PC video game bargains for July 17-18 and beyond

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In the computer game deals starting this weekend, Direct2Drive's 50 percent off price-slash applies to Plain Sight's ninja robots as well as a Broken Sword mystery and Tropico's island dictatorships; Cliff Harris' Gratuitous Space Battles is 30 percent off at Impulse; GamersGate takes up to 60 percent off Bioshock 1 & 2 and other underwater adventures as part of a themed sale; Steam let users play R.U.S.E. for free until July 18; and Good Old Games' discounted Pro Pinball titles are accompanied by a high-score contest.

Steam
Website: http://store.steampowered.com
Specialty: Valve Software, general gaming
4 Elements, 8.99€ (-10%)
Eschalon: Book II, PC & Mac, 17.99€ (-10%)
Future Wars, 7.19€ (-20%)
Add-on packs for RailWorks, 4,99€ to 7.49€ (-10% to -50%)
R.U.S.E. free preview weekend, ends Sunday July 18 at 1pm PST / 9pm BST
R.U.S.E., 44.99€ (-10%)

Direct2Drive
Website: http://www.direct2drive.com
Specialty: General gaming
AGON: The Lost Sword of Toledo, $14.95 / 4.50€ (-50%)
Alganon, $19.95 (-50%)
Broken Sword - The Sleeping Dragon, $3.50 / 2.95€ (-50%)
Campus, $9.95 / 4.95€ (-50%)
Ceville / Ceville DE German version, $9.95 / 9.95€ (-50%)
Dawn of Magic 2 / Time of Shadows, $9.95 / 14.95€ (-50%)
Grand Ages Rome, 14,95€ (-50%)
Grand Ages Rome: Reign of Augustus, $14.95 / 14.95€ (-50%)
Hollywood Pictures 2, $4.95 / 4.95€ (-50%)
Imperium Romanum, $7.50 / 7.50€ (-50%)
Imperium Romanum Gold, $9.95 (-50%)
King's Bounty: Gold Edition, $22.50 / 14.95€ (-50%)
Plain Sight, $4.95 / 4.50€ (-50%)
Tropico Reloaded, $4.95 / 7.50€ (-50%)
Tropico 3, $14.95 / 14.95€ (-50%)
Tropico 3: Absolute Power expansion pack, $9.95 / 9,95€ (-50%)
Star Assault, $4.95 / 4.95€ (-50%)
Winter Challenge 2008, $4.95 / 4.95€ (-50%)

GamersGate
Website: http://www.gamersgate.com/offers
Specialty: General gaming
Aquanox, 2.47€ (-50%)
Aquanox 2: Revelation, 2.47€ (-50%)
BioShock, 7.98€ (-60%)
BioShock 2, 20.96€ (-30%)
Crusaders: Thy Kingdom Come, 8.98€ (-50%)
Fishdom H20, 9.95€ (-50%)
Fishdom Spooky Splash, 9.95€ (-50%)
NG Explorer: Ghost Fleet, 9.99€ (-50%)
Silent Hunter 5, 24.95€ (-50%)
Sub Command, 3.95€ (-50%)
THQ Complete Collection - 16 titles, 99.99€ (-60%)

Good Old Games
Website: http://www.gog.com
Specialty: Classics
Apache vs Havoc, $2.98 (-50%)
Comanche vs Hokum, $2.98 (-50%)
DarkStar One, $4.98 (-50%)
Pro Pinball Big Race USA, $2.98 (-50%)
Pro Pinball Fantastic Journey, $2.98 (-50%)
Pro Pinball Timeshock, $2.98 (-50%)

Impulse
Website: http://www.impulsedriven.com
Specialty: Strategy
Age of Booty, 4.99€ / $6.45 (-50%)
Gratuitous Space Battles: Complete, 20.09€ / $27.12 (-30%)
Guns of Icarus, 4.62€ / $5.97 (-40%)
Theatre of War 2: Kursk 1943, 20.99€ (-30%)
THQ Ultimate Bundle - 17 titles, 65.49€ / $84.61 (-80%)
World War 2: Time of Wrath, 16.19€ / $20.92 (-40%)
Victoria: Revolutions, 2.49€ / $3.22 (-75%)
Victoria: An Empire Under the Sun, 3.75€ / $3.22 (-75%)