Best gaming offers: Steam Deck, Starfield, Armored Core 6, and more

Believe it or not, Steam turned 20 this week. Valve is celebrating by discounting each recreation it has ever made, together with a deal that knocks 20% off the Steam Deck. We’ve additionally scoped out some wonderful recreation offers at Newegg and Humble, along with collector’s version Blu-rays for Star Trek and Studio Ghibli films.

Below, you’ll discover a few of our different favourite offers this week from the worlds of gaming and leisure, together with a few of the best-selling merchandise which have just lately appeared on Polygon.

The finest gaming offers this week

Fancy a Steam Deck, Valve’s wonderful handheld PC that may run a shocking quantity of video games? The 64 GB choice is at present accessible for $359 (usually $399). If you want more (and sooner) storage, the 256 GB model prices $449 (it’s usually $529), and the 512 GB mannequin for $519 (marked down from $649). All fashions embody a zip-up case for the Deck, however the 512 GB model is exclusive in that its display is roofed in anti-glare etched glass.

If you’ve been on the fence about adopting a Steam Deck of your personal, there’s by no means been a greater time to take action, since that is matching its lowest worth but. Valve has additionally managed to iron out lots of the Steam Deck’s early points, and the record of Steam Deck verified titles has been tremendously expanded since launch.

Steam Deck

Prices taken at time of publishing.

Valve’s handheld PC can play a great deal of video games from Steam, together with Elden Ring, Cyberpunk 2077, and many more.

Valve’s catalog of video games, sparse as it’s, represents a few of the finest titles accessible in PC gaming. If you’ve in some way missed out on video games like Half-Life or Portal, you may at present buy the Valve Complete Pack on Steam for simply $11.08. This bundle is a $130 worth that brings collectively the whole Half-Life (excluding Half-Life: Alyx), Portal, and Left 4 Dead franchises together with all of their related expansions and mods.

Earlier this week, we shared that the superb Resident Evil 4 remake was accessible for $20 lower than common. And excellent news: the deal remains to be taking place. You can choose up the Xbox or PlayStation model for $39.99 (often $59.99) at Amazon or Best Buy.

Right now, you may fill your new Steam Deck with six traditional Halo titles for simply $10. Normally $39.99, Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a discount even at twice the worth, bundling collectively the cinematic campaigns and traditional multiplayer of the FPS franchise that outlined Xbox as a model. What’s even more spectacular is that even after a number of years, The Master Chief Collection continues to obtain common updates and fixes. For those that have Game Pass, you’ll discover this assortment already accessible there.

Newegg is at present providing modest reductions on new releases like Starfield and Armored Core 6: Fires of Rubicon. The commonplace version of Bethesda’s star-spanning RPG is priced at $69.99, however it can save you $5 through the use of the promo code 5STARFLD at checkout. But, if huge, gun-wielding mecha is more your fashion, you can too save 10% on the usual version of Armored Core 6 through the use of the code LDZCW597 at checkout.

Rounding out our weekly gaming offers, please direct your consideration to a wonderful recreation bundle at Humble. The “Build today, plan for tomorrow” bundle brings collectively Cities Skylines and its 20-plus items of DLC for the modest charge of simply $20. Proceeds out of your buy of this really definitive metropolis builder bundle go to learn the ecological charities Coral Guardian, Oceana, and Direct Relief.

Also, as a result of free is at all times superior, you would possibly need to try the Friends vs. Friends free weekend on Steam. Through Sep. 21, you may play the total model of the cel-shaded area shooter on Steam free of charge. If you want what you’ve performed, you may make the sport a everlasting a part of your assortment at half-price.

The top-selling stuff on Polygon this week

The finest leisure offers this week

A 54-disc celebration of everybody’s favourite star-faring Frenchman, pre-orders for Star Trek: Picard The Legacy Collection are discounted at Amazon. Normally $244.99, you may reserve your copy of this collector’s field set for $199.95 forward of its Oct. 17 launch. Star Trek: Picard The Legacy Collection accommodates Blu-ray variations of all seven seasons of Star Trek: TNG, along with the 4 films that includes The Next Generation crew and the entire sequence of Star Trek: Picard.

Inside the almost 12-pound field, you’ll additionally discover a set of 4 handsomely embossed Chateau Picard coasters, a set of combadge magnets, a customized deck of taking part in playing cards, and an unique hardcover model of The Wisdom of Picard, a 208-page assortment of quotes from the person himself.

Currently, you will discover Blu-rays of the whole Studio Ghibli catalog discounted at Amazon. With the exception of Hayao Miyazaki’s most up-to-date movie, The Boy and the Heron, the entire traditional titles can be found, packaged in elegant steelbook instances. Just in case you haven’t been launched to the whimsical works of the prolific anime studio, we’ve picked out a handful of accessible titles to begin with, together with My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, and Howl’s Moving Castle.