I’m undecided if Valve’s newest promotional wotsit on Steam is aware of whether or not it’s coming or going. On one hand, it’s good that the Spring Cleaning Event (operating till Monday, 28th May) is nudging gamers into making an attempt out video games they might have purchased in gross sales and by no means touched, however pairing that with 9 simultaneous free weekend occasions does considerably undermine the message.
Ah nicely, it’s an excuse to play videogames all weekend. Can’t grumble about that. Plus, there’s an precise free sport giveaway operating – take a peek inside. Oh, and yesterday’s big Steam giveaway remains to be stay till tomorrow, so strive that too. Oh pricey, there’s simply too many video games.
Just to make it clear up entrance, there’s no goodies to be earned or free video games to be claimed by taking part on this silliness. It’s a Just For Fun factor, except you’re a kind of of us that basically likes accumulating trophy stickers to place in your Steam account web page. There’s little awards for returning to forgotten video games, for taking part in one thing you’ve by no means tried earlier than, for taking part in video games beneficial by pals and so forth.
Running alongside this can be a large bundle of free weekends, that includes one thing for everybody, give or take. The video games up for grabs (though to not hold) are:
- Slasher horror multiplayer romp Dead By Daylight
- SimCity successor Cities: Skylines
- Co-op cartoon survival sandbox Don’t Starve Together
- Impressive-looking rally racer Dirt 4
- Zombie slaughter team-building train Left 4 Dead 2
- Depressing ethical quandry-fest RPG Tyranny
- Endless field of loot and dangerous jokes Borderlands 2
- Procedural Orc-bothering sim Shadow of Mordor
- Overrated but fairly arcade brawler Castle Crashers
Most of the video games featured within the free weekend are closely discounted too, though on the time of writing, Castle Crashers remains to be going for full worth. And sure, I did imply it once I stated it’s overrated. You ought to completely play Fight ‘N Rage as an alternative.
Oddly timed, however there may be one precise Steam giveaway operating alongside the Spring Cleaning occasion too. Cooperative sky-ship crew sim Guns of Icarus Alliance is completely free to grab today, and must be accessible via till Tuesday. Tag it on Steam, hold it without end, the drill. It’s a reasonably neat sport, and helps pure co-op not like its PvP predecessor. If you’ve bought a circle of buddies to convey with you (and no purpose for them to say no – it’s free), it’s grand nevertheless it’s probably not geared in the direction of extra solitary gaming sorts like myself.
So, what are YOU lot enjoying this weekend? I’ve at all times needed to ask that – it’s usually Alice’s area. And now I really feel like I’ve gone too far…
Question nonetheless stands, although.
