What’s New and What’s Cheap in the UK: Burnout, Rayman and THQ Titles

Welcome to this week’s edition of “What’s New and What’s Cheap in the UK”, the weekly post telling you exactly what it says on the tin: what’s cheap in Old Blighty. But fear not, international readers: where applicable, prices will also be listed in Euros and USD.
Releases-wise this week a better looking affair than the last few weeks, with Lego Batman 2 releasing on everything, Civilization V: Gods & Kings hitting the PC and Steel Battalion Heavy Armour releasing on the 360.
On the deals side this week, Zavvi has Rayman Origins for £14.95 on PS3 and 360, Shopto has the THQ Limited Edition Boxset on PC for £14.86 – includes Metro 2033, Red Faction Guerilla, Company Of Heroes, Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Saints Row 2, Darksiders, Dawn Of War 2, Dawn Of War Chaos Rising, Supreme Commander, and Frontlines Fuel Of War.
Elsewhere Gamersgate has Amnesia: The Dark Descent for £3.23 and Space Pirates and Zombies and £3.48, Origin has Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box for £5.00 and Mirror’s Edge also for £5.00 along with a lot of other games for a fiver and Steam has the Cube Pack for £6.99/$9.99/€8.99 which Includes BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Blocks That Matter, Critical Mass, EDGE, Q.U.B.E. and RUSH.
What catches your eye on either side this week?
What’s New

- Civilization V: Gods & Kings
- Lego Batman 2

- Lego Batman 2
- Steel Battalion Heavy Armour

- Lego Batman 2

- Lego Batman 2

- Lego Batman 2
What’s Cheap
Play
- Assassin’s Creed: Revelations – Ottoman Edition | PC | £12.99
- Total War: Shogun 2 | PC | £3.99
Simply Games
- Wipeout 2048 | Vita | £19.99
- Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception | PS3 | £19.85
Amazon
- Dead Island | PS3 | £17.99
- Dead Island | 360 | £17.99
Zavvi
- Rayman Origins | 360 | £14.95
- Rayman Origins | PS3 | £14.95
Shopto
- THQ Limited Edition Boxset | PC | £14.86 – includes Metro 2033, Red Faction Guerilla, Company Of Heroes, Company Of Heroes: Opposing Fronts, Saints Row 2, Darksiders, Dawn Of War 2, Dawn Of War Chaos Rising, Supreme Commander, and Frontlines Fuel Of War
Gamersgate
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent | PC | £3.23
- Wizorb | PC | £1.67
- Space Pirates and Zombies | PC | £3.48
- Hard Reset | PC | £3.48
XBLA
- Prince of Persia The Forgotten Sands | XBLA | £3.99
- Alone In The Dark | XBLA | £1.67
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™ 4 Episode I | XBLA | 400MSP
- SONIC THE HEDGEHOG™ 4 Episode I | XBLA | 200MSP
- Virtua Tennis 2009 | XBLA | £3.99
- Rockstar Table Tennis | XBLA | £3.99
Origin
- Mirror’s Edge | PC | £5.00
- Dragon Age: Origins | PC | £5.00
- Need For Speed : Hot Pursuit | PC | £5.00
- Dead Space 2 | PC | £5.00
- Darksiders | PC | £5.00
- Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box | PC | £5.00
- Shank | PC | £5.00
- Shank 2 | PC | £5.00
- Spore | PC | £5.00
- Warp | PC | £5.00
Steam
- Cube Pack | PC | £6.99/$9.99/€8.99 – Includes BIT.TRIP RUNNER, Blocks That Matter, Critical Mass, EDGE, Q.U.B.E. and RUSH
- Men of War | PC | £3.25/$3.75/€3.25
- Men of War: Vietnam | PC | £6.24/$8.74/€7.49
- Men of War: Red Tide | PC | £4.99/$6.24/€4.99
- Men of War: Assault Squad | PC | £4.99/$7.49/€6.24
- Men of War: Condemned Heroes | PC | £6.24/$7.49/€6.74
If I’ve missed either a new release or a great cheap deal, please comment and make that information known.
Editorial, Column, Deals Tags: deals, Releases, UK
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I was looking at that THQ pack of PC games at Shopto, and they also have the Final Fantasy XIII-2 Limited Collector’s Edition for £11.86 on 360 and £12.95 on PS3.