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The evening edition of shorts for Wednesday is rather dense, so we will skip failing at wit and just get to it.

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We’re all just working for the weekend, ya know. Let these shorts do some of it for you so your clicker fingers can be saved for something more useful.

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Is hump day over with yet? No? Sorry about that, trooper. How about more minuscule headlines to help you pass the time?

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Saturday playtime is almost over, so to get you ready for a relaxing Sunday, here are some headlines and news highlights.

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Sometimes, it’s the little things that count.

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Direct2Drive has started offering limited digital game rental at five bucks a pop for five hours of gameplay.

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IGN’s promoting its download site FilePlanet, and if you are a paid subscriber or part of the Founder’s Club, you can get 15 percent off most titles on Direct2Drive as long as you are a subscriber.

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BioShock. $5. Enough said.

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Those planning to purchase Civilization V digitally may want to consider getting the strategy title through Direct2Drive, as  it includes a copy of Civilization III.

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The weekend is here, and per usual there are loads of digital download sales across the net.

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Steam, Impulse, GOG and others have a quite a sale going on this weekend, that includes the original Modern Warfare, Left 4 Dead 2, a bundle for Thief, and much more.

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Continuing to celebrate the opening of the European and UK stores, Direct2Drive’s having another 50 percent off sale this week on select Activision titles.

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To continue celebrating the launch of its European and UK online stores, digital distribution site Direct2Drive is offering 50 percent off select Ubisoft titles.

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Weekly sales charts for Direct2Drive, Impulse and Steam were released today, and each prove that pre-orders are a very popular thing indeed.

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Direct2Drive’s launched a European branch of its digital distribution store, catering specifically to European customers.

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A Collector’s Edition has been announced for Machinarium and it’s not pricey at all.

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Direct2Drive has released its top seller list for the week ending December 5.

BioWare took the top three spots with Dragon Age, Mass Effect, and the Origins Digital Deluxe Edition.
It should also be noted that quite a few titles on the list were part of D2D’s 24 Games of Christmas sale.

1. Dragon Age: Origins
2. Mass Effect
3. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition
4. Crysis Maximum Edition
5. The Sims 3
6. Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Bundle
7. Civilization 4: The Complete Edition
8. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut
9. Borderlands
10. The Sims 3 World Adventures Expansion Pack

Via Examiner.

Valve’s Jason Holtman has told GI.biz that rival digital download sites like Direct2Drive, Impulse and Gamersgate that refuse to sell Modern Warfare 2 over the inclusion of Steamworks are missing out on business.

“To our minds, we think that if you’re making a good game and it’s got the services a customer wants it should get out in as many channels as possible. If you have a good portal and you’re good at collecting money from folks, and attracting them, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t be,” said the business development director.

“We try to make those services that developers and our customers want. Whether another distributor wants to carry them or not, we don’t have any say in the matter, that’s between Activision and other online distributors.”

Direct2Drive accused Steamworks of “forcing the user to install a Trojan Horse” earlier in the month, and while Holtman didn’t “comment on the comment” he did say that a lot more games featuring the tool are set for release.

“The interesting thing is, those games that have Steamworks features in them are really made to be the things customers want. Developers are choosing the features that make the game better. There’s no service where there are features you have to have, developers are choosing between those, he said.

“There’s a lot of games that came out in 2009 with Steamworks, and they’ll be a lot more games in 2010 that have Steamworks.”

Grab the link for the rest.

For those watching their wallets, Direct2Drive has Dragon Age: Origins on sale until November 30 in the US and Canada.

It’s $10 off, making it $39.95 instead of the normal $49.95 – then again you can do math so we’ll stop patronizing you.

Not bad really. Go see for yourself.

Thanks, Mike.

Direct2Drive and Steam sales for the week of November 8 – 14 were released today.

Modern Warfare 2 topped the Steam charts, of course, while D2D’s top on the list was Dragon Age: Origins.

The list is below, courtesy of Shack.

Steam

1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Dragon Age: Origins / Left 4 Dead 2 (preorder) (per BigDownload)
3. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition
4. Borderlands
5. Overload Complete Pack
6. Torchlight
7. Crysis / Crysis Warhead Bundle
8. Football Manager 2010
9. Mass Effect
10. Counter-Strike: Source

Direct2Drive

1. Dragon Age: Origins
2. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition
3. Borderlands
4. Dragon Age: Origins Digital Deluxe Edition with Prima Guide
5. Torchlight
6. Best of Indie Bundle Vol. 2
7. Tropico 3
8. Civilization 4: The Complete Edition
9. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
10. Fallen Earth