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Steam Summer Sale, Day 10: Batman Arkham City, Torchlight, Quantum Conundrum and more

Mike Suszek — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 19:30:00 EST

Whew, we did it. It's finally the last day of the Steam Summer Sale and we ... what's that? There's another day of this madness? That's just great. Well, hopefully you didn't budget your lemonade stand money the way we did this year in order to account for tomorrow, the final day of the sales promotion.

It's hard to keep up when today's sales include Quantum Conundrum and Arma 2: Combined Operations, both at 40% off. Also, Batman: Arkham City stands alone at 66% off, plenty of reason for us to pretend July 22 isn't even on the calendar. While we're at it, Prince of Persia, Evochron Mercenary, Torchlight, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2, and Fable 3 are tempting us with a 75% discount. Finally, the indie bundle for today includes Bit.Trip Runner, Eufloria, and Machinarium.

Enough about games, who wants to buy some delicious lemonade so we're ready for tomorrow's sales?

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Steam Summer Sale, Day 9: Dungeon Defenders, Crysis 2, Civ 5 and more

Jordan Mallory — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 21:00:00 EST

Well, we're more than a week into the Steam Summer Sale and there's still no end in sight. No end to the savings, that is! (Can you tell we used to write copy for a local used car dealership?)

Today's deep discounts include Dungeon Defenders, Fear 3, Magicka and Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad GOTYE, all for less than five smackers each, and Civilization 5, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Crysis 2 and Driver: San Fancisco for less than a tenner. Today's indie bundle is also no slouch, touting the now-classic VVVVVV, as well as the ballistically brilliant Jamestown.

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An RPG fan's guide to the Steam Sale

Rowan Kaiser — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 17:00:00 EST

This is a weekly column from freelancer Rowan Kaiser, which focuses on "Western" role-playing games: their stories, their histories, their mechanics, their insanity, and their inanity.

It's the most wonderful time of the year to be a PC gamer: the Steam Summer Sale! For those of us who are fans of Western/PC RPGs, this is a chance to get some of the best games available for prices that ought to make console fans jealous.

This column is going up toward the end of the sale, so some of the best prices for some may have come and gone, but between the voting, the flash sales, and the fact that Steam usually uses the last day or so to repeat some of the biggest sales, it's possible to get the best prices again even if you missed the first round.

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The Steam Summer Sale trap

Ludwig Kietzmann — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:00:00 EST

You're reading Reaction Time, a weekly column that claims to examine recent events, games and trends in the industry, but is really just looking for an excuse to use the word "zeitgeist." It debuts on Fridays in Engadget's digital magazine, Distro.

I've already bought several games during this year's Steam Summer Sale, including Legend of Grimrock, an old-fashioned dungeon crawler with a modern veneer. Good for me! Oh, except Legend of Grimrock is a PC game. I don't even have a PC right now, and I've never bothered to set up a dual-boot partition on my MacBook Air. The dread of missing out on the deal was so great, it overwhelmed the fact that I don't even have the preferred equipment for the game.

It happens every year, as Valve gets more and more adept at carving off costs and doling out deals at the perfect pace - slowly enough to keep you coming back, but not fast enough to let you realize you're spending something you don't have.

Money isn't the problem. Spending five bucks on the latest indie gem, even if it's buried in a shopping minecart of indie gems, won't be the death of you. The actual death of you, however, might be slightly more prohibitive when it comes to buying all these games. When are you going to find time to play all this stuff?

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Steam Summer Sale, Day 6: Black Ops, Spec Ops, Limbo (and other stuff too!)

Ben Gilbert — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:20:00 EST

Another day passed, and your bank account is that much lighter, but Valve's annual Steam Summer Sale is back with a whole mess of new discounts. For instance, that copy of Train Simulator 2012 you've been holding out on? It's seeing a massive 90 percent discount, and will cost you just $3.49 if you snap it up soon.

Or how about that Wargame: European Escalation game you've had your eye on, eh? That's ... oh who're we kidding? You want Grand Theft Auto IV for your PC and you want it for like $5. Done. The same could be said for RTS classic Company of Heroes (just $2.50!) and recently released third-person shooter Spec Ops: The Line ($33.50). Head on over to the Steam Store for the full listings of sales, which expire tomorrow afternoon.

