Direct2Drive celebrates 5-year anniversary with 50 games for $5 each

by Xav de Matos { Sep 10th 2009 at 2:00PM }

Over the next five weeks, Direct2Drive is offering a special discount on a host of different titles in celebration of its five-year anniversary. Every Monday, Direct2Drive will feature a new set of titles, reducing them to $5 (or £5 UK), with the first week of the promotion focusing on "Ubisoft and Strategy titles." While the upcoming week's titles have yet to be revealed, Direct2Drive has teased us with utterly vague descriptions of what to expect:

Week Two: Action Games
Week Three: RPGs & MMOs
Week Four: Indie Games
Week Five: War Games

The first week of the promotion ends on September 14. Games differ slightly based on your geographical region -- for instance, Ubisoft is strangely omitted from the European promotion. Check out a full list of this week's games for both regions after the break.

Direct2Drive Games on Sale in USA

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Sid Meier's Civilization 4
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Game of the Year Edition
X-Com Complete Bundle
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Empire Earth Gold
Far Cry
Call of Juarez
The Settlers: Heritage of Kings

Direct2Drive Games on Sale in UK

Sid Meier's Civilization 4
Sid Meier's Railroads!
X-Com Complete Bundle
Empire Earth II
Empire Earth III
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy

[Thanks, Jordan]

Tags: bargains, call-of-juarez, civilization-iv, dawn-of-war, deal, direct2drive, empire-earth, far-cry, graw-2, sid-meiers, sid-meiers-railroads, splinter-cell-chaos-theory, the-settlers, warhammer-40000-dawn-of-war, x-com

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Top Cat @ Sep 10th 2009 2:09PM

Ah i'll finally be able to get on the Sid Meier train route!

[ArchiGamer] @ Sep 10th 2009 2:11PM

This is the time I hate that I don't play on the PC.

Special Agent Steve @ Sep 10th 2009 4:40PM

Hehe. It's the time I LOVE to play on the PC.

Tom18230 @ Sep 10th 2009 2:20PM

Lol wut. $5 in America but £5 in UK? That hardly seems fair...

Who cares, the games sold in UK are terrible, won't be participating in this deal!

AoE @ Sep 10th 2009 2:34PM

There are a number of titles available as part of the promotion that aren't listed on that main promo page. Just go to the "Under $20" Section and you'll find them (they have promo images stating they're part of the promotion, and are all also reduced to $5) Anyhow for USA region I see the following also on sale:

3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures
AC-130: Operation Devastation
Aces of the Galaxy
Armored Fist 3
Assault Heroes
Comanche 4
Empire Earth II
Empire Earth II: The Art of Supremacy
Empire Earth III
Prison Tycoon 4: Supermax
Silent Hunter III
Tachyon: The Fringe

RKN @ Sep 10th 2009 2:35PM

This is very tempting, I still wish these prices would be for the physical copies as well, something for me to have on my shelf. Maybe I'll wait for GoGamer.com : )

Mack Swift @ Sep 10th 2009 2:42PM

Can't beat these prices. Ghost Recon AWF2 for $5 and Civ IV for $5. In the bag!

Gooberosity @ Sep 10th 2009 3:07PM

So will this first batch revert back to their original price after this week is up? I'd like to see what's coming up before deciding on stuff for this week. (Then again, it's $5 so yeah I could just not buy Starbucks this week.)

AoE @ Sep 10th 2009 3:52PM

My understanding from the way it's all worded on the site is that yes, they're doing one batch of games at $5 for a week, then as the next batch go on sale, this batch will revert to regular prices. Also it's worth noting that if you buy one it enters you into a drawing to win all 50+ games at the end of the promotion.