Steam is running an event focused on promoting first-person shooters until April 22. Here are a few highlights from the sales, demos, and game updates that developers.
In brief: Many of Steam’s recent sales have focused on specific genres, setting the stage for developers to offer steep discounts, release significant patches, or showcase free demos. This month, the spotlight is on first-person shooters, with plenty of new and interesting content to check out.
Steam is running an event focused on promoting first-person shooters until April 22. Here are a few highlights from the sales, demos, and game updates that developers have presented.
Valve’s FPS Fest happens to coincide with a large Fallout promotion that Bethesda is running to celebrate the release of the TV series on Amazon Prime. Big discounts are available for every Fallout title until April 18, including Fallout 3, Fallout New Vegas, Fallout 4, Fallout 4 VR, and Fallout 76, which are technically first-person shooters. The games are also on sale on other platforms.
Another promotion running alongside the Steam sale that happens to include first-person games is Capcom’s sale celebrating Japan’s Golden Week until April 29. The first-person Resident Evil titles – VII and Village – are at least 60 percent off.
