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Earlier this year we reported that 1C Company had inked a deal with Aspyr Media to release a number of their games to retail stores in the US. However if you don't want to fool with that old-fashioned brick-and-mortal approach to buying your games you can also download all of the 1C titles from the Gamersgate download service.

The agreement begins today with Gamersgate offering up the WWII RTS game Men of War on their service for $39.99. In the next couple of months other 1C Company games will be released as digital downloads on Gamersgate including the action-racing game Death Track: Resurrection (March 24), the first person shooter Cryostasis (April 20) the racing sim Hummer 4x4 (May 22) and the first person shooter Necrovision (May 25).

Russian publisher 1C Company has announced a deal with GamersGate that allows the digital distribution portal to feature many of 1C's upcoming games, reports IGN. The agreement, which covers 13 titles, spans the third quarter of 2008 through quarter one of 2009.

GamersGate CEO Theodore Bergquist is delighted with the deal, believing that carrying many of 1C's most anticipated and popular titles "will ensure that GamersGate has first dibs on carrying strong titles from their portfolio."

1C Company International Sales Director Nikolay Baryshnikov echoed the sentiment, saying that the deal "is a great opportunity to deliver our games to players all over the world."

Big Download had the opportunity to go hands-on with a number of 1C's titles that will be featured on GamersGate, including Necrovision, Hummer 4x4, Cryostasis: Sleep of Reason, Death Track Resurrection and Men of War.

Your daily wrap-up of the hottest stories in PC gaming over the weekend.

	Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II trailer The first trailer for developer Relic's Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II has arrived, available for viewing on publisher THQ's site. Depicting crumbling bridges, exploding pylons, massive mechs, and wanton orc abuse, the anticipated RTS sequel's release date has yet to be announced.
	New Frontlines Conquest multiplayer mode coming Hot on the heels of the just released 1.1.0 patch, developer Kaos Studios has announced plans to introduce a new multiplayer mode for its near-future shooter Frontlines: Fuel of War. According to a statement on the developer's web site, the new mode may sound familiar to some; Conquest. where players will be able to take over objects in any order on any map.
	New Steam client update released, TF2 Pyro details revealed Valve spilled its guts regarding the next major Team Fortress 2 upgrade via notes in a Steam client update released yesterday. Valve claimed that they are almost completely wrapped up the next big release for TF2, which will focus on the Pyro class, along with the Meet the Sniper movie."

As we have mentioned before, there seems to be a glut of off-road racing games on the PC and other platforms lately. However, most of these games tend to be of the "move as fast as you can" variety. Some offer some car customization features but for the most party they don't have a lot of realistic features.

That's what the upcoming Hummer 4x4 title is aiming to provide. Developer Avalon Style Entertainment and publisher 1C Company are trying to make this game not just an advertisement for the giant GM vehicle brand nor just another arcade style racing game but a full fledged vehicle sim title. During 1C Company's press event this week we got behind a Logitech wheel and drove through a build of the game.