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After Sunday's repeats of one-day PC game sale on Steam, Monday brings an all new batch of price cuts of games that will last on the PC game download service until 1 pm Eastern time on Tuesday. Today's batch of games until the price cutting blade include:

Serious Sam HD Gold Edition - $3.99
HAWX 2 - $33.49
Cities XL 2011 --$19.99
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum - $9.99
Street Fighter IV - $14.99
Victoria series - Save 50 percent off all games in series
Lost Planet 2 -$19.99 or $15.99 if you own Lost Planet
Killing Floor Complete Pack - $6.99
EVE Online - $4.99
Machinarium - $2.99
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic - $2.49
Mirror's Edge - $4.99

Lost Planet 2 is a spectacular looking game that's a wreck in almost every other respect. For starters, if you're looking for a satisfying single player experience, then go ahead and skip this game completely. Lackluster story aside, the game simply isn't designed for single player. Then again, the multiplayer is barely passable since, despite having plenty of features, a number of design flaws drain away practically all enjoyment. It's really too bad, because the PC version of Lost Planet 2 includes a number of improvements over its console release. However, being more playable than its counterpart isn't a lot to be proud of.

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In addition to the all new games and expansions coming out next week, PC gamers can pick up three new complilations of games with previously released material in stores next week: Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition, Borderlands Game of the Year Edition and Painkiller Pandemonium.

Medal of Honor - Electronic Arts goes after the Call of Duty game audience with this new revamp of its military shooter series. The game, which takes place in a fictional version of the modern day Afghanistan conflict, features a single player campaign from EA developer Danger Close with the addition of multiplayer modes devised by the team at Digital Illusions.

With DC Universe Online being pushed back to early 2011, it looks like this fall's PC game lineup is looking a bit sparse than in previous years. On the other hand the first quarter of 2011 is looking like it will have plenty of new PC game titles.

• New Steam bug patches have been released for Puzzle Quest 2, Mount and Blade Warband, Puzzle Dimension, Galcon Fusion and Worms Reloaded.
• The Steam client also got a bug fix update.
• You can also pre-purchase the upcoming PC port of Lost Planet 2 via Steam and save 10 percent. off its normal price.
• Former Glu Mobile CEO Greg Ballard is now the new head of Warner Bros. Interactive's new senior vice-president of digital games.
• Disney Interactive now has two presidents, John Pleasants and Jimmy Pitaro.

The non-interactive benchmark for Lost Planet 2 tests graphical performance under a variety of different settings, including DirectX 11 and Nvidia 3D Vision. There are two modes: Test A gives an indication of general gameplay and movement will perform while Test B is much more demanding and will push the PC to its limits. More information from the Readme file can be found after the jump.

Download Lost Planet 2 Benchmark (955 MB)
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Several months after Capcom released the console versions of its sci-fi third person shooter Lost Planet 2 the developer has annnounced that the PC port of the game will finally be released on October 15. In addition to the game itself, Capcom has now released a benchmark test of Lost Planet 2 that should allow gamers to see how the full game will run on their PC rigs.

The benchmark, which you can download right here at Big Download, contains a gameplay area along with a DirectX11 benchmark. The full game will support both DirectX 9 and DirectX 11. It will also support Nvidia's 3D Vision and its recently launched multi-monitor 3D Vision Surround technology. You can check out the minimal and recommended PC hardware requirements for the game along with the specs for the 3D Vision support after the jump.

Download the Lost Planet 2 Benchmark at Big Download (955 MB)

Japanese publisher Capcom's days of huge profits are apparently over. Today the company announced that profits for its latest quarter that ended on June 30 plunged down 90.4 percent to 213 million yen. Revenue for Capcom was 19,037 million yen, down 2.4 percent from the same period a year ago.

Capcom blamed the profit shortfall in part on the console release of its action game Lost Planet 2 where it said sales of the game "underperformed its projection substantially." The game is due for release on the PC sometime this fall. Despite the profit hit, Capcom is not changing its expectations for the rest of the fiscal year due to its upcoming release schedule. That includes Dead Rising 2, its zombie action game sequel that's due on the PC and other platforms on September 28.

Overall Capcom's revenues for the full fiscal year went down 23 percent compared to the year before, while profits plunged 73.1 percent from the same period a year ago. However Capcom expects a rebound in their numbers in the current fiscal year with titles like Lost Planet 2 (coming to the PC this fall) and Dead Rising 2 (due out in August).

This video for Lost Planet 2 features the Gold Desert and highlights some of the intense action (both on and off vehicles) players can expect from the game. Lost Planet 2 is scheduled to release for consoles in May and is expected to hit the PC in the fall.

Download HD Lost Planet 2 'Gold Desert Highlight' Video (670 MB)
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For months, Capcom has not officially confirmed plans to bring their sci-fi action game sequel Lost Planet 2 to the PC, even though the original game was released to the PC platform and the ESRB web site listed the game as being rated for the PC. This week, however, the Capcom blog site finally admitted (and pretty much buried in the main story) that Lost Planet 2 would indeed be coming to the PC

Unfortunately, we will have to wait a bit longer to get the game on our hard drives as the PC port won't be released until sometime this fall. In the meantime the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions will ship on May 11.