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Are you ready for the airing of grievances? Before you have your Festivus celebration with the silver pole and the feats of strength, check out the latest one day sales deals over at the Steam web site.

Operation Flashpoint Dragon Rising - $3
Dead Rising 2 - $19.99 or $15.99 if you own Resident Evil 5
Alpha Protocol - $7.50
Risen - $14.99
Darksiders - $10
Blur - $14.99
Wings of Prey - $6
Silent Hunter - Save 66 percent of all games in the series
Deathspank -$7.49
Blood Bowl Legendary Edition - $19.99
Patrician IV - $7.50
Mass Effect 1/2 - 50 percent off both games

The news hasn't been good for Sega of late, at least from a financial percepective. The publisher has already admitted that sales of the long-in-development action-RPG Alpha Protocol, released about two months ago, were not good enough to justify a sequel. However Sega's parent company Sega Sammy Holdings has reported a profit for the last quarter that ended June 30.

Revenues went up a whopping 51 percent to 91.3 billion yen for the quarter while the company generated a profit of 7 billion yen. However most of those numbers game from the pachinko and pachislot division of Sega Sammy's business. Alpha Protocol's sales numbers came to just 700,000 copies worldwide (that likely includes the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 versions).

Last month saw the long overdue release of Alpha Protocol, the super-spy themed RPG from developer Obsidian Entertainment and publisher Sega. The reviews for the game were mixed but apparently it was the game's sales that has cause Sega to officially nix any plans for a sequel to the game.

Computer and Video Games quotes Sega West president Mike Hayes as saying, "Let's speak very commercially; the game hasn't sold what we've expected, therefore we won't be doing a sequel," Obsidian is still saying busy; it has Fallout: New Vegas to finish up for its release in October and Dungeon Siege III is due in 2011. The developer is also working on the planned RPG game based on The Wheel of Time novels.

Gallery: Alpha Protocol Screenshots

While the Steam PC game download service has put hundreds of its games on sale during its new summer sales event it continues to give several titles special treatment for one day only. From now until 1 pm Eastern time on Saturday the games below get an extra special price cut ranging from 33 to 80 percent off:

• Aliens Verses Predator Classic 2000 - $1.25 (not a typo)
• Ghostbusters The Game - $4
• Serious Sam HD Bundle (Both remakes of First and Second Encounter) - $7.50
• Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City - $14.99
• Galcon Fusion - $2.50
• Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $5.10
• Alpha Protocol - $33.49 (just came out a few weeks ago)
• Resident Evil 5 - $12.50

Most Alpha Protocol trailers tend to be a bit on the serious side, but this one featuring all the different looks the main character can take plays into the more humorous (and fashionable) side of international espionage. Alpha Protocol is available in stores now.

Download HD Alpha Protocol 'Dressed to Kill' Trailer (35 MB)
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The espionage role-playing game, Alpha Protocol, is available now for the PC and console systems. In it, players take on the role of an international spy on the trail of missing weapons, and must make decisions on how to get them.

"In Alpha Protocol the player is Michael Thornton, a rookie spy tasked with tracking down a group of fanatical terrorists behind a tragic missile attack on a passenger jetliner. Soon though, Thorton discovers there are much more devious forces at work, and before he realizes it, he is pulled into a dark and dangerous conspiracy orchestrated by ruthless, corrupt businessmen determined to control the fate of the world. He must use every tool and skill at his disposal to stop a cartel hell bent on shaping the world as they see fit.

Thornton has access to the latest in military weaponry and possesses tremendous raw physical and mental capacities, but it's completely up to the player to develop his abilities and determine how he interacts with every character in a vast, exotic real world locales. Alpha Protocol breaks new ground in gaming with the implementation of a decision-based mechanic where the player's every action and choice shapes the outcome of the game and its constantly evolving story. No two players will experience the game in the same way. "

Download HD Alpha Protocol Launch Trailer (80 MB)
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This week PC gamers get a long awaited super-spy RPG, a couple of expansion packs, a top down sci-fi shooter revival and a free downloadable game based on a BBC TV series. In addition to the games listed below PC gamers can expect to see a number of classic Sega Genesis titles to be ported and released for the PC platform via Steam on June 1. Alpha Protocol - Obsidian Entertainment's long-in-development RPG is finally released via publisher Sega. The game, which attempts to combine a James Bond-like action game with deep RPG elements, is already getting some mixed notices from reviewers.

In Alpha Protocol, players take the role of Michael Thorton, an international spy on the trail of recovering stolen weapons. In doing so, he'll encounter a variety of situations and have plenty of choices with which to deal with them. The espionage role-playing game is scheduled to release on June 1st.

Download HD Alpha Protocol 'Sly Old Dog' Trailer (78 MB)
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If you're interested in watching something a little different to get the weekend going, this Alpha Protocol music video might do the trick. If nothing else, it'll get the main character's name stuck in your head for a while. Fans should get used to being called Michael Thorton for a while, since that's the role they'll be taking when the game releases on June 1st.

Download HD Alpha Protocol Michael Thorton Music Video (105 MB)
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Players will be required to travel the globe in Alpha Protocol as they search for a major arms shipment. As master spies, they'll be required to blend across a variety of locations ranging from Saudi Arabia, to Russia and Taipei. Players can look forward to lots of stamps on their virtual passports when the game releases on June 1st.

Download HD Alpha Protocol 'Small World' Trailer (132 MB)
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