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We are already into 2011 and Electronic Arts is holding the first big PC game download sale of the year (or at least the first one that isn't carried over from 2010). From now until the end of the day today you can save 44 percent off even recent games from the publisher.

That means you can get the PC port of Need For Speed Hot Pursuit for $27.97 or Medal of Honor Digital Deluxe Edition for $33.37. Or you can get Battlefield Bad Company 2 for a mere $11.17, which is less than the game's recently released expansion pack Battlefield Bad Company 2 Vietnam is currently selling for.

Monday is the start of a slow news week at least as far as PC games are concerned but folks stuck at home because of the Northeast blizzard can still save some money today.

• Until December 31, EA's online store has all of its PC download games on sale for 33 percent off.
• Microsoft's Games For Windows Marketplace web site is doing the daily deal dealie all this week. For the next 22 hours it has Jewel Quest on sale for just $9.99.
• Direct2Drive has RUSE on sale today only for $24.95.
• Impulse has Blake Stone Aliens of Gold on sale for just $1.99.
• Except for Back to the Future and Poker Night at the Inventory, all of Telltale Games' games are on sale for 50 percent off until January 3.
• Finally GamersGate has hundreds of PC game titles on sale all this week for as much as 80 percent off.

For many of you reading this, this is the beginning of a long weekend. If you are off this Labor Day, perhaps you will celebrate it by purchasing some cheap PC games and in so doing support your local work force:

• As we reported before, Steam has cut prices this weekend on all of the Company of Heroes games by 75 percent and Altitude by 50 percent.
• Direct2Drive has put two games on sale from now until 3 pm Eastern time Wednesday: Mount and Blade Warband for $17.50 and Europa Universalis III for $7.50. It still has a selection of games on sale for $6 each until Wednesday.
• Impulse has a ton of games on sale this weekend. Also keep in mind that a portion of proceeds from the sales of some games will be donated to Child's Play until September 10.
• GamersGate also has a bunch of games on sale this weekend.
• GoG.com has six 1C Company published games on sale for 50 percent off.
• Most of Electronic Arts' PC games are on sale this weekend for 40 percent off.

Wow. It's been a busy week for news in both the game industry and the real world. How much money did you lose on Thursday? Well even if you lost a lot you might have a few bucks left over to grab some PC game sales deals.

• Direct2Drive is in the last few days of the last week of its spring sale with over 20 games or bundles having their prices slashed.
• In addition to the Civilization games, Shattered Horizon, and Modern Warfare 2 sales on Steam, they also have put Iron Grip: Warlord on sale for 20 percent off individually as well as with its four-pack.
• Impulse has several games on sale this weekend including Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Gold Edition for $9.99
• GamersGate also has a number of games on sale including a bunch of tank-based games for 50 percent off
• GoG.com has a number of Kalypso games on sale for up to 50 percent off.
• Finally don't forget about the Humble Indie Bundle "pay what you want" sale.

We've already had a lot of PC game sales this Valentine's Day weekend but we are not quite done yet. Even more sales have been spotted at various download sites.

• There's a new collection of six indie games (And Yet It Moves, Osmos, Auditorium, Eufloria, Machinarium, and Aztaka) that you can download and purchase for $20 from until Friday.
• Direct2Drive has the indie game The Void on sale for a mere $5.
• Steam has a 50 percent sale of all of THQ's family and casual game titles until Friday. Also the puzzle game Quantz is on sale for $2.99.
• The super hero MMO Champions Online has a permanent price cut on several download sites. You can now purchase the full game for a mere $19.99.
• Finally, Electronic Arts' online store has a three game bundle deal for he PC downloadable versions of Dead Space, The Saboteur and Dragon Age Origins for $99.95. This sale ends today.

It's official; Christmas is just one week away so get moving and check out these sales now:

• Direct2Drive has put three games on sale for one day only today: Trine has a 50 percent price cut to $19.95 today. Deus Ex is on sale for just $4.95 today and Deus Ex: Invisible War is on sale for $14.95. Plus Fallen Earth has a $10 price cut and an extra Survival Kit with three exclusive in-game items. Finally Alganon has a $5 discount if you use the code 5OFFALGANON at checkout.
• Impulse has several games on sale including Eve Online for just $9.95 and Europa Universalis III Complete for $11.99. Oh and a one day sale for Galactic Civilizations II for just $1.99.
  
• Best Buy has Guild Wars Trilogy on sale for just $14.95.
• Finally, the EA Store web site is offering 40 percent off their downloadable games if you purchase two or more titles.

Technically tomorrow begins the busiest shopping day of the year but as some of you know many retailers and a lot of online sites and download services have already begun cutting prices on their products. Just to give you a quick overview of all the Black Friday-related sales we have mentioned in the past few weeks here's a recap:

GameStop Black Friday sales include Left 4 Dead 2 at $29.99
Best Buy to have $4.99 PC games for Black Friday sale
Direct2Drive and Impulse serve up some Thanksgiving PC game sales
Steam breaks out lots of holiday PC game download sales
EA cuts prices 30 percent from all downloadable PC games until Monday
GamersGate has new weekend sales
GoGamer has its own massive Black Friday sale

Of course we will keep you update on any new sales that pop up during the weekend. In fact we have one already; Steam managed to sneak in a sale of the first season of Telltale's Sam and Max series. You can get the season for 33 percent off its normal price until Tuesday. Our sister site Joystiq also has a extensive look at all of the console game-based Black Friday 2009 deals. Another sister site, the MMO-themed Massively, has their own Black Friday 2009 deals. Finally for all of the Black Friday 2009 sales for every store and web site, period, make sure to head to bfads.net, the best such site on the net.

Yep, it's yet another massive price cut for downloadable PC games to tell you about before Thanksgiving officially begins. Electronic Arts' own online EA Store has decided to cut the prices of all of their current downloadable PC games by 30 percent. The sale prices lasts until Monday.

That means you can download and purchase Dragon Age: Origins from EA for just $34.96 during the sale. That price will also get you The Sims 3 and Need For Speed Shift during the sale. Other games with big price cuts include Mercenaries 2 for just $6.96, Warhammer Online for just $9.96, and the deluxe version of Dragon Age Origins for $45.46.

Electronic Arts is getting a few weeks ahead of the annual Black Friday sales push by holding their own in-house sale at their online EA store. From now until Saturday all in stock games are on sale for 20 percent off their normal price. This sale doesn't apparently include the most recent EA release Dragon Age: Origins.

More mid-week sales include GoGamer.com which has a number of PC games on sale until 3 am Eastern Time Saturday. Sales price cuts include F.E.A.R. 2 Project Origin for $14.90, Borderlands for $36.90 and Overlord 2 for just $9.90. Finally Steam has taken 30 percent off the recent zombie shooter Nation Red.