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With all the glorious Quarter 4 games just around the corner, it’s hard to contain all the excitement, and it’s all slowly building as the release dates grow nearer. More often than not, there’s that one game that stands above the rest. That one game that we’re all counting the days until its release. No other game quite compares to this one’s anticipation in your mind.

Today we offer you a way to count those days without having to scratch hash marks into your wall, with the use of your very own lightweight and customizable desktop countdown timer! With just a few minutes, we’ll show you how to create an awesome and fully customizable desktop countdown timer that will count the seconds to any date you wish.

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Just a quick reminder: Friday of Steam’s “EA Week” brings us awesome savings in the form of  75% off Mirror’s Edge, 50% off Dead Space and 33% off Spore, along with some discounts on Spore‘s DLC/expansions.

Remember, these discounts only last for today because Steam will be offering all-new EA sales tomorrow, and every day until Monday the 21st.

As their community forums indicated last week, Trine 2 was announced at E3 this year with an awesome reveal trailer. We really enjoyed the original Trine, and there’s no doubt that this game will improve on that awesome recipe. For anyone doubting that this will be as good or better than the original, the trailer clearly states that Trine 2 will feature online and offline co-op, a feature that gamers begged for in the first game is finally coming. So, check out the trailer for yourself after the break.

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On Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 9:00PM, E3 shut its doors to 2010, marking another successful gaming convention in the books. Those three days went by crazy quick, didn’t they? To catch up on all of our E3 2010 coverage, head over to our E3 2010 page.

UPDATE: Just some quick stats of this year’s E3. According to the Entertainment Software Association (the trade group that owns E3), there were around 45,600 attendees and about 300 exhibitors. That’ approximately 4,000 more attendees than last year’s E3. Next year, E3 2011 will take place June 7-9. Mark your calendars!

Epic Vid of the Week is a weekly series that showcases an awesome video that we or our readers discover. Some you may have seen before and others you may have not. If you’ve discovered any videos that are worthy of an Epic Vid of the Week title, let us know!

My loony bun is fine, Benny Lava! Just watch it already…

Telltale Games, the studio well known for their awesome and hilarious adventure games (most notably for their recent reboots of the Monkey Island and the Sam and Max franchises), released a new trailer for their newest upcoming adventure game, Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent.

Releasing sometime this June, Puzzle Agent is part of Telltale’s new direction with game development. They’re aiming more for a TV show-style approach with the first “episode” being the pilot, and like TV shows, if the pilot episode sells well, the series continues. But, enough about the game, have a look at the trailer for yourself after the break.

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That’s right, ladies and gents. Valve has released their E3 Portal 2 trailer and it’s every bit as awesome as you’d expect, but before you hit the break for a look at that tasty trailer, there’s also a bit of a gameplay demo down there too, from a press briefing. It’s not great quality, but it’s still Portal 2. Are you ready to cry tears of manliness?

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Razer announced today their line of Starcraft II-themed PC accessories. Razer has been offering the Zerg Bag for a while now, and they have finally revealed the tasty peripherals for you to proudly carry around in that bag. The Spectre, Marauder and Banshee are Razer’s new mouse, keyboard and headset, respectively.

Their design is quite different from Razer’s typical style, so many Razer fans may be disappointed with this announcement. Hopefully Razer has a few other surprises up their sleeves for E3 this year to please the rest of the gamers. The peripherals’ release is expected to hit right around the time of SCII‘s July 27, 2010 release date. Head over to Razer’s themed landing page for pricing and performance details on the new devices.

**Like our previous coverage of EA’s E3 keynote, we will focus only on the PC-related announcements and news from Ubisoft’s keynote.

So, what does Ubisoft have in store for PC gamers this year at E3? Follow us after the break for all the details on the next Assassin’s Creed, a new real-life shooter game from Ubisoft, as well as details on the new Driver game, the upcoming Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, and much more!
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The streaming PC gaming service known as OnLive will make its official debut on June 17th. 23 games will be available on launch day including titles like Assassin’s Creed II, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Borderlands, Dragon Age: Origins, Just Cause 2, Mass Effect 2, NBA 2K10, Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands, and Splinter Cell Conviction.

Obviously, other games will become available in the future. Currently on deck are games like Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, DRIVER San Francisco, F.E.A.R.3, Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Red Faction: Armageddon, and more. For the full list, head over to OnLive’s website.

As a special offer, OnLive has teamed up with AT&T and is allowing anyone to sign up for one free year of OnLive service with the option to get a second year for just $4.95. However, they are only picking a handful of people, so not everyone will get a year’s worth of service for free. Sign ups end July 15th.

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