Happy New Year gamers! Let’s kick off 2022 with New Years Deals! First party Nintendo titles are available for a special price till January 16th. Playstation Store is continuing their Holiday Sales with 75% discounts on select titles.
PSN Deals
Returnal Digital Deluxe Edition
$59.99 $79.99 (Expires on January 20, 2022)
Developer: Housemarque
User Score: 7.2
After crash-landing on a shape-shifting alien planet, Selene finds herself fighting tooth and nail for survival. Again and again she’s defeated, forced to restart her journey every time she dies. In this roguelike shooter, both the planet and your equipment change with every cycle, forcing you to adapt your play style and take on evolving challenges.
$39.89 $69.99 (Expires on January 20, 2022)
Developer: Bluepoint Games
User Score: 8.0
From PlayStation Studios and Bluepoint Games comes a remake of the PlayStation classic, Demon’s Souls. Entirely rebuilt from the ground up and masterfully enhanced, this remake introduces the horrors of a fog-laden, dark fantasy land to a whole new generation of gamers. Those who’ve faced its trials and tribulations before, can once again challenge the darkness in stunning visual quality and incredible performance.
$23.89 $59.99 (Expires on January 20, 2022)
Developer: IO Interactive
User Score: 8.0
Death Awaits. Agent 47 returns in HITMAN 3, the dramatic conclusion to the World of Assassination trilogy.
Back 4 Blood: Ultimate Edition
$59.99 $99.99 (Expires on January 20, 2022)
Developer: Warner Bros Interactive
User Score: 5.4
Back 4 Blood is a thrilling cooperative first-person shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise. You are at the center of a war against the Ridden. These once-human hosts of a deadly parasite have turned into terrifying creatures bent on devouring what remains of civilization. With humanity’s extinction on the line, it’s up to you and your friends to take the fight to the enemy, eradicate the Ridden and reclaim the world.
SCARLET NEXUS Ultimate Edition
$59.99 $99.99 (Expires on January 20, 2022)
Developer: BANDAI NAMCCO
Emmen Gaming Score: Recommended
In the far distant future, a psionic hormone was discovered in the human brain, granting people extra-sensory powers and changed the world as we knew it. As humanity entered this new era, deranged mutants known as Others began to descend from the sky with a hunger for human brains. Highly resistant to conventional attack methods, extreme measures needed to be taken to battle the overwhelming threat and preserve humanity. Those with acute extra-sensory abilities, known as psionics, were our only chance to fight the onslaught from above. Since then, psionics have been scouted for their talents and recruited to the Other Suppression Force (OSF), humanity’s last line of defense.
Nintendo eShop Deals
$41.99 $59.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Sega
User Score: 7.7
When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious.
$22.49 $24.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Chucklefish
User Score: 7.3
Escape the tyrannical clutches of a subterranean society and join Eastward’s unlikely duo on an exciting adventure to the land above! Discover beautiful yet bizarre settlements and make new friends as you travel across the world by rail.
$29.49 $39.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Sega
User Score: 8.3
Join Sonic in the high-speed adventure of a lifetime! The evil Dr. Eggman has built a gigantic interstellar amusement park bursting with incredible rides and colorful attractions – but he’s powering it with a captured alien race called “Wisps.” Use Sonic’s lightning speed to free the Wisps and learn the secrets of their amazing powers as you explore six unique colorful worlds, each filled with dangerous enemies and hurdles to overcome.
$14.49 $29.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Thunder Lotus Games
Emmen Gaming Score: 9.4
You play Stella, ferrymaster to the deceased, a Spiritfarer. Build a boat to explore the world, then befriend and care for spirits before finally releasing them into the afterlife. Farm, mine, fish, harvest, cook, and craft your way across mystical seas. Join the adventure as Daffodil the cat, in two-player cooperative play. Spend relaxing quality time with your spirit passengers, create lasting memories, and, ultimately, learn how to say goodbye to your cherished friends. Includes the heartwarming base game and three major content updates: explore an expanded world and befriend four new spirit friends!
