Shack PSA: Weekend PC digital deals

It's Friday, it's the Internet, and this is video games. You know what that means--a vast and delicious spread of discounts at digital distributors of PC games.

There are no real stand-out mega-bargains this weekend, though there are a good number of pleasing discounts on satisfying games. Heroes of Newerth, heaps of respectable racing games including F1 2010 and Split/Second, The Witcher, the Ultimate Edition of Dragon Age: Origins, R.U.S.E., and even the rarely-discounted Call of Duty: Black Ops are all going cheap.

Lead and Gold: Gangs of the West is going beyond a mere discount by running one of Steam's much-loved 'free weekends.' You can download and play for free over the weekend and, if it strikes your fancy, it'll only cost $2.50 to keep forever.

Plus, once again, Direct2Drive is offering 20% off everything in its catalogue.

Here's our full selection of this week's deals:

Steam

As well as being on sale, Lead and Gold is free to play this weekend so you can try before you buy.

• Arcadia - $2.49 (50% off)

• Call of Duty: Black Ops - $44.99 (25% off)

• Dreamcast Collection - $14.99 (50% off)

• F1 2010 - $19.99 (50% off)

• Ghostbusters: The Video Game - $9.99 (50% off)

• Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $2.50 (75% off)

• Neverwinter Nights 2 Premium - $9.99 (50% off)

• Sega Genesis Classics Collection - $9.99 (67% off)

• The Witcher - $9.99 (50% off)

The Witcher

S2 Games

• Heroes of Newerth - $10 (66% off)

Heroes of Newerth

Direct2Drive

You can get 25% off everything by applying the voucher code MARCHMADNESS at the checkout. There are also big savings on a number of notable racing games:

• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit - $14.95 (50% off)

• Blur - $9.95 (50% off)

• Split/Second - $7.50 (75% off)

• Test Drive Unlimited - $4.95 (75% off)

• F1 2010 - $19.95 (50% off)

• DiRT 2 - $4.95 (75% off)

• Need for Speed Shift - $9.95 (50% off)

• Crazy Taxi - $2.25 (75% off)

• Grid - $9.95 (75% off)

F1 2010

Impulse

• Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition - $24.97 (50% off)

• Fate of the World - $7.49 (25% off)

• Full Spectrum Warrior Complete Pack - $9.99 (50% off)

Dragon Age: Origins Ultimate Edition

GamersGate

• Battlefield: Bad Company 2 - $9.98 (50% off)

• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - $9.98 (50% off)

• Crusader Kings Complete bundle - $5.99 (70% off)

• Disciples 2 Gold bundle - $2.49 (75% off)

• Far Cry 2 - $7.48 (50% off)

• Football Manager 2011 - $19.98 (50% off)

• Jagged Alliance 2 Gold bundle - $4.99 (75% off)

• King's Bounty: Armored Princess - $7.98 (60% off)

• Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light - $7.48 (50% off)

• Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West - $2.48 (75% off)

• R.U.S.E. - $14.98 (50% off)

• Spellforce 2 Gold bundle - $9.98 (50% off)

• The Oddboxx - $12.48 (50% off)

• Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - $7.48 (50% off)

• Tomb Raider Anniversary - $6.00 (60% off)

• Tomb Raider: Underworld - $7.98 (60% off)

R.U.S.E.

Green Man Gaming

• Aliens vs. Predator - $4.95 (75% off)

• Football Manager 2011 - $19.95 (50% off)

• The Void - $4.98 (75% off)

Football Manager 2011

Good Old Games

• Enlight games bundle - $19.14 (60% off)

  • Capitalism Plus - $3.59 (40% off)

  • Capitalism 2 - $5.99 (40% off)

  • Restaurant Empire - $5.99 (40% off)

  • Seven Kingdoms: Ancient Adversaries - $3.59 (40% off)

  • Seven Kingdoms 2 - $3.59 (40% off)

  • Warlords Battlecry 3 - $5.99 (40% off)

Warlords Battlecry 3

Beamdog

• UFO: Afterlight - $4.99 (50% off)

• Puzzle Kingdoms - $4.99 (75% off)

UFO: Afterlight

Get Games

• Aliens vs. Predator - $4.99 (75% off)

• Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter - $3.74 (75% off)

• Football Manager 2011 - $19.99 (50% off)

Aliens vs. Predator

Electronic Arts

• The Sims 3 - $26.77 (33% off)

• The Sims 3 World Adventures - $20.07 (33% off)

• The Sims 3 Ambitions - $20.07 (33% off)

• The Sims 3 Late Night - $26.77 (33% off)

The Sims 3 Ambitions