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After all of the after Thanksgiving-Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales deals in the past week, things are settling down to something of a semblance of normal on the PC game download front. Today the DRM-free site GoG.com has added Tropico Reloaded to its ever growing list of games.

This a bundle containing the first two games, plus an expansion pack to the first title, in the island dictator series that was first released by publisher 2K Games (the second game actually is a pirate island sim game, but who's counting?) If you are a faithful reader of Big Download, you likely know that Kalypso Media took over the franchise and is now the publisher of both Tropico Reloaded and the all new game Tropico 3.

In related news, GoG.com has put the classic action game MDK on sale this week. You can purchase an download the game for just $4.99 until Sunday.

Gamers eager to get into the life of a all-knowing island dictator can now rest a little easier. According to a new "tweet" from publisher Kalypso Media, the island government sim game Tropico 3 has now "gone gold". That means the main development of the game has been completed and the disks are being duplicated for shipment to stores.

As we mentioned recently the game was supposed to be released in September and the PC version will still make a September release in Germany. However the US and the rest of the world will have to wait until October 16 to set up their ideal dictatorship. A demo for the game should be released this week.

Just a reminder this morning; you have but a few hours left if you want to enter our latest contest where we could be giving you one of five free copies of Tropico Reloaded. The collection of the three previous games in the island dictator simulation series have been gathered by the franchise's current owners Kalypso Media as a way to promote their upcoming next game in the series Tropico 3.

Head on over to our official contest news post for all the details on how to enter the contest. Make sure you enter by 11:50 pm ET today in order to be eligible.

Being an island dictator or a Caribbean pirate isn't easy. Don't believe us? Then you can find out for yourself . . . if you win Big Download's latest contest. We are giving away five copies of Tropico Reloaded, a new collection of the previous games in the island government sim series (Tropico, Tropico: Paradise Island and Tropico 2: Pirate Cove). The collection is published by Kalypso Media and is the perfect primer for their upcoming release of the all new Tropico 3.

Entering the giveaway contest is simple:

• To enter, post a comment on this contest page.
• The comment must be left before 11:59 pm Eastern Time on August 24.
• You may enter only once.
• 5 winners will be selected in a random drawing.
• Each winner will be sent a retail copy of Tropico Reloaded (valued at $9.99 each)
  
• Click Here for complete Official Rules. You must be a resident of the US or Canada (excluding Quebec) who is 18 years or older to enter this contest.

Our thanks to Kalypso Media for the donation of the prizes. Good luck.

This could be the true low point of the PC game year. There's simply not a lot being released to stores or online in the next seven days (we refuse to mention a certain Disney movie tie-in). So we are pretty much left with a collection of games that is designed to set people up for the next game in the series.

Tropico Reloaded: This is a collection of the first two games in the island management series that were first released by 2K Games. The first Tropico, developed by the now defunct Poptop Software in 2001, put you as dictator of an island nation. The collection also comes with its expansion, Paradise Island. Finally the collection has Tropico 2, developed by the also defunct Frog City Software, in 2003, For some reason the sequel has you as a pirate running a pirate island in the 18th century. The new collection is published by Kalypso Media who is re-releasing these games in preparation for its September release of Tropico 3 where the goes back to the island dictator premise of the original title.