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February 1 is the shortest month of the year but so far the end of the month seems so far, far away. Why is that?

• Steam has new updates available for Magicka (its fifth patch so far) along with Blood Bowl Legendary Edition and a minor patch for Left 4 Dead 2.
• The digital download PC version of Two Worlds II is now available on Direct2Drive ahead of its retail release.
• Direct2Drive has two games on sale today for just $2 each: Luxor 3 and Righteous Kill 2.
• You still have some time to get the Wild West game Gun on sale at Impulse for just $10.
• City of Heroes has launched its latest free expansion, Issue 19: Strike Pack.

There is a lot of cheering going on in the newest Blood Bowl trailer, and it's mostly for the sort of bone-crunching violence one would see in your average action flick. The newest edition of Blood Bowl releases today, and it doubles the size of the team roster, letting you play as many different teams that were left out of the original release. This trailer shows off most of the teams and their cheerleaders, so if you are pumped for this newest expansion, we can guarantee you'll love this trailer.

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Katie bar the door! The last week of October is a witness to a flood of new PC games, most of which are downloadable only titles. In addition to the games listed below, the first official DLC for Civilization V is scheduled for release via Steam later this week.

Star Wars The Force Unleashed II - LucasArts is releasing the PC port of their action game sequel at the same time as the console versions this time out. Darth Vader's apprentice Starkiller is now out of his master's control as he uses his augmented Force powers to do a lot of damage.

Blood Bowl Legendary Edition is set for its downloadable release next week and today the folks at developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive have revealed the 11th and final new team that will be added to this revamped version of the fantasy-themed sports game. The High Elf team are supposedly very good at Blood Bowl's passing and receiving game but they are also don't have a lot in the power department.

Just a reminder: owners of the first Blood Bowl can get a 30 percent discount when purchasing the new Legendary Edition of the game with its 11 new teams, a story mode and more. It's due for release on October 28.

With just a couple of weeks to go before Blood Bowl: Legendary Edition is released, developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive have revealed yet another team for the expanded fantasy-themed sports game. The vampire team is not only strong and fast on the field but can hypnotize their opponents. They also can attack spectators for their blood. Ouch.

In related news, the official multiplayer servers for the original Blood Bowl game will be undergoing maintainence from October 19-26 to prepare them for the launch of all the new content in the Legendary Edition when it goes live on October 28. As we have reported before owners of the first Blood Bowl game can get a 30 percent discount when they purchase the Legendary Edition. People who pre-order the Legendary Edition by October 20 may get a chance to get the full game before its official release "in order to participate in the last server tests."

Blood Bowl has been chugging along quietly on its platforms of choice, with the developer releasing new updates at regular intervals. First came the Dark Elves, a free expansion complete with a new stadium and a strategy guide to boot. Now there's the Legendary Edition, and while it's not free (even to players of Blood Bowl), it packs a ton of new goodies. The biggest addition is the inclusion of a whopping 9 new races, which doubles the Blood Bowl roster. This trailer shows off some of the new players and stadiums to expect from the new races, and we're impressed. If you want more Blood Bowl, we're sure this newest expansion will be a blast.

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So we know what you are thinking right now: "What in the wide, wide world of sports is a Nurgle?" Well in the universe of Blood Bowl Legendary Edition this latest team in the fantasy-themed sports title actually worship at the feet of Nurgle, "the Chaos God of pestilence and decay." In addition to physical activities, the Nurgle team can also generate a disease called Nurgle's Rot to take out their opponents in the stadium.

In related news, the release date for the game from developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive has changed. Originally set for release on October 28, the game is now planned for release sometime in November.

The team roster for the upcoming Blood Bowl Legendary Edition just revealed yet another franchise. The game from developer Cyanide Studio and publisher Focus Home Interactive will bring us the Necromatic team when it's released later this year. This team of the undead are no slow moving zombies. According to the publisher the members of the team include Flesh Golems and Werewolves which can take out an opposing team's armor with their claws.

As we reported earlier this month, owners of the first Blood Bowl game will be able to purchase the Legendary Edition, with lots more teams and the new Story mode, for 30 percent off its normal $40 price.

When Blood Bowl Legendary Edition was first announced earlier this year we wondered if publisher Focus Home Interactive would give owners of the original Blood Bowl game a bit of a price break. The new version of the fantasy-themed sports-strategy game contains all of the content of the original title plus all new content (more teams and stadiums, new story mode and more).

As it turns out, that's exactly what's going to happen. The game's official web site has revealed that owners of the first Blood Bowl game (either the Standard or Dark Elves edition) will be able to put in their player key in a special store web site in October. That will entitle them to a 30 percent discount for the Legendary Edition of the game which should cost about $40 normally. That means previous players can get the new version for about $28. The game will be available via digital download around October 28.

[Via Rock Paper Shotgun]

It's been a fairly slow week for the first half but today things picked up with a number of new game announcements including a new Section 8 game that, from the looks of things, is being self-published by Timegate. Cool.

• New bug patches have been released via Steam for Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days, Tropico 3 and Tropico 3 Absolute Power, and the Counter-Strike Source beta.
• Until 1 pm Eastern time Friday you can get Blood Bowl on Direct2Drive for just $19.95 and Star Wars Battlefront 2 for a mere $4.95
• There's a new graphics driver hotfix for ATI AMD Radeon graphics cards that improves performance for H.A.W.X.