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Steam Summer Sale, Day 5: Metro 2033, RAGE, Assassin's Creed: Revelations and more

Mike Suszek — Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:30:00 EST

If you made it this far into the Steam Summer Sale, plan on not buying that pizza you wanted for dinner tonight. Day five of the platform's annual deal-stravaganza features sales on Age of Empires III for $9.99, Metro 2033 for $4.99, RAGE for $9.99, and Assassin's Creed: Revelations for $13.59. Those four games add up to the cost of four large, one-topping pizzas alone.

Today's sale includes both Dear Esther and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic for a reasonable price of $2.49 each, around the cost of one of those personal pan pizzas. Let's be honest, those don't fill anyone up anyway.

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Steam Summer Sale, Day 4: Saints Row: The Third, Walking Dead, Indie Bundle 4 and more

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 15:55:00 EST

Survival Diary, Day Four:

I don't know how much longer I can keep hiding here. It was safe at first; quiet even, like a snow-packed forest or the very depths of the sea, but his footsteps continue to grow closer. Eventually, he's going to find me, and when he does the very core of me will be torn inside out and used to purchase games like Saints Row: The Third, The Walking Dead or any number of the other games on sale today.

I know now that my sanctuary beneath the sofa is no longer a sufficient haven in which to ensconce myself, so I must attempt to find new refuge. There's a very good chance this is my last entry, so please, if you find this, tell the pocket watch I love her.

Always,
Wallet

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Steam Summer Sale includes cheap Max Payne 3, Space Marine, more

JC Fletcher — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 15:00:00 EST

Day two of the Steam Summer Sale has begun - did you remember not to spend every cent to your name yesterday?

The daily deals today include Max Payne 3 for $29.99, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine for $7.49, Payday for $4.99, The Binding of Isaac for $1.24, and ... we intended to tell you the highlights, but we're realizing we're about to just list all the daily deals. Go see for yourself!

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GameStop offering bonus trade-in credit toward Steam gift cards

JC Fletcher — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 10:20:00 EST

Even GameStop's getting in on Steam Summer Sale madness, with a deal to entice you into turning your boxed games into downloads. For the duration of the Summer Sale (through July 23), any game traded in at GameStop will get a 30% boost in value if used toward the purchase of a Steam gift card. Of course, you'd likely get more of a "bonus" for just selling your games on eBay or something, but GameStop seems to have caught on out of convenience anyway.

GameStop started carrying Steam gift cards in May. The future is a weird place. These are definitely two topics we didn't expect to intersect.

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Steam Summer Sale is officially on

JC Fletcher — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 13:04:00 EST

The Steam Summer Sale has just gone live, with standout deals including Portal 2 for five bucks, Modern Warfare 3 for $30, and the usual massive discounts on entire publisher collections. Go browse! Sorry about all your money!

The sale is on through July 12, with new deals cycling in every day. The "Indie Bundle," predicted by a peek into a database, has proven accurate, suggesting that the rest of the list is likely to happen too. The "Day 1" bundle has Anomaly Warzone Earth, The Baconing, Cave Story +, Edge, and Lone Survivor for $10.

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Put wallet in freezer: These may be Steam summer sale's indie bundles

Jessica Conditt — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 13:30:00 EST

Valve has remained mum on the topic of a 2012 summer sale, but the Open SteamWorks CDR database has uncovered a list of bundles, mostly for indie titles, apparently set for the sale in Steam's backend. Reddit user Dweezy gathered a list of the bundles, broken down over an 11-day period, along with a few other standalone collections.

Titles include Cave Story+, Botanicula, Splice, Braid, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, A Valley Without Wind, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Qube, Jamestown, Bit.Trip Runner and Beat, and Waveform. Other bundles, indie or otherwise, include Batman (Asylum, City and Impostors), the BioShock franchise, a Civilization collection, Saints Row: The Third franchise pack, Square Hit Collection and a THQ collection.

These oodles of bundles have no release date nor price and are unconfirmed by Valve, but this could be a taste of the sweet summer sale to come. Check the entire list after the break, and put that ice pick down.

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