The Steam Summer Sale is on, and this year is a little weird
Steam release date (opens in new tab) No longer the secret they once closely guarded, but their coming Steam Summer Sale (opens in new tab) Still one of the biggest days on the PC gaming calendar. The 2022 event, now officially underway, is no exception: there are often massive discounts on a ton of games, plus summer sales of trading cards, badges, something called a Clorthax, and — I believe it’s ever been First time – the official Steam Summer Sale trailer.
The summer sale is huge, and as always, we’re going to dig into the deals and make some suggestions on where you might want to spend your money based on where we might want to spend it. To get things going fast, though, here’s a full rundown of every game featured in the Summer Sale trailer, in case something catches your eye and you want to take a closer look:
If you’ve been a Steam user for a while, you probably know that Valve’s actual official trailer touting the event is pretty unusual—even unprecedented. However, the video above isn’t the only one coming out of Steam HQ to commemorate this year’s Virtual Bazaar. There’s also a handy tutorial that explains Steam Trading Cards in detail: how they work, what they do, and why they’re worth your time playing.
Meet Sir Smashes-A-Lot:
Valve promises that “saleable functional hardware” won’t be damaged during video production if you’re concerned about these things.
As for Clossachs (opens in new tab), he’s a “time-traveling liar” who stole ten best-selling games from the future and now wants to sell them to you. To avoid creating a devastating time paradox, he can’t actually reveal the names of these games – but if you can guess them, you’ll get a new badge.It sounds (and looks, and almost certainly is) silly, but it could also be interesting: Clorthax and his related quests were written by Valve veterans Jay Pinkerton (opens in new tab) and Eric Volpa (opens in new tab)whose previous titles include Half-Life 2, Portal, Left 4 Dead, Half-Life: Alyx, and Aperture Desk Job.
The Steam Summer Sale is live now and will end on July 7th at 10AM ET / 1PM ET. Since Valve is taking video so seriously this time around, let’s take a moment to remember this absolutely genius work of 2016, courtesy of Clint Bistwood. are you ready?