Steam Summer Sales Blowout

[Eightball]

Yes, because I actually believe it deserves its own thread. For those of you that don't know, Steam is having one of its infamous massive sales of games. Think the Winter Holiday sales, only multiply it by two. I have set aside this thread for discussion of specifically the deals being offered in this sale, and also a resource for everyone to communicate the distribution of their duplicate games. In other words, if you have games to gift or want to sell (probably against the steam terms of use agreement but whatever), say so here! Oh, and be sure to mention what you picked up and make recommendations for everyone else. There's no way everyone already knows everything about every one of these games, we need everyone to pitch in their opinions so we can make the most of this upcoming 10 days.

At no small expense to my sanity, I have compiled all of the deals being offered between June 24th and July 4th:
2K Pack - $89.99 (75% off)
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Borderlands
Borderlands: MMUR
Borderlands: SAGK
Borderlands: ZIDN
CivCity: Rome
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
MLB 2K10
MLB Front Office Manager
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon 2 Platinum
Shattered Union
Sid Meier's Civilization 3 Complete
Sid Meier's Civilization 4
Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword
Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Colonization
Sid Meier's Civilization 4: Warlords
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Sid Meier's Railroads!
The Stronghold Collection
X-COM: Apocalypse
X-COM: Enforcer
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: Terror from the Deep
X-COM: UFO Defense

Call of Duty Pack - $29.99 (75% off)
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty 2
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Call of Duty 5: World at War

id Pack - $34.99 (50% off)
Commander Keen
DOOM 3
DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil
DOOM 2
Final DOOM
Heretic: Shadow of the Serpent Riders
HeXen 2
HeXen: Beyond Heretic
HeXen: Deathkings of the Dark Citadel
Master Levels for Doom 2
QUAKE
QUAKE 2
QUAKE 2 Mission Park: Ground Zero
QUAKE 2 Mission Pack: The Reckoning
QUAKE 3: Arena
QUAKE 3: Team Arena
QUAKE Mission Pack 1: Scourge of Armagon
QUAKE Mission Pack 2: Dissolution of Eternity
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Spear of Destiny
The Ultimate DOOM
Wolfenstein 3D

Indie Pack - $19.99
Blueberry Garden
Bob Came in Pieces
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Plain Sight
Saira

Introversion Pack - $5.00 (87% off)
Darwinia
DEFCON
Multiwinia
Uplink

Rockstar Pack - $63.74 (25% off)
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Grand Theft Auto
Grand Theft Auto 2
Grand Theft Auto 3
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
Grand Theft Auto 4
Manhunt
Max Payne
Max Payne 2
Midnight Club 2
Wild Metal

Square Enix + Eidos Pack - $74.99 (25% off)
Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition
Battlestations Pacific
Battlestations: Midway
Conflict: Denied Ops
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Dead Ex: Invisible War
Flora's Fruit Farm
Gyromancer
Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
Hitman: Blood Money
Hitman: Codename 47
Infernal
Just Cause
Just Cause 2
(Just Cause 2 DLC packs x7)
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
Mini Ninjas
Order of War
Project: Snowblind
Rogue Trooper
Season of Mystery: The Cherry Blossom Murders
Shellshock 2: Blood Trails
Supreme Commander 2
The Last Remnant
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Tomb Raider: Anniversary
Tomb Raider: Legend
Tomb Raider: Underworld
Yosumin!

Star Wars Pack - $74.99 (55% off)
Star Wars Battlefront 2
Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith
Star Wars Republic Commando
Star Wars Starfighter
Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition
Star Wars Dark Forces
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars Empire of War: Gold Pack

