Steam Summer Sale 2016 kicks off today
This year's Steam Summer Sale is kicking off today. Prepare your wallets!
After its leak and confirmation from PayPal, the Steam Summer Sale is kicking off today at 12:45 PM ET / 9:45 AM PT.
This year’s Summer Sale will last for approximately two weeks, ending on July 4th at 10am PT. This should give those who are planning on adding to their backlog more than enough time to make your necessary purchases, regardless if you’re home to play them or not. If you’re like us, you’re probably vacationing with a PC that can play some kind of games anyways, so you should be prepared.
Last year’s Steam Summer Sale took place a bit earlier in the month as it started on June 11 and ended on June 20th. And just like last year’s sale, and Steam’s more recent sales, all prices will be marked down to their lowest amount, which means you won’t be needing to keep an eye on the Store for flash sales.
What game discounts have you spotted so far that are worth mentioning? Feel free to share what you find in Chatty so we can consider purchasing them.
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Daniel Perez posted a new article, Steam Summer Sale 2016 kicks off today
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I think it needs a free weekend. People still don't know what it is and the community is struggling lately. It is a shame because I think the game is in a pretty good place right now.
Eh. I am posting sales for games that I think Shackers would enjoy playing together, this and KF2 are definitely on that list for me. -
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This has been the trend for almost 2 years now. They're doing lower discounts, but longer and more frequent sales. I assume that means the bean counters figured that nets more profit vs shorter/fewer sales with deeper discounts.
We're going to see this trend continue. But, that said, we are also seeing games go on sale sooner. Doom is the perfect example. And, there's really no need for it be on sale already. Fall would have been soon enough.
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I suspect the bean counters figured out they make more money like this. Plus, it avoids angry customers for buying something early, seeing get a deeper discount later and getting pissed. OR, waiting until the last minute and maybe not remembering to buy something before the sale is over. I know that's happened to me waiting to see if something would go on sale and then forgetting to check one last time because I got busy.
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I just got back into Banished again after the 1.0.6 patch. Colonial Charter adds a lot of fun to it:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=687663103&searchtext=
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Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak for 25$ [Y/N]?
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I put 100 hours in with a controller. Works great, definitely recommend. The biggest downsides for a controller are inventory management (dragging lots of little items to a storage chest sucks), and ranged attacks. Ranged attacks work, but you can't target a specific enemy nearly as easily as you could with a m/kb. My main character was melee focused though so I didn't really have that issue as much.
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NBA2K16 80% to $12, NeonXSZ 50% to $10, Deathstate 50% to $7.50 are my frontrunners so far.
Also Axiom Verge 40% to $12, Enemy 67% to $5, Dex 75% to $5, Magicmaker 50% to $5, Satellite Reign 67% to $10
Southpark Stick Of Truth 75% to $7.50
A bunch of 50%ers have dropped too low on my Wishlist to really be valid at this point. -
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https://www.paypal-gifts.com/us/brands/steam-digital-wallet-code.html
The 5% off deal is expired though!
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Might want to set aside an extra hundred for shipping and taxes. But I love mine to death, and don't regret it at all.
Pool Nation, while impressive, hasn't hooked me like other VR games. I haven't fired it up since release day. House of the Dying Sun, however, I fucking love. I can't wait for the new mode Rampancy mentioned. The core mechanics are so good and so fun, but I've already beaten everything a few times on Harbinger difficulty, so I need some more.-
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I'll probably grab Hover Junkers in this sale. I'm just worried I'll get motion sickness, but we'll see. Try that coop mode with me?
Out of Ammo is still my favorite and most played game, other than Minecraft. Can't wait for the coop mode. Those devs are solid too, they've added a ton of stuff since I bought it.
Maybe I'm just not a big pool guy. Ita definitely a great product. I'll challenge next time I see you in there.-
I saw these videos the other day. I laughed pretty hard, this game is the king of shenanigans
https://youtu.be/MPMwAo6J_ug?t=349
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKBSs4ecDXQ
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Just picked up 7 games
Titan Quest, Quake 2, Layers of Fear, Victor Vran, Castle of Illusion, Alice madness returns, and Project Cars
I went with some of the classics this year that I somehow haven't played, I never played Titan Quest or Alice, and Quake 2, I only played the demo (over and over and over again)
Castle of Ilusion looked cute and it was only 3 bucks so why not.
Looking forward to seeing the awesome visuals of project cars, and Victor Vran looks like a fun ARPG -
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Condemned: Criminal Origins is dirt cheap right now at $3.73 (75% off)
This is a horror game where you are accosted by ravenous tweakers and crazy homeless people. So it is basically a Detroit simulator. It's also got some refreshingly subtle supernatural elements.
It is worth picking it up if you are a fan of the horror genre and you missed it when it was released back in 2006. The graphics hold up pretty good imo.
Also check out Outcast 1.1 - $2.73 (60% off).
It's a great old open world action-rpg with unique colorful voxel graphics that still look good today. The devs behind the 1.1 re-release have updated the engine so it runs at modern resolutions and supports controllers. If I had one criticism of that game it would probably be the the protagonist is shamefully corny and his animations are bad, but if you can get past that, you'll have a good time.
I thought about mentioning other older titles like Hexen, System Shock, Deus Ex, etc, but I'm pretty sure most shackers already have these. -
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