Today for a change the Amazon download charts. Amazon sells downloads for the PC, Sony and Nintendo platforms. Amazon used to sell Xbox Live games too but for unknown reasons terminated this service a couple of weeks ago.
So far we don’t include Amazon in our weekly charts since the PC charts are somewhat meager with “only” casual games in the top 10. It seems that the regular game download service still needs some more awareness among gamers.
PC download charts
- Mortimer Beckett and the Lost King
- Mystery Case Files: Dire Grove
- Double Play: Jewel Quest 2 and 3
- Mystery of the Crystal Portal: Beyond the Horizon
- Deadtime Stories
- Midnight Mysteries: Salem Witch Trials
- Robinson Crusoe and the Cursed Pirates
- Classic Adventures: The Great Gatsby
- 4 Elements
- Gardenscapes
Playstation Network download charts
- Hero of Sparta
- Castle Crashers
- Let’s Golf
- Final Fantasy IX
- Flower
- Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse – Service Entitlement
- Marvel vs. Capcom 2
- BioShock 2 – Minerva’s Den
- God Of War: Chains Of Olympus
- Earthworm Jim
If you still don’t know what to play this weekend you’ve come to the right place. As every Friday we’ve collected the best of the best. Below you find the best 25 deals only available this weekend. So don’t waste anymore time and see what you can find:
- Tropico 3 (PC) for $6.00, Save 80% on Direct2Drive
- Company of Heroes (PC) for $2.49, Save 75% on Steam
- Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (PC) for $4.99, Save 75% on Steam
- Company of Heroes: Gold (PC) for $7.49, Save 75% on Steam
- Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor (PC) for $7.49, Save 75% on Steam
- Company of Heroes Complete Pack (PC) for $12.49, Save 75% on Steam
- Football Manager 2010 (PC) for $6.00, Save 70% on Direct2Drive
- Titan Quest Bundle (PC) for $6.00, Save 70% on Direct2Drive
- Penumbra Collection (PC) for $5.99, Save 70% on GamersGate, Direct2Drive
- Jedi Knight Bundle (PC) for $6.00, Save 60% on Direct2Drive
- Warhammer 40k Dawn of War Complete Pack (PC) for $24.98, Save 50% on GamersGate
- Achtung Panzer (PC) for $6.00, Save 70% on Direct2Drive
- Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (PC) for $9.95, Save 50% on Direct2Drive
- Battlestations: Pacific (PC) for $17.47, Save 50% on GamersGate
- Wings of Prey (PC) for $24.99, Save 50% on GamersGate
- Warhammer 40k Dawn of War Complete Pack (PC) for $24.98, Save 50% on GamersGate
- Battle of Britain (PC) for $7.49, Save 50% on GamersGate
- Dragon Age Origins (PC) for $15.00, Save 50% on GameStop
- Dawn of War – SoulStorm (PC) for $19.95, Save 33% on GameTap
- Commandos Complete (PC) for $9.95, Save 50% on GetGames
- 1C Pack (PC) for $27.94, Save 50% on GOG
- Altitude (PC) for $4.99, Save 50% on Steam
- King’s Bounty: Armored Princess (PC) for $14.99, Save 50% on Beamdog
- Sam & Max: The Devil’s Playhouse (PC) for $19.99, Save 43% on Steam
- Star Wars(TM): Knights of the Old Republic (TM) (PC) for $6.00, Save 40% on Direct2Drive
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If that isn’t enough check out the full list of deals for this weekend here.
Hey, this is a once in a live time chance. Do what you love most – playing games – and at the same time help some sweet children hanging around in a hospital somewhere in the world. That’s the basic idea of Impulse’s charity week. Until the 10th of September a portion of every sale at Impulse goes to Childsplaychartiy.org. So head over and do yourself and some children something good. See you there.
Alright, Mafia 2 finally made it to the pole position. Also 2 pre-orders: Fallout New Vegas and Civilization 5 are well placed. Maybe because I ordered both last week now that I’ve enough of Warband. 
Global Top 20 Digital Download Charts
1. (+7) Mafia II
2. (+1) Worms Reloaded
3. (-2) Battlefield Bad Company 2
4. (New) Mount And Blade Warband
5. (+6) Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition
6. (+1) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
7. (New) Plain Sight
8. (New) Sid Meier’s Civilization V
9. (New) Left 4 Dead 2
10. (+3) Sid Meier’s Civilization V Digital Deluxe Edition
11. (New) Fallout New Vegas
12. (-2) Counter-Strike Source
13. (+2) Civilization 4 The Complete Edition
14. (-5) Star Ruler
15. (-1) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack
16. (New) Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition
17. (New) Duke Nukem Manhattan Project
18. (New) Rise of the Triad Dark War
19. (New) ArmA 2 British Armed Forces
20. (New) Blake Stone Planet Strike
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And here with some colors the respective shares:
Last weeks digital download charts were ruled by the release of Mafia 2. Most shops have it listed on top of the charts. Impulse released their new RPG strategy mix Elemental which jumped right to the top. Apart from that we see the weekend deals strongly populating the charts.
