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Puzzle Agent was a "pilot" game for developer Telltale Games in 2010. Instead of a multi-chapter downloadable series, the game was a one-shot that mixed up elements of X-Files and Twin Peaks as the player follows Nelson Tethers, a special "puzzle" agent for the FBI solving mysterious cases.

Today, via our sister site Joystiq, Telltale Games has revealed that it is working on Puzzle Agent 2. Other than the game will be coming out for the PC and Mac (among other platforms) sometime this summer, no other details of the game were officially announced. Joystiq has a brief teaser trailer that you can check out at their site.

Saturday isn't a day to rest as far as PC game sales are concerned. There are some deals that are available just for today. Let's take a look at them now:

• Telltale Games has an excellent one day sale today in its online store. You can get all three seasons of Sam and Max, plus Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People, Wallace and Gromit, the two episodes of Bone, Puzzle Agent and Poker Night at the Inventory in one bundle for just $49.95.
• Impulse has a one day sale for all of its 1C Company published games for 50 percent off.
• GamersGate has Fantasy Wars on sale for just $2.99.

Wow. We are just one month away from the end of 2010. Still no second manned Jupiter mission. Still no first manned Jupiter mission, actually. American and Russia, you have 31 more days to make our sci-fi dreams come true.

• As promised the PC ports of Super Meat Boy, DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue, and ArmA II: Private Military Company have been released on Steam.
• The PC port of nail'd is also out on Steam with a 10 percent discount for the next week.
• Steam bug updates are available for Zombie Driver, The Polynomial, Gratuitous Space Battles, and Puzzle Agent.
• Next weekend's Video Game Awards will be broadcast live to both US coasts for the first time.
• Want to dance in Fallout New Vegas? This mod makes it happen.

The wait is getting close to being over for Telltale Games' next episodic adventure game. Today the developer announced that its five part Back to the Future series will be released sometime in December for both the PC and Mac. You can also pre-order the entire five part "season" right now for $24.95.

The pre-order comes with a couple of extras. First you get a free copy of the one-shot Telltale Games title Puzzle Agent (worth $9.95). You also get access to a pre-release message board forum where you can chat with the Telltate team before the game is released. Finally if you pre-order the game directly from Telltale's web site, the company will donate $1 to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

Telltale Games' big Adventure Game Bundle 2010 deal is coming to a close on Monday but before it does the developer has decided to unlock the sixth and final game for everyone who has or who will purchase the bundle. It's Sam and Max: Beyond Time and Space, the second "season" of Telltale's episodic game series. Telltale was going to wait to add Sam and Max until it sold 5,000 bundles but apparently decided to unlock the final game ahead of time.

Besides Sam and Max the bundle has the following games, all of which are available for the bundle price of $19.95: The Whispered World, Jack Keane, King's Quest Collection (with several games in the King's Quest series), Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1, and Puzzle Agent. 25 percent of the proceeds will still be going to several charities including Child's Play, The World Wildlife Fund, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Nyota e.V., and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Last Friday was supposed to be the last day that Telltale Games offered up the Great Adventure Bundle 2010 featuring a number of downloadable adventure games for the low price of $19.95. However Telltale has decided to extend that offer for a bit longer. The developer has announced that the bundle deal will now end on Friday, September 17.

Just a reminder: The games in the bundle include The Whispered World, Jack Keane, King's Quest Collection (with several games in the King's Quest series), Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1, and Puzzle Agent. When the deal sells 5,000 bundles, Telltale will also unlock Sam and Max: Across Time and Space for free. 25 percent of the procees go to several charities including Child's Play, The World Wildlife Fund, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Nyota e.V., and the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

If you love classic and new adventure games and also want to contribute something to society, Telltale Games has a deal for you. Today the developer launched The Great Adventure Game Bundle 2010 where you can purchase six game title for just $19.95. The games included in the bundle are The Whispered World, Jack Keane, King's Quest Collection (with three games in the King's Quest series) and Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode 1.

In addition to the cheap price Telltale will give 25 percent of the proceeds from the bundle to five different charities (Child's Play, The World Wildlife Fund, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, Nyota e.V., and the Electronic Frontier Foundation). You can pick which charity you want to support when you purchase the bundle. If you don't choose the money will be spread evenly among the five organizations.

Finally if 5,000 bundles are sold, Telltale will throw in access to its own game Puzzle Agent for free and will also provide Sam and Max: Across Time and Space for free after a second, unknown, amount of bundles are sold. There's no word on how long the bundle deal will last

This is the playable demo for Puzzle Agent, an adventure game that "combines accessible Professor Layton-inspired puzzling, generous doses of Nordic folklore and enigmatic gnomes, with dark David Lynch and Coen brothers inspired sensibilities." System requirements and the official game trailer can be found after the jump.

"In Puzzle Agent, Nelson Tethers from the U.S. Department of Puzzle Investigation is sent to the field when White House inquiries to the Scoggins Eraser Co. are answered only with curious puzzles. The game combines brainteasers including mazes, puzzles, logic and riddles, intertwined with an engrossing mystery story -- all presented with Graham's unique narrative and visual sensibilities, and the distinctive Telltale style."

Download Puzzle Agent Demo (182 MB)
Download HD Puzzle Agent E3 2010 Trailer (32 MB)

Developer Telltale Games has now released its latest game Puzzle Agent.making it available to purchase and download for the PC on their web site for $9.99. The single episode "pilot" for a new episodic adventure series is something a bit new for Telltale as this is both an original property (not based on a previous license like Sam and Max or Tales from Monkey Island) and also a try out to see if the game can support a full "season" of chapters.

Puzzle Agent mixes elements of X-Files and Twin Peaks as the player follows Nelson Tethers, a "puzzle agent" for the FBI, as he investigates and solves puzzles dealing with a mystery in Scoggins, Minnesota.

As promised last month, Telltale Games has officially announced their plans for Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent (previously announced just as Puzzle Agent), a new downloadable adventure-puzzle game that will also serve as a "pilot" for a possible new episodic series from the developer. As we have reported before Puzzle Agent is due out in June for the PC and other platforms.

If you pre-order the game for $9.95 before June 8 you will be able to go to the Telltale online store and your entire order will be reduced by 50 percent. The offer dues not apply to the current Monkey Island bundle deal.