Amazon has been offering downloads of casual games since last year, but has announced a new initiative today that will see its digital distribution offerings expanded. Now Amazon shoppers can purchase "more than 300 blockbuster titles" from EA, Ubisoft, Atari and Sega and to celebrate this new partnership, Amazon is offering deals on select titles from now through Thanksgiving -- including 33 percent savings on certain EA games now through Sunday, as well as 50 percent off more than 50 different core titles.
If you're hungry for more gaming deals, be sure to check out our Black Friday deal coverage here.
[Thanks, brokeotaku]
Reader Comments (5)
Posted: Nov 19th 2010 9:44PM mko said
Two words: 'region lock'
Posted: Nov 19th 2010 9:45PM bargaingamer said
i just bought the witcher enhanced edition for $6 one of the best rpg game released in past couple of years.
Posted: Nov 19th 2010 10:51PM Jack Kevorkian said
Amazon will do so much better than games on demand. Please let this be!
Posted: Nov 19th 2010 11:00PM yanic said
wow i bought deadspace for $10 thanks alot for the heads up
Posted: Nov 20th 2010 3:38AM FraGNeM said
What's the download policy like?
Unless Amazon has the capability to lock games to specific accounts like Games For Windows Live or Steam, there's probably a restriction on the number of times a game can be downloaded.
From the Terms of Use, it looks like Amazon's download policies are flexible but depend upon the licensing arrangements with the game publishers. They may take games off the service and are only responsible to provide a download for 30 days (but will continue to provide access for longer unless the product is no longer available). They may also limit the number of times a game is downloaded as required by game publishers.
That's what I gathered from it, at least.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200205280
Unless Amazon has the capability to lock games to specific accounts like Games For Windows Live or Steam, there's probably a restriction on the number of times a game can be downloaded.
From the Terms of Use, it looks like Amazon's download policies are flexible but depend upon the licensing arrangements with the game publishers. They may take games off the service and are only responsible to provide a download for 30 days (but will continue to provide access for longer unless the product is no longer available). They may also limit the number of times a game is downloaded as required by game publishers.
That's what I gathered from it, at least.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200205280
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