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This week PC games return to a long running military shooter series, investigate a series of serial killings and experience the latest Pixar game adaptation.

Delta Force Xtreme 2 - The first new game from Novalogic in four years, this budget-priced game is in the vein of the company's previous military shoooters, featuring large outdoor levels, two single player campaigns, co-op missions and multiplayer support for up to 150 players at a time via their Novaworld online service.

A WWII naval action-strategy game and a co-op shooter that based on a UT 2004 mod are among the highlights of the new games coming to both stores and via download this week. In addition, you can expect to see re-released game collections such as Civilization IV Complete and Left 4 Dead Game of the Year in stores this week.

Battlestations: Pacific: This sequel to Eidos's 2007 Battlestations: Midway lets players take control of the naval fleets of the US and Japan in this combination of strategy and action genre. You can download a demo of the game right now at Big Download.

Russian-based game developer/publisher Akella loves pirate PC games. It's made its share of them over the years, including Sea Dogs, the first Pirates of the Caribbean game (both published by Bethesda Softworks) and Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales. Now comes word that publisher Playlogic will release Akella's latest pirate RPG, Age of Pirates 2, on May 12.

The game (officially called Age of Pirates 2: City of Abandoned Ships) is an open ended RPG where players can pick from one of four nationalities and one of three character classes (Merchant, Corsair and Adventurer ). They can embark on the high seas in a series of quests. Missions such as plundering cities, ship-to-ship combat and more. You can get more info on the game at the official Age of Pirates 2 web site.