TellTale Everything Pack - $49.99 (50% off)
Bone: Out From Boneville
Bone: The Great Cow Race
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse
Sam & Max 101: Culture Shock
Sam & Max 102: Situation: Comedy
Sam & Max 103: The Mole, the Mob and the Meatball
Sam & Max 104: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
Sam & Max 105: Reality 2.0
Sam & Max 106: Bright Side of the Moon
Sam & Max 201: Ice Station Santa
Sam & Max 202: Moai Better Blues
Sam & Max 203: Night of the Raving Dead
Sam & Max 204: Chariots of the Dogs
Sam & Max 205: What's New Beelzebub?
Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People: Season 1
Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack
Telltale Texas Hold 'Em
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 1: Fright of the Bumblebees
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 2: The Last Resort
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 3: Muzzled!
Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures, Episode 4: The Bogey Man

THQ Pack - $49.99 (50% off)
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
Metro 2033
Red Faction
Red Faction Guerilla
Red Faction 2
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Saints Row 2
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 2
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War Soulstorm
World of Zoo

Valve Pack - $66.99 (33% off)
Counter-Strike
Counter-Strike: Condition Zero
Counter-Strike: Source
Day of Defeat
Day of Defeat: Source
Deathmatch Classic
Half-Life
Half-Life 2
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2: Episode 1
Half-Life 2: Episode 2
Half-Life 2: Lost Coast
Half-Life Deathmatch: Source
Half-Life: Blue Shift
Half-Life: Opposing Force
Half-Life: Source
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
Portal
Ricochet
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress Classic


Developers are also offering blanket discounts on all of their games. I cannot possibly list every game made by every developer, but here is a list of the developers discounting their games, as well as how much they're being discounted by.

1C Games (75% off)
2K Games (25% off)
Atari Games (66% off)
Capcom Games (33% off)
Codemasters Games (66% off)
Epic Games (50% off)
Focus Games (50% off)
JoWood Games (50% off)
Kalypso Games (66% off)
Meridian4 Games (75% off)
NCSoft Games (33% off)
Novalogic Games (50% off)
Paradox games (50% off)
PopCap Games (30% off)
Rebellion Games (50% off)
Rockstar Games (25% off)
SouthPeak Games (50% off)
Ubisoft Games (33% off)
VivaMedia Games (33% off)
Oh, and Global Agenda is currently $26.79 (33% off) in particular. Not sure what's up with that.


Finally, here are the daily sales, updated as soon as I see them:

Thursday, June 24th:
Aion Standard Edition - $19.99 (50% off)
Bioshock 2 - $14.99 (50% off)
Colin McRae DiRT 2 - $10.00 (75% off)
Counter-Strike: Source - $6.80 (66% off)
Killing Floor - $5.00 (75% off)
Overlord Complete Pack - $4.50 (85% off)
Trine - $4.00 (80% off)
Unreal Deal Pack - $13.60 (66% off)

Friday, June 25th:
Alien versus Predator Classic 2000 - $1.25 (75% off)
Alpha Protocol - $33.49 (33% off)
Galcon Falcon - $2.50 (75% off)
Ghostbusters: The Videogame - $4.00 (80% off)
Grand Theft Auto: Episodes form Liberty City - $14.99 (50% off)
Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $5.10 (66% off)
Resident Evil 5 - $12.50 (75% off)
Serious Sam HD: Double Pack - $7.50 (75% off)

Saturday, June 26th:
(All Hearts of Iron games 66% off)
AudioSurf - $2.50 (75% off)
City of Heroes: Architect Edition - $9.99 (50% off)
Company of Heroes Complete Pack - $24.99 (50% off)
Left 4 Dead 2 - $10.20 (66% off)
Star Wars The Force Unleashed: Ultimate - $7.49 (75% off)
Supreme Commander 2 - $7.47 (75% off)

Sunday, June 27th:
(All Civilization games 75% off)
EVE Online: Tyrannis - $1.99 (90% off)
Flotilla - $2.50 (75% off)
Gothic Bundle - $1.99 (90% off)
Half-Life - $1.99 (80%)
Max Payne - $2.49 (75% off)
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II Gold Edition - $19.99 (50% off)
Kane and Lynch: Dead Men - $4.99 (75% off)

Monday, June 28th:
(Eightball was too busy being a loser playing APB to update this)

