Weekend PC Game Deals: New early unlocks, an ARMA franchise bundle and more

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Weekend PC Game Deals is where the hottest gaming deals from all over the internet are gathered into one place, every week, for your consumption. So kick back, relax, and hold on to your wallets.

Destiny 2 and the seven other games in the June Humble Monthly Bundle have bid farewell, and have been replaced by several new early unlocks for the July bundle. Now for the usual $12, you will immediately receive three games, with the rest of the bundle being unveiled and delivered on July 6.

The early unlocks are Hearts of Iron IV, the World War II grand strategy game by Paradox Interactive; Blackwake, the ship-based multiplayer shooter that is currently in early access; and Portal Knights, the sandbox cooperative action-RPG.

Bohemia Interactive"s tactical shooter series is all bundled up again in the new 2018 Humble ARMA Bundle, with the $1 first tier bringing in Arma: Gold Edition, Arma: Cold War Assault, and Arma Tactics.

The pay more than the average tier is hovering around $17 currently, and gets you a copy of ARMA 2, three DLC packs for it, as well as the stand-alone expansion Operation Arrowhead.

Curiously the tier that gets you ARMA 3 and three of its DLC packs is cheaper than the previous category, coming in at $15. And lastly, the Apex expansion for ARMA 3 as well as all the previous items arrive with the final tier for $20.

Free Events

If you"re a fan of trains then look no further than Train Simulator that is running a free weekend on Steam, giving you access to the full base game. Be vary of being hooked, however, as there is a vast ocean of DLC packs available for the game, which will set you back thousands of dollars if you get carried away.

Tripwire Interactive"s tactical military shooter title, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam, is the next game having a free-to-play event, giving you full access to its 64 player multiplayer battles that span across 20 maps.

The newly released indie sports title Kabounce is also free this weekend, where you get to play as a fast-paced pinball with various abilities against other players in 4vs4 multiplayer rounds.

Big Deals

With the beginning of the weekend arrives a wide assortment of sales, and below, we have a selection of handpicked games that are near or below their historical discount rates.

There is also a very tempting discount code running on the Green Man Gaming store. Using the code JUNE25 will apply a 25% discount on everything that is available, even new releases and upcoming games.

*DRM-free version is included

DRM-free Goodness

Now, with all those out of the way, let"s have a look at the DRM-free deals that are on offer this weekend.

Do keep in mind that availability and pricing for some deals may vary depending on the region you"re in.

And that is it for our pick of this weekend"s PC game deals folks, and hopefully, some of you have enough self-restraint not to break the bank adding new games to your ever-growing backlogs. Of course, there is an enormous amount of other deals ready and waiting all over the interwebs if you comb through it hard enough, so keep your eyes open for those, and have a great weekend.

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