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We hope all of you had a good Valentine's Day. Of course there's still the day after where some of you will realize that the person who you made your Valentine is just an artificial intelligence out to trick humanity. That happened to us last year; never again.

• Not a huge shock but Ubisoft has confirmed that it will reveal details of the next Assassin's Creed game in May.
• There will be a huge announcement from THQ in the second week of March.
• Steam has new automatic updates available for Left 4 Dead 2 and Railworks 2.
• The next patch for the Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II Retribution beta goes live tomorrow; here are the patch notes.
• In related news, the CGI-based Warhammer 40,000 movie Ultramarines is being shown for free this weekend at several movie theaters in the US.

It sound like today was not a good day to be at Activision. We offer our sincere condolences for those who are now looking for new gigs today:

• Steam has new updates for Clones and Railworks 2.
• Blizzard has donated $75,000 to the Children's Hospital of Orange County Children's Foundation via a BlizzCon 2010 VIP dinner.
• There are more hints that Raven Software is making a James Bond game.
• Trion Worlds has announced that if you buy a retail copy of its fantasy MMO Rift from Wal Mart players will get the exclusive Shambler Hatchling pet.
• Activision execs said today the First Strike DLC map pack for Call of Duty Black Ops will be released for the PC sometime before the end of March.
• Just in case you were not sure, the new Bungie game from its new publisher Activision won't be released in 2011.

Hold onto your debit cards. Steam has just posted up a new batch of PC games on sale from now until 1 pm Eastern Time on Thursday. We know; it's so tempting but we bet there's a few games on this list that you have to have RIGHT NOW:

Tales of Monkey Island - $17.49
Railworks 2 - $8
Spore Complete Pack (the original game and two expansions) - $19.99
Just Cause 2 - $7.50
Aliens Vs Predator - $5
Trials 2 Second Edition - $2.50
Day of Defeat Source - $2.50
Zuma's Revenge - $8
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare - $14.99
Recettear An Item Shop's Tale - $6.80
Assassin's Creed 2 - $14.99 or $12 if you own Assassin's Creed 1
Bully Scholarship Edition - $3.75

If you enjoy the idea of playing a game where you build and control a massive rail transporation system then you likely already know about Railworks, the train simulation title from developer Railsimulator.com. The developer has been keeping its customers busy since Railworks was first released back in June 2008 with a ton of paid downloadable content for the game.

Today Railsimulator.com has released Railworks 2, a full fledged sequel to the game that adds a number of new features including a new career system, a "Cab Control" system for beginner drivers and new Steam leaderboards and achevements. The game is now available to download via Steam and owners of the first Railworks can get Railworks 2 for free. First time buys also get a good deal. From now until October 25 you can purchase the game for $19.99, a 50 percent discount.