Steam setup a huge holiday video game sale featuring some of the most popular video games in the last year. The sale is offered on games like Call of Duty: Black Ops, F.E.A.R. Franchise and many more. There are numerous packs and publisher catalogues on offer throughout the sale, as well as many individual games on sale. Only a few days left of this big sale.

"Nobody likes paying top dollar for games, we are always looking for the best deals wherever we can and that's where Steam comes in. Every weekend the PC game digital distribution software Steam has a sale of mind blowing proportions. This week we have the first person shooter series F.E.A.R. on sale for a really good price."

Activision has recently settled upon a contract with PureBalance, the creators of the anti-cheat software called PunkBuster. The software will be tied into CoD: World at War and will make sure no hacking or glitching occurs when the game is released and onward.

PunkBuster has also planted its roots in the Battlefield series, Crysis, and F.E.A.R.

What happens when almost everyone stops playing a game on Xbox Live? Do the real fans keeping playing? Do the noobs wander on? Well, you're about find out. OXM took a handful of older games from the Xbox 360 and tried to find some people to play with online.

One of the games was Smackdown vs. Raw, which saw 14 players in 30 minutes, not bad for an old game. OXM did meet a new-comer to the game called "THEBOSS6976".

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Sierra announced two expansions today for F.E.A.R. One expansion for the PC, and another for the 360. The expansion for the PC is titled Perseus Mandate. Perseus Mandate introduces new enemies while giving gamers a new angle on the events at Armachan.

The expansion for the 360, "F.E.A.R. Files", includes both of the expansions the PC version has, being Perseus Mandate mentioned above and the previously released F.E.A.R. Extraction Point.

Does a performance drop in 'F.E.A.R.' point to larger PC gaming problem? This is a problem that's been traced back to the use of USB peripherals. Though unsure of whether this problem impacts other games, the F.E.A.R glitch has been confirmed, and word is out that owners of Logitech mice and keyboards will get a fix in the form of updated SetPoint drivers.

Xbox fans will be delighted to receive a double-header of information, regarding Tom Clancy's Rainbow 6, which has had 5 new maps released, as well as the supernatural thriller, F.E.A.R coming with an update for us.

Three of the maps are entirely new, and two are revamped versions of older Rainbow Six maps. No more information has been released as of yet, or any exact details of what the maps are like.

Further, two new modes have been announced for F.E.A.R- Control Mode and Conquer All ...

Monolith has opened a new contest where participants get a chance to christen the sequel to their celebrated FPS, F.E.A.R. Entries can be as simple as a suggestion, but contestants can also submit files (up to 30MB in filesize) for images or movies of their own design to sweeten the deal. The contest runs until June 22nd.

Incidentally one of the contest rules advises against the use of acronyms for title submissions. Maybe they felt the first game's title was too corny; well, that and M...