Steamy Summer Sale

Today marks the first day of Steam's ten day marathon of summer sales.

From Max Payne 3 to the game of the year addition of Civilization V, the Steam Summer Sale presents discounts between 10% to 75% off brand new games. New deals are also promised everyday until July 22. 

There are also giant discounts for pack deals. The Star Wars Collection, only for $49.99, features classic Star Wars games such as Star Wars Battlefront II, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, and Star Wars Republic Commando. The Bethesda Collection, with a whopping 72% discount, offers four games; including Skyrim and Hunted: The Demon's Forge, this digital package comes with Brink and Fallout: New Vegas with all the DLC for the latter two games.

Bethesda image courtesy of Steam

The Steam website also features "The Community's Choice." Here, the community may vote between which three games displayed will become the very next game on sale. "The Community Choice" also occurs every eight hours. (As of this meta-moment whereas I am typing, the choices are between Batman: Arkham City at 66% off, Saints Row The Third at 75% off, and The Witcher 2 Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition. Check back with these games around 3:30 p.m. PST to see what the community deemed which game needed a bigger discount.)

Stay tuned for Subculture as the Steam Summer Sale burns the July oil.