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Lots of games are on sale this weekend through various digital outlets such as Amazon, GoG, Steam, Gamefly, and more. Hit the break for a small taste.

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Shack has put together a massive list of digital game sales going on right now and sure to make your weekend a little less boring. Outlets such as Gamefly, Amazon, Impulse, Steam, GoG.com, Blizzard, Green Man Gaming, the list goes on, really. Hit up the break to have a look at this wonderful list of savings, and be sure to visit Shack for links to the savings. If you are still waiting on the Steam Summer Sale, Reddit has posted an unconfirmed list of what may or may not be coming. We can’y verify it until Valve makes things official, but have a look anyway (thanks, CyberMarco).

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Stardock has said it plans to announce a range of games, tech and new products during the next 18 months, thanks in part to the sale of its digital distribution platform Impulse to GameStop.

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Although Mojang’s founder really likes Steam, he’s wary of one platform dominating the PC market.

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RPS has noted that Valve has made its games available on GameStop download service Impulse. The marketplace, which was owned by Stardock up until last year when it was bought by GameStop, now has five titles from the company: Portal 2, The Half-Life Complete Collection, Left 4 Dead 1 + 2 and The Orange Box, all of which end up requiring Steam activation anyways. Still, your options on where to buy Valve games has become more broader now.

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Impulse is holding a really, really nice sale for those of you interested in PC games based on the D&D Universe or who are just RPG fans. Called the Dungeons & Dragons Anthology: The Master Collection, the pack contains Baldur’s Gate 1 & 2 plus expansions, Icewind Dale 1 & 2 plus expansions, Planescape: Torment, and The Temple of Elemental Evil all for $10. If you purchase the pack, you may wish to head on over to Circle of Eight to get the patches for TOEE, as the modding group has fixed all the lovely bugs which kept the game from being as successful as it should have been. Plus, if you are feeling especially nostalgic, you also purchase the D&D Anthology: Neverwinter Nights Complete set for $14.99, which includes Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 plus three expansion packs for each one. [ Thanks, Ron.

Stardock has announced it’s releasing its library of PC games on Steam starting with Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity.

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US bricks-and-mortar retail chain Gamestop continues its unceasing march to the future by allowing shoppers to buy downloadable PC games in-store.

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Gamestop has added Impulse to its website, after acquiring the service back in March. In order to start using it, you just need to download the client. Gamedtop gift cards, gift certificates or credit earned through the Edge Card are not being accepted as of yet. The firm has said it expects these payment options to be “available in the future.” The firm has said in the past it expects to generate $1.5 billion in digital revenue by 2014. Thanks, IndustryGamers.

Gamestop has told investors it expects to have an internal beta for a cloud-based digital distribution service, based on its acquisition of Spawn Labs, in July.

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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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Refusing to get into a “pissing contest”, Stardock’s Brad Wardell has dismissed derogatory comments about Impulse from GamersGate CEO Theo Bergquist – but not before taking a jab or two.

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Stardock CEO Brad Wardell has reiterated his support in Gamestop as new owners of Impulse, in the wake of Blind Mind’s abandonment of the service.

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The development team behind the indie space strategy game Star Ruler has announced on its web site that it will soon pull the game from being sold through Impulse. The reason? GameStop’s recent acquisition of the service.

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After nabbing Stardock’s Impusle service out of the blue, one thing’s for sure: GameStop’s done playing around.

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Retailer GameStop, who made two acquistions relating to digital game downloads last week, expects to see revenues from that sector of its business jump to a whopping $1.5 billion by 2014, via multiple platforms and devices.

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And just like that, April Fools Day was upon us. It’s finally over, but the scars may never completely heal. Come, let’s fondly remember a time before it blighted our world.
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US retailer GameStop is set to acquire Stardock’s digital distribution business, Impulse, for an undiclosed sum.

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Sometimes, it’s the little things that count.

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Bethesda’s made id shooter Quake 4 available via legal downloadable means, a mere five years after it first released.

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