Friday Frugal Findings - 29th April 2011

If you're in the UK at the moment or anywhere else in the world come to think of it and you're like me, you'll be hiding under the bed just in case you hear the words Royal and Wedding. Which will no doubt send you into a frightful rage ending up with you bludgeoning some fecker to death with their own shoes. If this sound familiar then take my advice. There is no way to avoid eejits going on about this nonsense for at least the next week or so, the only solution is to not go outside, don't answer the phone and for the love of Christ keep the TV and Radio off. Only thing to do then? That’s right, check out our gaming deals for this week and we’ll promise to do our best to keep nuptials and blue-bloods out of it. Our day will come Comrades, our day will come…


Alan Wake; Xbox 360 at Amazon UK
£7.70/$12.83/8.64 Euro

A game that first went into development when Isambard Kingdom Brunel was only a glint in his father’s eye and like most games that take this long to surface, they never quite live up to the hype. Although not a title that will have your arse glued to the couch for more than a few hours it does have its moment.







Bioshock 2; Xbox 360 at Amazon UK
£5.40/$8.99/6.06 Euro

There was a certain amount of sneering about Bioshock’s sequel upon release, all we can tell you is if you loved the first outing then get your thumbs around this one and at this price you won’t be disappointed.

Dead Rising 2; PS3 at Gamestation
£12.98/$21.64/14.47 Euro

Zombies, Zombies, Zombies, if you can’t get enough of them, here’s a game with more that you can shake a chainsaw at. Reviewed here when first released.

Lucius; PC at Play.com
£17.99/£30.01/20.23 Euro

Here’s one I’ve been keeping my one good eye on for the last few months. At the moment this title is looking a lot like a horror movie which I’m guessing the producers couldn’t get the naming rights to. Lucius is the son of the Devil and its your job to help him off people to gain enough dark powers to take over the world. Well if you call your kid Lucius, its hard to imagine him growing up to be an accountant. Lace Mamba’s latest title is due for release on 11th June.

Alan Wake - 'The Writer' DLC - Here before Halloween!

Are ya ready for a good old spook fest this Halloween? Good, cos its time to turn off the lights and lock the doors! Prepare for the season of scary stuff with some Alan Wake DLC 'The Writer', coming October 12th, it will cost you 560msp, which isn't bad. Have to say that this second DLC has been a bit slow in coming compared to the norm... Hopefully it has been worth the wait. Check out the preview below and try not to stain the couch when ya get a fright! Boo!

Alan Wake - DLC Dated!

For European Xbox fans Alan Wake hits the shelves today (14th May 2010) but our poor American cousins have another week to wait unfortunately (18th May).
Makes no sense to me but Im not complaining cos tonight I intend to turn off all the lights, lock the doors and scare the shit out of myself! Might even watch a spookie flick first, just to up the thrill!

However, we can all look forward to July 27th when the first DLC will be released and it will be called 'The Signal'. It will apparently have about fifteen minuets of game play... WHAT!? Sound like a crock of shit to me too but I guess we will have to see, Oi Remedy, sort it out! The good news is that if you buy the original game brand new this DLC will come as free, otherwise you will be required to pay to play - Big deal! I feel a rant coming on...

Alan Wake 'Bright Falls' movies now available....

We'll horror fans, Alan Wake will be hitting the shelves on May 17th and in the run up there are some live action movies to get the adrenalin flowing... Xbox Live gold subscribers can see these flick from today on their console but for the non xbox owner you can get the jump on these over at the New York Times site,(just click here). Don't forget the popcorn!