Gadgets and Video Games

Both the DS and PSP versions of GTA Chinatown Wars have been well-received by gamers and critics alike, which inevitably spurred a release on the iPhone . And if you’re an iPhone fan who’s been looking to pick up the Apple platform port, now’s a good time: it’s on sale for 30 percent off this weekend only in the App store. That brings the game down to a very manageable $6.99, and you can download it for that price up until 12am ET Sunday night, at the conclusion of Valentine’s Day.

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GTA: Chinatown Wars 30% off on iPhone this weekend

Strategic war game buffs, take note: All of the Total War titles on Steam are receiving a massive discount this week, to the tune of a whopping 66 percent off. In fact, you can pick up the Total War Mega Pack , which includes Medieval II: Total War , Rome: Total War — including the Alexander and Kingdoms expansions — and Empire: Total War for $20.39. Additionally, the Empire: Total War Downloadable Content Pack , containing all the Empire content released thus far, is available for 10 percent off at $16.19.

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Total War games 66% off on Steam this week

With a Steam pre-purchase of THQ’s upcoming Metro 2033 (which releases March 16) for $50, deal-seekers will also nab Red Faction Guerrilla for free. The Red Planet Revolution sim is regularly priced at $20 — but, you know, the right Steam sale comes along and that price drops like a Martian communications tower. Our recent hands-on with Metro 2033 gave us a “good” vibe, but we definitely need more time with the game to see if the feeling lasts. Red Faction Guerrilla , however, made it onto five Joystiq editors’ “Best of the Rest” of 2009 lists, and it’s totally worth picking up — even if you have to pay for it

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Steam: Pre-order Metro 2033, get Red Faction Guerrilla free

We got to check out Rotor’scope: The Secret of the Endless Energy at PAX last year, and it nearly broke our minds . Of course, our minds were quite fragile at that point, weakened by long nights of tireless writing and frequent coffee binges — still, the fact remains that Rotor’scope was one of the most original concepts for a puzzle game we’d played in a good long time. Fortunately, we now have the chance to give the game another go — it was recently added to the Xbox Live Indie Games platform for 400 ($5). Check out the Rotor’scope trailer after the jump to see the game’s cog-flipping puzzle mechanics in action and to get a sense of the title’s overarching story. With create-a-level modes, hand-drawn graphics and even some Facebook integration, it looks like you’ll be getting a lot of bang for your buck.

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Dream-Build-Play puzzler Rotor’scope now on Xbox Live Indie Games

Have you wanted to check out Serious Sam HD , yet haven’t had the ample supply of greenbacks to pony up? Steam is running a pretty sweet deal right now with a four pack bundle. By slapping down tr

Project Natal ? Sony’s Motion Controller /Arc/Whatever It’s Called?

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Video: Augmented reality meets Virtual-On

If unrelenting onslaughts of bad guys who want bad things to happen to you sounds like a good time, then you may be interested in Steam’s weekend deal: Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter . The classic shoot-everything-in-sight-’em-up with retooled graphics has been discounted to a very manageable $6.79 from now until Monday on Steam, which comes out to about 817 kills for each copperhead spent. It’s a pretty good deal, but be warned: You very well may look to kill anybody wearing a green or blue shirt for the rest of your life . Steam weekend deal: Serious Sam HD for under $7 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds

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Steam weekend deal: Serious Sam HD for under $7

If you’ve got to get the Beatles: Rock Band limited edition into your life, but don’t have $250 around to pay for it, you’ll be happy with what Amazon has done. In fact, since what Amazon has done is “knock $90 off the price of the Xbox 360 version,” it would be hard to imagine anyone being unhappy with it who doesn’t work for EA or Amazon. Right now, you can get the Xbox 360 version of The Beatles: Rock Band , with the Beatles replica instruments, for $159.99 . The PS3 version is not as dramatically discounted, but is still better than MSRP at $199.99 . If you want wireless instruments and the game, but don’t care about the Beatles-esque look of the guitar and drums, you can get the Special Value Edition for $139.99 on either Xbox or PS3 — or, for wireless drums, a copy of the Rock Band 2 special edition bundled with a copy of Beatles from EA’s Rock Band Deals Online for $149.

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The Beatles: Rock Band limited edition for Xbox just $200 [update]

Have your peripherals gotten dirty , like, just plain filthy? Well, don’t touch them! You could catch something. Instead, consider buying clean ones during Amazon’s peripheral sale

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Amazon deals: peripheral sale; $20 credit for $80 purchase

Though it’s certainly not the sleekest handheld device we’ve ever seen — in fact, it might be in the running for the unsleekest device ever created — the latest project from a modder, nicknamed Techknott , boasts some pretty impressive capabilities. Basically, the handheld sends control signals to a PS3, which transmits video signals back to the device, allowing for nomadic sessions of Modern Warfare 2 (or any other PS3 game), as seen in the video after the jump.

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Wireless PS3 visual transmitter allows for Modern Warfare 2 on the go