Steam's 50% off weekend on Rockstar titles, many games only $5

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 26th 2008 at 8:00PM }

Valve's Steam service has a seriously sweet 50% off sale this weekend on its Rockstar games catalog. Both Max Payne titles are only $5 apiece ($7.49 for the set). Also, Grand Theft Auto III and Vice City are $5, while San Andreas is only $10.

Steam is also offering its whole Rockstar collection (10 games in all) for $30. Not every game in there is a classic (lookin' at you, Manhunt), but the price is certainly right for all the hours worth of gameplay in the package.

Tags: grand-theft-auto, gta, max-payne, sale, steam, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

kojo87 @ Sep 26th 2008 8:09PM

just yesterday i was thinking i never played Max Payne. im gonna go buy the pack

alex @ Oct 3rd 2008 9:34PM

So strange cause I saw the Max Payne trailers within the past month and have been wanting to play the games befre i watch the movie. This is so perfect

kojo87 @ Sep 26th 2008 11:21PM

i bought it. Max Payne is the shit.

Red Leader @ Sep 27th 2008 1:12AM

Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 27th 2008 6:48AM

...or you could play Strangehold.

Ihavepants @ Sep 27th 2008 9:06AM

Wtf, Stranglehold is a terrible game, it's interesting for about the first level. No, just no.

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 27th 2008 10:37AM

Stranglehold isn't (that) cheap or good by comparison to the awesomeness that is Max Payne.

mr mobius @ Sep 26th 2008 8:15PM

If I was a PC gamer it'd be a great offer as I've never owned any Rockstar game.

Fox318 @ Sep 26th 2008 10:00PM

Why don't you start now?

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 26th 2008 8:22PM

WHAT!

They're $6.99 each in Europe!

Robbing bastards :P

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 26th 2008 8:22PM

I should note both Max Payne games are in my opinion among the greatest ever made, and for the price in the bundle they're well worth it.

Ihavepants @ Sep 26th 2008 8:27PM

Hmm I never played the original Max, his lemon-face scared me.

Ihavepants @ Sep 26th 2008 10:25PM

Goddamnit it's not available in Australia. If Steam didn't have these stupid fucking limitations I would have had Witcher Enhanced a week ago :

mismajor99 @ Sep 27th 2008 1:53AM

trust me, it's not STEAM, they would love to sell you the game, it's the Publishers that put their games on STEAM that get to dictate pricing and availability.

Ihavepants @ Sep 27th 2008 9:08AM

I know that it's the Publishers choice, but it's still Steam. I'm buying and playing the games off that platform 'twas I meant.

Citizensnips @ Sep 26th 2008 8:37PM

you can buy both max paynes for 2 dollars used at gamestop on the ps2.

kojo87 @ Sep 26th 2008 8:46PM

you can say that about any game that old. and i don't have a PS2

Ihavepants @ Sep 26th 2008 9:06PM

Yeh...but these versions are BETTAR and not second hand.

zkey14 @ Sep 26th 2008 9:14PM

No thanks, I'd rather play the 60 fps, moddable version.

Ken Seang @ Sep 26th 2008 9:15PM

Why would you buy it on ps2 and go to gamestop...?

Save gas, better controls, instant download, and mods = pc version ftw!

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 27th 2008 7:36AM

Plus the PC version is in HD..

j.howlett @ Sep 26th 2008 8:40PM

i own most of those except wild metal and midnight club. never heard of wild metal till now.

wickedpheonix @ Sep 27th 2008 11:47AM

Wild Metal is actually free, as are GTA 1 + 2

rockstargames.com/classics

j.howlett @ Sep 27th 2008 12:00PM

i know this, man

helluvagood @ Sep 26th 2008 9:08PM

pf get them for free seriously

moot @ Sep 26th 2008 9:26PM

Too bad. My computer is too old. I need a new one.

Lorben @ Sep 26th 2008 9:32PM

Too old for Max Payne? Seriously? It only needs a 450Mhz processor and 96MB of ram

MOT @ Sep 27th 2008 2:25AM

Ignore him, Lorbon. Idiots like him are a dime a dozen, obeying like sheep when they hear that PC gaming is too demanding. If he did his own research he would see that even an 8 year old PC could comfortably run the game.

mitsu @ Sep 26th 2008 10:23PM

This deal doesn't look like it's available in australia - I'm only getting the 7 trailers coming up when searching..

Ihavepants @ Sep 26th 2008 10:46PM

It isn't. Steam needs moar Aussie servers, we're missing out on quite a few games.

Haggard (Mr.ESC resurrection force) @ Sep 27th 2008 10:40AM

It's not servers, it's publishers. They see Steam as a method of making a quick buck off games they already own and have surpassed retail profit.

I don't know the specifics but they'd probably have to pay a fair bit to get the games available for Australia (bureaucracy, setting up taxes etc) and if it's not going to be a huge seller, or make a large profit per unit sold, they probably don't see it as worth it.

For instance, Ubisoft's entire catalogue (dozens of games) is available in the USA but not EU.

Ihavepants @ Sep 27th 2008 10:44AM

Yeh you know what, they'd have to pay to host their game data on *GASP* servers. Servers that are dedicated to Steam.

I'm starting to get annoyed by how people seem to look at a comment from the tiniest angle possible and go off that.

Ihavepants @ Sep 27th 2008 10:45AM

And most of Ubisofts games aren't available here in Australia either. I really wanted to buy Beyond Good And Evil too.

infernus @ Sep 26th 2008 10:31PM

Really tempted to get that Max Payne bundle for $7.50, simply because Max Payne is awesome.

ThornedVenom (Harley Quinn Defense Force) @ Sep 26th 2008 10:44PM

VERY TEMPTING.

Eric @ Sep 26th 2008 11:10PM

Very tempting indeed.

Tarheel @ Sep 26th 2008 10:57PM

Shame the original GTA's aren't for sale individually (looks like they only come in the bundle). Might pick up Max Payne, tho'

j.howlett @ Sep 27th 2008 12:30AM

i thought the original gtas were free. check rockstar's website for them.

Tarheel @ Sep 27th 2008 1:14AM

You're right...Thanks for the heads up!

http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/

j.howlett @ Sep 27th 2008 3:49AM

not a problem. enjoy

turtlesorpenguins @ Sep 27th 2008 12:18AM

bought the max payne bundle and manhunt. Hurray!

zombienutz @ Sep 27th 2008 1:55AM

Excellent games for a great price. The Steam sales are great.

brain @ Sep 27th 2008 4:50AM

hurrah for max!! totally getting this

JoeTheBlow @ Sep 27th 2008 7:54AM

Be sure to get one of the Matrix mods.
I can't remember which one is the best, but i remember it being AWESOME.
Wall running, slow mo fights, the music from the film, all of it.

t_m @ Sep 27th 2008 9:01AM

No rockstar games AT ALL available in japan... sigh.

Also, no Beyond Good and Evil, and no Dark Messiah.
So thats loads of my money they've missed out on...

wickedpheonix @ Sep 27th 2008 11:50AM

Rockstar took my $30 and dumped me off like a cheap prostitute. Weekend deals FTW!!

Von Dozier @ Sep 27th 2008 1:31PM

I got the Max Payne bundle. Never played these games, heard alot about them.

Although I'm having a problem with sound in Max Payne 1. It only seems to play certain audio. I get no audio in cutscenes, and in-game I can hear dialogue and footsteps, but yet no bullet sounds.