any wacky software — although, unlike previous Humble Bundles, there is no Linux or Mac support and, yes, Steam does mean DRM. This deal runs for the next 12 days, so get in before the average price goes up. Each of these games is worth at least $5 alone, and now you can get literally all of them for $5. I don’t understand, and I don’t care. Get in.

Source: Humble Bundle

The Steam Autumn Sales are rolling on well into their fifth day, with a variety of bargain-licious bargains up for grabs. Today brings Dishonored down to $40 (read our review), Orcs Must Die! 2 down to a ridiculous $3.74 (check out our review here), and Torchlight II is just $10 (yes, we reviewed that too).

Elsewhere, Civilization V is about as cheap as it’ll ever be at $17.50, and Batman: Arkham City‘s GOTY edition is ridiculously good value at $7.50.

Yesterday’s deals on Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, Shogun 2 and Borderlands 2 are ending soon as well, so head over to the Steam store and cheapen the hell out of some intellectual property.

Source: Steam

If you’re enjoying the Steam sales but wishing some of the bigger titles were a bit more discounted, you might want to hold off until Green Man Gaming’s weekend sale kicks off. Starting from 00:01 GMT on Friday (that’s 11:00 AM Sydney time on Friday 23rd), you’ll be able to grab Dishonored for $30, Skyrim for $30, and Doom 3: BFG for just $15.

Then, at 12:01 GMT on the same day (11:00 PM Sydney time), more titles will go on sale: XCOM: Enemy Unknown for $37, Borderlands 2 for $45, and The Darkness II for $15.

We’re assured by GMG that there will be even more titles on sale than these highlights, so stop by and take a look once the sale kicks off at the Green Man site. These sale prices are good until 11:00 AM next Tuesday.

The Steam Autumn Sales have kicked off right on schedule, with various bargains and specials ready to shut up and take your money.

Leading the pack is XCOM: Enemy Unknown down from $70 to $47, with The Walking Dead at half price down from $25 to $12.50 — a perfect time to jump in now that the first season has (tearfully and violently) wrapped up.

Elsewhere, there’s also Age of Empires III Complete for just $10, Torchlight II for just $15 (we all knew that was coming), Skyrim for $40, and Chivalry for a low, low $16.74.

Did you spot any other bargains? Let us know in the comments section!

Multiple developers are now confirming that the Steam Autumn Sale is slated to run from November 21 to November 27.

Joystiq is reporting that Tamás Bakó, CEO of Artery Studios, is claiming that Valve contacted him about putting Secrets of the Magic Crystals on sale, revealing the dates that it would take place.

The Winter Sale dates were also revealed: a mere month later, from December 20 to January 4. Gentlemen, start your wallets.

Source: Joystiq (Thanks, Spkypwnsuall)

Although the Click Frenzy website has gone down due to heavy traffic, you can still get to the sites of partners which have agreed to have Mad Salez (TM) during “Australia’s first digital sale event”. One of those is WOW HD, which is having 20% off all games and, as a result, some pretty mad savings.

Prices include Far Cry 3 for a mere $26, Assassin’s Creed III for $32, and XCOM: Enemy Unknown for $35. Meanwhile, Hitman: Absolution is down to just $26 as well, Dishonored is a steal at $31, and Diablo III is down to just $52.

If you spot any more bargains as a result of Click Frenzy, let us know in the comments below!