You know how this goes, right? Amazon will offer discounted games that they’ve picked out, with timed releases of titles scheduled throughout the day. The event kicked off today at 6:00 a.m. PDT with the phenomenal Active Life Outdoor Challenge for the Wii. Sold out. Woo. “Fore!” is the hint for the 9 a.m. one. Wonder if it’ll be a soccer game.

Their all-day deal during this promotion is The Sims 3 for PC. The list price is $49.99, and it was $39.99 yesterday on Amazon. Today they take an extra $10.01 off, giving you the Gold Box price of $29.98. Not bad.

In loosely related news, while browsing Amazon’s game section today I noticed that the PlayStation version of Persona is only getting $20.50 for a trade-in. Ouch. That game was about $100 for so long. I guess the upcoming PSP version of the game ruined the collectible value.

So we all know that Blizzard plans to sell some “premium” StarCraft 2 maps for a price. But what will your cash buy you? Evidently, it almost seems like the sky’s the limit, as Blizzard has shown off maps created in the game’s editor that played like an action RPG, an overhead shoot-em-up, and even an FPS.

As VG247 reports, Blizzard showed off these maps during a StarCraft 2 gameplay panel at Blizzcon. One map was described as a “third-person action-RPG,” while another was an “old-school, top-down Galaga-style space shooter.” A third showed how players can create new enemies, as it starred a custom made “mega-Zerg.”

And Joystiq, meanwhile, reports that it’s even possible to create an FPS with the editor. Blizzard also showed one map starring the character model from the long-canceled StarCraft Ghost, which apparently was made in just a few hours.

With that kind of impressive flexibility, it’s going to be exciting to see what kind of madness gets created when StarCraft 2 finally gets in the hands of eager gamers next year.

via StarCraft 2 Map Editor Capable of Action RPGs, FPSes, Shmups.