Steam's Holiday Special on Games

[sygnus21]

Steam is having a holiday special, so for those looking to get some games at a resonable price (through steam) have a look here http://www.steamgamesales.com/. Be warned though, steam is getting hammered right now, so the link I give may not work right now. However If you have steam installed click on the store tab and have a look.

And speaking of hammered, I just bought Farcry 2: Fortunes Edition and can't get the download right now because the server is busy

So...

Here's a partial list of the games on sale:

mirrors edge 4.99$
operation flashpoint dragon rising 19.99$
defense grid 2.49$
stalker: shadows of chernobyl 1.99$

sale runs from today through january 3rd

Atari games 66% off

the witcher enhanced edition 13.59$
ghostbusters 6.79$
riddick dark athena 6.79$
indigo prophecy 3.39$
arma 6.79$

Ubisoft games 50% off

thq games 50% off

The entire unreal pack which has every unreal game ever made (except ut2003) for 13.59$

Enjoy, and good luck getting through

This info was copied from here - Steam Holiday Sale 2009 - Rage3D Discussion Area

 

[Windows i7 920]

Those are incredible deals. I might have to get into that .

 

[sygnus21]

Well If you're looking at Mirror's Edge for $4.99, that deal expired this morning (EDT), so it's now back at 19.99

 

[Billy]

Well If you're looking at Mirror's Edge for $4.99, that deal expired this morning (EDT), so it's now back at 19.99

You can get Mirror's Edge from Direct2drives Holiday Sale, 6 more days on the sale, for $4.95

 

[Bill]

I just picked up the whole Battlefield Collection for $7.49... To bad I missed Grand Theft Auto 4 the other day, it was also $7.49. Whoops!

-Bill

 

[damoh]

lol ive bought so much its unreal, but tbh these games are a good price, i bought prey, they ran out of keys so put bioshock on for £4.00 so i bought that too. Steam sales will soon be over, just hoping they dont do another CS source sale and have a fiasco with the 28 millers like there having atm

 

[jim84]

I picked up a few games too and am keeping an eye out on the daily specials.

Eidos Collector Pack $49.95
Orange Box $14.99
Borderlands $33.49
Ghostbusters $6.79
Torchlight $9.99
L4D2 ~$33

The Eidos pack is a great deal, Batman is really well done. Orange Box wasn't a bad deal though I should have got it in the past when they had it on a weekend deal for $9.99. Torchlight is good if you don't mind the lack of multiplayer, and it's on for a really good deal, though it was on for about half that one day for a daily special. Ghostbusters doesn't really work for me, I'm calling it unplayable, but looks like fun and a nice price (if it worked). I haven't had a chance to play Borderlands yet but I've only heard good things, and I got it to play co-op with a friend. L4D2 is more fun then I expected, I was almost just going to stick with L4D(which is on for only $7.49 if you don't have it yet, for a few more hours), but I also got this to play co-op with a friend.

Throughout the whole sale, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has not gone on sale, and has remained within the top 7 or 8 for sales the entire time.

 

[jim84]

Shattered Horizon is on for a great deal... It wasn't showing though for me earlier, it said it was $14.99 and 25% off, when in fact it was 75% off at $4.99, with a 4 pack clan pack for $14.99 (or $3.75 per copy).

 

[hybridfan]

Not bad at all, nice to see Steam doing their bit for gamers during the festive season, I bought Dragon Age a bout a week ago, wish I had waited :B Ohh just checked, still full price. WOW Medieval II Total War only £2.49 what a bleedin' bargain.

 

[jim84]

I think Dragon Age was on the daily special list yesterday I could be mistaken though.

Oh, it was on Day 4, http://store.steampowered.com/news/ if it is the same as Dragon Age Origin

 

[swarfega]

I got a few in the current sales, this sale round has been the best ever imo:

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Clear Sky (EU)
X2: The Threat / X3: Reunion
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Grand Theft Auto IV (UK)
Evil Genius
Medieval II: Total War Complete Pack (UK)
Colin McRae Dirt2 AMD Promo
Mirror's Edge
Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
TrackMania United Forever (EU)
Zombie Driver
Dead Space


Evil Genius was an xmas gift from a friend.

 

[mpcrsc562]

yes, very nice deals in deed. i bought NBA 2K10 last week and plan to purchase crysis maximum edition later - $13.59 for the original and warhead?! won't pass it up.

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Mass Effect is back up at $5.

 

[sygnus21]

Mass Effect is back up at $5.

That's a "great" price for the game. I just got the retail version for $19 bucks.

I'm playing it now and have to say I'm obsessed. Had I known it was this good I would have got it when it was first released. Looking forward to ME2.

 

[sygnus21]

FYI

With regards to Mass Effect, Steam, and Vista/Windows 7

This note from Steam...

* WINDOWS VISTA OR WINDOWS 7 USERS: Launching “Mass Effect” from Steam requires the setting “Run as Administrator”. If the User Account Control feature of Windows Vista is enabled, launching “Mass Effect” from Steam will result in failure. For users with User Account Control enabled, launch Steam using the “Run as Administrator” option or launch from the windows shortcut.

For what it's worth I didn't have to do this with the retail version. All I did was install the game, run the launcher and play. No issues with the retail version and Windows 7 at all. In fact I play like 3-4 hours at a time and have not had one issue. Settings set to high/ultra.


Just FYI

 

[SlackerITGuy]

Mass Effect is back up at $5.

That's a "great" price for the game. I just got the retail version for $19 bucks.

I'm playing it now and have to say I'm obsessed. Had I known it was this good I would have got it when it was first released. Looking forward to ME2.

Agreed.

Without a doubt one of the best SP games to date.

 

[Wishmaster]

ME has decent replay value as well.

 

[jim84]

I thought it was kind of disappointing to have all repeats, I was half expecting a grand finale for the holiday sale... Oh well, got some great deals on great games.