Steam

[RumblyLizard]

Just bought final fantasy 7...

[blairy20]

Skyrim - Legendary Ed.

[RumblyLizard]

So the most random thing i've bought in the steam sale has been Octodad: Dadliest Catch. You're an Octopus dressed as a human but no one's realised you're an Octopus. So you have to act like you're a human. Its absolutely hilarious and a great coop (up to 4 players) game.

[DanThorn]

I've seen that knocking around on PSN, might pick it up

[HFG Ben]

Anyone want some Steam games? Going through my Humble Bundle area and seeing that I have a few extras I could pass on:
Thomas Was Alone
Surgeon Simulator 2013
Organ Trail: Directors Cut
May have some more if I look harder, but they are the ones that stood out most. Will post any others if I find them. These three stood out most though as they are all games I have enjoyed playing

[Hibana-Banana]

So, now the murderous Steam Holiday Sales are over, what did everyone buy?

I picked up:

• Amnesia
• Car Mechanic Simulator
• Cossacks: Back to War
• Counter-Strike: Global Offense

I so very nearly brought Assetto Corsa, but then I'd be overdrawn!

[craighypheno]

My purchases included:

Surgeon Simulator 2013
Super Meat Boy
Toybox Turbos
Next Car Game: Wreckfest

Safe to say that I'm not doing anything productive for a while...

[RaceProUK]

Toybox Turbos
Shovel Knight

...that's it

[HFG Ben]

Did want to grab Toybox Turbos myself but had to limit myself so ended up getting just one main game which was Fable Anniversary. Think I may have hoovered up a few more smaller £1 or so games too, but cant recall as also went through my unclaimed humble bundle games and claimed any i didnt already have. Found some that I am quite enjoying too (mainly more basic ones for playing on my tablet, so been a lot of 10000000, Ticket To Ride, Contraption Maker, Small World 2, Game Dev Tycoon as well as trying some games out that did not work as well as hoped with touch (Democracy 3, FTL) and trying a few games which are really not touch games at all and plugging in a controller (ETS2-which annoyingly my tablet couldnt fathom once in the truck!)

[DanThorn]

I got Toybox Turbos and Postal 2. Wasn't massively impressed with the sale though, nothing I wanted really cropped up.

[camp_bell]

I picked up Flight Simulator X, which doesn't enjoy my dual screens, a few older games like GTA IV and Burnout Paradise which will probably sit in my backlog for all eternity, and a couple of newer games I intend to review in the Q1 new game drought.

[blairy20]

Ground Zeroes.
Meant to pick up Spintires but missed the lower price.
Same with Alien.

There'll be a next time.

[TomaZZ]

FNAF 3 is out. Why devs, why. Now I'll never sleep again

[ajokay]

Valve's GDC 2015 press release

Coming in November, so they say...

Steam Machines (Therefore presumably Steam OS)
Steam Controller
Steam Link ($50 Set top box to plug into your living room TV and stream your games to over your home network)

Also Coming Soon

Source 2 - Valve's new game engine. Every time there's been a new Valve game engine, there's been a new Half Life to show it off on...
Lighthouse - tracking system for use with the new HTC Vive VR headset

[HFG Ben]

After Steam Machines and Steam OS not really getting anywhere since nearly 2 years ago, I take this with a pinch of salt.

[ajokay]

Here's the page on Steam where you can pick your chosen living room SteamMachine, along with the Steam Controller and Steam Link streaming box.

[camp_bell]

The thing that baffles me is why anyone would buy a Steam Machine when Steam Link exists, providing the same functionality.

Sure, a Steam machine is more powerful, but unless and until a lot more than 10-15% of Steam games support Linux/SteamOS, you're going to be using the streaming anyway.

And that controller. It's better than it was, but I don't see it displacing the 360 controller as the defacto controller for PC gaming.

[ajokay]

Introducing the Steam Comtroller

[Kimstermagnum]

I heard something about Steam allowing people to get a refund on games they have less than 2 hours gametime on. Is this a real thing?

[ajokay]

Within 2 weeks from purchase and less than 2 hours play time, yes.

[Hibana-Banana]

Within 2 weeks from purchase and less than 2 hours play time, yes.

Also, if you buy a game at full price, if you are within the above requirements, you can get a refund, and buy the game again at sale price, if it's in a sale. And they don't consider it abuse.

[shaxberd]

The usual bugged start, but here we go, Steam Summer Sale! 15 daily deals, 15 flash deals (every 12h) and something something monster game to unlock more deals!

[Sam Hill]

IRACING IS £15 FOR A YEAR ON STEAM!!!!

[ajokay]

IRACING IS £15 FOR A YEAR ON STEAM!!!!

Yeah, I've fallen into that trap before.

Currently

Assetto Corsa + Dream Pack 1, 27.99, 30% off
Wreckfest: £11.49, 50% off
Project CARS: £29.99, 25% off
DiRT Rally: £18.74, 25% off
ToyBox Turbos: £2.99, 75% off
F1 2014: £7.99, 60% off
BeanNG.drive: £17.09, 10% off
Spintires: £13.39, 33% off

amongst others.

[Boovolari]

DiRT Rally: £18.74, 25% off

Tempting...

This, Cities: Skylines or GTA V.... decisions, decisions...