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Downloadable PC game sales start early this week

by John Callaham Aug 11th 2009 @ 8:00AM

Some downloadable PC game services have already started some sales that will last through most of the week:

Steam has put EVE Online on sale this week for 66 percent off its normal Steam price. Also two other games from Kalypso Media, Ceville and Imperium Romanum: Gold Edition, are on sale for 50 percent of their normal price. All of these sales expire on August 17.

Over at Direct2Drive they have put World of Goo on sale for 50 percent off this week (this for both the PC and Mac version). Also The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is on sale for 30 percent off its normal price and the just released Death to Spies: Moment of Truth is on sale for 20 percent off its normal price.

Filed under: Downloads, MMO, Strategy

New downloadable PC game sales hit the net

by John Callaham Aug 6th 2009 @ 1:00PM

While there will likely be some new PC game sales pop up on Friday it looks like a couple of downloadable sites are already providing a bunch of game sales ahead of the official start of the weekend:

GamersGate: From now until Sunday these games are 50 percent off their normal price at the download site: The Club, Imperium Romanum and Tibor: Tales of a Kind Vampire.

Steam: The newly updated The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut is 30 percent off its normal price until August 12. Also the newly released indie action game Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood is on sale for 25 percent off its normal price until August 11. Finally Prototype has had its price cut 20 percent for one week.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, Adventure, RPG, Strategy

Oddly named strategy game gets new title

by John Callaham Nov 10th 2008 @ 6:30PM

Earlier this year Southpeak Games released Imperium Romanum, a historical strategy game series from developer Haemimont Games. Needless to say, the title of the original game is a mouthful so for the upcoming sequel, due for release in February 2009, it was decided to go in a much more simple direction.

European publisher Kalypso Media announced today that Imperium Romanum II now has a new title. It will now be called Grand Ages: Rome. Kalypso Media changed the name in order to launch a new and "....distinctive brand for all our strategy games which will be universally recognised and unique in the world wide game markets." Perhaps the publisher is taking some lessons from The Creative Assembly which has been using the Total War brand for all of its historical RTS PC games.

Gallery: Grand Ages: Rome

Filed under: Strategy

Imperium Romanum content expansion coming Friday

by John Callaham May 26th 2008 @ 12:00PM

If you have been itching to get some more content for the recent Roman Empire strategy-sim game Imperium Romanum, you are in luck. Paradox Interactive has announced a final release date and price for the previously announced first content expansion for the Haemimont Games-developed title. The expansion will be made available exclusively via Paradox's Gamersgate download service.

The expansion is titled The Conquest of Britannia and as the name suggests it will take the strategy game over to the historical British Isles. It will have not only four new missions but also new tablets, improved art and game design and some extended speech. Gamersgate is currently taking pre-orders for the expansion which will be made available for download this Friday for $5.99.

Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, Strategy

Imperium Romanum to get downloadable extra content

by John Callaham Apr 23rd 2008 @ 3:34PM

If you like your historical strategy games you are most likely aware of Imperium Romanum, the recently released PC title from developer Haemimont Games that allows you to be your own Caesar, Nero or any other Roman Empire leader you want to be. The game shipped to stores in the US about a month ago via Southpeak Games but today word got out of a planned content expansion that will be released in mid-May

The content expansion will contain four new scenarios for the game that are set in historically accurate real locations such as Londinium (also known as London), Hadrian's Wall and Aquae Sulis (Bath). Some buildings will be re-designed and some new tablets and events will be added as well. This won't be a free release; the new content will be available only via download for £4.99 in the UK. There's no word yet on the pricing for the US version.

Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, RTS