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The Steam PC game download site continues its annual and massive holiday sale into its second day today. While there are a ton of price breaks for individual games, publisher bundles and other game collections, the following games are on sale for just one day only, until 1 pm Eastern time on Wednesday.

Defense Grid: The Awakening - $2
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - $5.10 or $3.60 if you own any Tomb Raider game
Burnout Paradise The Ultimate Box - $5
Gothic Bundle (all games in the Gothic series) - $34.99
Disciples III Renaissance - $7.50
Men of War Gold Edition - $8.75
The Witcher - $5
Resident Evil 5 - $10.50
BioShock 2 - $9.99
Aion - $10
Puzzle Quest - $1.50
The Polynomial - $2.50

With all of the attention given to the launch of Fallout New Vegas on Tuesday on Steam, we thought that the regular Midweek Madness sale event on Steam would not happen. Thankfully Valve has come through and given us a nice price cut on not one but several games.

The games are all a part of the Disciples turn-based fantasy strategy game series. From now until Thursday, all of the games in the series have been discounted 50 percent off their normal price on Steam. That includes the recently launched Disciples III which was first released earlier this summers. You can get that particular game for just $19.99.

If you are taking it easy on this Labor Day here in the US (or Labour Day if you are in Canada) watching the classic Star Wars trilogy on Spike you might want to check out the daily PC game deal on Direct2Drive as part of its Summer Ends sales event. One of the games happens to be a Star Wars-based game.

From now until Tuesday you can purchase the PC port of LucasArts' Star Wars: The Force Unleashed. for just $7.50, a 75 percent savings. Also on sale is the recent turn-based strategy game Disciples III Renaissance which can be purchased for $27.95, a 30 percent savings from its normal price.

This patch updates the retail box release of The Disciples III: Renaissance to v1.06.2. It features fixes a number of bugs and gameplay issues. A complete list of changes can be found after the jump. The playable demo can be found here.

Download Disciples III v1.06.2 Patch (7 MB)
Download Disciples III: Renaissance Demo (3.7 GB)
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It was a fairly slow day for news aside from the surprise Torchlight II announcement. But as we have hinted before it's the calm before the storm begins.

• If you live in Canada you can order a pizza from Pizza Hut and get a chance to win Need For Speed World starter packs.
• More rumors of a new Syndicate game hit the nets. EA should just announce this game already.
• The Mac version of Gratuitous Space Battles is now available.
• Power of Defense is now on Steam for 10 percent off.
• A new Steam patch for Disciples III is now available.
• Impulse has Victoria: Complete on sale for 50 percent off until August 12, the release date of the sequel Victoria 2.

Last week's release of Kalypso Media's turn-based strategy game Disciples III: Renaissance apparently had some issues for the retail version in North America. A forum post on the game's official message boards shows that a number of American gamers who have purchased the title have been unable to even install the game off their retail disks.

A hotfix was issued that was supposed to deal with the issue but a forum post by a Kalypso team member said that the hotfix actually caused even more problems. A solution to the install issue is expected to be released sometime later today.

Continued from a previous developer video, Disciples III producer Alexey Ilyin returns to discuss the game world, character development, tactical changes to combat gameplay and more. Be aware that he has a heavy accent and can be a little difficult to understand at times. Fans of the series can experience the features mentioned in this presentation for themselves by downloading the playable Disciples III demo here.

Download HD Disciples III: Renaissance Developer Diary, Part 2 (188 MB)
Download HD Disciples III: Renaissance Developer Diary, Part 1 (167 MB)
Download Disciples III: Renaissance Demo (3.7 GB)
Check out all Disciples III downloads

The first in a two chapter series of Disciples III developer videos goes in-depth on the role-playing strategy game's unique gameplay. Be advised that the presenter has a very heavy accent and can be a little difficult to understand at times. Alternatively, players can try out the game and see how it is for themselves right now by downloading the demo here.

Disciples III: Renaissance is scheduled to release later this week on July 16th.

Download HD Disciples III: Renaissance Developer Diary, Part 1 (167 MB)
Download Disciples III: Renaissance Demo (3.7 GB)
Check out all Disciples III downloads

After having a bunch of downloadable games released last week, this coming week is pretty barren for PC gamers with just one retail release and no announced plans for downloadable games. If any other downloadable games are announced and released this week we will update you via a regular news post.

Disciples III: Renaissance: Developer Akella releases this latest game in its fantasy themed turn based strategy-RPG series via publisher Kalypso Media. The title has three playable races to choose from (The Empire, the Legions of the Damned and the Elven Alliance) along with a customizable hero system and more.

This playable demo for the tactical role-playing game Disciples III: Renaissance includes the tutorial and one mission from each faction's campaign (Elven Alliance, Legions of the Damned and The Empire). System requirements are shown after the jump.

"Disciples III: Renaissance is the next title in the award-winning Disciples series and represents a huge leap forward in the evolution of the turn-based RPG/strategy genre. Building on the successes of the first two games, Disciples III: Renaissance introduces a host of new features as well as the compelling gameplay that made the previous titles so popular.

As a Lord of one of the fantastical races of Nevendaar you must fight to restore your deity's rule over your world. There are three playable races to choose from; the Empire, the Elven Alliance and the notorious Legion of the Damned."

Download Disciples III: Renaissance Demo (3.7 GB)
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