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Phantom EFX's recent game Darkest of Days didn't exactly tear up the sales charts when it was released last fall but the first person shooter's storyline of agents going back and forth in time to correct issues was at least least interesting. Now comes word that the game is in the first stages of being adapted into a feature film.

The movie version is being scripted by Douglas Cook and David Weisberg who are best known for writing the classic 1996 action flick The Rock. Well known movie producer Joe Roth is producing the movie which is currently being shopped around to film studios.

With the Darkest of Days Level Editor, players can create their own custom maps and scenarios. For more information about the tools and how to use them, please visit the official forums. You might also want to pick up the 'Instant Action' patch, which allows players to revisit any completed level in the game. The playable demo can be downloaded here.

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The Darkest of Days Instant Action patch (v1.05) unlocks the ability to travel back to your favorite missions after completing the story campaign. Wield weapons from any era and experience different gameplay styles by trying out various weapon upgrade modes. Patch also includes all fixes from the previous patch. The playable demo can be downloaded here.

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This patch for Darkest of Days fixes a number of gameplay issues and adds some gameplay enhancements, including NVIDIA PhysX improvements. Patch notes can be read after the jump. A playable demo can be downloaded here.

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Steam is continuing to sneak in some sales and some pre-orders this week. In terms of price cuts, Steam users can get 10 percent off the just released first person shooter Darkest of Days until September 15. Also the upcoming Popcap casual game Zuma's Revenge, due out on September 15, has a 10 percent discount of its own until its release.

Also on sale until tomorrow is the recently zombie shooter Nations Red for 25 percent off its normal price. If you buy the game via Steam you also get an exclusive level and two unique weapons. Also a new Strategy First game collection containing 29 titles is on sale for a mere $49.99. Finally the upcoming fantasy RPG Time of Shadows, due out on September 11, has a 10 percent price cut on its pre-order.

This week in PC games Eidos releases their family friendly acton game (delayed from last week) while Phantom EFX releases their first hardcore game.

Mini Ninjas: Can Io Interactive, who previously made the Hitman games and Kane and Lynch, make a more family friendly game? We are about to find out as publisher Eidos releases this title where players control cute and cuddly looking ninjas who are trying to defeat an evil samurai. Hilarity ensues.

In just a few days, the game industry as a whole enters a period in time that is extremely important to them, at least as it pertains to their wallets. From September to the end of the year the games industry generates well over half of their total yearly revenues. This year is a little different than most, however. Game publishers have moved quite a few of their major titles out of the fall-holiday time period to the first quarter of 2010 or later. The reason? They are not sure if a flood of even highly anticipated games will do well in this current economy.

That said there are still quite a lot of major PC games that will be coming down the pike for gamers to check out in the next few months. In the first part of a three part series, Big Download goes over all of the major games slated for release this fall and gives a little opinion on how well they might do in terms of sales. Keep in mind that the release dates for the games in our series is current to the best of our knowledge and they can, and frequently do, change.

Click on the image above to continue reading The Big PC Games For Fall 2009 - Part 1

The updated demo for Darkest of Days fixes a major bug where the game would crash while loading levels. In Darkest of Days, players visit some of the world's biggest conflicts to change the course of history. The demo includes Custer's infamous last stand at the Battle of Little Big Horn and also to the Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War. System requirements are shown after the jump. The full game is expected to release in September.

"In Darkest of Days, you take on the role of Alexander Morris, an unlucky foot soldier who gets transferred to General Custer's regiment days before the Battle of Little Bighorn. Moments before his inevitable demise, a futuristic time agent warps in to save Morris and transports him to the future where he is told that time travel is now a reality. However, an unknown faction is attempting to re-write history for their own benefit. Your job is to stop them, and you'll fight your way through eras spanning thousands of years to do it."

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Nvidia is really pushing its support of hardware game physics via their PhysX driver support embeded in their regular GeForce driver updates. Today the graphics chip company released their latest official reference drivers for their GeForce line-up and they include improvements for two PC games.

The GeForce 190.62 drivers are "optimized" for both Batman: Arkham Asylum and Darkest of Days. Both games use PhysX drivers to help with their in-game physics effects. The drivers also have a number of bug fixes. You can download the release notes for the full story on the new drivers which naturally come in Windows XP, Vista and 7 flavors.

In Darkest of Days, players take the role of a time agent sent back in time to change history for the better. This trailer reveals some of those time periods, and as a bonus, shows off some of the guns players will have available to them. Darkest of Days is expected to release in September. The demo can be downloaded here.

"In Darkest of Days, you take on the role of Alexander Morris, an unlucky foot soldier who gets transferred to General Custer's regiment days before the Battle of Little Bighorn. Moments before his inevitable demise, a futuristic time agent warps in to save Morris and transports him to the future where he is told that time travel is now a reality. However, an unknown faction is attempting to re-write history for their own benefit. Your job is to stop them, and you'll fight your way through eras spanning thousands of years to do it."

Download HD Darkest of Days 'Timer Periods' Trailer (105 MB)
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