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Free DoD: Source weekend

To kick off on Friday.

Last week saw the release of the new Day of Defeat: Source summer update, which features a new game type, Detonation, plus two new maps.

To celebrate, Valve is planning to hold a free weekend so you can try DoD: Source out. It'll kick off at 1pm PST (that's 5am GMT) this Friday, finishing at the same time on Monday. Should be fun.

If you just can't wait for the weekend, DoD: Source is available now from Steam, priced $19.95.

Meanwhile, Valve is still hard at work on Half-Life 2: Episode 2 - of which more news, "along with a few other announcements," is promised "in the next few weeks," according to the latest Steam update. We'll keep you posted...