Tuesday, June 29th:
ARMA II - $19.99 (50% off)
Commandos Collection - $3.75 (75% off)
Grand Theft Auto IV - $4.99 (75% off)
Numen: Contest of Heroes - $7.49 (75% off)
Osmos - $2.49 (75% off)
Street Fighter IV - $9.99 (75% off)
Team Fortress 2 - $6.79 (66% off)
X-COM: Complete Pack - $3.74 (75% off)

Wednesday, June 30th:
FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage - $2.00 (90% off)
The Guild II + Pirates of the European Seas - $6.25 (75% off)
Mass Effect 2 - $23.99 (40% off)
Red Faction Guerilla - $5.00 (75% off)
Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 - $2.50 (75% off)
Shatter - $2.50 (75% off)
Torchlight - $5.00 (75% off)
The Void - $5.00 (75% off)

Thursday, July 1st:
(All Dragon Age: Origins 40% off)
Bioshock - $4.99 (75% off)
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas - $3.74 (75% off)
Madballs in Babo: Invasion - $1.99 (80% off)
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom - $2.49 (50% off)
Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures - $4.99 (75% off)
Thief: Deadly Shadows - $2.99 (85% off)
Titan Quest Gold - $4.99 (75% off)
Tropic 3 - $7.49 (75% off)

Friday, July 2nd:
Beat Hazard - $2.49 (75% off)
The Bionic Commando Pack - $11.24 (75% off)
Borderlands - $10.19 (66% off)
Crysis Maximum Edition - $19.99 (50% off)
Day of Defeat: Source - $2.49 (75% off)
Half-Life 2 - $3.39 (66% off)
Max and the Magic Marker - $5.00 (75% off)
Prototype - $14.99 (75% off)
Saints Row 2 - $7.49 (75% off)
Star Wars Empire at War: Gold Pack - $4.99 (75% off)

Saturday, July 3rd:
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - $33.49 (33% off)
Devil May Cry 4 - $7.50 (75% off)
Freedom Force: Freedom Pack - $1.87 (75% off)
Just Cause 2 - $24.99 (50% off)
Metro 2033 - $24.99 (50% off)
Mount & Blade - $10.20 (66% off)
Portal - $1.99 (90% off)
Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse - $17.49 (50% off)
World of Goo - $5.00 (75% off)

Sunday, July 4th:
ARMA II - $19.99 (50% off)
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - $33.49 (33% off)
BioShock 2 - $14.99 (50% off)
Borderlands - $10.19 (66% off)
Grand Theft Auto IV - $4.99 (75% off)
Just Cause 2 - $24.99 (50% off)
Killing Floor - $4.99 (75% off)
Left 4 Dead 2 - $10.19 (66% off)
Mass Effect 2 - $23.99 (40% off)
Red Faction Guerilla - $5.00 (75% off)
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Complete - $9.99 (75% off)
Tales of Monkey Island Complete Pack - $11.89 (66% off)
Thief: Deadly Shadows - $2.99 (85% off)
Trine - $4.00 (80% off)
World of Goo - $5.00 (75% off)

[CaffeinePowered]

My wallet...she cries D:


Edit: Got the iD Superpack and Monkey Island 2 Spec. Ed.

[Eightball]

My wallet...she cries D:


Edit: Got the iD Superpack and Monkey Island 2 Spec. Ed.

Sweet, Spore's been talking about a Doom 3 mod that makes it cooperative. Should be fun.

[Turtle]

civ4 complete pack or minecraft

ill let you decide

[beep beep diglett]

both will eat your summer

[HeK]

Monkey Island 2 Spec. Ed.

Ditto. So who wants Monkey Island 1 Spec.Ed gifts?

