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The very unique multiplayer oriented action game Madballs in Babo: Invasion has been available via Steam since last September and the development team at Playbrains has been busy updating the title with both free and paid downloadable content. Now the dev team is opening up the full game for everyone to play for free this weekend.

If you like the free weekend, Playbrains is also giving folks a 75 percent discount to purchase the title this weekend as well. The price of the game is just $2.49 and you can also get the four-pack version (where you can give three download codes to friends) for just $7.49. Finally you can get a copy of the game plus two of its paid downloadable packs for just $3.37.

After a fairly slow first couple of weeks in September, there's a ton of major PC games making their debut on store shelves and/or via download this week:

Batman: Arkham Asylum: Already highly acclaimed for consoles, this super hero action game from Rocksteady Studios and Eidos is released for the PC this week as the Caped Crusader has to deal with the Joker and a ton of other Arkham inmates. Look for PhysX and 3D monitor support if you have Nvidia graphics cards in your PC.

Earlier this year we reported that developer Playbrains was working on an action-arcade game based on those goofy 1980's Madballs rubber balls. The game, Madballs in Babo: Invasion, was released via Xbox Live Arcade earlier this summer. Now Playbrains has announced that the game is coming to the PC platform, via download on Steam, on September 17.

Just a reminder of what you are in for with this title: The game is designed like a top-down shooter as the various Madballs battle each other in maps that are randomly generated. Look for single player, co-op for up to four players and 16 player multiplayer in this game. Pricing for the game is set for $9.99.