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We expect to see a ton of online PC game sales hit the net tomorrow but for now these are the ones to focus on:

• Amazon.com has a one day sale on boxed copies of Dragon Age: Origins and Borderlands for $39.99 each. That's a savings of $10 from their normal cost.
• Dell is selling the box PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 for just $29.99 on their online site. No word on when or if the sale will end. Thanks Joystiq.
• Steam is selling Plants Vs Zombies for just $4.99 from now until Thursday, November 26. That's a 50 percent cut from it's normal Steam price.
• GamersGate has a number of 3000AD's games (Angle of Attack, All Aspects Warfare, All Aspects War Pack and Universal Combat Special Edition) on sale for 50 percent off their normal prices. The same site has the Europa Universalis Complete Collection on sale for just $29.99, a 65 percent savings. The sale lasts until Sunday.

The first Borderlands DLC expansion, The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned, releases for consoles tomorrow and will hit the PC version at a later unspecified date. The add-on pack includes a new area called Jacobs Cove to explore populated with creatures like were skags, crawling torsos, and exploding tankensteins on top of the plain old undead. This is the perfect chance to put all that stockpiled firepower to work... just remember to aim for the head.

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If you follow Big Download around (and if you do we will consider putting a restraining order on you) you know that we like to post up the big sales deals that the GoGamer.com brings us during their still misnamed 48 Hours sale. Today is no different as a ton of PC game titles are on the list with sale prices that will last until 3 am Eastern time Tuesday.

This week, the deals include recent PC games like Borderlands for $36.90, The Sims 3 for $32.90 and Tropico 3 for $27.90. Older games are cut to the bone such as Bionic Commando for $17.90 and the first Halo PC port for $12.90.

Borderlands has proven itself to be a sleeper hit for Gearbox Software and 2K Games even in the midst of higher profile title releases this fall. Soon fans of the first person shooter game will be able to purchase its official soundtrack. As they do for a number of games, Sumthing Else Music is handling the publishing duties for the Borderlands soundtrack when it comes out on December 8 in stores and via iTunes.

The soundtrack features a number of tunes from various composers including Jesper Kyd, Sascha Dikiciyan, Cris Velasco and Raison Varner, Tim Larkin. Unfortunately, the catchy song "Aint No Rest For The Wicked," which was featured in the game's trailer and TV commercials, is not included.

So much for all the talk about boycotts against Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2's PC port. The Infinity Ward-developed shooter is firmly on top of this week's latest top 10 best selling games (according to revenue) on the Steam download service. Steam is the only place (legally anyway) where one can download and purchase Modern Warfare 2. Other download services like Direct2Drive, Impulse and Gamersgate have decided not to make the game available because they have objected to the game's use of Steamworks's features that are required for the PC version.

Valve's zombie co-op shooter Left 4 Dead 2, due to be unlocked at midnight Eastern time tonight on Steam, took the number two sales spot this week. Dragon Age: Origins' regular edition and deluxe edition took the third and fourth spot while Borderlands continues to sell well in fifth position.

1. Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
2. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
3. Dragon Age Origins - BioWare/EA
4. Dragon Age Origins Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare/EA
5. Borderlands - Gearbox Software/2K Games
6. Overlord Complete Pack - Triumph Studios/Codemasters
7. Torchlight - Runic Games
8. Crysis Maximum Edition - Crytek/EA
9. Football Manager 2010 - Sega
10. Mass Effect - BioWare/EA

We are just two weeks away from the biggest shopping day of the year but Black Friday sales seem to pop up at GoGamer.com all the time. Their latest (and still misnamed) 48 Hour Madness sale goes on from now until 3 am Eastern time on Tuesday.

Among the games on sale this time are the more recent games like Borderlands for $36.90 and Dragon Age: Origins for $42.90. The summer released game Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood is on sale for $19.90 while Blood Bowl can be bought for $27.90. There's also the ultra-cheap games such as Kings Bounty: The Legend for $9.90 and NBA 2K10 for $14.90.

Update: GoGamer.com now has an even bigger selection of games on sale which includes Left 4 Dead 2 for just $39.90

Gearbox Software hit first person shooter Borderlands has become the sleeper hit of the fall with lots of critical praise and evidence that the game itself is selling well. So how about a sequel? VG247.com posed that question to Gearbox's creative director Mike Neumann who stated, " So yeah, if everything makes sense, Borderlands 2 seems like a no-brainer to me."

That's not to say that the developer is currently working on such a sequel right now. Neumann states, "Obviously nothing so far is planned. We're working on DLC. We haven't really had any talks about a sequel, other than water cooler talk like, 'Wouldn't this be cool' kind of stuff." Neumann was also non-committal on whether on not we will ever see a Borderlands demo, saying, "Borderlands is just such an expansive game. So many things can happen at any time. It's really hard to truncate that down to some bite-sized, 'Here's why you should buy the game'' section."

BioWare's full return to the PC gaming industry after a few years of PC ports of console games seems to have been embraced by gamers. The latest weekly top 10 sales list on Steam (based on revenue) shows that BioWare's newly released RPG Dragon Age: Origins on top with the deluxe edition at number one and the regular version in the number two slot.

Valve's upcoming shooter Left 4 Dead 2 claims the number 3 spot on the list while Gearbox Software's shooter Borderlands continues to sell well at number four. Newcomer Runic Games' action-RPG Torchlight continues to do well; it shows up at the number five position.

1. Dragon Age Origins Digital Deluxe Edition - BioWare/EA
2. Dragon Age Origins - BioWare/EA
3. Left 4 Dead 2 - Valve
4.Borderlands - Gearbox Software/2K Games
5. Torchlight - Runic Games
6. Modern Warfare 2 - Infinity Ward/Activision
7. Football Manager 2010 - Sega
8. Mass Effect - BioWare/EA
9. Shattered Horizon - Futuremark Games Studio
10. Aion -NCsot

It looks like PC owners of the Gearbox Software first person shooter Borderlands will have to wait an unknown amount of time to access the game's first downloadable expansion. The game's publisher 2K Games announced that the The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned expansion will be released on November 24 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. The Gearbox message boards have posted word from the game's community manager that " . . . this IS coming to the PC as well. No release date, but it was just confirmed for PC by 2K."

Just as a reminder, the expansion will give players a chance to "work alongside Dr. Ned as they embark on a quest to cure the inhabitants of Jakobs Cove." In this case "cure" likely means shooting up a lot of zombies.

Man, the holiday season seems to get here earlier and earlier ever year. There used to be a law that after Thanksgiving you could go all out but now it seems there will be special sales from now until December 25. GoGamer.com, however, seems to break out the special sales all the time. Their latest one lasts until 3 am ET on Tuesday.

This time the retail web site has some small discounts on just released games like Dragon Age: Origins ($42.90) and Borderlands ($36.90). Older PC games naturally have much steeper price cuts such as Rome: Total War Gold for $9.90, the PC port of Halo 2 for $14.90 and rFactor for $19.90.