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The PC game subscription-download service GameTap has been adding more and more games to its library of titles. A few months ago it announced it would be adding titles from Microsoft and today the company announced a new deal with Ubisoft that renews its current contract and will add over 50 Ubisoft games to its subscription service.

GameTap plans to add titles like the Brothers In Arms series, the Rainbow Six Vegas series, the Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter series, Far Cry 2, Assassin's Creed and more to its monthly subscription service. In addition Ubisoft games will be added to GameTap's digital download store.

The retail gaming web site GoGamer.com is at it again with its latest price cut sale. This particular one lasts until 3 am Tuesday and is filled with lots of PC games, both new and old. Perhaps the one that will generate the most interest is Left 4 Dead which can be picked up for $29.90 during the sale.

Other games on sale at GoGamer include the just released Overlord 2 for $34.90, The Sims 3 for $37.90 and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen for $19.90. You can also grab some older games at rock bottom prices including Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for just $5.90 and the original Call of Juarez for a mere $4.90.

This weekend's usual PC game sale at the GoGamer.com web site is an easy one for folks to remember. For this week's 48 Hour Madness sale most of the games and items involved are just $4.90 each. That's low enough that some folks might think about getting all of the GoGamer.com sales items.

Among the PC games involved in the $4.90 sale this weekend are Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Star Wars: Battlefield, Crimson Skies and Driver: Parallel Lives. One exception is World of Warcraft Battle Chest which GoGamer.com has on sale this weekend for $29.99. That's still 25 percent off its normal price. Good price hunting.

Valve has announced that it is now offering a number of games from publisher Sony Online Entertainment. The games include the complete collections for both Everquest and Everquest II along with Vanguard: Saga of Heroes and Pirates of the Burning Sea. Those last two games, along with Everquest: Secrets of Faydwer and Everquest II: Rise of Kunark are being offered with a 10 percent discount for the next 10 days via Steam.

Also, Valve's regular weekend sales deal for their Steam service continues as the digital download service offers up yet another game at a huge discount. This time the game is the PC version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2, the 2008 released tactical shooter and the latest game in Ubisoft's long running Tom Clancy branded series.

If you like your shooting of terrorist to be mixed with the "what happens here, stays here" lifestyle you can download Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for just $9.99 this weekend. That's a 50 percent cut from its normal $19.99 price.

We mentioned earlier today that this is the season for earnings to be revealed by publicly traded companies including game publishers. Today Ubisoft released their latest numbers for their first fiscal quarter which ended June 30. Revenues were €169 million for the time period, up from €134 million for the same period a year ago and exceeding Ubisoft's previous expectations. The sales figures were helped in part by the release of the PC game ports of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 and Assassin's Creed.

Sales for the current quarter are expected to come in at €169 million, a 25 percent increase from the same period the year before as expectations are high for the release of the WWII shooter Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway. One piece of expected bad news was that the long-delayed Splinter Cell Conviction has now been pushed into Ubisoft's 2009-2010 fiscal year which begins on April 1, 2009.

It look a little longer than anticipated but Ubisoft has now released a new free map pack for its recent tactical shooter Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The map pack is now available to grab right here at Big Download and contains three new multiplayer maps. Two are "dark" versions of Murdertown and CQB Training and the third a revised version of Calypso Casino. All of the maps can be used in Versus and Terrorist Hunt modes. This is a separate download than the Fan Pack patch which was released earlier this week.

Download the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 map pack at Big Download now.

As expected, the Fan Pack for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 has been released, adding a slew of new content to the game. Featured among the new content are three new maps on which to wage strategic combat, as well as new ranks and weapon balances.

Download the Rainbow Six Vegas 2 fan pack from Big Download

A new trailer for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 2: Vegas has been released, offering a preview of what fans can expect from the game's forthcoming fan content patch. As we reported earlier today the Fan Pack will add three new maps to the game along with some other new additions and features. It's due out in July and will be a free download for the PC and the game's other platforms.

Download the HD Rainbow Six Vegas 2 Fan Pack trailer from Big Download.

Looks like Ubisoft likes giving stuff away for once. The publisher has announced plans to release a free "Fan Pack" for its recent tactical shooter Rainbow Six Vegas 2. The downloadable content will be released sometime in July and will contain a ton of additions to the Tom Clancy branded title.

The Fan Pack will include three new maps (Murdertown-Dark; CQB Training-Dark and Calypso Casino) along with new Ranks and A.C.E.S, a grenade indicator, weapons balancing and more. The full info on the Fan Pack can be found at the game's official web site.

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.