With all the talk about the coming era of digital video game distribution we could well look back at this as a pivotal moment and master stroke by Steam. Nothing overcomes reluctance to try a new thing like a great deal. Valve keeps its figures closely guarded but it's no secret that Steam has built a strong base. They've also refined the service to a point that buying and playing a game through Steam is a smooth process. That strength gave them a strong position from which to use a sale like this to catapult the service to new heights. How many people took the plunge and bought their first game from Steam in the past week? And don't think it's PC-exclusive. While it's gone along relatively unnoticed, Microsoft's Xbox Live Games on Demand service now boasts 88 titles. It's not out of the question that we'd see the first day-and-date new release hit there in 2010.

Being the holiday week we don't have nearly that many stories but you'll still want to check out:

• Rumors point to EA making a Wii game to train football fundamentals
• PC and 360 to get Dragon Age DLC 'Ostagar' next week (sorry PS3, you get it 'later')
• We've got copies of the Price is Right game to give away
• File sharing site Torrent Freak reports the top pirated games of 2009

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And if you haven't followed the Billboard charts here's this year's top 25 hits in one glorious mashup by DJ Earworm