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The Call of Juarez first person shooter franchise is getting a third installment later this summer titled Call of Juarez: The Cartel, thanks to developer Techland and publisher Ubisoft. While the first two games in the series (Call of Juarez and Call of Juarez Bound in Blood) took place in the American Wild West timeframe, Techland has decided to make a "Modern Warfare" move and set Call of Juarez: The Cartel in the present day.

Details are scarce at this point but the official press release for the game states that it will have a "gritty plot" and "interesting characters". The game chronicles what we can only assume will be a violent road trip from Los Angeles to Juarez, Mexico. More info on the game will be revealed in the latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly's latest print magazine. By the way the game's press release specifically said the title would be coming to "Windows PC" despite the lack of a PC mention on the game's official web site.

Installing this file will allow you to host a dedicated server to support Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood PC multiplayer games. The dedicated server will requires the full game to be installed first and updated with the v1.1 patch and supports custom maps made using the Content Creation Pack. Continue reading after the jump for a more detailed listing of the dedicated server features. A demo showcasing the single player experience can be downloaded here.

Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Dedicated Server (396 MB)
Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Demo (1.05 GB)
Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood v1.1 Patch (58 MB)
Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Content Creation Pack (120 MB)
Check out all Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood downloads

Technically Steam's final day of PC game price cut sales has nothing to do with Cyber Monday but if it makes you feel any better you can call it Steam's Cyber Monday 2009 sales event if you want to. For the next 23 hours Steam has priced a bunch of titles, from major publisher hits to small indie games, at well below their regular Steam prices.

This is also the last day you can take atvanage of the LucasArts and THQ game bundle packs. You can still grab a ton of games all at once for just $49.99 for each bundle.

Quantz - $2
Evil Genius - $2.49
The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena - $9.99
Mirror's Edge - $5
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - $20.99
Section 8 - $24.99
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition - $2.49
Dawn of Discovery - $34.99

Nvidia's latest driver release for its GeForce series of graphics chips is now available in beta form and this release happens to have some performance improvements for a number of games. The 191.03 drivers, for example, improve the performance of Batman: Arkham Asylum eight percent when PhysX support is enabled.

Other improvements in the driver release include a whopping 50 percent performance increase in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood with SLI set-ups, a 34 percent improvement in Prototype with anti-aliasing enabled and a 14 percent improvement in Fallout 3's indoor scenes with anti-aliasing enabled. SLI support is also added to a number of games in this driver release including Need for Speed Shift and Majesty 2.

The patch updates Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood to v1.1 and addresses a number of gameplay issues, including bug fixes, multiplayer class balancing, and more. Also available is the Content Creation Pack - a set of mod tools for gamers to create their own custom maps and levels for the game. Patch and Content Creations Pack notes can be found after the jump. The Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood demo can be downloaded here.

Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood v1.1 Patch (58 MB)
Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Content Creation Pack (120 MB)
Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Demo (1.05 GB)
Check out all Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood downloads

Amazon.com usually doesn't have sales on PC games but for today only that changes as EA's latest people sim game The Sims 3 has been marked down to just $29.98 on the retail web site. Also on sale for this weekend only on Steam is Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. Techland's Wild West shooter is available for 30 percent off its normal Steam price.
In related news the latest paid DLC for Railworks, the Stanier Jubilee Steam Locomotive, is now available to download from Steam for $19.99.

Finally the Impulse web site has several games on sale this weekend. It includes pre-orders for Cities XL for just $39.99 and Trine for just $22.49.

Update: Steam has put three games from Rebellion (Judge Dredd, Evil Genius and Sniper Elite) for 50 percent off from now until Tuesday.

This is the playable demo for the Wild West shooter, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. The demo includes a single map, the prison break level, and there is no online play. Additionally, players can only take the role of Ray. Using Ray, players will have to find a way out of the prison, eliminate the deputies while your brother Thomas covers you, get to the saloon and win the dual. System requirements are shown after the jump.

Download Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood Demo (1.05 GB)
Check out all Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood downloads

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood tells a Wild West story about greed, lust, betrayal and redemption. It centers on the three McCall brothers, who lost everything including their family home during the American Civil War. Players choose between playing the older brothers, Ray and Thomas, who were Confederate soldiers that went AWOL to try to protect their family then turned into ruthless outlaws. The two are obsessed with the same woman and rumors of a cursed Aztec treasure that they hope will help them buy back the lives they lost in the war. The story is excellently told and is one of the best we've experienced in a long. However, a few annoying issues prevented us from fully enjoying the game.

Techland's recently released Western shooter Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood has gotten solid reviews so naturally people are wondering what's coming next from the Poland-based developer. We've already noted that their zombie shooter Dead Island is still in development but what about their previously revealed FPS Warhound?

First announced way back in 2006, this modern-day themed game putting players in the role of a merc has had many delays since then and now our sister site Joystiq has word from Techland's international brand manager Blazej Krakowiak that the game was pushed back in favor of working on Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. So with that game now out in stores, what's the fate of Warhound? He states, "A release of an ambitious and well-received title is always a good moment to unwind a little bit and reevaluate all the options. It wouldn't be a good idea for us to discuss them right now." Hmmm..doesn't sound like we will be hearing from the game anytime soon.

How many times have we seen a multi-platform game get DLC for the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions but give nothing to the PC port? That hopefully won't be the case for the just released Western shooter Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. The game from developer Techland and publisher Ubisoft will be getting some extra downloadable content.

According to a translation from a Polish web site, VG247.com reports that the extra content will consist of two multiplayer map packs as well as stuff for the single player mode. The article apparently confirms that this extra content will be coming to the PC as well as consoles. There's no word yet on a release date or a price point.