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As expected, the ton of game sales relating to QuakeCon 2010 greatly affected Steam's top 10 PC game sales list. The number one position was taken up by the temporary QuakeCon 2010 bundle with 27 id Software and Bethesda Softworks games for only $69.99. The pack is scheduled to shut down at noon Eastern time today.

Second place went to Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition which had a one day 50 percent sale on Saturday followed by Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition at number three which had a one day sale on Thursday. The full top 10 sales list is below.

1. QuakeCon 2010 Pack - id Software/Bethesda Softworks
2. Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda Softworks
3. Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition - Bethesda Softworks
4. Mafia II - 2K Czeck/2K Games
5. Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition - 2K Czeck/2K Games
6. Battlefield Bad Company 2 - Digital Illusions/EA
7. Doom Pack - id Software/Bethesda Softworks
8. Worms Reloaded - Team17
9. Nation Red - DiezelPower
10. Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Map Pack - Infinity Ward/Activision

Today is the first day of QuakeCon 2010 and to celebrate Bethesda Softworks and id Software have launched an all new collection combining titles from both in one QuakeCon 2010 Pack on the Steam PC game download service. The new collection has a whopping 27 games from both companies that can be purchased for a mere $69.99. That's compared to the price of $303.24 if each game in the pack was bought seperately.

In addition to the QuakeCon 2010 pack, there will be deep price cuts on one or more games in the collection every day. For today only you can get the Bethesda Softworks RPG Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Game of the Year Edition for just $8.49.

GamePlasma has noted that Majestic Studios, developer of Limbo of the Lost, seems to have stolen assets and environments from Bethesda Softworks' Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, for use in their RPG title. You can view screenshots of both games at GamesPlasma.

The similarities are striking, to say the least. The apparent pilfering of Bethesda's intellectual property, combined with using Geocities as a host, seems indicative of the studio's poor financial status. Unfortunately for them, that status will only worsen if Bethesda is able to find proof of the purported theft -- and judging by the above screenshots, finding that proof shouldn't be too difficult.