Capcom has executed a perfect hurricane kick, landing Street Fighter IV, the latest in the legendary fighting series, on Steam.

Street Fighter IV is now available for pre-purchase at a 10% discount, until the game's release on July 7th.

The highly-detailed action game ARMA 2 is now available worldwide via Steam.

ARMA II boasts the most realistic combat environment ever, modeling real world ballistics & round deflection, materials penetration, features a realtime day/night cycle and dynamic wind, weather and environmental effects. Play the campaign missions solo, in cooperative mode or join in massive multiplayer battles with up to 50 players.

(Bellevue, WA - June 23rd, 2009) - Valve Corporation, one of the video game industry's leading entertainment software and technology companies, announced today that they have released support for the Novint Falcon for several of their best selling games.

The Novint Falcon is an entirely new type of interface for PC gaming. Essentially a small robot, the Falcon lets players feel high-fidelity three-dimensional touch in enabled games.

Valve's best selling game franchises, which account for over 30 million retail units sold worldwide and over 80% of the PC online action market, include Half-Life®, which has won over 50 Game of the Year Awards, Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike® Source, Portal® and Team Fortress® 2. Valve is also the developer of leading-edge technologies, including the Source® game engine and Steam®, a leading platform for digital content distribution with over 20 million registered users. Today, an update was distributed through Steam adding Novint Falcon compatibility for customers of The Orange Box which includes Half-Life 2: Episodes 1 and 2 (the original Half-Life 2 is playable with the Falcon through a download available from Novint), Portal, and Team Fortress 2. Additionally Valve will soon release support for other leading titles including Left 4 Dead, Day of Defeat Source, and Counter-Strike: Source®. Using the Falcon, players feel realistic weapon recoil, enemy attacks, vehicle movements, and interactions with the environment. Novint has also released its must have Pistol Grip accessory, which replaces the standard Falcon grip to create an even more immersive FPS gaming experience.

Customers interested in purchasing a Falcon to use with Valve's games can do so at Novint's site, https://home.novint.com/store/promote.php. Novint is currently offering a special Orange Box bundle, priced at $149, for one week only in celebration of the launch. The bundle includes the award winning Novint Falcon, the pistol grip, the Orange Box, and over $150 of additional software.

"We're very excited to partner with a company so dominant in the PC game industry," said Novint CEO, Tom Anderson. "Their sustained excellence, best-selling games, enormous user base, and forward looking vision make them standard bearers for the industry. We feel Falcon support for their online games in particular could be our first real killer app, which is an exciting milestone."

This weekend only, Empire: Total War™ and Empire: Total War™ Special Forces Edition are 50% off on Steam. PC Gamer calls it "One of the most playable, important and accomplished games ever created." This award-winning game from Sega and The Creative Assembly includes single and multiplayer modes, and the most requested addition to the acclaimed Total War franchise - full Naval combat. Dominate the 18th century on land and sea! Make Empire: Total War or Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition yours while you save 50% this weekend on Steam.

One of the reasons I found Uncharted: Drake's Fortune so charming was the clumsiness with which Drake performed many of his actions. When running, he'd stumble over rocks. Diving for cover, he looks uneasy throwing himself against the wall. He looks uncomfortable being shot at, even when he's behind cover, ducking his shoulders and covering his head. Blind-firing even looks like a genuine attempt to take pot-shots without exposing himself, as one arm gets throw on top of the wall with the weapon in tack, the trigger fires and his aiming sucks. Then there's a certain clunkiness to the weapons. The sound of the AK-47 is heavy, clatters and creaks, while the M4 has a far more certain, militaristic feel (though these only come into play during the later part of the game). Heck, even the climbing has a certain "oh God, I hope I make it and find grip" sort of feel about it.

Bethesda Softworks is releasing more titles today on Steam.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition includes Knights of the Nine and the Shivering Isles expansions, adding new and unique quests and content to the already massive world of Oblivion. Or opt for the English-only Deluxe version of the game that includes nine DLC (downloadable content) items.

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes the original content of Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. Save even more on both and get one of The Elder Scrolls ® Game of the Year Packages.

Finally, scare yourself silly with the horror-adventure game Call of Cthulhu®: Dark Corners of the Earth.

Save 20% if you buy within this first week!

Most of Steam's Massively Multiplayer games are on sale through the 19th, starting June 12th. Get Sony's EverQuest II The Shadow Odyssey for 75% off this weekend, (then 30 days free play for new subscribers).

There are other great deals too, EVE Online and Conan are 50% off. And with no subscription fees, you can get a whole lot of Guild Wars with Trilogy at 20% off.

Check 'em all out here.