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I buy a lot of my games cheap, by hunting out bargains and waiting for price drops. I used to buy a lot pre-owned, but these days games are often cheaper online and  brand new, than they are second hand (and scratched) in the likes of GAME.

Here’s a recent haul, which landed through my letterbox (apologies for the crummy pic). All for the princely sum of £42 which is about the RRP of a new title these days.

Now this post isn’t to brag about my amazing new games or my bargain hunting skillz. I thought I’d take the chance to highlight some of my favourite sources of gaming deals:

• Gamestracker.com – Couldn’t live without this site. You can use it to find the best price for practically any game. It also supports “watchlists” where you can keep track of stuff you’ve got your eye on (even games not released yet). So I maintain my ‘to-buy wishlist’ on there. Another good feature is email alerts, when a game drops below a specified price you will receive an email. Brilliant.

• The rllmuk “Bargains” folder (Note. You’ll need to be a member, sorry!) – An excellent source of all kinds of gaming & non-gaming cheap finds

• There are quite a few sites out there that post gaming bargains on a daily, even hourly basis, here’s some good ones, I’ve used in the past:
- Frugal Gaming
- Postabargain
- Cheap Ass Gamer

• Twitter. Some of the sites also have twitter feeds which is a really good way of spotting the deals as they arrive, as often these bargains are very short lived. For example: @frugalgaming & @postabargain. In fact this is becoming my main source of impulse buying