How'd you get that one?  I only have the Dragon Age Origins for 25% off one:

https://www.stardock.com/media/mailers/DAO.htm

Just use the following on google - there will probably still be some delay but at least you won't miss it. BTW, it shows at the top as to where the game is available - most deals seem to be for NA only.

site:https://www.stardock.com/media/mailers/

I just had the Demigod deal shown to me - so it is probably working for me again!

Cool, just had GalCivII show up.  It's unfortunate that I already have the complete game and dont know anyone who is really into a single player game of that style.  Hopefully it continues to work now though.  I'm not sure what they did, but it must have been on their side because I didnt change anything in the last 48 hours that would suddenly make it work.

Spore today for 25% off.  Spore?!  Come on Stardock, nobody wants that crap.  Bust out a sale for the Sins full pack so I can finally get my one cheapskate friend into it!

not working again... it seems when the computer is put to hibernate impulse doesnt reconnect properly. Luckily it doesnt seem I've missed out on too many good deals aside from demigod. this is sort of turning into a joke at this point. a very sad joke.

Too sensitive?  Maybe...  But when they advertise Civ IV Complete for 50% off, and then try to give me Civ IV instead, I call that bad business.  The Complete edition I can (and did) get excited about.  Pulling the rug out from under me with an underwhelming offer (vanilla Civ IV) just makes me annoyed.

By the way, if they had actually BEEN selling Civ IV Complete for 50% off, I estimate I, my gaming clan, and our affiliates would have bought at least 20 copies.  We have an entire group that plays that game regularly and are pushing for more players.

-Khalaq

I hope Stardock learns a valuable lesson about making their sales difficult for people to find.  I realize this was probably a ploy to try and get people to download and constantly run the Impulse Dock, so they can attract more publishers with higher usage numbers.  Unfortuntely pissing people off because they didn't get notified of a sale they would have glady taken advantage of is bad for business.  I would have glady done the GalCiv2 one had I known about it in time.

Next time, please just list the sales on the front page of the Impulse site.

Edit: Stardock admitted the Civ4 Complete one was a screw up on their end and will be offering it again (the complete version) on the 24th.

I wish Civ IV Complete could be bought from Europe.

Sigh, look at Steam's Christmas sales.  Pretty much their entire inventory is 25-50% off, all on the front page and easy to find.  Impulse's Christmas sale?  95% indie titles.  You're killing me here Stardock.

Steam's Christmas sale is pretty awesome and exciting, something more of Stardock's sale lacks. A lot of Steam's sales are on older games though with only modest, not really tempting sales on newer titles. I'd settle for a smaller sale with great discounts. Really though, Stardock could have tried something with a little more umph for this holiday season. This is pretty weak to pretty much every other digital and even physical game sales.

You guys should go on Archive.org and look at the Steam home page this time BEFORE Impulse existed.

Here's Christmas Eve 2007:

Steam

http://web.archive.org/web/20071224202630/www.steampowered.com/v/index.php

and

Direct2Drive:

http://web.archive.org/web/20071224220928/http://www.direct2drive.com/

Pretty much the same for 2006..and 2005...and 2004...and 2003...and 2002.

Until Impulse arrived and started these weekend/holiday mega sales, these "awesome and exciting" sales didn't happen.

Sure, with a 7 year head start, Steam has a massive catalog to take advantage of. As a gamer, that's great. Good for them.  It'll take Impulse some time to get that kind of catalog.

But it's worth noting that it took until Impulse becoming a viable competitor for suddenly everyone to discover the value of these "awesome and exciting" sales.

I would argue that ALL of these sales, are basically the result of Impulse existing to start putting pressure on.

Unless someone wants to argue that it's a coincidence that these aggressive holiday specials didn't exist for the first 6 years Steam existed and then only after Impulse arrives and starts doing this stuff that everyone decides to give gamers a huge break.

Indeed, Impulse has really raised the bar.  I really want to support more of Impulse games and I do when I can (like ME2 I'll probably preorder).  But at the same time, I just cannot pass up a $5 deal for a $50 AAA title.  I do wish some of the deals Impulse offered this year were phenomenal though   I'll likely still get Trine through Impulse inspite of the $2.

Hmm, come to think of it, Impulse Now still isnt displaying the daily deal.  Anyone have today's deal?