Steam hosts massive Christmas sale

Valve has today announced a massive last-minute sale on Steam which is seeing nearly every game on the platform get some form of discount, with some titles getting as much as 80 percent knocked off the usual price.

There's some juicy deals on offer in the sale, some of which are available for today only, and we've listed some of our favourites below.

There'll be new one-day-only deals added every day until January 3rd and you can keep up with the sales over at the Steam site. Some of the highlights from today are...

• 90 percent off STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl - £1.39
  
• 80 percent off World of Goo - £4.24
  
• 80 percent off Braid - £1.74
  
• 75 percent off Mirror's Edge - £3.24
  
• 50 percent off Mount & Blade - £12.49
  
• 50 percent off Torchlight - £7.49
  
• 50 percent off the entire Eidos Collector's Pack - £35.49
  
• 50 percent off the Entire Telltale Pack - £34.49
  
• 33 percent off the entire Rockstar Collector's Pack - £33.49
  
• 25 percent off Fahrenheit - £2.37
  
• 25 percent off Call of Cthulu: Dark Corners of the Earth - £9.74
  
• 25 percent off Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - £22.49

If you're looking for essential buys in that mix then our first recommendations would be the Eidos Collector's Pack, which nets you all the Hitman games, the latest Tomb Raider titles, both Deus Ex games AND Batman: Arkham Asylum (plus a lot of other titles) for just over £30. That's how much a pre-owned copy of Batman: Arkham Asylum costs in the shops!

After that, Mirror's Edge is a good buy if you haven't tried it - it placed Sixth in our Top 10 of 2009 today - and Braid is definitely worth picking up if you haven't played it. It's less than £2!

Let us know what you get in the forums.