Yes, America’s Army 3 is only a week away from release, and right now you can pre-load the game/recruitment tool on Steam so you’re ready to drop into the action as soon as it goes live. Like the previous two installments of the game, AA3 is completely free, unless you count the taxpayer money that went into development, promotions, and marketing. Other than that, completely free.

For those of you who just can’t wait for the hot military action, head over to the official website to read the America’s Army Graphic Novel, the comic book paid for by American tax dollars.

After a year spent rolling out premium games for non-playing customers to play for free, online gaming service GameTap has announced that they’re now beginning to roll them right back in.

Come January 22nd, a large chunk of the free content on GameTap is being rolled back into the premium membership, which means that non-paying members of the site have a couple of days to finish what they were doing or pony up some cash for a Gold membership.

There will still be 40 games available for free play, as well as weekly teasers – games that are free to play for a limited time – but for the most part, if you want to get the goods you’re going to have to pay. Check out the link below for a full list of what’s being pulled.

Free Games Returning to the Gold Vault [GameTap Blog via Blue's News]

If you haven’t checked out any of Nifflas’ games, I highly recommend them — they’re characterised by simple gameplay, sprawling nonlinear worlds, cute creatures and neat ambient music and sound (which he often designs himself, to boot). You’ll have to hit the forums for Knytt Nano, but the other titles are available for free download from Nifflas’ site. [Thanks Anonymous, who tipped me off via Sexy Videogameland!]

Top bloggers name top 10 Games for $10 [Sarcastic Gamer]