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Steam's regular Tuesday mid-week sale is now in effect and this week the game that gets the honors is Trine. The innovated puzzle-action game from developer Frozenbyte is now on sale for just $5 from now until Tuesday. That's a big 75 percent price cut from its normal price.

Keep in mind that Steam also has another sale going on from now until Monday. As we reported yesterday a number of Sega's Total War RTS games are now on sale for 66 percent off their normal price. Also the downloadable content for Empire: Total War is on sale for 10 percent off until Monday.

In 2008 Electronic Arts released the first Dead Space game for the PC and we liked it. We liked it a lot. So we were happy to learn that the sequel, Dead Space 2, was also coming to the PC. However it looks like things may have changed. As part of EA's newly revealed schedule of upcoming games for their next fiscal year they announced that Dead Space 2 would be released in the first quarter of 2011 . . . but did not list the PC as one of its platforms.

Blue's News reports they heard back from an EA spokesperson who told them, "As of right now a PC sku is not in the plan". That's all they got out of the publisher so we have contacted EA for a more detailed explanation. We are hoping the PC port has just been pushed back rather than canceled.

Dungeon Fighter Online recently went live with the Threshold of Power update, which raises the level cap to 50 and adds all-new abilities to the free-to-play side-scrolling online fighting game. Now that players have access to some fantastic upper-level powers, they need worthy creatures to use them on. As this video showing off some of the new boss monsters demonstrates, players will have plenty to challenges to punch and kick through.

Continue after the jump for a trailer showing off some of the new skills that are included in Threshold of Power along with some tips from the developers on how to overcome these bosses.

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Magicka is a action fantasy game that satirizes action RPG adventures. In it, up to four players can come together and combine their powers to cooperatively overcome great obstacles - although it's quite possible for allies to fall "accidentally" fall victim to friend-fire. This humor-themed action adventure game is expected to release sometime late this year. Continue after the jump to watch another trailer and an interview with developer Johan Pilestedt, CEO of the Arrowhead Games Studios, who goes in-depth on the gameplay features of Magicka.

"In Magicka, up to four players take on a grand adventure to save their world from certain doom using a fully dynamic spell system. The adventure mode takes the players across three different levels, ranging from the lush forests of mountain valleys to the frozen halls of the Mountain King where wits and creative thinking are keys to victory. "

Download HD Magicka Trailer (66 MB)
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Download HD Magicka 'Johan Pilestedt' Interview Video (94 MB)

First, we don't think this is a way early April Fool's joke but on the surface it certainly could pass for one. A newly announced game development company called Grimoire Assembly Forge (made up of 100 forum posters at the NeoGAF message boards) has revealed its first game project; a free browser based title called (deep breath) "Dudebro - My S*** Is F***** Up So I Got to Shoot/Slice You II: It's Straight-Up Dawg Time" (exhale).

Yep, this game is designed to be a parody of a number of typical gaming cliches. Even the game's title makes it a sequel to a game that wasn't released because "sequels are always more awesome than original games - as all hardcore gamer dudes know." The 3D top down shooter will have John Dudebro as the lead character along with his sidekick Habemus Chicken. They will have to fight off a number of enemies that "threatens the world's brodiocity." The press release says that while paying tribute to previous games, it will also give some respect to the old school action genre with "power-ups, pixel art story sequences and ridiculous boss fights."

The game, which will use the Unity 3D engine, has also secured the voice talents of Jon St/ John who is best known as the voice of 3d Realms' Duke Nukem character. Dudebro II is due for release later this summer.

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LucasArts loves their Lego-based games. After releasing several games based on the six Star Wars movies and two Indiana Jones games, the publisher is teaming up once again with developer Traveller's Tales for the latest game in the series, Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars. The game is based on the popular CGI animated series that's in its second year on the Cartoon Network.

The game itself will not only feature characters from the TV series but some characters from the Star Wars movies as well. You can also expect to use extra abilities like long distance Jedi attacks, lightsaber slicing and more. The game is due for release for the PC and pretty much every other game platforms this fall.

There's no doubt that one of the most well known and most influential game series of all time are the Tomb Raider titles from Eidos (now owned by Square Enix). Now comes word that a limited edition book, The Art of Tomb Raider, is being prepped for release early in March.

Published by Dreams and Visions Press, the book will be shipped as two hardcovers put inside a slipcase with artwork that you can see above. The two hardcovers will feature over 500 total pages containing "every significant piece of Tomb Raider art from all the games." Only 2,000 copies of the book will be released and will be priced at $110.

Usually open world action games don't get the demo treatment but that apparently won't be the case with Just Cause 2. The upcoming sequel to the Avalanche Studios-developed game will indeed be getting a playable demo.

