Bethesda made a couple of very interesting and exciting announcements at
QuakeCon yesterday. First up is the news that a variety of games are going on sale over the course of the weekend (August 2-5) in celebration of QuakeCon. This may trigger flashbacks to when the Steam sale recently stole your wallet and hard-earned cash, but at least you’ll have games to make you feel better. The
QuakeCon 2012 pack includes over 20 titles from
id Software and
Bethesda Softworks for €99.99 ($99.99). The QuakeCon 2012 Bundle includes titles such as
Brink,
Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth,
Commander Keen,
Doom 1-3,
Quake 1-4,
Fallout 3,
Fallout: New Vegas,and
RAGE among others.
Those who purchase the pack and pre-order
Dishonored will reduce the price of the deal down to €79.99 ($99.99) and will receive Arx Fatalis for free. In addition, there are daily deals running with their own special discounts, although there is a crossover in the games on offer. The Thursday deal is currently still available with 66% off games such as
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Game of the Year Edition and
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition. Meanwhile,
Skyrim is 50% off. Friday’s deal is 50% off
Rage, Saturday’s deal sees 66% off all
Fallout titles and downloadable content, while the bargains wrap up with 75% off all iD Software titles on Sunday. All of iD Software’s iOS titles have also been reduced to $0.99 until Sunday.
A new trailer has also been released for
Doom 3 BFG Edition, titled
The Lost Mission. The Lost Mission features eight new levels, players take the role of the only surviving member of the Union Aerospace Corporation’s Bravo Team. Naturally, you become the last hope in a race to stop a full scale invasion from Hell after learning of the evil that has been unleashed on Mars.
Doom 3 BFG Edition includes
Doom,
Doom II,
Doom 3, and
Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil, along with The Lost Mission. The pack has been re-mastered for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.
More information regarding the
QuakeCon Bundle is available from Steam, while more information in relation to Doom III BFG Edition can be found on
Facebook.