| Everyday Shooter on Steam Posted: 7:05am 09-05-08 By: Evo In: Portal, Steam, Steam Games Everyday Shooter is the latest addition to the Steam catalogue for a first week price of $8.99 before selling at $9.99 thereafter. Everyday Shooter has won numerous awards at the Independent Games Festival including Design Innovation. Everyday Shooter is an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Dissolute sounds of destruction are replaced with guitar riffs harmonizing over an all-guitar soundtrack, while modulating shapes celebrate the flowing beauty of geometry.In other Steam news Portal - First Slice is now available to everyone for free, this is a demo of the stunning Portal. Finally the Steam store has gone had a big facelift, restart Steam to check it out. (9) comments | Post a Comment |
| Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is Now Available on Steam Posted: 3:59am 07-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Steam Games  S2 Games brings their cross-genre sequel Savage 2: A Tortured Soul to Steam. In Savage 2 players to opt for either the fast-paced, run-and-gun action of a first-person shooter game – playing as a Warrior – or the more cerebral and tactical planning of a real-time strategy game – playing as a Commander – working together as a team to defeat the enemy.     Savage 2: A Tortured Soul builds upon the addicting, fast-paced gameplay of the original with additional squad-based features and enhanced role-playing game elements which enable players to build their character level and abilities throughout the game.Savage 2 is now available for $24.99, pick it up today. (17) comments | Post a Comment |
| Portal: The Flash Version MapPack Posted: 10:07am 06-05-08 By: Evo In: Portal I assume everyone remembers Portal: The Flash Version? Well if you don't then just know that it is a Flash version of Portal featuring 40 fancy levels. Now you can play these in full Portal glory! Portal: The Flash Version MapPack throws the 40 levels from the Flash version along with some bonus levels and features into Portal for three and a half hours of new gameplay! Head here to download it and for more information. (32) comments | Post a Comment |
| Keep on Surfin’ Posted: 12:58pm 05-05-08 By: Mikael Grizzly In: News, Steam Games  Now you Medics will have something to play in between bouts of paranoia about Dispensers Going There, as an update for Audiosurf has just been released, with (in the words of Doug Lombardi) "a host of new features and content including last.fm audioscrobbling, the ability to run Audiosurf as a music visualizer, scoreboard comments, and much more. Many of these new features were produced as a direct result of community requests and feedback." And let's not forget the fabulous new Mod interface! Keep on Surfin', brothers and sisters! (13) comments | Post a Comment |
| New Low Prices on Many Valve Games Posted: 1:20am 03-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Steam Games Valve just slashed their prices on some of their games and packages. You can now get The Orange Box for $39.99 and Team Fortress 2 for $19.99.
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| Team Fortress 2 Update Released Posted: 1:11am 03-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 Valve have released a new update for Team Fortress 2 to fix some of the issues that caused by the last update, here is the change list:
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| Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend is Now Under Way Posted: 1:07am 03-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 For those who haven't bought Team Fortress 2 yet, You can now download and play the full game this weekend only for free, including the new content just released in the TF2: Gold Rush Update. This free weekend is open to all players around the world. The Free Weekend ends Sunday, May 4th at 1pm PDT, so why don't you join the fun now! (9) comments | Post a Comment |
| Valve want a Wii (Game) Posted: 4:51am 02-05-08 By: Evo In: Steam Games Doug Lombardi has revealed to CVG that there is a desire within Valve to make a Wii game, and there is also an interest in making an MMO RPG.
"I mean, I'm not making any announcements", he continued, "but there's a lot of desire internally to do something for kids, do something on the Wii."This all stems from Valve's plans to move further out of their comfort zone and try something new. However Lombardi also reveals that if anything happens, we won't see it for a few years. The CVG interview with Lombardi should be arriving soon, but for now head here for the latest on the Wii issue. (45) comments | Post a Comment |
| Steamworks Development Kit Available Now Posted: 12:09pm 01-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Steam Valve today announced the release of the Steamworks Software Development Kit. A complete suite of publishing and development tools that offers PC game developers and publishers access to the game features and services available through Steam. These include product key authentication, copy protection, auto-updating, social networking, matchmaking, anti-cheat technology, and more. The features and services available in Steamworks are offered free of charge and may be used for both electronic and tangible versions of games. The Official Steamworks SDK includes a fully functional API for all the components offered in Steamworks. Available now to developers and publishers worldwide, the SDK also includes a multiplayer game example to demonstrate many of the features in action. In addition, the Steamworks partner web site (http://partner.steamgames.com) has been updated with documentation outlining the ease of use of the API, authoring and editing of achievements, gameplay statistics, and more.For more information go to Steamworks Partner page. (8) comments | Post a Comment |
| Steam Client Update Released Posted: 11:39am 01-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Steam A new Steam client update has been released which gives you the ability to block all communications from another user, and an option to timestamp friends messages.
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| Team Fortress 2 Update Released Posted: 2:33am 01-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 A new (small) Team Fortress 2 update has been released, The specific changes include: Team Fortress 2:
Team Fortress 2 Server:
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| Portal 2 - “Won’t be more of the same” Posted: 2:29am 01-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Portal Valve declared in an interview with CVG that Portal 2 "will definitely not just be Portal with different coloured textures" and it will be as innovative as the original and not just a quick cash in.
