Weekly PC Sales: Champions Online, Warhammer and Savings Dominate

Deals and discounts were the shining stars of the past week, as close to half of the top-selling games for both Steam and Direct2Drive were either bundled with temporary savings--D2D had Fallout 3 at half-price over the weekend, for example--or a pre-order incentive, such as beta access (Aion, Champions) or free games (Red Faction).

A rundown of the top games from each digital distribution outlet is below, but first, a quick note. Originally, Steam's "absolute, autonomous, freewheeling, grassroots, nonaligned, nonpartisan, sovereign, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented games pack" (a.k.a. the Indie Game Bundle) topped the Steam chart, but the list was updated after the sale ended and that entry removed. With that out of the way, on to the charts!

Steam's Top Ten (by Revenue) (8/2 - 8/8)

1. Warhammer 40K: Dawn of War II / Relic Entertainment

2. Aion Collector's Edition (pre-order) / NCsoft

3. Left 4 Dead / Valve

4. Hearts Of Iron III / Paradox Interactive

5. Counter-Strike: Source / Valve

6. The Witcher: Enhanced Edition - Director's Cut / CD Projekt RED

7. Red Faction: Guerrilla (pre-order) / Volition

8. TrackMania United Forever / Nadeo

9. Team Fortress 2 / Valve

10. Prototype / Radical Entertainment

Direct2Drive's Top Ten (8/2 - 8/8)

1. Champions Online (pre-order) / Cryptic

2. Fallout 3 / Bethesda Softworks

3. The Sims 3 / The Sims Studio

4. Hearts of Iron III with Sprite Packs Bundle / Paradox Interactive

5. Best of Indie Bundle Vol. 1 / Various

6. Rise of Flight / neoqb

7. Hearts Of Iron III / Paradox Interactive

8. Aion (pre-order) / NCSoft

9. East India Company / Nitro Games

10. Civilization 4: The Complete Edition / Firaxis