Valve dates Steam sales and events for first half of 2022
Steam's current Lunar New Year sale might be nearing its end, but there's plenty more on the horizon for discount hunters — as Valve has now revealed in its newly released schedule of Steam sales and events for the first half of 2022.
As far as Steam's flagship events go, first in the queue is another Next Fest, promising to once again heap an impracticably sized avalanche of playable demos upon visitors from 21st-28th February. There's a second Next Fest in June, and that'll be followed by Steam's next big discount event in the form of the Summer Sale, running from 23rd June to 7th July.
Alongside the biggies, Valve is also organising a schedule of what it's calling Themed Sales, designed to showcase specific categories of games. These come thick and fast from 28th February, when the focus will be titles that support Steam's Remote Play Together feature. Here's what the currently announced schedule looks like right now:
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Valve's new events schedule arrives as part of a series of announcements for developers around its updated discount procedures, which includes changes to the frequency with which games can now go on sale. Essentially, starting 28th March, developers will have the opportunity to discount their titles more often — every four weeks compared to the current six-week restriction — although a number of other stipulations apply. In Valve's words:
Steam's current discount event, the Lunar New Year Sale, continues until 3rd February.
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