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You thought we were done with PC game download sales on Thursday, didn't you? As it turns out there are a few more price cuts that we found out about after we posted up the news yesterday.:

• Steam has just launched the indie puzzle game QuantZ and is giving folks a 50 percent discount for its first week, bringing the price down to just $4.99.
• GoG.com is selling the two games in its library from the now defunct Elixir Studios, Republic The Revolution and Evil Genius, in a bundle for just $9.98 until Monday.
• Impulse users can get a 50 percent discount on the Galactic Civilizations II Expansion Bundle (featuring Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor) for 50 percent off with the coupon code CGEXPANSION.
• The indie action-puzzle game Grappling Hook's price was just reduced to $14.95.

GameTap's latest title for its subscriber-download PC game site is Republic: The Revolution, the interesting but flawed 2003 release from the now defunct Elixir Studios. The game is a complex (in fact way too complex) simulation that has you trying to take control of a fictional Eastern European country. Also added this week to GameTap is the casual game title Hot Dish.

GameTap has also once again freed up one of its subscriber-only games and allowed anyone to play it free for two weeks. This time is Battlestations Midway, the 2007 released WWII themed action strategy game from Eidos. The game will be free to play until November 26.

There are games that are fun to play but also lack originality. There are also games that are highly innovative but perhaps fall short in terms of gameplay. GoG.com's latest entry is in the latter category as they have added the strategy-sim game Republic: The Revolution to its DRM-free line-up.

Developed by the now defunct Elixir Studios, the game was released by Eidos in 2003 after lots of hype. The title, which had the player become the leader of a revolt against a fictional Eastern European country, was certainly ambitious but its innovative ideas got hampered by the complex user interface. However it's still an interesting experiment and if you want to try the game out for yourself GoG.com has it for you for a mere $9.99.

Download the Republic: The Revolution Demo