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5 Bargain Bin Games That Should Keep You Busy Over the Summer

With the summer lacking in major releases, gamers will need to find games to keep them busy until the season ends. Here are five bargain bin games that can keep them busy while the weather is hot

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Gamehard4687d ago

Pretty decent list. Vanquish and Darksiders have been in my library since release. But seriously, there aren't any good new games during the summer? Infamous 2, Shadows of the Damned, Dungeon Siege 3, Deus Ex etc etc... this summer has been pretty damn decent for games imo.

optimus4687d ago

Um, those games were released before summer and they are not bargain bin games as he's pointing out...personally I would have listed fallout 3 as you can find it now for about 12 bucks and it Could easily take you all summer to finish.

spektical4687d ago

new vegas as well.. but its hard to play as it freezes a lot.

might check out darksiders.. i played brutal legend and i couldnt stand it.

Dramscus4687d ago

I cant stand jagk black and so avoided the game.

BeOneWithTheGun4687d ago

@Spek and Dram...Brutal Legend was an abortion. This, coming from a die hard 80's metal fanatic. Super Mario Brother's graphics aside, Black's performance is cringe worthy to say the least. the controls are clunky and it is one to avoid at all costs.

Soldierone4687d ago (Edited 4687d ago )

What? lol InFamous, Duke Nukem, and Alice 2 all came out in June. Schools let out in early May here (summer) and the "official" day of summer is just BS. Fear 3, Dungeon Siege 3 Deus Ex are all coming out after that or just recently....

Personally Alice 2 is a great buy if you can afford a full game, Im enjoying it and its lasted me a while so far. As for the list, Vanquish is cool but it isn't going to last you very long lol. Darksiders was decent, and the others were okay at best.

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Darkfiber4686d ago

You just answered your own question. No, there aren't any good games this summer. Deus Ex is my last hope but I'm really not sure about it from things I have seen lately. Dungeon Siege 3 was fun but not amazing, and it's so linear and short it's definitely not going to last you the summer.

bebojet4686d ago

Agreed, I'm having a tough time keeping up with all the new releases.

Ness-Psi4687d ago

I'm playing Darksiders (PC) now and its awesome I highly recommend it.

frelyler4687d ago (Edited 4687d ago )

Did anyone else catch the sentence at the end that said "It's unfortunate that there aren't any new games to look forward to in the summer" Ah. Witcher 2, Infamous2, Deus ex, and several other awesome or sure to be awesome games say hello. How can an article about gaming get on this site if the author of the article has no f&*%^$ng clue what video games even are? In the authors bio it says he likes to play his PS3 in his spare time, so that qualifies him to write about it. WTF? It also says he plays a little guitar, does that now qualify him to critique Jimmy Page? How has society become so incredibly dumb?

ReservoirDog3164687d ago

Summer started officially June 21. Those games were all released technically before summer.

So there technically isn't many great games coming out in the summer.

Which is why I got gamefly for 2 months to play a few of these kinda games for only $17. It's not a bad idea really. You can get that deal if someone recommends you to gamely. PM me if you want anymore details.

BeOneWithTheGun4687d ago

Reservoir, Gamefly is a win all the time. I have been a member for 2 years and get 10% off all purchases. When a game comes out that I know I want (Infamous 2, batman, etc) it is available to me for $44.00. I get the case and booklet, too. Ships the Monday before release so I have it Wednesday.

But the real sell is all those "maybe" games or the ones that have no replay. LA Noire, Darksiders, etc. I pay 22 bucks a month and have 2 games out at all times (one for my 360 and one for my ps3.

I cannot afford to purchase new games for 60 bucks all the time. Gamestop rapes you on trade-in and I am not one of those guys who holds onto a collection for years. Save, the Elder Scrolls, Fallout and Uncharted, I beat a game and have no need for it. Gamefly is awesome.

jidery4686d ago

You can't afford $60 games but you can afford $22 a month or better yet $264 a year for games you don't even own?

EazyC4687d ago

To anyone reading this:

If you haven't yet got Red Dead Redemption do so now. It's very easy to find under at least $20/£15/€20, and is so much game for the money.

Also, read that sentance again, but replace RDR with Fallout 3!

Theres my 2 recommendations, anyway!

jony_dols4687d ago

RDR & Fallout 3 are up there as two of the most popular titles this gen. The purpose of this list, is to get people to play slightly more obscure games, experiences that people might have missed out on upon their original release.

RDR & FO3 are still great games though, (and anyone who still haven't played them are really missing out.)

jetlian4687d ago (Edited 4687d ago )

most people consider june through august summer. infamous 2, shadow and deus aren't big players. Also these games aren't fps or online heavy

deus is coming late august peeps will be going back to school

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Best Sci-Fi Games on the PS3

From the cosmos to crash-landing back on good old planet Earth, come read through the best sci-fi-nastically games on the PS3

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zaanan14d ago

Not a single Reistance? Fuck this article.

mastershredder14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

Starhawk over Warhawk?...... Dude, NO ONE should listen to you.

