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Steam's Winter sale includes award-winning games 'Sekiro' and 'Disco Elysium'
Steam is, once again, poised to make a dent on your holiday budget. Valve's gaming platform has launched its Winter sale for the year, and it includes some of the most popular titles for 2019. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, which won Game of the Year at the recent Game Awards, is now available for 35 percent less. You can also get detective RPG Disco Elysium, another Game Awards winner for several categories, for 20 percent less than its original price. The other notable titles on sale include Red Dead Redemption 2 (20 percent off) and Star Wards Jedi: Fallen Order (17 percent off) -- there are also a lot of older games on sale with much bigger discounts.
Steam discounts lots of MMOs for the holidays
Steam's winter sale is upon us, which means it's time to celebrate the season the way gamers do: by opening up our wallets. Here are just some of the MMOs running sales through Steam: The Elder Scrolls Online is just under 20 bucks. Nice! Star Trek Online is running sales on its versions from 20%-50% off. The Secret World's many versions are all on sale. EverQuest II's and EverQuest's packs, except the very newest expansion bundles, are half off. DC Universe Online's ultimate bundle is half off. Shroud of the Avatar is on sale for 15% off. EVE Online has a $5 edition as well as a $25 premium edition. RIFT's various edition are 15% off. Some (though not all) of PlanetSide 2's and Dragon's Prophet's DLC packs are half off. The Lord of the Rings Online's packs are 50% to 75% off. Final Fantasy XI's CE seeker's edition is $26.79. Perpetuum fell under the $20-mark. City of Steam marked its bundles down by 50%. Defiance's DLC is all 50% off. Wakfu's Magmog pack is half off. APB: Reloaded's packs are all 40% off. Oort Online is 10% off. Mabinogi's DLC is just under a dollar. Anybody spot anything else?
Humble Store Winter Sale encore discounts best-sellers for 72 hours
The Humble Store's Winter Sale wrapped up (with a bow on top) today, but there's one more surprise: It's not over. The Humble Store's 72-hour encore sale begins now, starring the best-selling games from the Winter Sale. Games on sale include Gone Home for 66 percent off, Monaco at an 80 percent discount, plus Dust: An Elysian Tail, Shadow Warrior and Guacamelee Gold Edition for 75 percent off. For the next 24 hours, Europa Universalis 4 is 75 percent off – after that day is up, it'll be half off for the remainder of the sale. The encore ends Friday, January 3 at 2PM ET. Most games in the Humble Store are PC and Mac compatible, with a strong showing from Linux and DRM-free games. Plus, most come with Steam keys. Looks like 2014 is off to a well-priced start.
Amazon Digital, Green Man Gaming offering discounts for the holidays
Not to be outdone by Steam, both Amazon and Green Man Gaming are hosting holiday sales for digital PC games for the next few weeks. Amazon's sales, which end at various times in the coming weeks, are marked by the BioShock Triple Pack, which includes BioShock, BioShock 2 and BioShock Infinite for $14.99. Additionally, players can pick up Borderlands and Borderlands 2 in one bundle for $11.99, Tomb Raider for $7.99, Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition for $4.99 and a nifty strategy game bundle that packs XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Civilization 4 and Civilization 5 together for $14.99. Among Amazon's other discounted games are the Max Payne Complete Pack ($6.99) and Command & Conquer The Ultimate Collection ($4.99). Amazon will add more deals as part of its 2013 Editor's Choice Games selections "in the coming weeks." As for Green Man Gaming, which is hosting sales until January 6, players can get an additional 20 percent off games by using the coupon code GMG20-ZB5D1-93X49. That brings games like the first season of The Walking Dead to $5, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons to $6, Godus to $8, Batman: Arkham Origins to $20 and The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition to $8, among a number of other deals.
