Steam summer sale event begins

By Xav de Matos, Jun 30, 2011 12:00pm PDT

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.

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Xav de Matos posted a new article, 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.

Jun 30, 2011 12:00pm PDT

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Xav de Matos posted a new article, 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. : Shacknews
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  Ugh, browsing the sale is such a pain in the ass right now. : Topsiderover
  - They are gettin hammered. : AgentPothead
  - Use the feed at SteamGameSales. It updates every day. (not affiliated, just find it handy) : Cruciform
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    What are you using, dail-up? I've yet o have a problem and have looked at it twice now. : DragonSire
    - Store has been up and down all afternoon. : AgentPothead
    - NOPROBLEMHERE'D : oO SilentK Oo
  - http://didimatic.com/dd/en/onsale/steam : Fenring42
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  Good deal for Medal of Honor, I liked that game : ShXIII
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    Don't forget Oblivion! : ninjaman23
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      I never played Oblivion, love the new Fallout games though. My mother played something like 275+ hours in... : ShXIII
      
      fallout w/out guns : X-GOUKI
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    Looks like a cheap way to get yourself access to Battlefield 3 as well... might buy it just for that. : Topsiderover
    - The BF3 beta that is. : Topsiderover
- Everyone should have Lead & Gold at that price. It's a really well done game and a lot of fun. : PointlesS76
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  Is this really happening? : rosewood
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    So Back to the Future -- is that the full game for that price or just the first episode or something? : rosewood
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      Says all 5. : fractured_sanity
      
      No, it says BOUGHT : rosewood
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  Steam hates taking my money! I kept getting page errors when trying to complete my order and I lost out o... : Crabs Jarrard
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    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 ... : dfay
    - Some people were saying it was a pricing error that was corrected. : Haxim
  - let me guess, greek euros? : matthaeus
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  I like the idea of tickets. And I am going to end up getting them all. Any hints on getting todays? : amrbean
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    Well some of them seem to be bugged at the moment, including the Swords+Soldiers and Lead+Gold ones. : limpossible
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      Yea, I just finish the goal of the Swords and Soldiers ticket (fun game) and it hasn't shown up. I hope ... : amrbean
      
      It just went though for me. : amrbean
- BUY THE WITCHER 2 if you can run it........in love with this game! I bought Oblivion on 360, PS3, but ... : Johnsexyelder
- Medal of Honor and Rebublic Commando. Medal of Honor's multiplayer is really decent. : Wolfanoz
- http://store.steampowered.com/app/7800/?snr=1_200_200_250_106_40 Doo eet! : fractured_sanity
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  Any comment on whether the Deluxe version of Oblivion is worth it over the standard GotY? : Ardrid
  - It's got the horse armor, why not? : Vimn
  - Definitely. For an extra $2 you get all of the DLC instead of just Knights of the Nine and Shivering Isl... : Sapiens
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  Was going to pick up Borderlands and Oblivion but both why are these games listed differently in this art... : Curike
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    Regional pricing strikes again. : Alastayr
    - That's new to me. Thanks for your reply Alastayr. I'm not saying Borderlands isn't worth it at that pr... : Curike
- Steam sales make me poor : okellyc

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