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The Out of the Park Baseball management series is up to its 10th version this year but the game's development team wants to bring players into their series in a somewhat unique way. Instead of offering a demo of its latest version it has decided to release the eight version of the game for free.

Yep, Out of the Park Baseball 8, released in 2007, is now totally free to download. The title, which comes in both Windows and Mac flavors, is fully fuctional so no worries about the game shutting down on you. Of course the development team would love for you to pony up some money for Out of the Park Baseball 10. Their latest version of the game is available for Windows, Mac and even Linux for $39.99.

This week (and probably many other weeks to follow), Valve owns the world of PC gaming. In addition to a week filled with excellent Team Fortress 2 news and excellent gaming compilations, two new games and two excellent weekend sales have made their way to the Steam digital distribution platform. Yes, we think it's safe to classify Steam as its own platform.

The first of two new additions is Crazy Machines 2, a creative design title "packed with all new features to help you create your wackiest 'Rube Goldberg-style' contraptions yet!" Crazy Machines 2 features over 150 elements which can be used to create or demolish 200 levels, tons of Rube Goldberg-style puzzles, and a $19.99 price tag.

Next up to the virtual plate is Out of the Park Baseball 9, a baseball sim focused on managerial skills. According to the game's description on SteamPowered.com, the $39.99 baseball title "lets you do almost anything a real life general manager can do to guide a baseball team to glory. Set your line-ups. Replace that aging veteran with a rookie from your minor leagues. Put your injured starter on the disabled list and scout the waiver wire for someone to fill that roster spot. Put that disgruntled star heading for free agency on the trade block, and see what shakes out."

This week's annual Steam weekend sale features Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6 Vegas 2 for $30, and Call of Juarez for $10, with each game seeing a $20 decrease from their typical price tags.