Today, December 19th, 2019, seems to be the last big push of sales before the holidays and you’ll find some on every gaming storefront! The Steam Awards 2019 voting period, and therefore their Winter Sale, is now open, Epic Games just started their 12 Days of Free Games, and Nintendo just launched their Festive Offers 2019 sale! See below for more details on how to save big this holiday season!

The Steam Awards and Winter Sale 2019

Everyone had their chance to nominate a game from 2019 on Steam last week for each following category: Game of the Year, VR Game of the Year, Labor of Love, Better With Friends, Most Innovative Gameplay, Outstanding Story-Rich Game, Best Game You Suck At, and Outstanding Visual Style.

Valve has tallied up all of those nominations and revealed the final 5 nominees for each category for you to choose from. Vote now until December 31st, 2019, the day the winners will be announced. I’m happy to see that Planet Zoo and Baba is You are among the nominees for Most Innovative Gameplay, and GRIS and Astroneer for Outstanding Visual Style! The Steam Winter Sale 2019 will also be starting very soon and will last 14 days.

Epic’s 12 Days of Free Games and Holiday Sale

Announced during The Game Awards 2019, starting on December 19th, 2019, you can get 1 free mystery game a day for 12 days on the Epic Games Store. Epic Games has given a lot of really good games for free this year so I’m excited to find out which ones it will be this time!

First up today, get Into The Breach for free, a game about controlling powerful mechs to defeat an alien threat. Find the free giveaways here, and don’t forget to check out the Holiday Sales here from now until January 1st, 2020. There you can claim your first $10 coupon right away, and then one for every eligible game you purchase.

Nintendo eShop sale: Festive Offers 2019

It was announced yesterday on Nintendo’s social media that over 700 Nintendo Switch games are on sale for up to 80% off on the Nintendo eShop now until January 2nd, 2020!

This large sale features games like Chocobo’s Mystery Dungeon Everybuddy, Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition, Golf Story, Donut County, Destiny Connect: Tick-Tock Travelers, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, and much more! To see the full list of games on sale, go to Nintendo of Europe’s (UK) website here!

For other news happening today, December 19th, 2019, Melbits World just released on the Nintendo Switch! Check out the details of this cute puzzle platformer in my article here.