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The holiday sale over at the Steam PC game download site continues. While there are a ton of games and game bundles on sale until January 5, they have been posting one days sales on specific games since the special event started. Today eight games are available for rock bottom prices for the next 23 hours.

Max Payne and Max Payne 2 are priced at $2.49 each. Valve has put its original Left 4 Dead game on sale for $7.49. FIFA Manager 2010's price is cut to $33.49. Civilization IV and its expansion Civilization IV: Beyond The Sword are priced at $6.79 each. The spin-off game Civilization IV Colonization is priced at $10.19. Finally the indie game Osmos is now a mere $1.99.

As they always do every Thursday the PC game download-subscription service GameTap has added a new game to its premimum subscription line up. This time the game is Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword. Released in 2007 it's the second official expansion pack to Firaxis Games' turn based strategy game. It adds 10 new civilizations, 11 new scenarios and lots more features to the original title.

Also, GameTap has put another game in its free subcription program for the next week. This time gamers get to play the full version of Thief: Deadly Shadows for free. the stealth action title from the now defunct developer Ion Storm and publisher Eidos.