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The July 4 weekend is just a few days away and it looks like some downloadable PC game sites are getting a head-start on offering deals from their library of titles. Impulse has put several of their games on sale for the holiday period including a Sins of the Solar Empire bundle (with the original space strategy game and its mini-expansion Entrenchment) for $29.99. It has also put all of the Unreal franchise games on sale for 25 percent off.


Meanwhile Strategy First has put all of their games on sale for 50 percent off at their online store. This includes their "Take No Prisoners" bundle which has a whopping 20 games. During the sale you can get the bundle for a mere $34.99. The sale lasts until July 12.

Update: GamersGate has annouced they will put one game on sale on their site every day in July for at least 50 percent off. Here is the list of games for the first week:

July 1: Buccaneer: The Pursuit of Infamy - 75 percent
July 2: X-Com Complete - 50 percent
July 3: Atlantis Collection - 50 percent
July 4: Men of War - 60 percent
July 5: Arena Wars Reloaded - 50 percent
July 6: Painkiller Universe - 50 percent
July 7: Civilization IV: Colonization - 50 percent

As they usually do the downloadable game sites GoG.com and GamersGate are offering some price cuts on a few of their items this weekend. Over at GoG.com they have a special bundle promotion on the games Spellforce Platinum and The Guild Gold. You can get both games together for just $13.98, a 30 percent savings. If you own one of the games already you can get the other game for a $3 discount.

Over at Gamersgate they are selling all of the Unreal games for 15 percent off their normal prices. Also on sale this weekend is Sid Meier's Railroads, Sword of the Stars Complete Pack and Dark Sector. All of those titles are currently being sold for 50 percent off their normal GamersGate price.

A number of game download web sites have announced new additions of games to their various line-ups of titles. One is GamersGate who just announced today that they are the latest provider for the Unreal series of games. Their deal with Epic Games covers all of the PC games released in the Unreal franchise (Steam and Gametap have similar deals).

On the DRM-free site GoG.com they have added the 2005 released sci-fi RTS game Earth 2160 to its line-up for just $5.99. And Steam has recently added the terrific 2004 strategy game Evil Genius (from the now defunct Elixir Studios) to its download library for $9.99

We've got one more news item concerning weekend PC game sales to tell you about. The downloadable PC game service GamersGate has revealed that in addition to previously announced sales it will put certain Kalypso Media games on sale this weekend for 25 percent off their normal price.

That includes the historical strategy game Imperium Romanum which this weekend is priced at $14.95. In addition a couple of the game's expansion packs (Wilds of Germania and The Conquest of Britannia) are just $3.89 each. Also the space combat sim Star Assault is priced at $7.49 during the sale period. You can also download and purchase the lifestyle sim Campus for the same price.

It's just a few more days until Father's Day and if you want to get your dad some kind of gift, perhaps you will consider getting him a downloadable PC game title. At least that's what GamersGate is hoping for with some special Father's Day weekend deals on their site.

Beginning today and running through Sunday you can download and purchase the recent open world action game The Godfather 2 for $24.99, a 50 percent cut from its normal price. Also Flock and Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War Soulstorm are also 50 percent off their normal GamersGate price through Sunday. Also, from now until June 28 you can download and purchase Dark Sector for just $9.99.

The weekend is usually the time for temporary PC price cuts but at GoG.com they have decided to put a permanent price cut on one of their titles. Panzer Elite: Special Edition, the 2001 released WWII tank sim from publisher JoWood, has had its price cut from $9.99 to just $5.99. That's not a weekend sale but is there to stay. Just a reminder that GoG.com is also offering 25 percent off a number of their strategy games from now until Monday.

Gamersgate is offering a temporary weekend price cut on Sword of the Stars: Ultimate Edition, the space strategy game from developer Kerberos Productions and publisher Paradox Interactive. You can download and purchase the collection (the original game and the first two expansions) for just $7.99. This deal does not include the upcoming mini-expansion for the game Argos Naval Yard.

If you like big game sales, Gamersgate may have some deals for you this week. The PC game download site has announced that they have put all of the games in their library from the Russian based 1C Company on sale until this Sunday, June 14.

Some of the games on sale have had their normal prices cut by as much as 75 percent. You can download and purchase recently released games such as Men of War for $11.95 and Cryostasis for just $11.99. Fantasy Wars is just $9.99 during the sale and King's Bounty: The Legend is on sale for a mere $12.49 during the sale.

The downloadable PC game site GamersGate is expanding its list of titles to allow Mac gamers to purchase and download a selection of titles for the first time. Their selection includes games like World of Goo, the Hearts of Iron series, the Europa Universalis series and Flatout 2. More Mac game titles will be added on a regular basis.

In related news, Gamersgate has put a couple of their titles on sale this weekend. The fantasy RPG King's Bounty: The Legend is on sale for just $9.99. Also the original Just Cause is on sale for $9.99, a 50 percent cut from its normal price

As we reported a few days ago, the Gamersgate web site has gotten a significant revamp in terms of both features and looks for the game download service. Today the web site offers up some final relaunch weekend deals for a few games on their site.

One is for the first person shooter S.T.A.L.K.E.R Clear Sky which is being sold this weekend for $14.95, 50 percent off its normal price. If you like ultra-cheap games then you can grab Paradox Interactive's turn based stategy game Galactic Assault: Prisoner of Power for a mere $1.99 this weekend. Finally for just one day the space strategy game Sword of the Stars Ultimate Collection is being sold for $14.95. Yep, that's another 50 percent drop.

Game download site Gamersgate is continuing its week long celebration of its 2.0 revamp (or upgrade or reimagining . . . take your pick) and has put another game on sale for just one day (today actually) It's World In Conflict: Complete Edition, the new collection for the RTS game from developer Massive Entertainment.

For today only you can get this game (which has the original title and the new Soviet Assault expansion pack) for just $14.99 which happens to be a 50 percent savings from its normal Gamersgate price. Remember you can also still get the WWII RTS game Men of War on Gamersgate for just $11.99 until May 31.