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Steam Holiday Sale begins; MMO deals make gamers fear for their wallets
All right gamers, it's time to make a choice: Either lock up your wallet and throw away the key or bust it out and prepare to blow some money because the Steam Holiday Sale is now on, and there are quite a few tasty MMO deals to be had. Steam's free-to-play category is particularly ripe for the picking: DC Universe Online's The Last Laugh DLC is currently 50% off (for $4.99 US), and Lord of the Rings Online's Steely Dawn Starter Pack is 50% (for $9.99 US). On top of that, starter packs for virtually every F2P MMO under the sun are on sale as well. Tribes Ascend's raider and starter packs are 70% off, bringing them down to $4.49 and $5.99 US, respectively. If you're more the shooty type, Blacklight Retribution starter packs are 50% off for $9.99. If you're craving a more action-flavored fix, Rusty Hearts and Continent of the Ninth Seal starter packs are available for $4.99 US and $20.99 US, respectively. To browse all of the delicious sales (which include even more games such as Star Trek Online, Fallen Earth, and then some), just head on over to Steam's store page, or alternatively just boot up Steam and say a little prayer for your bank account.
Steam Holiday Sale is live: Mirror's Edge, Borderlands, Hitman, 'nauts more
The first day of the Steam Holiday Sale is up like a pack of airborne reindeer right now, offering 75 percent off Mirror's Edge ($5), Wargame: European Escalation ($10) and the Prince of Persia franchise. Scribblenauts Unlimited is 33 percent off ($20), while entries in the Borderlands and Hitman franchises are 50 percent to 75 percent off.Flash sales today include Batman: Arkham City GOTY ($7.50), Natural Selection 2 ($10), Fable 3 ($25) and War of the Roses ($15). The Indie Super Mega Pack includes 30 games each discounted up to 75 percent off, bundled for $70. There are a range of publisher packs as well, from Ubisoft, Valve, THQ, 2K Games, Bethesda, Sega and Square Enix.Check out all the day's deals on the Steam Store. The Holiday Sale runs through January 5.
Steam Autumn Sale day 5: Torchlight 2, Civilization 5, Dishonored, more
Steam is cranking up the deals for the fifth day of its Autumn Sale, today discounting Dishonored and Torchlight 2 50 percent, for $30 and $10, respectively. The remaining games are each 75 percent off: Civilization 5 ($7.50), Orcs Must Die! 2 ($3.75), Batman Arkham City GOTY ($7.50) and Sonic Generations ($7.50).Yesterday's deals are still on sale today, for another 23 hours. These still include Borderlands 2 for $30, Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $5 and Mark of the Ninja for $7.50, among others. Indie games on the cheap right now include Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers for $5, Bit.Trip Beat for $4, Home for $1 and Edmund McMillen's Basement Collection for $2.Of course there are flash sales throughout the day, and boy are those generally hot. They're hot flashes, if you will.
Steam Autumn sale continues with deals on Skyrim and Hotline Miami [Update]
Steam's Autumn Sale, which is running through November 26, continues with big deals today on games such as Skyrim ($29.99), Saints Row: The Third ($9.99) and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron ($29.99). Flash sales for today include Mass Effect 2 ($5.99) and Hotline Miami ($4.99).The Autumn Sale also features a ton of deals on indie games, such as Limbo ($4.99), Braid ($4.99), Botanicula ($4.99) and Costume Quest ($7.49). Unlike other sales during this promotional period, all indie games included in the Autumn Sale are discounted through November 26.Other deals on Steam for today include War of the Roses ($14.99), Crysis 2: Maximum Edition ($11.99) and Farming Simulator 2013 ($14.99).Update: Technically, these deals are yesterday's featured sales, and are still on sale for the next 22 hours. This means even more games are discounted on Steam right now, including Borderlands 2 ($29.99), F1 2012 ($24.99), Deus Ex: Human Revolution ($4.99), Chivalry: Medieval Warfare ($12.49), Total War: Shogun 2 ($10.19) and Mark of the Ninja ($7.49).
Steam Autumn Sale is live: Walking Dead, XCOM, Terraria, indies and flashes
Steam's Autumn Sale kicks off today with major discounts on XCOM: Enemy Unknown ($33.50), Magic 2013 ($5), The Walking Dead complete season ($12.50), Darksiders 2 ($17), Terraria ($3.40) and Age of Empires 3 Complete ($10). The Autumn Sale ends November 26.The Autumn Sale also includes an indie offering, today with World of Goo ($2.50), Lucid ($2.50), QUBE ($3.75), Audiosurf ($2.50), Cave Story ($2.50), Krater ($5) and tons more on sale. Hit up the indie tab, under the "Specials" section, for more deals.Current flash sales highlight Limbo ($2.50), The Amazing Spider-Man ($25) and Payday: The Heist ($5), among others, all on sale for just a matter of hours and with more to fill in their expired spots (hurry!).Yesterday a little birdie told us the Steam Autumn Sale would begin today and run through November 27 (which is now confirmed as November 26), with the Winter Sale scheduled for December 20 - January 4.
Steam's Autumn sale starts tomorrow, Winter sale dated too
Steam's Autumn sale is dated for November 21-27, while the oft-bargainous holiday sale snowballs across December 20 to January 4. The dates were revealed by Tamás Bakó, CEO of Artery Studios, who says Valve contacted him about putting Secrets of the Magic Crystals in the upcoming Steam sales. We've also had the dates confirmed to us by an indie developer, who received them in an email direct from Valve.Last year Steam's Autumn sale spanned November 23-27, while the wintertime sale also kicked off on December 20 before retiring at the turn of 2012.[Image source: Life as a Human]
Steam's Midweek Madness sale is every Summer Indie Bundle for cheap
Steam's Midweek Madness is channeling the last of its summertime energy into a massive deal on every single one of the Indie Bundles from its Summer Sale, titled "Indie Bundle Madness." Each one of the 11 bundles is discounted from $40 to $10 now through 4 p.m. PST on Thursday.Games in the bundles include World of Goo, Orion: Dino Beatdown, Eufloria, Jamestown, Dungeons of Dredmor, A Valley Without Wind, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Botanicula, Cave Story+ and a bunch more. May we suggest: If you see a bundle with a game you want but others you already have, now is a great time to pick up some early holiday presents for your Steam friends. You can save some dough and you'll look like an in-the-know hipster all at once. Bonus.
