Amazon giving out $2 credits toward Appstore purchases for Android users

The deal is pretty cool — nab 2 totally free dollars credit off the Amazon Appstore by simply tweeting a link and adjoining your Twitter and Amazon accounts together. Use the credit applied to your account toward ‘one-click’ purchases off the Amazon Appstore app on your Android device (phone or tablet). With a whole 200 cents at your disposal you can seriously take on the Zombie horde as they try to eat the neighborhood’s final reserve of plants, or simply try to ease the tension out of some very disgruntled birds. — More after the break!

Origin wins over customers with awesome deals (36 games for $5 each)

With the inevitable death of physical goods for PC gaming, Valve’s Steam has won over gamers hearts by providing excellent service and awesome  Origin has been a touchy subject for a lot of PC gamers due to the fact they have amassed their entire game library on Steam, and don’t have any plans on leaving. Origin has come under fire again and again for removing EA titles from Steam, dwindling support and of course, the Battlefield 3 controversy — this is how they plan to win their customers.

Valve releases Volume 2 of free "Songs to Test by" Portal 2 Soundtrack -- Download Now

There’s not a whole lot that can be said that hasn’t already been said in the countless positive reviews done in Portal 2’s honor. However, it’s for sure that without its glorious soundtrack GlaDOS, Wheatly, or even Cave Johnson wouldn’t have been able to steal the show as empahtically as they did. And so, once again, Valve wants to show their appreciation for the loyalty of the game’s fans by releasing Volume 2 of the game’s soundtrack for the low low price of free. — Details after the break!

World of Warcraft is now free-to-play, that is until you hit level 20

Fresh off the heels of Valve’s decision to make their popular team-based shooter Team Fortress 2 a free to play experience, Blizzard has opted to do something kinda similar. With news back in May of World of Warcraft losing upto 600K accounts in a 3 year span, the new plan is to enforce a new trial method for newcomers to get into the experience. The world’s most popular subscription-based MMO will now become a free-to-play game, that is until you hit level 20. — Details after the break!

Register your copy of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and get the free soundtrack

Much like the free pizza deal you got when you bought the original NES release of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game, Nintendo is extending an offer that no wannabe Hyrulian legend can pass up; Anyone who buys The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D and registers it with Club Nintendo will get the official soundtrack (while supplies last, of course) — Details after the break!

Thwipster - Daily deals for geeky books and figures

For anyone who calls himself a geek it’s hard to say that you don’t enjoy reading in some capacity. Whether it be through fantasy novels or just comics, we’re all into some sort of habit of collectively reading groups of words within binded covers. Or maybe you’d rather stare at a casted figure of your favorite character in geekdom. Regardless of which of the two you’re into, Thwipster’s got you covered. — Find out more after the break!

Wii getting $150 price tag on May 15, Nintendo introducing greatest hits line-up

With only a month or so left until the world’s biggest video game conference goes down in LA, and with it details of Nintendo’s upcoming console, their current system is getting its price dropped lower than ever. Starting May 15th the Wii will be going on store shelves with a reduced price tag of $150, which surprisingly won’t be bundled with Wii Sports, but rather Mario Kart Wii, along with its plastic Wii-Steering wheel accessory. — Details after the break!