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3 most recent price drops as of Friday, February 10, 2012 (11:38AM PST)

James Bond 007: Blood Stone (PS3)

Sale Price $14.99 SALE

(50% off) at Amazon Deal Factor 5.1 (details) Deal Factor for "James Bond 007: Blood Stone (PS3)"
The Deal Factor reflects the value of a deal: it's a score ranging from 0 to 10 that is based on the game's average review score, the percentage of the price drop ("savings"), and the game's age. Deals with the largest savings on the best-reviewed and most recent games have the highest Deal Factors. Since we're snobs, we give more weight to the review score than the savings or age (a bad game doesn't get better just because it's cheap or new, and our goal is to help you find the most attractive deals, not just the cheapest or newest games).

For "James Bond 007: Blood Stone" the Deal Factor details look like this:

Weighted Review Score 3.3
Weighted Savings Bonus + 1.3
Weighted Age Bonus + 0.5
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Deal Factor 5.1 Review Average 6.6 (based on 3 critics) Genre Modern Action Adventure Publisher Activision Release Date 2010-11-02 Description "An international conspiracy has placed the UK’s most secretive bio-chemical project into deadly hands, and only Her Majesty’s most lethal agent, James ..." expand → James Bond 007: Blood Stone (PS3)

An international conspiracy has placed the UK’s most secretive bio-chemical project into deadly hands, and only Her Majesty’s most lethal agent, James Bond, can unravel the mystery. To navigate through layers of corruption, you, as Bond, will embark on a global chase that will have you battling on land, sea, and air through Athens, Istanbul, Monaco, and Bangkok. Nothing is what it seems as each adventure reveals a deeper and more sinister conspiracy.

Engage in precise cover-based gunplay and tactical firefights, and speed your way through explosive adrenaline-fueled driving sequences. Become Bond as he engages in intense hand-to-hand combat and uses his environment to finish off enemies. Take the battle online in a 16-person multiplayer mode that requires skill, teamwork and strategy as you compete in matches that will have spies battling mercenaries.

In the fight to prevent the world’s most dangerous weapon from falling into the wrong hands, you’ll need to be the ultimate secret agent.

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PSP)

Sale Price $8.96 SALE

(55% off) at Amazon Deal Factor 5.2 (details) Deal Factor for "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PSP)"
The Deal Factor reflects the value of a deal: it's a score ranging from 0 to 10 that is based on the game's average review score, the percentage of the price drop ("savings"), and the game's age. Deals with the largest savings on the best-reviewed and most recent games have the highest Deal Factors. Since we're snobs, we give more weight to the review score than the savings or age (a bad game doesn't get better just because it's cheap or new, and our goal is to help you find the most attractive deals, not just the cheapest or newest games).

For "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands" the Deal Factor details look like this:

Weighted Review Score 3.3
Weighted Savings Bonus + 1.4
Weighted Age Bonus + 0.5
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Deal Factor 5.2 Review Average 6.5 (based on 1 critic) Genre Fantasy Action Adventure Publisher Ubisoft Release Date 2010-05-17 Description "Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a multi-platform video game developed by Ubisoft which was released on May 18, 2010, in North America and due ..." expand → Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (PSP)

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is a multi-platform video game developed by Ubisoft which was released on May 18, 2010, in North America and due for release on May 20 in Europe. The game is a latest installment in the Prince of Persia series, and will mark a return to the storyline started by Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time. Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is to "feature many of the fan-favorite elements from the original series as well as new gameplay innovations", according to a press release from Ubisoft. The Prince has the ability to rewind time from the very beginning of the game and throughout the game he learns new powers. The biggest new feature is the addition of elemental powers, which bring a new dimension to the core gameplay, because of the way these powers interact with each other and the Prince's other abilities.

Velvet Assassin (PC)

Sale Price $1.94 SALE

(96% off) at Amazon Deal Factor 6.7 (details) Deal Factor for "Velvet Assassin (PC)"
The Deal Factor reflects the value of a deal: it's a score ranging from 0 to 10 that is based on the game's average review score, the percentage of the price drop ("savings"), and the game's age. Deals with the largest savings on the best-reviewed and most recent games have the highest Deal Factors. Since we're snobs, we give more weight to the review score than the savings or age (a bad game doesn't get better just because it's cheap or new, and our goal is to help you find the most attractive deals, not just the cheapest or newest games).

For "Velvet Assassin" the Deal Factor details look like this:

Weighted Review Score 3.8
Weighted Savings Bonus + 2.4
Weighted Age Bonus + 0.5
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Deal Factor 6.7 Review Average 7.5 (based on 1 critic) Genre Action Adventure Publisher SouthPeak Interactive Release Date 2009-04-28 Description From Wikipedia: "Velvet Assassin is a stealth action video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, released in North America on April 28, 2009. Velvet Assassin's working ..." expand → Velvet Assassin (PC)

Velvet Assassin is a stealth action video game for Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows, released in North America on April 28, 2009. Velvet Assassin's working title was Sabotage.
Players take control of Violette Summer, a beautiful but deadly spy deep behind enemy lines with no support or official backing from the British government. The game is inspired by a real life World War II secret agent/saboteur Violette Szabo. Players take on the role of Violette Summer as she goes behind enemy lines to thwart the German forces.