Steam
1. (New) Mafia II
2. (+1) Worms Reloaded
3. (New) Mount And Blade Warband
4. (New) Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition
5. (-4) Battlefield Bad Company 2
6. (New) Plain Sight
7. (+/-0) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
8. (New) Left 4 Dead 2
9. (-1) Counter-Strike Source
10. (-1) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 Resurgence Pack
Direct2Drive
1. (New) Sid Meier’s Civilization V
2. (+1) Sid Meier’s Civilization V Digital Deluxe Edition
3. (-2) Mafia II
4. (New) Fallout New Vegas
5. (+4) Battlefield Bad Company 2
6. (New) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
7. (-2) Civilization 4 The Complete Edition
8. (-4) Star Ruler
9. (-7) Mafia II Digital Deluxe Edition
10. (New) Dragon Age Origins Awakening
GamersGate
1. (New) ArmA 2 British Armed Forces
2. (+6) Braid
3. (-1) Victoria 2
4. (+2) Hearts of Iron 3 Semper Fi
5. (New) Machinarium
6. (New) Plain Sight
7. (New) Avernum V
8. (New) Zombie Driver
9. (New) Geneforge 5
10. (-9) Star Ruler
GOG
1. (New) Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition
2. (New) Duke Nukem Manhattan Project
3. (New) Rise of the Triad Dark War
4. (New) Blake Stone Planet Strike
5. (New) Blake Stone Aliens of Gold
6. (-5) Total Annihilation Commander Pack
7. (-1) Raptor Call of the Shadows 2010 Edition
8. (+2) Master of Orion 1+2
9. (+/-0) Arcanum Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
10. (-8) The Guild Gold Edition
Impulse
1. (New) Elemental War of Magic
2. (-1) Star Ruler
3. (New) The Witcher Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut
4. (-2) Sins of a Solar Empire Trinity
5. (+/-0) GalCiv II Ultimate Edition
6. (New) Eschalon Book II
7. (New) Eschalon Book I
8. (-2) Sins of a Solar Empire Diplomacy
9. (-6) Academagia The Making of Mages
10. (-2) Sins of a Solar Empire Entrenchment
Gamesplanet
1. (+1) Mafia II
2. (-1) Football Manager 2010
3. (+/-0) Battlefield Bad Company 2
4. (+/-0) Rome Total War Gold Edition
5. (+5) Rollercoaster Tycoon 3 Deluxe
6. (New) Civilization 4
7. (-1) Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2
8. (+/-0) Need for Speed World
9. (+/-0) Championship Manager 2010
10. (New) Risen
As you know Steam is watching you. Not only your installed hardware but since July also the software installed on your machine. We are still feeling itchy about this. What we do like unconditionally, though, are the statistics that Valve produced every month. Here some facts from the last release:
Software Steam users have installed on their machines:
Browsers
- Mozilla Firefox, 63.05%
- Microsoft Internet Explorer, 19.82%
- Google Chrome, 11.56%
- Safari, 8.69%
Office
- Microsoft Office, 57.26%
- Microsoft Works, 15.19%
- OpenOffice, 14.63%
Communication
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Windows Live Messenger, 52.58%
- Skype, 41.75%
- Bonjour, 31.97%
- TeamSpeak, 17.99%
- Ventrilo, 17.38%
- Xfire, 10.54%
Download Software
- Steam, 100% (obviously)
- Microsoft Games for Windows, 36.63%
- iTunes, 30.73%
- µTorrent, 29.41%
- EA Download Manager, 12.09%
Honestly, not too many suprises. However, I didn’t expect to see so many Games for Windows and EA download users.
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This weekend will be over in a flash. If you ever feel indie, this is the time to stock up on your collection with some of the finest on sale over the weekend. Well, best check yourself:
- Mirror’s Edge (PC) for $4.99, Save 75% at EA
- Mount & Blade (PC) for $7.50, Save 75% on Steam
- Zombie Driver (PC) for $2.49, Save 75% on GamersGate
- Mount & Blade: Warband (PC) for $10.20, Save 66% on Steam
- Zombilution (PC) for $2.37, Save 66% on GamersGate
- And Yet it Moves (PC) for $3.39, Save 66% on GamersGate
- Flotilla (PC) for $3.39, Save 66% on GamersGate
- A Kingdom For Keflings (PC) for $6.79, Save 66% on GamersGate
- Machinarium (PC) for $6.79, Save 66% on GamersGate
- World of Goo (PC) for $6.79, Save 66% on GamersGate
- Beat Hazard (PC) for $3.99, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Bob Came in Pieces (PC) for $3.99, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Braid (PC) for $3.99, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Osmos (PC) for $3.99, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Avernum V (PC) for $7.98, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Geneforge 5 (PC) for $7.98, Save 60% on GamersGate
- Dead Space (PC) for $9.97, Save 50% at EA
- The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director’s Cut (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% on Impulse
- Apogee Pack (PC) for $14.99, Save 50% on GOG
- Dark Void (PC) for $14.99, Save 50% on Impulse
- Numen: Contest of Heroes (PC) for $14.99, Save 50% on Impulse
- Eschalon Book II (PC) for $12.49, Save 50% on Impulse
- Eschalon: Book I (PC) for $9.99, Save 50% on Impulse
- Duke Nukem 3D (PC) for $3.59, Save 40% on Impulse
- Duke Nukem Manhattan Project (PC) for $3.59, Save 40% on Impulse
Enjoy:)
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We’ve noticed that free game downloads are always popular on our site. So we decided to give those free games their very own page. The new page, aptly titled “Free!”, currently lists about 10 free game downloads, among them such little gems as Steam’s “Alien Swarm”, which got a decent Metacritic rating of 75.
So head over to the Free! page to find all those freebies you’ve been craving for.
Free Games on Deals4Downloads
A bit of tech talk for a change. Since I’ve had to replace my old hard drive recently, I was searching for a solution to move all my Steam games to a bigger hard drive. Simply copy and paste does not work, however. Anyway, while searching I stumbled about this little tutorial that should help you as well. So far it works only on Windows 7.
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