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  • The Steam summer sale kicks off, Amazon sells out of next-gen consoles, the Dota 2 beta

  • officially ends, the Firefall open beta officially begins, and more! Hey guys, Jess here! And

  • this is the Curse Weekly Roundup.

  • First up, the Steam Summer Sale has officially begun - the time of the year all PC gamers

  • look forward to most, even though we're not exactly thrilled about the effct it has on

  • our wallets. The sale started Thursday and lasts through July 23rd - but remember, in

  • addition to the normal sale prices, there are also Daily Deals and Flash Deals, so if

  • there's a game you wanna buy, I recommend waiting to see if gets discounted even further.

  • Next, Amazon has announced that they've sold out of all launch day units for the PS4 and

  • the Xbox One - so if you're the type who needs to have that next console on launch day - looks

  • like you'll be camping out outside of Best Buy. Evidently you can still preorder an Xbox

  • One from the Xbox Live Dashboard or from Microsoft.com, but I haven't heard of any sources still selling

  • launch day PS4s. Did any of you guys manage to snag a preorder? Leave me a comment and

  • let me know! And remember, in case you missed our 50,000 subscriber thank you video, we'll

  • be giving away several next-gen consoles if we can hit our goal of 150,000 subscribers

  • by December 1st!

  • Moving on, Dota 2 is officially out of beta! Now, I know this may be confusing as for over

  • two years and two separate million-dollar tournaments it functioned like a complete

  • game. Now with the launch, access is still restricted so as to not overload Valve's servers,

  • but if you're interested in playing, head to dota2.com and sign up - and if you wanna

  • hear more about the game be sure to tune in to our Dota 2 Update coming out tomorrow,

  • we'll put a link to that in the description of this video as soon as that one's up.

  • Next up, speaking of betas, Firefall has officially gone into open beta! It kicked off earlier

  • this week, and is completely free to play - but, you can purchase starter packs that

  • immediately unlock advanced Battleframes and also include cosmetic items, in-game currency,

  • a permanent xp boost, and an in-game title. They've also been celebrating the start of

  • open beta with things like Firefall Fest, new content in the game,a nd much more, and

  • you can click on the link in the description to read our full write-up about that! How

  • many of you guys have tried out Firefall so far? Leave me a comment and let me know if

  • you have!

  • And finally, finishing on a tragic note, Giant Bomb's Ryan Davis passed away last week. He

  • was known for being the co-founder of the site as well as host of the popular Giant

  • Bombcast, and passed away at the age of 34, less than a week after his wedding. His passing

  • is mourned by the gaming community, and our heart goes out to his friends, family, and

  • all those who grew to love him and his work.

  • That's all for this week, but as always be sure to subscribe if you haven't already,

  • and give us a thumbs up for gaming news! Thanks for watching, enjoy the game.

The Steam summer sale kicks off, Amazon sells out of next-gen consoles, the Dota 2 beta

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