$20.09 $29.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: BANDAI NAMCO
User Score: 8.3
Return to a world of charming horror in Little Nightmares II, a suspense adventure game in which you play as Mono, a young boy trapped in a world that has been distorted by the humming transmission of a distant tower.
Xbox Deals
$7.09 $39.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Avalanche Studios
User Score: 4.3
Welcome to Solis, a huge South American world home of conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Experience for the first time in a sandbox game towering tornadoes and tropical lightning storms, taking the iconic Just Cause action to insane new heights. In Just Cause 4, rogue agent Rico Rodriguez lands in Solis to hunt down the truth about his past, at any cost.
$13.19 $39.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Eidos-Montréal
User Score: 7.3
The Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition experiences the final chapter of Lara’s origin as she is forged into the Tomb Raider she is destined to be. Combining the base game, all seven DLC challenge tombs, as well as all downloadable weapons, outfits, and skills. Shadow of the Tomb Raider Definitive Edition is the ultimate way to experience Lara’s defining moment.
$16.19 $19.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: SkyBox Labs Inc
User Score: 5.0
Overcome daunting challenges, treacherous terrain, and gargantuan beasts while traversing a decaying land. Manipulate the environment to solve elaborate puzzles and creep past dangerous creatures under cover of muted landscapes, all set to an original soundtrack. Survive sweeping environments including mysterious towns, haunting forests, and massive subterranean ruins brought to life in an atmospheric experience.
$29.99 $39.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: Team17
User Score: 7.9
Join the ever-expanding experience of Hell Let Loose – a hardcore World War Two first person shooter with epic battles of 100 players with infantry, tanks, artillery, a dynamically shifting front line and a unique resource based RTS-inspired meta-game.
$15.99 $79.99 (Expires on January 16, 2022)
Developer: BANDAI NAMCO
User Score: 7.8
In the not too distant future, a mysterious disaster has brought collapse to the world as we know it. Towering skyscrapers, once symbols of prosperity, are now lifeless graves of humanity’s past pierced by the Thorns of Judgment. At the center of the destruction lies a hidden society of Revenants called Vein. This final stronghold is where the remaining few fight to survive, blessed with Gifts of power in exchange for their memories and a thirst for blood.
Steam Deals
$19.99 $39.99 (Expires on January 17, 2022)
Developer: Quantic Dream
User Score: 8.7
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans.
$7.49 $29.99 (Expires on January 17, 2022)
Developer: Pathea Games
User Score: 5.2
Start a new life in the enchanting town of Portia! Restore your Pa’s neglected workshop to its former glory by fulfilling commissions, growing crops, raising animals, and befriending the quirky inhabitants of this charming post-apocalyptic land!
$12.49 $24.99 (Expires on January 24, 2022)
Developer: Motion Twin
User Score: 8.1
Dead Cells is a rogue-lite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You’ll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle… assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
$4.00 $10.99 (Expires on January 14, 2022)
Developer: Croteam
User Score: 7.1
Serious Sam 4 reignites the classic FPS series in a high-powered prequel loaded with an explosive arsenal, intergalactic carnage, and perfectly timed one-liners.
$16.99 $19.99 (Expires on January 14, 2022)
Developer: Cheescake Dev
User Score: tba
Internet Cafe Simulator 2 is an extremely comprehensive and detailed internet cafe business simulation game.
Epic Games Store Free Game
The gods’ torturous rule over humanity has lasted for millennia. Bent on cruelty and suffering, they demand to be served with blind worship through an oath of fealty pledged from every man, woman and child. To those who don’t submit to the gods’ will; a slow and merciless death awaits.
Experience the brutal trials of a venturous band of warriors in their desperate plight to sever the gods’ callous grip on humanity. Every man and woman who can muster a blade, having suffered the brutality of the gods’ reign for too long, will be called upon to form your clan of 8 Celtic survivors and rise up to take on the legions of horrific beasts and minions that dwell in each of the gods’ hellish realms.
A personal tale emerges with every decision made. Succeed and see legends born. Fail, and watch lives turn to dust.
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