[Versus]

I already have the id and THQ pack

Me , hek

[Ianki]

Civ4 bought.

who needs civ5 anyways

[Eightball]

Been working on justifying what packs to get. Here's my comments so far:
2K Pack: The only game that I'm really interested in is Bioshock 2. I have Borderlands, and although the DLCs sound nice, the reality is that I'll have few people to play them with, and Caff mentioned this horrible DRM that the packs install. There's Civ4, but I already have that. As for everything else, I'll pass on X-COM and Railroad Tycoon (lmao). Do not want.
Call of Duty Pack: Was planning to get World at War for $30 anyways. Plus, I'll have a copy of COD2 to give/sell. Do want.
id Pack: I already have the Doom 3 pack, and although I can appreciate the historical value of games like QUAKE II and HeXen, I don't know if I'll really play them. Plus, no Quake 4! Seriously? Do not want.
Indie Pack: I haven't decided yet.
Introversion Pack: It's only $5, I liked my Darwinia demo, and DEFCON looks interesting. May as well. Do want.
Rockstar Pack: I already own the GTA pack, plus GTAIV. The only games I'd be interested in are Bully and maybe the Max Paynes for nostalgia. I could buy those individually for much cheaper. Do not want.
Square Enix + Eidos Pack: I haven't decided yet.
Star Wars Pack: I haven't decided yet.
TellTale Pack: I haven't decided yet. I'd love some input on this pack, I'm curious about it.
THQ Pack: Yes! I had been waiting for a while to get Tales of Valor, plus I get Metro 2033, Dawn of War II, Frontlines, and Full Spectrum Warrior. Plus I'll have extra copies of Company of Heroes with Opposing Fronts, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., and Red Faction: Guerilla. Plus it's one of the cheaper packs. Do want.
Valve Pack: Honestly, I own all the Valve titles I care about. All this pack would add is stuff like Ricochet and CS:CZ. Of course, Valve could always incentivize it by offering a NEW TF2 HAT. Do not want.

[Turtle]

There's a lot of great games in Starwars pack but ultimately I don't think it's worth 75 dollars, but that's me and i have no job so

[Spore]

[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=4749.msg160427#msg160427 date=1277423845]
My wallet...she cries D:


Edit: Got the iD Superpack and Monkey Island 2 Spec. Ed.

Sweet, Spore's been talking about a Doom 3 mod that makes it cooperative. Should be fun.

[/quote]

This is a thing we should do.

[Greatbacon]

civ4 complete pack or minecraft

ill let you decide

minecraft.

then buy civ v in september.

[Turtle]

No i am going civ4 because in september it will cost more and minecraft will probably be the same plus minecraft is only 10 bucks and civ4 is 30 and i'm dying to get money atm

[Maxon]

Too bad I don't have much spare funds.  I'm sure I could find a game or two to grab out of all that.

[Greatbacon]

No i am going civ4 because in september it will cost more and minecraft will probably be the same plus minecraft is only 10 bucks and civ4 is 30 and i'm dying to get money atm

no but see, in september it will be the new civ that all the cool kids are playing.

[Spore]

It is probably worth mentioning that the vast majority of games on Steam do not allow you to gift duplicates.

[CaffeinePowered]

It is probably worth mentioning that the vast majority of games on Steam do not allow you to gift duplicates.

Monkey Island 2 comes with a gift of 1

[Turtle]

[quote author=Turtle link=topic=4749.msg160464#msg160464 date=1277428910]
No i am going civ4 because in september it will cost more and minecraft will probably be the same plus minecraft is only 10 bucks and civ4 is 30 and i'm dying to get money atm

no but see, in september it will be the new civ that all the cool kids are playing.
[/quote]
except that will cost like 60 bucks and i barely have 30 right now bro

[Versus]

so save your money then turtle

[Squishy3]

[quote author=Greatbacon link=topic=4749.msg160468#msg160468 date=1277429152]
[quote author=Turtle link=topic=4749.msg160464#msg160464 date=1277428910]
No i am going civ4 because in september it will cost more and minecraft will probably be the same plus minecraft is only 10 bucks and civ4 is 30 and i'm dying to get money atm

no but see, in september it will be the new civ that all the cool kids are playing.
[/quote]
except that will cost like 60 bucks and i barely have 30 right now bro
[/quote]if you buy civ4 it won't work anyway because whenever you buy a game you always say it never works. buying games just isn't for you