Big Batman deals on Steam this weekend, small Batman not on sale
The Steam signal burns in the night sky and Batman answers the call, probably because he isn't wearing his glasses and the clouds make the Steam logo look like a diagonal bat if he squints. Batman: Arkham City is half off ($15) and Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY Edition is 66 percent off ($7) this weekend on Steam, sale ending Monday, May 7. You'd think Bruce would have the money to get Lasik, wouldn't you?
Steam has that game you didn't buy during the Holiday Sale on sale again
The final day of the Steam Holiday Sale has embraced us, our families and the sad pile of change left in our gift funds. Today is "Encore Day," where Steam offers the biggest deals of the entire sale one more time, including Skyrim at 33 percent off, Bastion at 66 percent off, Batman: Arkham City at 50 percent off, and tons more. This is really a very clever strategy. Face it -- you've been haunted by that one game you resisted buying over the past week; that one time you said, "No, Steam, this is my money!" has been burned into your psyche as you imagine the joy you could have had at a reasonable price during these cold winter months. And now it's back. You have a second chance to own that game. Go. Go, and be at peace with your Steam Sale. You are forgiven.
Final Steam Sale of 2011 predicts zombie apocalypse, crime in 2012
The Steam Holiday Sale doesn't stop for anyone or anything -- not the end of a year, an era or the world -- and today, New Year's Eve 2011, is no different. The 13th day of the Steam Holiday Sale offers 75 percent off L.A. Noire, Bit.Trip Runner, the Hitman franchise, Magicka, both BioShocks, Hoard, GRID and the Counter-Strike series, and more titles at various other deduction rates. Check out all the deals before the year and our life as we know it ends.
Steam Daily Deal features RIFT for less than a value meal
RIFT's Ashes of History game update went live today, and as if to celebrate the occasion, the game is on sale for 75% off on Steam. That's right, a $30 value can be yours for a mere $7.50. But be sure to act quickly; the sale ends tomorrow. If you're interested in the deal, just head on over to the game's Steam page to snag it for yourself.
Star Trek Online only $3.75 on Steam!
Star Trek Online for $3.75? Make it so, Steam! That's right, Cryptic's sci-fi MMO is on sale on Steam today for a paltry three bucks and change, making it the perfect time for anyone who has considered taking the helm of a starship to do just that. Not only is the game dirt-cheap, but it's also the Star Trek Online Digital Deluxe Edition, which includes a variety of exclusive goodies for aspiring spacefarers. Buyers will receive a set of uniforms from the original Star Trek series, two unique emotes that should be familiar to any fan of the series (the Klingon blood wine toast and the infamous "KHAAAN!"), the exclusive NX ship registry prefix, and the Automated Defense Battery ship item, which "grants any ship a passive 360 arc attack power with a short range." So if you're interested, you can head on over to the Steam store for the sale. But act quickly -- the deal ends tomorrow! [Thanks to everyone who sent this in!]
Global Agenda rolls out the next phase of Sandstorm to the test servers
To call the huge 1.3 patch to Global Agenda ambitious would almost be an understatement, considering how much of the game's basic structure was rewritten. It was so ambitious, in fact, that there were several features that wound up being slightly delayed from the initial release. And while the focus of late has been on the game's shift in subscription model (namely to the complete absence of one), several of the remaining features have just been deployed to the game's test servers in time for the holiday weekend. One of the bigger additions is the persistent PvE zone being added, the Sonoran Desert, aimed at players between level 5 and 15. On top of that, the team is adding in the option to Salvage unwanted equipment for parts, a persistent defense raid for players past level 30, and the addition of consumable items. While the holiday weekend is set to be the first testing weekend of several, it's the ideal time to get a feel for the next major addition to the game. Global Agenda players are encouraged to check the changes out, and new players would be well-served to remember that the game is on sale right through July 4th on Steam.
Steam continues MMO sale pricing with $2.00 EVE Online
Friday's news of the Perils of Summer sale had some great deals, but it looks like Steam isn't done with MMO sales quite yet. The powers-that-be at Steam surprised players today with news of a sale on EVE Online. Not just any sale, however; EVE Online: Tyrannis is priced at 90% off. Customers taking advantage of the sale will pay $1.99 for the full game and 30 days of free gameplay. If you want in on this, you'll need to hurry, because this is one of Steam's "today only" sales, and you've got less than 24 hours to take advantage. Check out the sale page for EVE Online to purchase, and if you're not an MMO-only gamer, you may want to take a peek at all of their today-only sales.
Steam's Perils of Summer sale offers great deals
Play it safe. Stay inside. Save big. So sayeth Steam during their Perils of Summer sale. While we assume the exhortations to stay inside and avoid the big yellow thing in the sky is a joke, there's no denying that there are some great prices to be had on MMOs. The sale is on now and runs through July 4th, and offers range from 33% to 66% off of standard prices. 13 MMOs are up for grabs, including Champions Online for $6.79, the Guild Wars Trilogy for $26.79, and the suddenly subscription-free Global Agenda for $26.79. Two editions each of both City of Heroes and Star Trek Online are also on sale, as well as several others. Check out Steam for the full list.
