Steam summer sale event begins

Steam gives players a chance to cool off by staying out of the sun with another big sale. The Steam Summer sale begins today and runs until July 10.

Xav de Matos

June 30, 2011 12:00 PM

Feel that heat protruding from the uncovered window in your house/apartment/mother's basement? That's from this thing called the sun... and it wants to kill you.

Thankfully, the nice folks at Steam know how to keep gamers safe. Today, Steam kicks off another thematic sale, this time celebrating the summer. How does Steam celebrate the summer? It gives you an excuse to stay inside.

The entire summer sale runs from June 30 until July 10.

Though the service also has a number of publisher collections and bundles on sale, Steam is also offering discounts on select items daily:

Bit.Trip Franchise - $2.50 (75% off from $9.99) each
The Witcher 2 - $33.49 (33% off from $49.99)
Borderlands: GOTY - $7.50 (75% off from $24.99)
Back to the Future - $12.49 (50% off from $29.99)
Lead & Gold - $1.50 (85% off from $9.99)
Dawn of War 2: Retribution - $14.99 (50% off from $29.99)
Operation Flashpoint: Red River - $29.24 (35% off from $44.99)
Medal of Honor - $10.19 (66% off from $29.99)
Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition - $13.59 (66% off from $39.99)
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale - $5.00 (75% off from $19.99)
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GOTY - $6.80 (66% off from $19.99)
Test Drive Unlimited 2 - $9.99 (50% off from $19.99)

Today's deals run until July 1 at 10am PT. There are also a number of achievements gamers can unlock by accomplishing certain tasks in select games. Make sure to check today's to-do list.

Xav de Matos

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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June 30, 2011 12:00 PM

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Steam gives players a chance to cool off by staying out of the sun with another big sale. The Steam Summer sale begins today and runs until July 10.
- Topsiderover
  
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  June 30, 2011 12:08 PM
  
  Ugh, browsing the sale is such a pain in the ass right now.
  - AgentPothead
    
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    June 30, 2011 12:18 PM
    
    They are gettin hammered.
  - Cruciform
    
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    June 30, 2011 12:19 PM
    
    Use the feed at SteamGameSales. It updates every day. (not affiliated, just find it handy)
  - DragonSire
    
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    June 30, 2011 1:28 PM
    
    What are you using, dail-up? I've yet o have a problem and have looked at it twice now.
    - AgentPothead
      
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      June 30, 2011 1:30 PM
      
      Store has been up and down all afternoon.
    - oO SilentK Oo
      
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      June 30, 2011 2:18 PM
      
      NOPROBLEMHERE'D
  - Fenring42
    
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    June 30, 2011 2:40 PM
    
    http://didimatic.com/dd/en/onsale/steam
- ShXIII
  
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  June 30, 2011 12:17 PM
  
  Good deal for Medal of Honor, I liked that game
  - ninjaman23
    
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    June 30, 2011 12:20 PM
    
    Don't forget Oblivion!
    - ShXIII
      
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      June 30, 2011 12:30 PM
      
      I never played Oblivion, love the new Fallout games though. My mother played something like 275+ hours in Oblivion, she loved it.
      - X-GOUKI
        
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        June 30, 2011 4:31 PM
        
        fallout w/out guns
  - Topsiderover
    
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    June 30, 2011 12:47 PM
    
    Looks like a cheap way to get yourself access to Battlefield 3 as well... might buy it just for that.
    - Topsiderover
      
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      June 30, 2011 1:08 PM
      
      The BF3 beta that is.
- PointlesS76
  
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  June 30, 2011 12:23 PM
  
  Everyone should have Lead & Gold at that price. It's a really well done game and a lot of fun.
- rosewood
  
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  June 30, 2011 12:38 PM
  
  Is this really happening?
  - rosewood
    
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    June 30, 2011 12:40 PM
    
    So Back to the Future -- is that the full game for that price or just the first episode or something?
    - fractured_sanity
      
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      June 30, 2011 12:49 PM
      
      Says all 5.
      - rosewood
        
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        June 30, 2011 10:40 PM
        
        No, it says BOUGHT
- [deleted] 1324565298
  
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  June 30, 2011 12:51 PM
  
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  - dfay
    
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    June 30, 2011 1:24 PM
    
    What?? I'm at work so I haven't had a chance to look at the sales for more than a few seconds. There are sales that have expired already?
    - Haxim
      
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      June 30, 2011 1:38 PM
      
      Some people were saying it was a pricing error that was corrected.
  - matthaeus
    
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    June 30, 2011 1:48 PM
    
    let me guess, greek euros?
- amrbean
  
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  June 30, 2011 1:11 PM
  
  I like the idea of tickets. And I am going to end up getting them all. Any hints on getting todays?
  - limpossible
    
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    June 30, 2011 1:32 PM
    
    Well some of them seem to be bugged at the moment, including the Swords+Soldiers and Lead+Gold ones.
    - amrbean
      
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      June 30, 2011 1:38 PM
      
      Yea, I just finish the goal of the Swords and Soldiers ticket (fun game) and it hasn't shown up. I hope I auto get it once the bug is fixed.
      - amrbean
        
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        June 30, 2011 1:40 PM
        
        It just went though for me.
- Johnsexyelder
  
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  June 30, 2011 1:17 PM
  
  BUY THE WITCHER 2 if you can run it........in love with this game!
  
  I bought Oblivion on 360, PS3, but not yet on PC. Im almost just want to get it to just have it
- Wolfanoz
  
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  June 30, 2011 2:11 PM
  
  Medal of Honor and Rebublic Commando. Medal of Honor's multiplayer is really decent.
- fractured_sanity
  
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  June 30, 2011 5:29 PM
  
  http://store.steampowered.com/app/7800/?snr=1_200_200_250_106_40
  
  Doo eet!
- Ardrid
  
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  June 30, 2011 6:34 PM
  
  Any comment on whether the Deluxe version of Oblivion is worth it over the standard GotY?
  - [deleted] 469987938
    
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    June 30, 2011 7:23 PM
    
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  - Sapiens
    
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    June 30, 2011 7:37 PM
    
    Definitely. For an extra $2 you get all of the DLC instead of just Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isles.
- Curike
  
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  June 30, 2011 11:37 PM
  
  Was going to pick up Borderlands and Oblivion but both why are these games listed differently in this article than at Steam? Here it says:
  - $7.50 (75% off from $24.99)
  
  But on Steam it says:
  49,99€
  12,50€
  
  Which is almost twice the price.
  - Alastayr
    
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    July 1, 2011 12:14 AM
    
    Regional pricing strikes again.
    - Curike
      
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      July 1, 2011 1:14 AM
      
      That's new to me. Thanks for your reply Alastayr.
      
      I'm not saying Borderlands isn't worth it at that price, but going from $7.5 to $20 it's no longer an impulse-buy from me. I'll pass.
- okellyc
  
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  July 1, 2011 7:21 AM
  
  Steam sales make me poor