I’m saving my words for the IndieCade pile I’m readying myself to go through, so let’s just get to the sales:

Independent

Charlie’s Games is offering 50% off on pre-orders for Scoregasm through October 11.

Steam

Killing Floor, its DLC bundle and all individual add-ons are 50% off through Monday, October 11 at 10 AM Pacific. Though the free weekend for Sol Survivor has ended, the half-off sale is still on through tomorrow. The $10 Sniper: Ghost Warrior Map Pack is just $3, and Rhythm Zone is $6.69 instead of $9.99.

GamersGate

Wadjet Eye Games’ Blackwell Unbound, The Blackwell Convergence and The Blackwell Legacy are all 60% off. Also, to match Steam’s release of a $10 Lugaru HD, GG has cut the price in half of their standard $20 tag.

App Store

Bit.Trip Beat is just $0.99 on both iPhone and iPad.

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City Interactive has announced the release of a map pack add-on for Sniper: Ghost Warrior, with the first piece of DLC for the first-person stealth shooter now available for purchase and download on PC via Steam as well as through Xbox Live for 360 owners.

The pack runs $10 (800 MS Points) and features a variety of new locations across five new maps to expand upon deathmatch, team deathmatch and VIP multiplayer modes. The budget shooter itself is available now for $30 on PC and $40 on Xb0x 360.

The game has sold beyond the developer’s original expectations and has become something of a fan favorite, despite a’ight to mediocre reviews. I guess you could call it a gaming cult classic, especially after the release of an apparent “game saver” update (most likely after most of the reviews were written up.)

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City Interactive has released a new update for their sneak around shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior, now available to download via Steam for owners of the game.

The patch adds achievements exclusive to the Steam version of the game, along with an improved compass in multiplayer mode. Some other tweaks, fixes and additions as well.

You can check out the game’s Steam achievements page for all 24 listed out. From the change log:

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Update

• Exclusive achievements for STEAM added
• Compass in multiplayer mode improved
• The bullet ballistics have been tweaked for all weapons
• Players position interpolation in multiplayer bug fixed
• Keyboard configuration fix added

City Interactive has announced it has increased shipments of its first major release Sniper: Ghost Warrior following the stealth action game’s unexpected success, specifically in the UK. The game premiered at fifth place on Chart-Track’s Xbox 360 chart and tenth on the All Formats chart and has gradually been dipping since release.

Even better, the game recently released a major overhaul update addressing the community’s plea to fix many of the game’s major problems. MCV reports that City Interactive CEO Marek Tyminski sends word, “We are extremely pleased with the reception Sniper: Ghost Warrior has received.”

Sniper is available now for $30 on PC via Steam and $40 on Xbox 360.

City Interactive has released a new update for its well received budget shooter Sniper: Ghost Warrior, now available for download via Steam. As a highly trained sniper (Ghost Warrior) in a special ops unit, it will be on you to complete a myriad of objectives and missions. Successfully accomplishing your goal will be determined by using your unique skills in the art of stalking, target detection, surveillance and shooting accuracy to your advantage.

The update itself adds fixes, tweaks and improvements to several areas of the game including AI, multiplayer, weapons and optimizations and stability. The file is available as an automatic download for owners of the game.

Sniper: Ghost Warrior is available for purchase and download, running $30 on Steam. From the change log:

Sniper: Ghost Warrior

AI

• Fixed interactions of camouflage system with plants (the player will be less vulnerable to enemy sight when hidden in vegetation)
• Adjusted AI alertness and seeing (e.g. the player will be less vulnerable to enemy sight at long distances)
• Tweaked influence of the players posture and movement speed on being spotted by the enemies
• Tweaked AI reactions, better behavior in combat situations
• Removed over 95% of the static AI scripts during stealth actions and replaced with the improved stealth system

Multiplayer

• Fixed multiplayer statistics
• Adjusted duration of breath-holding
• Fixed minor multiplayer maps geometry issues

Optimizations and Stability

• Fixed possible random crashes on multi processor systems
• Fixed minor stability problems on several hardware configurations
• General Fixes/tweaks
• Fixed registration of internet profile
• Fixed blink after exiting game to menus

Weapons

• Adjusted melee (knife) attack strength
• Adjusted damage, accuracy and range of AI weapons