This weekend's PC game deals include a couple of bundles carrying live-action and dino hunting titles, a freebie for classic platformer fans, free events to try out, PlayStation PC ports, and more.
Game Deals
Hogwarts Legacy – $35.69 on GreenManGaming
God of War – $24.89 on Gamebillet
UNCHARTED: Legacy of Thieves Collection – $24.69 on Gamebillet
Demeo – $23.99 on Steam
Marvel's Midnight Suns – $23.99 on Steam
IXION – $20.99 on Steam
I Expect You To Die Bundle – $20.38 on Steam
Timberborn – $19.99 on Steam
Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition – $19.99 on Steam
X4: Foundations – $19.99 on Steam
PGA TOUR 2K23 – $19.79 on Steam
The Riftbreaker – $17.99 on Steam
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake – $16.70 on Humble Store
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition – $16.49 on Steam
Tropico 6 – $15.99 on Steam
Call of the Wild: The Angler – $14.99 on Steam
Psychonauts 2 – $14.99 on Steam
The Room VR: A Dark Matter – $14.99 on Steam
Days Gone – $13.74 on Gamebillet
Anno 1800 – $12.90 on GreenManGaming
Twelve Minutes – $12.49 on Humble Store
CODE VEIN – $11.99 on Steam
Hearts of Iron IV – $11.99 on Steam
Dome Keeper – $10.79 on Steam
Library Of Ruina – $10.19 on Steam
Age of Mythology: Extended Edition – $10.19 on Steam
Children of Silentown – $9.99 on Steam
Steel Division 2 – $9.99 on Steam
The Tenants – $9.99 on Steam
Dead by Daylight – $9.99 on Steam
IMMORTALITY – $9.99 on Steam
Northgard – $8.99 on Steam
ONE PIECE World Seeker – $8.99 on Steam
Trombone Champ – $8.99 on Humble Store
Darksiders Genesis – $7.49 on Humble Store
Age of Empires III: Definitive Edition – $7.00 on Steam
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition – $6.99 on Steam
Rising Storm 2: Vietnam – $6.24 on Steam
Star Renegades – $6.24 on Steam
Human: Fall Flat – $5.99 on Steam
Sid Meier’s Civilization VI – $5.99 on Steam
Frostpunk – $5.99 on Steam
XCOM 2 – $5.99 on Steam
Killing Floor 2 – $5.99 on Steam
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – $4.99 on Steam
The Messenger – $4.99 on Steam
HELLDIVERS Dive Harder Edition – $4.99 on Steam
One Piece Burning Blood – $4.99 on Steam
The Room 4: Old Sins – $3.59 on Steam
Evil Genius – $0.99 on Steam
Cave Story+ – $0 on Epic Store
DRM-free Goodness
Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition - $16.49 on GOG
Warcraft I & II Bundle - $11.99 on GOG
Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition - $9.99 on GOG
Outward Definitive Edition - $9.99 on GOG
Metro Franchise Bundle - $9.59 on GOG
Wasteland 3 - $7.99 on GOG
King's Bounty II - $7.99 on GOG
Diablo + Hellfire - $7.99 on GOG
SPORE Collection - $7.49 on GOG
Silent Hill 4: The Room - $6.99 on GOG
Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix - Gold Edition - $6.49 on GOG
SWAT 4: Gold Edition - $5.49 on GOG
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition - $4.99 on GOG
Dungeon Siege Collection - $4.99 on GOG
Encased: A Sci-Fi Post-Apocalyptic RPG - $4.79 on GOG
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - $4.49 on GOG
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition - $3.99 on GOG
ISLANDERS - $3.99 on GOG
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition - $2.99 on GOG
World in Conflict: Complete Edition - $2.99 on GOG
This.
Scary legalize for "We collect telemetry and crash reports", essentially. How much H:ZD actually sends I don't know, AFAIK that's essentially generic data collection privacy policy thing from Sony.
Before you play HZD Sony requires you to affirm your compliance with the Sony terms of service, including the game's capacity to scan your computer and report back to Sony, including the DRM Free version on GOG.
This may be limited to benign game related elements (scores, telemetry, crashes and bugs, etc.) but the TOS doesn't limit it to this, and Sony is essentially mandating they can collect whatever they want about you. There are similar clauses in some AAA launch clients, such as EA's Origin (Now, just The EA App ) but for me, that's a deal breaker, especially from a company that has a history of installing malware rootkits as a DRM measure. Sony, like several major electronics and software companies, has earned my distrust.
It also raises questions regarding the veracity of the GOG guarantee that games are DRM free.
I believe the same click-through contract (or a similar one) is on every Sony PC game since HZD.
Telemetry is not digital rights management, nothing happens if you don't have internet access or if you block the game with a firewall, you can still play the game fine. It's a bummer you can't opt-out of it completely obviously, but "they can collect whatever they want about you" is entirely false as long as you select "Limited Data" when it asks for your consent - they are GDPR compliant after all.
Here, I created a full image for you. Limited data is system & hardware specs, game crash logs & load times, network/server logs and online game data (e.g on an MMO/online match, H:ZD is offline game so doesn't really apply) and "Legal information required by law". Again, I don't know when any of these are sent - it might be always you boot the game, it might be only when you send a crash log.