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This Weekend's Free Steam Game Revealed, Alongside Some Discounts

Vermintide is also discounted by 50 percent, if you want to keep playing.

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Another free weekend promotion is being held on Steam this weekend, and this time, it's the Left 4 Dead-like Vermintide. It's available to play for free until Sunday at 1 PM PT, and if you want to keep playing, it's on sale for $15 down from $30.

The Collector's edition for Vermintide is also discounted. It costs $22.49 if you don't already own the game ($7.50 if you do) and comes with five hats, wallpapers, two Prestige Trinkets, a soundtrack, Behind the Scenes pack, and the Ubersreik map. Additionally, the Drachenfels DLC is discounted to $4.49 from $9.

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Other deals on Steam this weekend include the boxing simulator Punch Club for $2.50, with its Deluxe edition--which comes with a soundtrack and artbook--going for $3.75. Campo Santo's Firewatch is discounted to $12, but you can get the game with its soundtrack for $15. The soundtrack on its own is $3.60. All of these deals last until Monday, November 7, at 10 AM PT.

Vermintide scored a 7/10 in GameSpot's review. Critic Scott Butterworth concluded, "Though the action is mostly mindless, its gruesome details and varied characters still make for satisfying gameplay. The loot system, while not as deep as it could have been, proves an intelligent addition to the Left 4 Dead formula. And the 13 levels provide enough variety that, with the right team, Vermintide remains entertaining for a solid handful of hours."

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Firewatch also received a score of 7/10 in its review for its "visually splendid world" and "believable, endearing characters."

For other deals, you can check out the PS4, PS3, and Vita's weekly discounts or this week's Xbox One and 360 Deals With Gold.

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Vermintide is a BLAST to play with friends, and at 50% off I'd call it a must-buy.

Just like L4D2, it's got tons of replayability.

The only 2 tips you need -- STAY with the group (or you're dead), and BLOCK+SHOVE as often as you swing (or you're stupidly wasting HP). Blocking works 360 degrees.

See the official forums for hundreds more tips than those.

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I want Firewatch but even $12 is a little much for a game where you're just walking/climbing around a lot and talking on a radio... no matter how pretty or relaxing.

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@ECH71: Only $4 more than a HD movie rental, and lasts longer...

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Dang it. This would have knocked the game off my rental queue but Steam games don't work on my computer for some reason.

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@Barighm: What???? Why would steam games in particular not work on your computer? There is no difference in a steam game and any other game or program except the menu that you launch it from. If it's not a crappy computer that just doesn't have power to run games issue I think you should give it another try because I've never heard all steam games just don't work " for some reason" sure a certain game maybe but not just steam games in general.

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Anyone on console this game is the most broken game i have ever seen in my entire life, if you're interested in the game id head to the forums and see when the patch to fix the ongoing issues will be addressed as so far its been a month with nothing from the moderator but "we think we found the problem".

Some of the bugs (XB1) include some people not making it past the opening cut scene at all, they literally cannot even play the game, where as in my case at the end of missions 98% of the time it drops you out and you get no Xp, you get a weapon but you dont know what you have to search through your stuff until you see something different, literally game breaking stuff. but apparently its just the unlucky few hundred/thousand of us, but if you're gambler take a shot,

other than the game breaking bugs etc its a solid game.

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@wretch1d: Your "review" completely contradicts itself by the end.

It has a handful of game-breaking bugs, indeed. They're all avoidable.

My friends and I have been playing regularly since release day. The drop-in/drop-out Co-Op works well and covers the few crashes.

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@Pyrosa: Awesome, so how do i avoid get kicked from the server at the end of almost every match, and if you can let me know how to make the game let people past the intro movie ill let the guys who cant play the game on the forums know, thanks

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@wretch1d: Hard to say. The reviews for this game on consoles are still good. It's not like Lichdom or Lords of the Fallen where the reviewers stated the games were broken. It might just be you.

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@Barighm: Nope have a look on the forums if you like its happening to a lot of us and there are more bugs i havnt listed, Lords worked fine for me

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@CallMeDuraSouka: Either way, game is not that great despite the reviews.

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