The info comes from the Twitter page of Eidos community manager Mike Oldman who later "tweeted" that the demo would indeed be released for the PC in addition to its console platforms. There's no word yet on when the demo will be released or what content will be contained in it although Oldman did say, in his humble opinion, that "it's awesome". The full game is still due to ship to store on March 23.

Gallery: Just Cause 2

In Just Cause 2, players will be allowed to go practically anywhere they want on the island, accept any mission, betray people on a whim or just raise hell. Of course, breaking the rules also extends to breaking the laws of physics. Players will be able to cut loose with choices when the game releases on March 23.

Download HD Just Cause 2 'Freedom and Chaos' Trailer (105 MB)
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Developed by the indie team Trendy Entertainment in just four weeks using the Unreal Development Kit (UDK), Dungeon Defense is a Tower Defense / Action RPG hybrid. It supports up to four players through split screen. Those interested in creating their own games can download the Unreal Development Kit here.

"Dungeon Defense is a Tower Defense / Action RPG hybrid created entirely within the UDK in just four weeks. Supporting up to four players, Dungeon Defense challenges gamers to defend their lair against hundreds of invading enemies by summoning magical defenses. "

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Anyone who knows the development history of Splinter Cell Conviction also knows that its release date has been rather fluid over the years. It was originally supposed to be out in the fall of 2007. Since then the stealth action game from Ubisoft has had more than one announced launch date blown out of the water, most recently for February 2010.

Now Ubisoft has a new "We really mean it this time" release date for the game and IGN got a special item from the publisher to prove it. As you can see in the above picture the item is a rock with an April 13 date on it. Yes, it does mean that date for the game is "set in stone". Clever but will the long wait be worth it? We hope so.

This updated demo for Torchlight allows you to play for two hours and can be unlocked into the full version. It includes five new challenge room maps along with other game enhancements and fixes.

The demo also doubles as a stand-alone patch for current owners of the game. Be aware that it is ONLY meant for the version purchased directly from Runic Games, and those who purchased it from other outlets should check those sites for the appropriate updates.

Full patch notes, installation instructions and system requirements are shown after the jump.

Download Torchlight v1.15 Demo (410 MB)

Giving the LEGO video game treatment these days seems like it should be a measurement of something, but we're not entirely sure what. In any case, LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 will let players re-experience the magic of the books and movies with a new LEGO twist. The trailer above covers The Chamber of Secrets, the second book in the epic story. Continue after the jump for more trailers, including a short trailer covering The Philosopher's Stone.

Download HD LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 'Year 2' Trailer (199 MB)
Download HD LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 'Year 1' Trailer (19 MB)
Download HD LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Teaser Trailer (84 MB)

Capcom seems to have weathered the current economic recession pretty well, thanks to some high sales on games like Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter IV. Today the company announced that their first nine months of their current fiscal year their profits went up a whooping 866 percent (that's not a typo) to 1.73 billion yen.

Capcom has already released Dark Void in 2010 and plans to release the zombie action sequel Dead Rising 2 for the PC later this year. Capcom also plans to release Lost Planet 2 in 2010 and while it hasn't yet been officially announced by the publisher it seems likely that the game will also show up for the PC.

It's one of the worst weekends of the year; the weekend in between the NFC and AFC championship games and the Super Bowl. Sure there's the Pro Bowl but that game is worse to check out than a junior high league football matchup. However we do have one thing that will make the weekend cool; some great game sales including a way to get a PC game for free.

That free game offer comes from Telltale Games who, as we reported earlier today, is offering the first season of Sam and Max for just $4.95 from now until Sunday. Telltale is also giving folks a chance to get one free game episode from any of their many episodic titles if they complete an online survey. The survey should take five to 10 minutes to complete. The free game offer is valid until Telltale gets enough data from the survey so if you want your freebie you need to move quickly.

In other PC game sales news, Steam is offering two game bundles for just $2 each for this weekend. One is for the Freedom Force bundle (with both of Irrational Games' super hero RPG titles). The other is for the X-Com bundle (with all five games in the sci-fi series). In addition Tropico 3 is on sale this weekend for just $13.60. Finally, while not a weekend sale, Steam has added a new bundle to its lineup, the 1C Complete Collection. You can buy 17 games from 1C Company in this bundle and pay just $69.99 for the entire line-up.

Direct2Drive also has a weekend sale, as it takes off $5 from the recent action game Dark Void for this weekend only. The discount is valid if you put in the code 5OFFDARKVOID at checkout. And for the next week they have the first person shooter Red Faction Guerrilla for just $4.95.