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If you are really into game music soundtracks then be prepared to get a flood of new music albums. Well known game music publisher Sumthing Else Music Works has announced an agreement to publish game soundtracks from past and current game titles from publisher THQ.

The agreement covers both CD and digital releases of the game soundtracks. Sumthing Else will release the music behind past THQ games such as Company of Heroes, Darksiders, Red Faction Guerrila, and Frontlines: Fuel of War. The agreement will also cover upcoming THQ game releases such as Red Faction Armageddon and Homefront.

It's Wednesday and that means its time for the PC game download site Direct2Drive to offer up a new set of games on sale for just $6 as part of its sixth anniversary this month. From now until next Wednesday, the list of games that are on sale for $6 each include Zombie Pirates, Fallen Earth, Sid Meier's Pirates, SWAT 4, Disciples II Gold, Frontlines Fuel of War, King's Bounty: Armored Princess, Fort Zombie and Crayon Physics Deluxe.

In addition for today only, Direct2Drive has put The Sims 3 on sale for $19.95 along with the expansion pack The Sims 3 Ambitions for #14.95.

Thursday is a special day for many as PC gamers hit the download site to see what deals they can find. We have the latest list of price cuts to check out right now:

• GamersGate has an assortment of titles on sale including Kings's Bounty: The Legend for $12.49 and Frontline: Field of Thunder for just $4.95
• Impulse has several games on the price chopping block this weekend including Iron Grip Warlord for $9.99 and Supreme Commander Gold for $22.49.
  
• Steam has cut the price of Frontlines: Fuel of War to just $7.49 this weekend. You can also buy Star Wars Galaxies The Complete Online Adventures for 50 percent off until November 26. The newly released game Ninja Blade has a 10 percent discount for the first week Also you can get the original Dirt racing game for 80 percent off its normal Steam price with the pre-purchase of the PC version of Dirt 2. Finally you can pre-purchase Rogue Warrior for 10 percent off its normal price before its Dec. 1 release.
• Direct2Drive also has Star Wars Galaxies: The Complete Online Adventures for 50 percent off. You can also take $5 off of Torchlight from now until Sunday if you use the discount code 5OFFTORCH at checkout.
  

So we've been told that the recession is ending. Some pundits are even saying it's all over. Well, no matter if the economy is down in the dumps or roaring at top speed, you still like to save money. GoGamer.com's latest misnamed "48 Hour Madness" sale hits you up with some PC game sales until 3 am Eastern Time on Tuesday.

Among the PC games and ports on sale this time are Frontlines: Fuel of War for just $5:90, Mercenaries 2 for a mere $3.90, the new Wolfenstein for $24.90, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion for $5.90, and Two Worlds for the tiny price of $2.90.

Steam has aleady had a big sale for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II recently but today they are going all out and putting a ton of THQ-published PC games in a big bundle and putting that collection on sale. From now until Sunday you can grab the THQ Collector Pack for just $74.99. That's 25 percent off the bundle's normal $99.99 price and way less than the $289.87 you would have to spend if you bought each game in the bundle seperately.

Here's the full list of games included in the THQ Complete Pack:
Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Titan Quest
Titan Quest - Immortal Throne
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Dark Crusade
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Gold Edition
Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
Full Spectrum Warrior
Full Spectrum Warrior: Ten Hammers

Also, Steam has added two more Ubisoft games (Splinter Cell Chaos Theory and CSI: Hard Evidence) to their library and both are 10 percent off their normal Steam prices until September 3.

THQ may be not doing so well in terms of their fianancial situation at the moment but the publisher is still one of the majors and today they announced a major new FPS game. Titled Homefront, the game comes from their Kaos Studios dev team who released Frontlines: Fuel of War in early 2008.

Much like Frontlines, which depicted a near-future where armes fought over low oil supplies, Homefront is also set in a "ripped from the headlines" near-future where the North Koreans have occupied the US following the economic collapse of the country. The story-driven game follows the American Civilian Resistance movement as they try to retake the US.

If this sound a bit like the movie Red Dawn, there's a reason; the director of that classic 1980's flick John Milius has created the storyline for Homefront. The game, which will also have multiplayer options, will be shown at E3 next week. No release date was announced.

Yep, we have some more weekend PC game sales to let you know about. The download service Gamersgate has sent over word that a numbeer of games will be placed on sale on their site for this weekend only. One of them is Frontlines: Fuel of War, the 2008 released FPS from Kaos Studios and THQ. You can download the game from Gamersgate for just $14.99 this weekend, a savings of 50 percent.

In addition, Gamersgate has the fantasy strategy game Fantasy Wars on sale this weekend for just $7.99. Also they are offering folks a free download of EA's first Godfather game with pre-orders of the upcoming Godfather II release.

THQ may be shutting down, selling off or spinning out many of its internal development studios but one of them isn't Kaos Studios. The New York City based team who created the 2008 released FPS Frontlines: Fuel of War is in fact launching a new recruitment drive to get people to work on their next game.

So what is it? Well the only hint comes from the job listing on their web site for a technical/AI designer who will be "working on a next-gen, 1st person shooter using a world-class brand. " Some have already speculated that it could be a Warhammer 40,000 FPS game (THQ has already released a similar game, Warhammer 40,000 Fire Warrior).

The newest patch for Frontlines: Fuel of War has been released, updating the near-future shooter from developer Kaos Studios and publisher THQ to version 1.3.0. The patch contains four new multiplayer maps: Hindsight, Sunder, Wide Awake (seen above) and Infiltration. It also contains two new bomber jet vehicles (one for each of the playable sides) a new weapon (the Anti-Air Rocket Launcher) and fixes for the server browser and leaderboards.

Download Frontlines: Fuel of War 1.3.0 patch (929 MB)

It's been several months since the release of Frontlines: Fuel of War but its developer Kaos Studios continues to not only release new patches for the multiplayer-oriented shooter but provide its PC users with new free content. This week Kaos announced that their 1.3.0 patch will be released in November and will contain all the new content that was released last month for the Xbox 360 version of the game.

That update will include four new maps; Hindsight, Sunder, Wide Awake (seen above) and Infiltration. It will also contain two new bomber jet vehicles (one for each of the playable sides) a new weapon (the Anti-Air Rocket Launcher) and fixes for the server browser and leaderboards.

[Via Blue's News]