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It apparently happened several months ago but today Square Enix Europe CEO Phil Rogers admitted publiclly that the publisher shut down their development studio Eidos Hungary. The team, which was acquired when Square Enix bought Eidos a year ago, is best known for developing the WWII action-RTS games Battlestations Midway and its sequel Battlestations Pacific.

Develop Online chatted with Rogers who stated, "We took the decision back in October" to close the developer. He added, "We were pleased with Eidos Hungary but I think we realised that to be first or best in the RTS genre was going to be really challenging. It wasn't necessarily something we were going to win." He added that they are not moving forward with more games in the Battlestations series.

Today is the second day of Steam's big week long sale of games from Square Enix and their Eidos brand. For today only the PC game download service has cut the price of three games from the publisher; the WWII action strategy titles Battlestations Midway and Battlestations Pacific and the WWII RTS game Order of War. You can get each game for today only for 50 percent off their normal Steam price or get all three in a bundle for just $28.89, a 66 percent savings from their normal price.

In related news Amazon.com's Sale of the Day has cut the price of the recent MMO Star Trek Online for today only to just $27.99. The game's Collector's Edition is also sale priced today to just $47.99. (Thanks to Joystiq for finding that).

It's been a long time in coming but Microsoft is finally going to offer full PC game downloads from the Games for Windows Live client. The company announced today that it would launch the new Games on Demand feature on December 15. This much requested feature comes over two years since the launch of the service

In addition to recent game releases like Red Faction: Guerrilla, Resident Evil 5 and Battlestations Pacific, the new Games on Demand feature will also have indie titles like World of Goo and Osmos to download and purchase in special Games for Windows Live-versions (that likely means additions like Live-enabled achievement points and more). In addition Tinker, a game that was previously made available as an extra on the Ultimate edition of the Windows Vista OS, will also be available on Games On Demand as a free title. Purchases can be made via credit card or via Microsoft points.

Steam breaks out some more big PC game sales in the middle of the week. This time the two WWII action-strategy games Battlestations Midway and Battlestations Pacific have both been put on the price chopping block from now until Thursday. The games from developer/publisher Eidos are on sale for 50 percent off their normal price.

Another game in Steam''s library will be having it's price cut until Friday, Paradox Interactive's recent WWII strategy game Hearts of Iron III is getting the treatment. Steam owners can download and purchase the title for just $14.99, a savings of (you guessed it) 50 percent from its normal price.

Direct2Drive has been celebrating its 5th anniversary of offering PC game downloads with week long sales of certain games for just $5 each. Today marks the beginning of the end of the $5 sale as the site has put a number of war-themed games (a mix of strategy and FPS games) on the price chopping block from now until October 11. There are once again some terrific deals here including one game (Battlestations: Pacific) that normally sells for $49.99.

Company of Heroes Gold
Supreme Commander Gold
World in Conflict Gold Edition
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Battlestations: Pacific
Codename: Panzers - Cold War
Hearts Of Iron II Collection
Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30
Delta Force: Land Warrior
Delta Force: Task Force Dagger

Eidos's recent WWII action-strategy game Battlestations Pacific was released last May and later this month folks who picked up the title will be able to download two new content update for the game. One of these updates is called the Mustang Pack which will add six new units to the game including the P-51 Mustang plane, the US Navy's Alaska Class cruiser and the Japanese Super Yamato Class, a bigger version of the legendary Yamato battleship that in real life was never made.

The second content update is the Carrier Battles Map Pack which adds four new maps to the game that can be played on all five of Battlestations Pacific's multiplayer modes. The map pack even includes a level set in Aleutian Islands near Alaska. PC owners can download the Mustang Pack sometime today for 160 Microsoft points on Games For Windows Live. The Carrier Battles Map Pack will be released on July 23 for 800 Microsoft points.

This trailer for the upcoming Volcano Island Map pack for Battlestations: Pacific, which adds two new areas to the game. The first map is called simply Volcano and the other is Choke Point. Both support different modes of play. The map pack is scheduled to release on June 25th and will be available to PC players via Games for Windows Live for 560 Microsoft Points.

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Eidos' recent WWII naval action-strategy game Battlestations Pacific is getting some post-release support. Eidos sent over word that PC games will get a chance to download the "Volcano Pack" on June 25. The pack adds two more maps to the game.

The first, Volcano, will be playable in Island Capture, Competitive and Duel modes and takes place on, natch, a series of volanic islands. The other map is called Choke Point and also is set in a volanic island with support for Escort, Siege and Duel modes. The map pack will be available for download via Games For Windows Live for 560 Microsoft points. You can check out a trailer for the map pack right here at Big Download.

Eidos is continuing to promote its recently released WWII naval action-strategy game Battlestations Pacific and in celebration of this weekend's Memorial Day holiday they sent word on new Play and Win sweepstakes that will begin on Friday and last until Sunday. You have to have a Games For Windows Live membership in order to win.

Simply sign onto the Games For Windows Live client and then download the Battlestations Pacific Registration video from its online marketplace. Then play at least one Battlestations Pacific multiplayer session between this Friday and Sunday and you will be registered to win. The grand prize winner gets, among other things, a new gaming PC rig, new Microsoft PC gaming mice, 4,000 Microsoft points and more.

This trailer runs down the features players can look forward to in historically themed action strategy game, Battlestations: Pacific. Players will have a chance to relive or rewrite battles between US and Japanese forces as they battled for control in the Pacific. The game releases on Wednesday, May 13th and the demo can be downloaded from here.

Download HD Battlefield: Pacific Launch Trailer (88 MB)
Download Battlestations: Pacific Demo (1.26 GB)
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