Cheap Games

As the economy disappears through a hole in the floor, it’s nice to see that the Internet has give us a couple of voucher codes to help save a bit of money. Thank you, Internet!

To get £2.50 when you spend £25 or more at The Hut, enter the code HUT25 at the checkout. Click here to visit their site.

Meanwhile, if you fancy £4 off when spending £40 or more at Sendit.com enter SENDIT40 at the checkout to get your discount. Visit them by clicking here.

Click here to visit Zavvi’s site, and enter SPRING30 at the checkout to save £3 when you spend £30 or more between now and the 21st of April.

Lastly, LOVEFiLM have 5% off everything until the 20th of April – click here to see what they have, and enter EASTER at the checkout if anything takes your fancy.

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Until Tuesday the 21st of April, you can get a SoftUK 12% discount by simply entering the code COOL 12 into the voucher box at the checkout.

There’s many cheap games to be had normally, so with this they’re even better – click here to see what’s on offer.

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Sid Meier’s Civilization: Revolution is a turn-based strategy title that has been streamlined and simplified to make it easier to play for newcomers to the series. In past installments, games could last more than 10 hours – in this they, for the most part, can be finished within three hours.

One of 16 different civilizations can be controlled, with each having their own individual leader. You start with a special bonus (in the form of a technology, a Great Person, or a special ability), and as the game progresses the civilizations obtain new abilities when they reach a specific number of technology.

Click here to get the PlayStation 3 release for £9.95 from Zavvi, or click here to buy the XBox 360 version for £10 from Tesco.

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Critics haven’t been all that kind (when are they ever!) to Armored Core: For Answer, but I’m not entirely sure why – you’d think that with this being the 13th installment in the Armored Core series, that they’d at least find something positive to write about it.

Fantastic graphics, an interesting storyline with a multitude of different endings, and some exciting quick-fire combat make for one decent game. Ignore the lackeys with the pens, as this is well worth adding to your collection.

Click here to get this XBox 360 title for £14.99 from Gameplay.

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NHL 2K9 goes back to basics with new easy-to-learn controls, but at the same time retains advanced control schemes for veterans of the series. It wasn’t really that difficult to play before, however it’s nice to see the developers think of newcomers – perhaps E.A. should take notes?!?

More superstar moves, updated stick handling moves, an enhanced skating and fighting engine, and improved collisions are just some of the new improvements on offer. The best of the bunch though is the ability to join up with five online players to compete in a team against others around the world.

The Hut have both the XBox 360 (click here) and PS3 (click here) versions available for £11.73 each.

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Based on the 2008 film of the same name, Iron Man features the voice talents of many of the cast from the movie (minus Gwyneth Paltrow and Jeff Bridges) reprising their roles. Although this isn’t enough to save the game from being average, it’s always nice to hear "proper" voice work.

Frustrating controls, fairly shoddy graphics, and some very repetitive gameplay have seen this labelled as the worst title of 2008 by some – it’s maybe not that bad, it is still something only fans will enjoy.

To get the Wii release for £4.99 from HMV, click here. Meanwhile, DS owners can click here to buy their version for £7.99 from Gameplay.

Over at ShopTo you can get the PSP release (click here) for £9.99, or the PlayStation 2 version (click here) for £12.72. Finally, PS3 gamers can click here to order their release for the princely sum of £12.79 from Simply Games.

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Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party is the third installment in the Rayman Raving Rabbids series, and is the first to be a Nintendo exclusive. If you happen to have a Wii Balance Board, then you’ll be glad to hear that this title makes full use of it – although it will work just as well without the accessory.

The Rabbids have taken control of Rayman’s TV station, and monopolise their transmissions during a whole week. Each day contains a different set of mini-games which follow the TV theme (based on films, fitness programmes, gardening shows, etc.), and even the advert breaks can be played – in the form of microgames that last a few seconds, awarding a bonus to the player who clears it.

Click here to buy the DS release for £9.99 from Amazon, or click here to get the Wii version for £16.99 from Gameplay.

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Stormrise is a post-apocalyptic real-time strategy game, with the ability to control units in the air, on the surface, and underground. Presenting a civilisation that has begun once again to emerge after a catastrophic event, two warring factions arise from the rubble – the Echelon are a technologically advanced race that endured the planet’s fallout by way of self-induced hibernation, and the Sai are a tribal society that have adapted to the new environment and evolved.

Sadly this was released very closely to Halo Wars, which already puts it at a severe handicap. Throw in some dodgy controls and a wonky camera and you have a recipe for disaster – however, there are some interesting new ideas that fans of the genre might want to check out.

Click here to get the PlayStation 3 version for £19.99 from ShopTo, or click here to buy the XBox 360 release for the same price from the same retailer.

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Naruto: The Broken Sword picks up where Naruto: Rise Of A Ninja left off, taking place between episodes 81 and 135 of the anime series. Fans might be interested to hear that it covers the "Return Of Itachi", "Search For Tsundae", and "Sasuke Retrieval" story arcs from this time period.

All of the original voice actors from the anime also contribute their talents to the game, and this is also the very first Naruto title to feature an online multiplayer mode – where over 25 different characters are available to battle with.

To get this XBox 360 exclusive for £11.73 from The Hut, simply click here.

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Lock’s Quest is a very good real-time strategy game, which has not done all that well sales-wise. The only reason I can think why this has happened is that the sheer amount of A-list titles that have been released recently have possibly overshadowed this one. Either that, or nobody’s heard of it!

Lord Agony uses a mysterious substance known as "Source" to create his own clockwork army, while archineers use it to build defences. When the soldiers begin to attack Lock’s town, he defends it until the population can escape – sadly his sister then goes missing, so he must set out on a quest to find her and bring down the evil Lord Agony.

Play.com are selling this DS game for £9.99 – click here for more details.

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