Welcome back to the Direct2Drive 5th Birthday Sale! Over the past several years more and more of the PC gaming industry has moved to Digital Downloads, and while Steam definitely has the dominant position, Direct2Drive has seen tremendous success and growth. Now they have hit their 5-year anniversary and WE get the presents! Week 1 featured Ubisoft & strategy games, Week 2 had Action games, Week 3 had RPG / MMORPG games, and now we are up to Week 4 – PC/Mac ‘Indie’ Games! Read on to find out more – and to get two important reminders!

First off, as I mentioned last week I discovered during Week 2 that you could only buy 3 games in a 24 hour period. Last week I knew what to expect and bought my games accordingly.

The other thing is something I thought was obvious but is a question I have been asked repeatedly (mainly because I used the word ‘expired’ in my post): everything that was ever on sale remains on sale until the end of the Promo. So Bioshock is STILL $5, as is Drakensang, and so on. So don’t think you’ve missed out – all of the bargains are still there!

This week I’m not sure if I’ll be adding anything, since I already own the majority of the games here (7/10) – and all of the copies I have are digital. However, let me put in a special plug for ‘The Path’, an absolutely sublime experience taht is one of the most original games that I have ever played.

According to two entries on Twitter:

D2D Turns 5 week 4 is here! Awesome Indie titles for PC and Mac for $5 EACH! Mount & Blade, World of Goo & more! http://bit.ly/LQHVo

But wait, there’s more! Buy one $5 game and get automatically entered in our contest to win ALL 50 GAMES! http://bit.ly/LQHVo

As stated, over the next five weeks 50 games will be chopped to $5 – this week with 10 games from the RPG / MMO game genres. There are some really good choices – Drakensang is one of the better RPG releases in the past few years, and Elven Legacy is a very nice strategy-RPG. Titan Quest takes the Diablo franchise into Greek mythology, and the sequel Neverwinter Nights is better than the original. The expansion Storm of Zehir adds loads of stuff, but I wish they had the superlative Mask of the Betrayer expansion instead. There are a few MMO’s here – Eve Online, Planetside and Age of Conan … but the major cost of those is the monthly subscription! The last couple – Assassin’s Creed and Grand Theft Auto, are solid games but not really RPG.

There are also some teasers on the site of what to expect in coming weeks:

* Week One : Ubisoft and strategy games (Prices still in effect)
* Week Two: Action Games (Prices still in effect)
* Week Three: RPGs & MMOs (Prices still in effect)
* Week Four: Indie Games
* Week Five: War Games

Here is the list:

Mount and Blade
($29.95) $5.00

World of Goo
($19.95) $5.00

Defense Grid: The Awakening
($19.95) $5.00

Sword of the Stars
($19.95) $5.00

Cogs
($9.95) $5.00

Light of Altair
($14.95) $5.00

The Path
($9.95) $5.00

Bridge Construction Set
($19.95) $5.00

Gish
($9.95) $5.00

Zatikon
($11.95) $5.00

One other thing of note – many of these games were developed by companies with fewer than 10 employees, some like World of Goo were done by 2 people! Buying these really does help contribute to that inventive spirit that represented the early days of video games. This is another amazing list – if you are considering playing any of these games NOW is the time to grab them … and remember that each purchase enters you into a drawing to get all 50 games for free!

If you need more info, here are some links to reviews I’ve done:
- Defense Grid: The Awakening
- Mount & Blade
- The Path
- World of Goo

Source: Direct2Drive