EBGames/Gamestop: Buy a PC game, get CoH/CoV for $0.01
 

Just a heads-up for you guys: If you go to EBGames or Gamestop and buy a PC game, they'll sell you City of Heroes or City of Villains for a penny. For those who aren't aware, both of those games are MMORPGs with a monthly fee, but the first 30 days should be free, so at least you get a month to try it out, and it only costs you a cent.

Honestly, I was skeptical when I first read about it, but there's signage in the store for the deal, and I also took advantage of it myself. I bought Titan Quest for $19.99 and got City of Villains for a penny. The in-store signs actually say that you can get the game for free, but it turns out that the game rings up on the register for $0.01.

They might not have CoH and CoV out on the shelves. At my Gamestop, they had the games stored in a drawer and only took one out because I'd asked about it as soon as I walked in.

I don't know if this deal will appeal to anybody, but it's there if you want it. Good luck.

Aww man, I thought I was finally going to be able to buy Medieval Two and Company of Heroes for $50 combined!

I knew "CoH" was a bit ambiguous. :)

I've been very pleasantly surprised by Titan Quest. I've already put more time into it than I put into Diablo 1 and 2 combined.

Sweet deal...I wonder if I were to to this if it would get me 30 days on a new account whenever I activated it (been playing for 18 months, and my son wants me to get another account so I can team with him).

I'm not sure whether I'll play it or give it to my wife, but for $19.99, I couldn't pass it up. Your earlier posts on FOFC kinda inspired me to choose Titan Quest as my purchase today. :)

Yep, it should work just fine. As long as it's a new account, the free 30 days should be in effect from the time you sign up.

From the CoH boards:


Might need to do this...

For the record, I don't think they'll let you have more than one of the games if you go, even if you buy more than one game. This is just from what I read on the Cheap Ass Gamer forums. I didn't try to get both games because I already had City of Heroes.

Another poster at CoH:


I stopped at the EBGames in G'Burg on the way home and got CoH (last copy on the shelf). They had 3 for CoV, I'll probably stop and get one of those later too...or I'll hit one of them in Frederick.