"People gave it a lot of kudos for being so innovative so, in Valve's tradition, when we hit something, we're not just going to pump out more and cash in on the success of the first one."Look out for the full interview later this week on CVG.com (5) comments | Post a Comment |
| Microsoft and Yahoo rejected Steam Posted: 2:21am 01-05-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Steam Valve revealed to GamesIndustry.biz that they had approached Microsoft and Yahoo to develop Steam before deciding to develop it themselves. And both of them was like 'That's a million miles in the future...We can't help you.'". Steam now serves over 300 titles and hosts over 15 million accounts.
"You know, we went around to Yahoo, Microsoft...and anybody who seemed like a likely candidate to build something like Steam," he explained.You can read the full interview with Valve's Doug Lombardi here. (7) comments | Post a Comment |
| Gold Rush Update is Now Available Posted: 8:07pm 29-04-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 The Gold Rush update is now available for download (free), The Gold Rush Update introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic.
Gold Rush is an entirely new level featuring a new gameplay style called Payload. The level is split into three separate areas with intermediate capture zones inside of each major chapter. The teams are split between offense (Blu) and defense (Red) similar to Dustbowl. The goal for the Blu team is to push the bomb payload through the level until it reaches the next capture point, eventually destroying all three of Red's major bases. Blu pushes the cart through the level by standing near it, and the cart will move faster the more people are standing near it. If no one has pushed the cart forward after 30 seconds, the cart will begin to move backward until it is pushed forward again.In other news, a worldwide Team Fortress 2 Free Weekend will begin Friday at noon PDT,and will include access to the new content released today in the TF2. All of the files needed to join the Free Weekend are available for pre-loading now. (65) comments | Post a Comment |
| Get a Life Released and Patched Posted: 3:32am 28-04-08 By: Sloth In: Mods, News Get a Life, a Half-Life 2 single player mod boasting around 11 hours of game time, has been released with a follow up patch hitting the ‘net shortly after. “Get a Life” centers around a subway technician with leukemia whose past is connected to the center of the plot. Being a Total Conversion all HUD, 24 Maps and 13 weapons are custom built for this large mod.
To download “Get a Life” simply go to their website, and visit their downloads section. Make sure to also download the patch to fix up some of the smaller bugs. (19) comments | Post a Comment |
| Neowin.net : Team Fortress 2 Update Coming April 29th Posted: 5:54pm 27-04-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 Neowin.net had the opportunity to visit Valve offices last Friday and play Goldrush and the Medic, They also reported that the new update will be released this Tuesday, April 29th though the console version still doesn't have a release date yet.
Goldrush is a map specifically focused on pacing, so the player feels like they are part of an overall team focus instead of being a lone wolf. Each member of the team naturally has to focus on both the overall goal of either advancing or stopping the payload, but also on the local threats, like that heavy backed up by a medic. Goldrush has been designed taking all nine classes into account, which means there is truly a place for everyone and their favorite class to be useful.Screenshots and a detailed list of the achievements coming soon on Neowin.net. (62) comments | Post a Comment |
| No Portal This Year - Lombardi Posted: 4:49am 26-04-08 By: Evo In: Portal Portal was released last year and received great critical reviews and many gamers fell in love with the game, the Weighted Companion Cube became an overnight success, as did the game. Earlier this year it was let slip that Portal 2 was a certainty. Now Doug Lombardi has informed Eurogamer that we shouldn't expect to see any more Portal this year. "In typical Valve tradition, it won't be Portal with different colours," said Lombardi, dressed as a companion cube. "I think that when you hit something like that, you have two choices: you can quickly replicate it and stick it out there - do the opportunistic thing and cash in on it; or you can do the crazy thing like we did after Half-Life was so successful and go off and try and say, 'Okay, that was revolutionary, so its successor has to be equally as revolutionary.'Read more. (25) comments | Post a Comment |
| Team Fortress 2 Medic Update = Early Next Week Posted: 8:04pm 25-04-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Team Fortress 2 CSNation.net confirmed with Valve's Robin Walker that the major Team Fortress 2 update would not hit until next week.
Yes, it should be out early next week. (61) comments | Post a Comment |
| New Left 4 Dead Shots Posted: 7:58pm 25-04-08 By: DigiQ8 In: Left 4 Dead Straight from EA's London showcase event, CVG brings to you tons of screen shots for Valve's Zombie shooter Left 4 Dead. slated for release later this year, slated for release Fall this year.
   Our man on the floor won't shut up about how awesome the Counterstrike-meets-28 Day later shooter is to play, so we're starting to think we should all be looking out for Left 4 Dead.Look for even more screen shots on CVG. (7) comments | Post a Comment |
| Firearms: Source Update Posted: 4:58am 25-04-08 By: Evo In: Mods There is a very big update from the Firearms: Source team which is primarily showing off ps_forest which is a new map from the team. ps_forest has 100% Firearms: Source made assets. There is not a touch of Valve stuff in there. Today's post is our official showcase of Airwolf's ps_forest. But before I get into that too much, I want to post something that I've been meaning to hit on for a few months and just keep forgetting about - and that would be the interview the current Firearms: Half-Life Team Leader did with our art lead, Shinobi, and I. Actually, it's a little more than an interview; it's an interview with a lot of extra information and a few screenshots. He took a lot of time out of his day putting this together and I'd be doing his efforts a disservice if I didn't make a link for our fans to read. Firearms: Source, Anatomy of a Mod.   Head on over here then for all the latest information on Firearms: Source as well as a new video of ps_forest (15) comments | Post a Comment |
