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Wolfenstein headlines Amazon day of game deals

by Alexander Sliwinski on Sep 24th 2009 11:58AM

The latest Wolfenstein is Amazon's "deal of the day" special, accompanied by more games offered during today's "lightning deals." A one-way trip to the spooky-Nazi locale of Wolfenstein will cost $40 for Xbox 360 and PS3, $30 on PC (while supplies last). Meanwhile, today's lightning deals are teased as:

9AM Eastern: Ghostbusters: Slimer Edition (Wii)
12PM Eastern: Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia (DS)
4PM Eastern: "Pyramid Head welcomes you home." [Likely, Silent Hill Homecoming]
7PM Eastern: "Zombies eat brains."
10PM Eastern: "Why worry? Each one of us is carrying an unlicensed nuclear accelerator on his back." [Likely, Xbox 360 and PS3 version of Ghostbusters]

Tags: amazon, deal-of-the-day, deals, wolfenstein

Reader Comments (38)

Das iz not gud.

Side note, yeah, I think "Ghostbusters" too...maybe "My Little Pony".

12PM Eastern: "Dracula rises again"

Castlevania order of Ecclesia for 19.98

Why aren't you banned yet?

FYI... the 360 version of Wolfenstein has know freezing issue that no one seems to care to address.

*known

I didnt encounter any freezing problem (not to say they dont exist). Wasn't that bad, I really didn't intend to play it, but rented it on a whim. Turned out to be pretty addictive, if maybe a bit of a generic shooter. Fun was had. I ended up actually finishing it.

Yeah, some people do manage to finish the game just fine. Others however will get freezes over and over and some people get to the point where they can no longer advance. Apparently it strikes most often in the airfield. The current theory is that the saves are being corrupted. If you go to the Wolfenstein forum over at XBox.com you can see quite a bit of discussion about it: http://forums.xbox.com/1629/ShowForum.aspx

In particular check out the thread titled "wolfenfreeze". I'm just throwing this out there for a warning for those interested in the game. I personally like the single player campaign, but the 360 version is a bit of a crap shoot.

all platforms have Wolfenstein freezing issues...

If there is an issue with the PS3 version I haven't seen anyone talk about it. Whereas if you go to the Wolfenstein board at XBox.com, Gamefaqs, or Ravengames.com (hell, pretty much any 360 board) there are multiple threads about freezing on the first page. A quick scan of similar boards related to the PS3 doesn't turn up the same results. But I guess I'll find out soon since I sent the 360 version back to Gamefly in exchange for the PS3 version.

I might pick up GB if the deal is good enough. I wonder what the zombie one is?

lol look at his previous comments

My guess on the zombie game is Left4Dead 1.

Zombies is probably some really good deal on Left4Dead so they can lighten their inventory before L4D2 comes out.

How was the list on Ghostbusters for Wii 75 beans!?

It was the Slimer Amazon edition, not the regular.

I'd buy Castlevainia right now, but for some reason the lightning deals window isn't showing up. laaame

Also, the zombie game can't be L4D1. They don't eat brains in L4D!

Zombies most certainly DO NOT eat brains. Romero (true) zombies don't, anyway.

I think Return of The Living Dead (which just goes bananas with what zombies are able to do) and the Simpsons Halloween ep way back were what propagated the conventional wisdom that zombies eat brains.

Yeah, Return of the Living Dead definitely started it. It became a staple from then onwards. Also, that was the first use of running zombies I can recall. Fantastic movie.

@MLS I believe the notion that zombies eat brains predates the Simpsons. It's almost completely due to the "Of the Deads", which people just assumed to be Romero because of similarities in the titles.

I used my 10 dollar ODST credit to pick up Wolfenstein. 30 isn't bad.

I would have used it on Uncharted 2, but I'd lose my free release date shipping I put on it when I had Prime.

seriously no one has ideas on the zomby thing?

plants vs zombies

Hahahaha, it's $1 off Castlevania.

Oh fuck me, I think I just caught the deal too late.

It was only $1 off Castlevania?? How can you can that a "deal"?

I hope the zombie game is L4D. What % off are these deals usually??

It was $9.01 off Amazon's Price.

MSRP was 29.99
Amazon was selling it for 28.99.
Gold Box made it 19.98

This was the impetus I needed to pick up Wolfenstein. I had just played the demo last night and thought, "This isn't worth $60, but I'd pay $40." Here it is at $40. And now here it comes to my mailbox.

I'm always on the lookout for gaming deals...

*put on sunglasses*

... but that's Nazi one I'm looking for!

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

YYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

PC version has nasty bugs, but I bought 2 copies of it anyway because I like SP that much.

Oooh. Thanks, someone posted incorrect info above.

I though Wolfenstein was underrated. The reviews (especially IGN) seemed to bash it for not really being open world, and for not doing anything crazy new and innovative. If you really like FPS's Wolfenstein is solid, though. Some people had problems with the game freezing up, I never encountered any though.

Oh, and while the single player is great, don't expect anything from the multiplayer. It's not about to replace Modern Warfare, Halo, or TF2.

Castlevania went from $30 to $29. What a deal Amazon. I paid $1 more for it when it first released, I shoulda waited

it was $19.98 while the deal lasted. Not such a great deal since the game is 1 year old, but with castlevania you never know, they may go hard to find and more expensive instead of getting cheaper.

The Zombies game was Plants vs. Zombies for PC? Laaaaame.

And the last deal is the PS3 Ghostbusters Slimer Edition thing.

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