Odd choices for "best" more like you settled as these being the "best" that available to you at the time, cause a lot of these blow or were average to poor performers that ended up in bargain bin.

Missing too many great sci-fi titles here. The Void, The Resistance Series, Killzone 2 and 3, Enslaved, man.. there were so many, this is redicu-list.

FreeckyCake14d ago

Nobody should listen to you either with that attitude.

OtterX14d ago

I agree that Starhawk shouldn't be above Warhawk, however I must say that Starhawk multiplayer was incredible for its time! Many people wrote it off bc the single player was quite terrible, bc it was basically 1 huge tutorial for the multiplayer. But I can tell you never spent any significant amount of time in MP. It was doing incredibly tense base building w air, foot and land vehicle (and mech!) combat long before Fortnite was ever a thing.

I bet it would have been much better received if it had just ditched the story mode all together. So many people like yourself completely wrote it off based on reviews by reviewers that let the criticism of single player weigh heavily on their scores. I bet you didn't even play it.

Friendlygamer14d ago

The riddick games are some of the best stealth titles ever, highly underrated

YourMommySpoils14d ago

What games? All recall plating was Escape from Butcher Bay.

Friendlygamer14d ago (Edited 14d ago )

There's also the less acclaimed 'assault on dark Athena'

( also, not saying this to you specifically but there's both resistance and killzone games on the list, it's amazing how even something so simple and innocent as a game list can be turned into misinformed vitriol here lol )

jznrpg14d ago

Glad to see Resonance of Fate. Enslaved was pretty good too. I’m sure there are others nobody has listed but I’m too tired to try and think of anything

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15 PS3 Games That Would Absolutely Shine as PS5 Remakes

GB: "With this feature, we talk about 15 games on the PS3 that should be remade for the PlayStation 5."

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kenpachi16d ago

You left out The Darkness games bring those back

fan_of_gaming15d ago

The head of Nightdive Studios has posted that The Darkness is on their list of games they want to do, so hopefully something comes from that

Yi-Long15d ago

Little Big Planet 1 and 2 deserve a mention, IMO.

Good call on Motorstorm, a game released 2 gens ago but still looks and feels so good. Motorstorm 2 and Motorstorm RC were gems as well. They followed up the Motorstorm games with the brilliant Driveclub, which still manages to put modern racing games to shame. Imagine closing down a studio as talented as that ... (!) Incredible.

A little 'arcade-gem' back then was The Last Guy, a top down 'follow the leader' snake-like game where you had to find and lead survivors to safety during an alien invasion, on terrible looking 'Google-earth' maps. Graphics were poor, even back then, but would love that same gameplay with modern maps and graphics.

Street Fighter 4, once it finally had a full roster, was quite good, but it was always an ugly game, sadly. Imagine bringing that back while using the current SF6 engine.

fan_of_gaming15d ago

Good suggestions, I'd be in for
LittleBigPlanet
LittleBigPlanet 2
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift
Motorstorm: RC

purple10115d ago

God damn I love motorstorm so much

At the time I had a low-mid range sony 40” tv, The latency to the controller was waaaay too high, would to play a modern version

In saying that later I got a 3d lg tv and playing the 3d motorstorm in my bedroom with the environment crumbling around the track, was something special, specially compared to what others were playing at the time, will always remember that

Skuletor15d ago

Some good choices here and Resistance: Fall of Man is my most wanted PS3 remaster/remake. Not sure about their claim it was Sony's answer to Gears of War though.

CrimsonWing6915d ago

I’d rather have sequels than remakes. Look at Dead Space 1 Remake. Would’ve been cooler if we got a new entry and it failed with sales sealing the fate of a sequel rather than just replay the same game and it fail in sales and we never get a new entry.

Remakes are great for things like PS2 and earlier games to really get a crazy new graphical coat, but I think we should ease up on all these remakes and actually do sequels.

fan_of_gaming15d ago

Yeah for sure, sequels would be ideal. But in the current market environment where many big publishers are risk-averse, I'd rather get a remaster or remake that a developer can do on a budget that will be approved, rather than nothing for an IP.

Inverno15d ago

I rather they remaster and port over to PC and current gen all the games permanently stuck on PS360. Those games don't need remakes, they need to be given a chance to live again outside of their confined consoles and then give a few proper sequels. Like Sleeping Dogs, Motor Storm, LA Noir, should get another entry.

fan_of_gaming15d ago

Yeah I'd be fine with remasters of PS3 games too, they don't have to be remakes.

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The Best Heavy Metal Games Out There

Prepare to headbang your way into glory with these metal-infused games. You'll find yourself flipping your hair in pure excitement.

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