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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

The new Games For Windows Marketplace web site recently had a number of titles sold for just 99 cents for one day only. Ah, good times. But that promotion is over now. However it doesn't mean that Microsoft is setting down now. Today the site revealed a new week long sale for three well known casual games.

From now until December 16, three of PopCap Games' most popular games are on sale on the Games For Windows Marketplace web site for 25 percent off their normal prices. Bookworm, Zuma's Revenge and the major pop culture hit Plants Vs Zombies will be priced at just $7.49 each for the next week.

Black Friday is fast approaching but some outlets are already breaking out the price cuts early. One of them is PopCap Games who today announced that all of the casual game publisher's downloadable titles will be 50 percent off for the rest of the week.

That means terrifically addictive games like Plants Vs Zombies, Zuma, Peggle and Bejeweled should be almost impulse buys for anyone that loves great PC games. The sale ends on November 29. Keep in mind that this deal does not include bundle and game packs. The company's next major game release, Bejeweled 3, is due for release on December 7.

You wouldn't think that a highly successful casual game company like PopCap would need additional money. But despite the fact that the publisher claims that they have been profitable since they launched 10 years ago today they announced that they have received $22.5 million in new funding.

Privately held PopCap stated that the new investment represents a minority stake in the company and the new money will be used to fund things like "working capital and potential acquisitions." PopCap has been on a run lately with a number of high profile sequels to their classic games (Zuma's Revenge being the latest example) while also creating new franchises such as the mega-hit game Plants Vs Zombies.

If you have been thinking about buying the full version of Zuma's Revenge but feel that the price of $19.95 is just too much money to pay for the sequel to PopCap Games' popular casual puzzle title, then you might just be interested in Zuma's Revenge Adventure. This "lite" version of the full game is priced at just $9.95 and should be available now via a number of download outlets.

Zuma's Revenge Adventure has just the one gameplay mode, the Adventure mode, to play but does not contain any of the extra modes that you can access in the full version of the game. It still has all of the features of the full game's Adventure mode which includes 60 levels, new power ups, boss battle levels, support for up to 1920 x 1200 resolution and more.

Download the Zuma's Revenge demo at Big Download (98 MB)

It's that special time once again! Time to talk about Mac games. This week we're taking a look at Zuma's Revenge and Creeper World. Both of these games surprised me with how engaging they proved to be. How, you ask, or I imagine you asking? Find out after the jump!

This is the playable demo for Zuma's Revenge! available for the PC and Mac.

"Enter an all-new world of Zuma where evil tiki bosses rule the land! Conquer over 60 levels by firing stone spheres to make matches and destroy the deadly stream of balls, then take on six tiki boss battles and guide your agile amphibian to victory!

Leap into action in four game modes with explosive new features and amazing new gameplay: Slide and hop for smarter shots, hit targets for exotic bonuses, and detonate new power-up balls! Will you succumb to the perilous pitfalls, or can you tame the jungle in this PopCap ball-blasting challenge?"

Download Zuma's Revenge! Demo (98 MB)
Download Zuma's Revenge! Demo [Mac] (73 MB)

After a fairly slow first couple of weeks in September, there's a ton of major PC games making their debut on store shelves and/or via download this week:

Batman: Arkham Asylum: Already highly acclaimed for consoles, this super hero action game from Rocksteady Studios and Eidos is released for the PC this week as the Caped Crusader has to deal with the Joker and a ton of other Arkham inmates. Look for PhysX and 3D monitor support if you have Nvidia graphics cards in your PC.

Steam is continuing to sneak in some sales and some pre-orders this week. In terms of price cuts, Steam users can get 10 percent off the just released first person shooter Darkest of Days until September 15. Also the upcoming Popcap casual game Zuma's Revenge, due out on September 15, has a 10 percent discount of its own until its release.

Also on sale until tomorrow is the recently zombie shooter Nations Red for 25 percent off its normal price. If you buy the game via Steam you also get an exclusive level and two unique weapons. Also a new Strategy First game collection containing 29 titles is on sale for a mere $49.99. Finally the upcoming fantasy RPG Time of Shadows, due out on September 11, has a 10 percent price cut on its pre-order.

Last week we listed a number of games that are currently scheduled to ship to stores sometime between now and the end of 2009. Nearly all of the games mentioned are supposed to head to retail stores. However we failed to mention a number of games that will be sold only via digital download.

Today we look at 10 games currently scheduled for release before the end of the year that will be primarily launched via download sites like Steam, Direct2Drive, and other outlets. They include some long awaited casual game sequels, a couple of sci-fi MMOs and some expansion packs to previously released games. As usual the release dates are based on the info at hand; they can and possibly will change.

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