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Steam tops 8 million concurrent users as sale draws to a close
Steam is quite popular during its Summer Sale thanks to its massively discounted games. How popular? As it turns out, the PC game distribution service reached a new peak of concurrent users, 8,020,792 to be exact, according to stats provided by Valve. Steam broke the 8 million mark as the storefront updated on Sunday for the final day of the Summer Sale. Valve revealed in January at its Dev Days event that Steam reached 75 million active users in total, up from the 65 million it had in October. The Summer Sale ends at which ends at 1:00 p.m. ET (10:00 a.m. PT) today, and includes games like The Wolf Among Us ($8.49), Tomb Raider ($4.99), Civilization 5 ($7.49), Dishonored ($4.99) and the Complete Edition of Metro: Last Light ($6.49). [Image: Steam]
Steam Summer Sale, day 9: Transistor, Tropico 4
The Steam Summer Sale continues its second week with a new set of steep price drops, bringing discounts for Deus Ex: Human Revolution ($4.99), Space Engineers ($13.39), Age of Mythology: Extended Edition ($17.99), Assetto Corsa ($19.99), Payday 2 ($5.99), Grand Theft Auto 4: Complete Edition ($5.99), Wargame: Red Dragon ($23.99), Tropico: Steam Special Edition ($2.99), and Transistor ($14.99). Additional Flash Sale and Community's Choice deals are available over the next few hours, including Alan Wake for $4.49, Octodad: Dadliest Catch for $5.09, F1 2013 for $12.49, Reus for $2.49, Age of Empires 2 HD for $4.99, FEAR for $2.49, Star Wars: KOTOR 2 for $3.39, and System Shock 2 for $1.49. Yesterday's deals are also still live, making today your last chance to grab cheap copies of Dishonored, Assassin's Creed 4, Resident Evil 4, and other previously featured games. [Image: Steam]
Steam Summer Sale, day 6: Brothers, Metro, Murdered
Have you had enough yet? No? Good. The Steam Summer Sale rings in day six with Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons for $3, Murdered: Soul Suspect for $33.50, Metro: Last Light for $6.80, Call of Duty: Ghosts for $30, Splinter Cell: Blacklist for $7.50, Torchlight 2 for $5, Fallout: New Vegas for $6.80, Age of Wonders 3 for $20 and Blackguards for $13.60. Current Flash Sales and Community Choice deals, live for another few hours, include Kentucky Route Zero for $12.50, The Blackwell Legacy for $0.50, Nidhogg for $5.10, Darksiders 2 for $6 and Shadow Warrior for $8. Yesterday's deals are still on for another almost-day. [Image: Steam]
Steam Summer Sale, day 5: Dark Souls, Rogue Legacy, Saints Row 4
Twas' the fifth day of the Steam Summer Sale, with deals in droves. At just five dollars, prepare to die with Dark Souls. Fan-favorite Rogue Legacy is slashed by 75 percent ($3.74), You can play Arma 3 ($29.99) and keep half your rent. Phosphor Games' Nether is down to just three bucks, Yet it's Saints Row 4 to which we give all our [expletive] ($9.99). Surgeon Simulator 2013's been cut ($2.49), call the doctor, it's an emergency, Unless you'd sooner blast heads off with Insurgency ($6.74). The Lego Movie video game is 75 percent off too ($7.49), And at 60 percent off, FTL says it's still faster than you ($3.99). These deals are good for two days. [Image: Valve]
Steam Summer Sale 2014: And so it begins...
And so it begins. Do not cry for your purses, worry not over your wallets, for this is what they've always wanted. Sweet, sweet relief is what the Steam summer sale of 2014 brings. That said, Steam's annual sales have had their highs and lows in recent years - or at least varying degrees of low prices - so let's see just how good the deals are this time around. This year's summer sale is scheduled to end on June 30. Highlights from the opening batch of discounts includes The Witcher 2 down 80 percent to $4, XCOM: Enemy Unknown cut by 83 percent to $8.49, the soon-to-be released PC port of Dead Rising 3 a quarter off at $37.49, and Hotline Miami down to just $1.49 in a flash sale. Be sure to check on the flash sales, as new ones are due to arrive every eight hours. [Image: Uncle Grim]
Rumor: Steam summer sale starts this week
Does the Steam summer sale begin on Thursday? Payment processor Paysafecard seems to think so, stating - in Portuguese - Valve's annual batch of summer savings runs from the 19th to the 30th of June. Furthermore, @SteamDB notes the newest Steam week-long deals end on Thursday, June 19, rather than the end of the week as usual. That's a bit fishy, no? Then again, we may be misreading the alignments. Valve's yet to announce any details for the inevitable sale, and over the last few years it's begun in July rather than June. Either way, let's enjoy this video by Kryos while reflecting on all the good times we had with our wallets and purses. So long, little friends. We cannot protect you from the storm.
