Having only been on the market for three months, the PC version of Dark Sector will already be going on sale for half price on Steam. The third-person shooter will stay at the slashed price of $9.99 throughout the week and up until next Monday, June 22.
If you're strictly a PC gamer and looking to dive into Dark Sector, then this appears to be a good time to pick it up. Those with consoles should hit Amazon. The site lists the PS3 version at only $6, and the Xbox 360 version is going for an acceptable $1.49. The PC software of Dark Sector is a direct port of the original console game released last year, so the only difference you'll notice between versions is the price.
Reader Comments (72)
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 7:47AM SmokemeaKipper said
I've seen regular priced at Futureshop for $9.99, at least last week when I picked up Mass effect for the same price.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 8:44AM (Unverified) said
dark sector is a cool game. did it it do anything new? no but it was a coll game i would pay 10 or 20 bucks for if i diddnt have it already.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 8:48AM Appleanche said
I've always meant to pick this game up and for $10 it's cheap entertainment but I think life is too short to play mediocre bland games like Dark Sector, especially when I have a backlog and just about every one of those are much better then Dark Sector.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:05AM Ralph23 said
It was definitely a fun game. I played through it twice on the 360.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:58AM thecmoneyshow said
Dark Sector is a GOOD game. Don't be haters. Peace.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:14AM captplut9465 said
Hello, it was a typo. I read plenty of books, thanks. Why on Earth would I seriously mean to call Dark Sector the greatest story ever told?
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:23AM (Unverified) said
Don't forget that even if this game were free, there'd be an opportunity cost associated with playing it - every minute you're playing it is a minute you're *not* doing something.
I would say it's really not worth your time - I picked it up used (for more than I'd like to admit) and it is one of the most mind-numbingly repetitive games I've played in awhile. There are some exceedingly frustrating segments (navigating the glaive through narrow gaps in fences) and once you stumble onto the way to get an elemental power on your glaive to clear some obstacle, the same hackneyed obstacle will pop up over and over again.
I'm so far through the game I feel obligated to finish it, but it really is a grind to get through. I can only play it for short spurts before I need to put it down, and it has never struck me as being very enjoyable.
Caveat emptor.
I would say it's really not worth your time - I picked it up used (for more than I'd like to admit) and it is one of the most mind-numbingly repetitive games I've played in awhile. There are some exceedingly frustrating segments (navigating the glaive through narrow gaps in fences) and once you stumble onto the way to get an elemental power on your glaive to clear some obstacle, the same hackneyed obstacle will pop up over and over again.
I'm so far through the game I feel obligated to finish it, but it really is a grind to get through. I can only play it for short spurts before I need to put it down, and it has never struck me as being very enjoyable.
Caveat emptor.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:24AM (Unverified) said
"Not doing something" should be "Not doing something else."
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Posted: Jun 16th 2009 9:33AM cuube said
Hm, Steam version is 15€ - thats more than 15$. A LOT more than 10$.
Cheers, Europe.
Cheers, Europe.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 10:51AM Professor Lario said
Thanks for the notice - I've been waiting for the price to drop on this one.
I have hit a point in my gaming that I have less and less time to play - blarg. So when I do get a chance to game I feel like I have to 'make it worth it,' going back to classics I missed or playing the AAA titles of the last few years. Oh how I long for the days when I have time to play the excellent and mediocre!
I have hit a point in my gaming that I have less and less time to play - blarg. So when I do get a chance to game I feel like I have to 'make it worth it,' going back to classics I missed or playing the AAA titles of the last few years. Oh how I long for the days when I have time to play the excellent and mediocre!
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 10:53AM Vcize said
This game was way underrated. The MP is throw-away due to poor net-code, but the single player game was very fun to romp through.
Fun enough that I decided to make a little fan-made trailer for it, maybe it'll convince some of you to buy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY1JSnW2zhk
Fun enough that I decided to make a little fan-made trailer for it, maybe it'll convince some of you to buy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY1JSnW2zhk
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 11:22AM coinop25 said
At sixty bucks, this game would've been a rip-off. At the price of a nice sandwich, it's well worth playing.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 11:40AM TheWeaponeer said
One of the better games I played in 2008, and that first level was so much fun (very COD4ish as the spy running around in secret). Then the story kicked in, and it got a little weird at times, but the game was still worth playing.
XBox 360 - I own this game and it is completely worth it at this price.
XBox 360 - I own this game and it is completely worth it at this price.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 11:56AM (Unverified) said
This game looked awesome when i first saw it before the 360 even came out.
Then they changed the design direction with that stupid Frisbee. Whoever made that choice screwed this game!
Then they changed the design direction with that stupid Frisbee. Whoever made that choice screwed this game!
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 1:40PM FredFredrickson said
And here I thought I was getting a good deal when I picked up Dark Sector for $10 at Fry's. Oh well!
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 1:45PM ccrosby said
So i just got back from amazon where I was going to buy 4 copies of the game for me and a couple of friends, and at 1.50 why not, its a steal right? well when I got to the cart I realized the price was actually adjusted to be 7.29 each +shipping. By no means a bad price, but that just made me lose my interest in buying 4 copies let alone 1.
Guess they just realized their pricing mistake...
Guess they just realized their pricing mistake...
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 1:53PM Jimmyjames said
I grabbed this game at Best Buy on clearance for $9.99. It's damn good, I would have paid full retail for it.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 3:57PM Jimmyjames said
I hate that mentality.
Yeah, why would anyone want to support the studios that make the games we enjoy?
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Yeah, why would anyone want to support the studios that make the games we enjoy?
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 2:05PM natepetedmb said
Dark Sector is a great game. Its a shame that it got so many undeserved bad reviews (Adam from x-play never knows what he is talking about). Its also a shame since i doubt a sequel will happen. I recommend people check this out.
Posted: Jun 16th 2009 3:16PM NukeAssault said
I thought this game was great. Not amazing but good. Id totally recommend it. Though i must say im dissapointed in the change in direction. What happened to my space shooter Digital Extreme!?!
Posted: Jun 18th 2009 5:18AM rullers said
PC version doesnt have online MP. Dont buy it.




