Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Free to Play This Weekend on Steam

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Steam gives gamers a taste of CoD:AW and knocks 25 percent off the price

It seems Steam is always cooking up a sale, and come next week, rumor has it the Winter Sale will kick off. In the meantime, you can still find discounts all over the place, though if you'd rather not spend any money at all, be advised that Steam is making Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare multiplayer free to play for the next couple of days as part of its weekend deal. If you end up getting hooked, you can purchase the title for 25 percent off ($44.99, or $79.99 for the Digital Pro Edition).
Free multiplayer ends on Sunday, December 14 at 1PM Pacific (4PM Eastern), while the 25 percent discount will disappear on Monday, December 15 at 10AM Pacific (1PM Eastern), Valve announced.
Not a bad deal all around, and a good warmup to the Winter Sale that will presumably kick off on December 18th. As our sister site PC Gamer points out, this isn't confirmed -- it's based on a supposed email from PayPal Japan to a Reddit user. However, Steam's Winter Sale started on the Thursday before Christmas last year, which was the 19th. This year, that day falls on the 18th.
You may not care after what's been a busy holiday shopping season up to this point -- there have been lots of sales, including game discounts through GOG and Steam. Of course, the Winter Sale is typically bigger with more games being added to the mix compared to previous sales. The hard part is finding time to play them all.
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