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Xbox 360 Ultimate Game Sale Day 2: Farming, fighting, F1-ing
Eight more games are on sale for 24 hours in today's Xbox 360 Ultimate sale, including a few big names from a few years back. If you missed them back in the day, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Lost Planet 2, and Darksiders 2 are all on offer, as are Arcade offerings Hell Yeah! and Fruit Ninja Kinect - check out the full list of discounts on Major Nelson's blog. In terms of more recent games, there's an eclectic mix to choose from. For starters, you can rake in a half-price Farming Simulator at $15/£15/20 euros, or if you'd prefer something a little faster, F1 2013 is two-thirds off at $16.49/£13.19/21.44 euros. Finally, we saw Soulcalibur 2 HD Online go on sale over on PSN recently, and the Xbox Games Store follows suit with a whopping 75 percent discount. That means you can pick up the re-released fighter for just $5/£4/5 euros. Don't forget, there's a bunch of games staying discounted throughout the week. The full list of them is here, but today we'll point your eyes towards the original Mass Effect. BioWare's sci-fi RPG started us on a path that's left us with hours upon hours plunged into deep space shooting, negotiating, and wooing, and if you've somehow avoided it over the last six years or so, it's a steal at $3.74/£3/3.74 euros. [Image: Focus Home Interactive]
PS Europe's Christmas discounts continue with F1 2013, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection
If there was a bizarre hybrid of F1 2013 and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, it ought to involve some form of VettelSnake. As it is, the two entities are brought together by Sony Europe's 12 Deals of Christmas, with both discounted on PSN until Saturday, December 7. That means Euro-types can pick up F1 2013 on PS3 for £16, and the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection for £12 on Vita. If they're PlayStation Plus subscribers, there's an additional 10 percent discount to be had, too.
Codemasters ditching online pass for F1 2013
Grid and Dirt series developer Codemasters will drop the "VIP Pass" online multiplayer activation system initially planned for its upcoming racer F1 2013, MCV reports. Codemasters launched the VIP Pass program in 2011, requiring players to either input a code or pay a one-time fee to access the online multiplayer features in Grid 2, Dirt 3, and other games. The publisher did not announce whether it plans to abandon the VIP Pass program for all of its upcoming releases. Electronic Arts eliminated the equivalent Online Pass system for its current and future games in March. "We recently reviewed the VIP Pass activation system and took the decision not to include it in either F1 2013 and F1 2013: Classic Edition," a Codemasters spokesperson told MCV. "Players will not be required to activate multiplayer functionality via a VIP Pass code and we have no plans to replace the pass with an alternative paid-for activation system in the game when it launches this October."
F1 2013 launches in October
Codemasters' F1 2013 is dated and primed, ready to cross Europe's finish line on October 4 before taking the podium in North America on October 8. The release date is a little later than usual for the yearly motorsport series, which typically arrives in late September, but matches neatly with the weekend of the Korean grand prix, when the real-life F1 season starts to gear towards its conclusion. For fans who prefer their F1 with more Mansell-power, the Xbox 360, PS3, and PC game offers a new 'F1 Classics' mode featuring 1980s drivers and circuits, introduced of course by the retired but still legendary voice of F1, Murray "He's lost both right front tires!" Walker.
F1 2013 out this fall in standard and 'Classics' editions
F1 2013 is hurtling toward Xbox 360, PS3 and PC this fall, complete with a new mode, "F1 Classics." The new sees players race classic 1980s cars on legendary circuits, against drivers like Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell, Emerson Fittipaldi and Gerhard Berger. The game comes in a standard edition and as F1 2013: Classic Edition, which includes two more content packs, one of which is a 1990s homage with more classic cars and drivers. Both additional Classics packs will be available for purchase after launch. F1 2013 is integrated into Codemasters' RaceNet, a free online community platform.%Gallery-193832%
