Today is the last day for the Steam Early Holiday Sale. These discounts will last until (8am PST/11am EST/4pm GMT) on Tuesday Dec 1st. This is also your last chance for the LucasArts Premier Pack and the THQ Complete Pack discounts. The following games are on sale: Dawn of Discovery - ($49.99 $34.99/£34.99/49,99€), Prices seem to be broken for UK/EU. Wait to buy this until they're fixed. The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition - ($9.99 $2.49/£6.99 £1.74/8,99€ 2,24€), Included in the LucasArts Premier Pack. Section 8 - ($49.99 $24.99/£29.99 £14.99/39,99€ 19,99€) Quantz - ($9.99 $2.00/£7.99 £2.00/8,99€ 2,--€) Mirror's Edge - ($19.99 $5.00/£12.99 £3.24/14,99€ 3,74€) Evil Genius - ($9.99 $2.49/£6.99 £1.74/9,99€ 2,49€) Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - ($29.99 $20.99/£34.99 £24.49/49,99€ 34,99€) The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - ($19.99 $9.99/£14.99 £7.99/19,99€ 9,99€)
Day 3 of the Steam Holiday Sale has some more great titles on sale. Some new ones as well! The following are on sale until (8am PST/11am EST/4pm GMT) on Sunday Nov 29th.
Resident Evil 5 - ($49.99 $24.99/£29.99 £14.99/37,99€ 18,99€) Borderlands - ($49.99 $33.49/£29.99 £20.09/49,99€ 33,49€) Borderlands 4-Pack - ($149.97 $99.97 /£89.97 £59.97/149,97€ 99,97€) - Each pays ($24.99/£14.99/24,99€) Order of War - ($39.99 $9.99/£29.99 £7.49/37,99€ 9,49€) (Demo) Left 4 Dead - ($29.99 $7.49/£24.99 £6.24/29,99€ 7,49€ T1/22,99€ 5,74€ T2) Left 4 Dead 4-Pack - ($89.99 $22.49/£74.99 £18.74/89,99€ 22,49€ T1/69,99€ 17,49€ T2) - Each pays ($5.62/£4.69/5,62€ T1/4,37€ T2) Ghostbusters - ($19.99 $9.99/£14.99 £7.49/19,99€ 9,99€) Trine - ($19.99 $9.99/£16.99 £8.49/19,99€ 9,99€) City of Heroes: Architect Edition - ($19.99 $9.99/£9.99 £4.99/14,99€ 7,49€) Spore - ($39.99 $19.99/£29.99 £14.99/39,99€ 19,99€) Spore + Creepy & Cute Parts Pack - ($59.98 $29.98/49,96€ 24,98€), Not Available in UK. Spore + Galactic Adventures - ($69.98 $34.98), Only in US. Spore Complete Pack - ($89.97 $44.97), Only in US.
Pre-Purchase Zombie Driver and save 10%. This sale will last until Zombie Driver releases, on Friday Dec 4th. Buy now and pay ($9.99 $8.99/£6.99 £6.19/8,99€ 8,09€).
As mentioned in a previous post, currently pre-purchasing Dirt 2 will allow you to buy Dirt 1 for 80% off. This offer lasts until December 1st. One of my readers pointed out to me that currently, after buying Dirt 2, you may actually buy copies of Dirt 1 for the 80% discount, and GIFT THEM. That's right. You can give your 80% off copies to other people, even if they don't have Dirt 2. This will likely be fixed by Valve shortly, so take advantage now (*disclaimer: I do not condone this. It is possible this will get you banned.).
Sam & Max Complete Season One is on sale for one week on Steam. Through Dec 2nd, buy the complete first season for ($29.99 $20.09/£17.00 £11.38/29,99€ 20,09€). This offer is only available on the package, individual titles have no discount.
Day 1 of the Steam Holiday Sale includes some great titles, and seems to last 48 hours, according to their site. Set to expire at (4pm GMT/11pm EST/8am PST) on Friday Nov 27th, the following games/collections are on sale:
This week on Steam, many games will receive large discounts for one day. Each day, new games are put on sale, and the entire event will last 5 days. Posts on this site will show all the deals for each day, to reduce clutter. Keep watching SteamDeals for a quick look at all the sales on Steam!
King Arthur - The Role-playing Wargame was just released on Steam, and is 10% off until next Tuesday, Dec 1st. Buy now and pay ($39.99 $35.99/£34.99 £31.49/39,99€ 35,99€ T1/29,99€ 26,99€ T2).
This week, through Thursday Nov 26th, Plants vs. Zombies is 50% off ($9.99 $4.99/£6.99 £3.49/9,99€ 4,99€). An original action strategy game by PopCap, Plants vs. Zombies gained a Metacritic score of 88/100.
RailWorks Challenger Edition is a steam-exclusive pack, including the original RailWorks game, plus one of its DLC's - Challenger. It is currently on sale for 50% off ($68.98 $34.49/£46.98 £23.49/52,98€ 26,49€) through next Monday, Nov 30th.
Also, the Colton & Northern DLC is also on sale for 50% off ($23.99 $11.99/£14.99 £7.49/16,99€ 8,49€), also through Monday Nov 30th.
King's Bounty: Armored Princess was just released on steam, and it's 10% off. This is not mentioned in Steam News, but it's most likely a 1-week special, and last until Thursday Nov 26th. This post will be updated if that changes. Take advantage now, and pay ($39.99 $35.99/£29.99 £26.99/39,99€ 35,99€).
Blood Bowl Dark Elves Edition is 10% off through Thursday Nov 26th (its release date). Pre-purchase now and pay ($49.99 $44.99/£34.99 £31.49/49,99€ 44,99€).
This weekend, through Monday Nov 23rd, Frontlines: Fuel of War is on sale for 75% off ($29.99 $7.49/£14.99 £3.74/9,99€ 2,49€). A note for those in Europe: because of the exchange rate, the game bought with euros is 50% less than the US version. This is quite unusual for Steam games, and is a much better deal to take advantage of.
Pre-purchasing DiRT 2 ($39.99/£29.99/49,99€) will allow you to buy the first game, DiRT, for 80% off ($19.99 $3.99/£17.99 £3.60/19,99€ 3.99€). This offer lasts until DiRT 2 releases, on December 1st.
Each game has its own demo, available on the store page. Also, the Luxor Complete Pack is available ($29.99 $14.99/£16.99 £8.49/29,99€ 14,99€) and will save you ($2.95/£2.25/2,95€).
Left 4 Dead 2, the sequel to the popular zombie-horror-coop-survival game by Valve, is still on sale through steam via preorder. Buy the game now and save ($5/£3/5€ T1/3,80€ T2). L4D2 is currently selling for ($44.99/£26.99/44,99€ T1/34,19€ T2)
This weekend on Steam, through Monday Nov 16th, Crysis and its sequel Crysis Warhead are on sale. Buy both in the Crysis Maximum Edition for ($29.98/£19.98/24,98€), or pick them up individually - Crysis ($14.99/£9.99/9,99€) - Crysis Warhead ($14.99/£9.99/14,99€). Crysis boasts a 91 metacritic score, while its sequel Crysis Warhead has an 84.
This weekend on Steam, through Monday Nov 16th, the Overlord Complete Pack is on sale for 75% off - $8.75 (£6.25/8,75€) for the two games and the first's expansion. Overlord boasts a metacritic score of 81, and the sequel rated at 79.