Valve launches Steam sale, offers massive discounts on top games

It is good news for PC gamers, as Valve has launched its latest Steam sale, which sees games on the digital distribution client being discounted by up to 85% of their normal price.

The ‘summer’ sale, if you are living in the northern hemisphere, will see new deals being offered every eight hours until the 22nd of July. Current deals include Portal 2, Total War: Shogun 2, Legend of Grimrock, Might and Magic Heroes VI, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. All of these have been discounted between 50% and 75% of their normal price.

Discounted games have further been organised by top sellers according to their price with top games under $10, top titles under $5 and new releases available. Some of the titles include Skyrim, Left for Dead 2, Rayman Origins and Saints Row: The Third.

In short, the Steam sale is an excellent time to splurge, and pick up some very good bargains to last through the current slower period of the year with regards to new releases.

Bioware unveils details of Earth DLC for Mass Effect 3

Bioware has lifted the lid on what its incoming ‘Earth’ downloadable content (DLC) will be bringing to Mass Effect 3 when it becomes available next week.

The content, which will be free, appears to be concentrated on the multiplayer experience, as it will include three new maps, which task players with defending Firebase Rio, Firebase Vancouver and Firebase London.

Additionally, according to GameInformer, it will further bring a variety of new playable N7 characters, including the N7 Demolisher Engineer, N7 Destroyer Soldier, N7 Fury Adept, N7 Sentinel Paladin, N7 Shadow Infiltrator and N7 Slayer Vanguard, while weapons such as the N7 Piranha Shotgun, N7 Typhoon Assault Rifle and Acolyte Pistol will be on offer.

Additionally, eleven new gear upgrades as well as twelve weapon modifications and a platinum difficulty level will feature.  

The new DLC follows on from last month’s Extended Cut DLC, which was similarly free, just in case you needed yet another reason to revisit the Mass Effect universe.

 The Expendables 2 exploding onto gaming platforms next month

One movie we are all itching to see this year is The Expendables 2, as it will feature virtually every action star since the dawn of time. Who needs a coherent plot and stellar acting, when you have the likes of Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, Jason Statham, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jet Li, UFC legend Randy Couture, Dolph Lundgren and most importantly, Chuck Norris, kicking butt on screen?

Ubisoft is releasing a game based on this movie for PC, Xbox 360 (via Xbox LIVE) and PS3 (by way of the PlayStation Network) in August. In the game, players get to fill the army boots of four of their favourite stars from the movie (Barney, Gunner, Caesar and Yin Yang), who are hired to rescue a kidnapped Chinese billionaire. Check out the action packed trailer posted below.