It's the most wonderful time of year. The Steam Summer Sale has officially kicked off, bringing with it a number of frankly ludicrous discounts on all manner of games. Given the recent hardware price hikes, you'll probably want to grab as many cheap games as you can now and store them away, much like a squirrel hides nuts for the cold winter months.
While the Summer Sale is obviously mostly known for being a, well, sale, there's a little more to it than that. In celebration of this season of giddy discounts, registered Steam users can also get their hands on some special limited-time free downloads. There are, as I'm sure you know, always new free games to play on Steam, but this is something a little different.
In an effort to encourage gamers to pick up the best bargains based on their current gaming habits, Valve is offering three special Steam Stickers. These are purely cosmetic items, but they're designed to let you bring a little more personality to your Steam profile, if that's the kind of thing you're into.
To claim these limited-time stickers, you'll want to go through your Steam Discovery Queue between now and July 10. That's literally all you have to do, although I daresay the reward is proportionate to the task. Of course, it's worth noting that Steam used to offer up more substantial freebies than a few stickers... but consoles also used to be less than $1,000, so I suppose things change, don't they?
Anyway, take a look at some of the highlights from the sale while we're here:
Believe me when I say that's the tip of the iceberg. I suggest you scurry on over to Steam ASAP and pick up some bargains while you can. And, you know, grab those free stickers while you're at it, because you literally might as well.
