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The Direct2Drive PC gaming download site is wasting no time in offering up some new PC game sales for the first part of this week. From now until Tuesday you can grab the sci-fi RTS game Universe at War: Earth Assault for just $4.95. They are also offering the first Iron Man movie game for $4.95 through March 27.

Also on the price chopping block is Europa Universalis: Rome Gold which is on sale until Friday for, you guessed it, $4.95. Finally if you pre-order Mount and Blade Warband from Direct2Drive you will get instant access to the game's beta which will continue until the game is officially launched on March 30.

Like other downloadable game sites, GamersGate is not immune to cutting the prices off some of their games for the weekend. This time round the site has two games and two game collections on sale for the weekend. The games themselves are Iron Man, the 2008 adaptation of the super hero movie. It can be yours for just $9.99. Also on sale is Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete which is now available for a mere $4.99.

Also on sale are all the games in the Spellforce series which are priced at 30 percent off this weekend. As we mentioned Thursday the new Mac version of the Penumbra game is available for sale this weekend only for just $5. And as always check out Gamersgate's Twitter page for their daily sales deal.

Sega's 2008 Iron Man game (based on the Marvel Comics movie of the same name) didn't get the best reviews but did generate solid sales, thanks in part to the success of the film. Today Sega announced they would again team up with Marvel to release Iron Man 2, based on the film's upcoming sequel that will be released in the summer of 2010

Sega's San Fransisco development studio (previously known as Secret Level) will once again handle the development duties for the Iron Man game sequel. Sega promises gamers "can expect an entirely new and enhanced gameplay experience." We sure hope so. Marvel's Armored Avenger needs a game that's as good as the films turned out to be.

It's Friday night! The work week has come to an end, and some of us will finally have the time to get some gaming done over the weekend. To start you off on your own period of relaxation, we have the five hottest downloads of the past week right here! We hope you enjoy them.

Predictably, the biggest of them all has been the new Call of Duty 4 patch and map pack. But if first person shooters aren't your thing, there are plenty of alternatives. Have a great weekend, dear readers!

	Call of Duty 4 1.6 Patch with Variety Map Pack Call of Duty 4's 1.6 patch includes fixes, new server browser features, and most importantly, four new multiplayer maps!
	Spore Tribe Phase Trailer This new Spore trailer contains footage of the RTS-like tribe phase of gameplay, and features commentary by two (very young looking) developers.
	Devil May Cry 4 Demo The latest entry in a classic, Japanese-developed series of games that stylishly reimagine the beat-em-up genre.
	Iron Man 1.01 Patch This patch for the superhero movie adaptation (which features voice acting by Robert Downey, Jr.) fixes bugs and expands gamepad support.
	Street Fighter IV Gameplay Trailer Oldschool is newschool in this four-minute-long, 2.5D hand-to-hand combat extravaganza!

A new update for SEGA's Iron Man is now available, patching the game to version 1.01. The patch contains a few general bug fixes, as well as gamepad support.

Download Iron Man 1.01 from Big Download.

He may not be Iron Man or the Hulk, but Richard Bartle sure can give a good verbal smashing, if not at the very least a literary laser blast from his chest. His latest enemies were politicians and newspaper columnists who continue to try and point fingers at those who play -- and have in many cases grown up playing -- videogames.

The article in question points out how time is against those who would liken you, us or anyone who grew up playing games to a psychopathic serial killer and/or crazy loon. Doctor Bartle goes on point out that more and more gamers are starting to vote, raise families of their own and won't appreciate people calling them all sorts of insulting things simply because of their chosen hobbies or in some cases careers.