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IGN's Direct2Drive PC game download site may no longer be putting a ton of games on sale every week for $5 but their fifth anniversary celebration seems to have settled into putting at least only game on sale for just five George Washingtons every week. This week, the $5 game is the space strategy title Light of Altair.

Developed by the UK-based game studio SaintXi, the title has the player growing a space colony on planets and then expanding the colony's reach to other star systems. You can check out a demo of the game right here at Big Download. If you like what you play you can grab the full version at Direct2Drive for $5 until next Monday versus its normal $30 price.

The patch updates Light of Altair to v1.01. The independently developed game involves creating and protecting interplanetary colonies. Patch notes are shown after the jump, and the demo can be downloaded here.

"Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn."

Download Light of Altair v1.01 Patch (643 KB)
Download Light of Altair Demo (98 MB)

This is the official demo for Light of Altair, an independently developed strategy game where players must set up and defend a colony.

"Light of Altair is a sci-fi colony building game with a deep plot. Grow colonies from landing pod to metropolis, while sending off new spaceships to expand your territory to other worlds. You are not alone in space, 8 factions from different parts of the world are all following their own agendas in the solar system; diplomacy and orbital-combat are essential to learn."

Download Light of Altair Demo (98 MB)