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JoWood's upcoming first person shooter Painkiller Resurrection is now available for pre-order via Steam. Pre-orders get 10 percent off the game's already low $29.99 price tag. But that may not be the only reason to consider paying some money up front for the game from developer Homegrown Games.

In addition to the discount pre-orders get not one but two games for free and for immediate download. The Painkiller Black Edition (the original 2004 game from developer People Can Fly and the 2005 expansion pack) and Painkiller Overdose (the 2007 stand alone game from Mindware Studios) are actually quite fun to play, especially the first game in the series, and will give you a leg up on Painkiller Resurrection when it comes out in late October.

It looks like we don't have to wait for the weekend to get some good PC game sales. The indie-themed game download site Greenhouse has just put three of their titles on sale this week. You can get the just released And Yet It Moves along with Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 1 and Defense Grid: The Awakening for just $9.99 each. That's a 33 percent savings off the first two games and a 50 percent sale for the third. The sale ends on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Steam has given permanent price cuts to two of Dreamcatcher Games' titles. You can now down download and purchase the FPS Painkiller Overdose and the space-based RTS game Genesis Rising for just $4.99 each. Also GamersGate has put the space combat games Tarr Chronicles and Dark Horizon together as a bundle for just $2.99 this week.