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Welcome to our newly designed
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Valve Announces Steamcloud
Posted @ 8:16 PM, May 30 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News
Rockpapershotgun.com were present at a mini-conference with Valve, who unveiled some of the details regarding their new venture, Steamcloud. Essentially it will bring what makes your Steam account yours, to every computer you log into. This means all your saved games and keyboard configurations will be stored by the Steam back-end. To begin with we will see Half-life and Counter-Strike starting with Steamcloud support (it will be free to download of course). The good news is that Left 4 Dead will ship with it already supported. If you’re offline, Steam caches the data locally, and then uploads it as soon as it can. Save games will also be kept forever. Alongside this great idea, Steamcloud will also bring with it "Driver Auto Updating" to keep everything running smoothly AND system analysing, where Steam will be able to analyse your system to assess whether you’re going to be able to play a particular game. Positive news ahead for Steamcloud, watch this space. Also other mentionable news from this conference... - Gabe Newell and Jason Holtman are both keen to expand Steam's catalogs of games, but also provide confidence in developers to allow these games be available worldwide, rather than continental restrictions
- Meet the Sniper is on it's way for the next Team Fortress 2 "Meet the..." videos. It comes highly rated!
Sources - Steamcloud Summary details from conference and RPS Live Blog
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The Trial of Steam
Posted @ 4:12 AM, May 29 2008, By: Evo In News, Steam Games
Trials 2 has finally arrived onto Steam after I first got the feeling it would after a brief chat with one of the developers a few months ago. It is great to see Trials 2 on Steam as it is able to make great use of all the great features of Steamworks, and it also comes with a reduced price of $9.99 or $8.99 for a limited time only.Trials 2 is a dirt bike game which requires a traversing of a variety of courses ranging from the easy to god-damn ridiculous ones like Inferno. Easy controls, teams, broken bones and much more really make this a great game. A list of new features for the Steam release follows: - Steam UI integration (open Steam UI popup with shift + tab). Steam automatically handles features such as managing your friends, and displaying a info popup when a friend logs in and out or starts playing Trials 2.
- Steam friends list and the Trials 2 profiles of your Steam friends accessible in game (Teams & Friends menu)
- Track record list filtering by Stream friend list.
- Steam player custom avatar icon is visible on Trials 2 profile screen for Steam players.
- All achievements gained in Trials 2 and your Trials 2 playtime and experience show in your own Steam user page, and is visible to all other Steam users.
- Our current (licence key based) activation system has been replaced by Steam DRM system. Also on Steam version we release new tracks using the Steam content upgrade feature. Same tracks will be available on both versions. Get it from Steam or get more details on the game from the website.
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Steam Client Update Released
Posted @ 1:52 AM, May 28 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam
New Steam client update has been released.
- Enabled ClearType fonts if they are enabled in Windows
- Improved in-game status and play time tracking for games with launcher apps
- Improved in-game overlay input handling in a variety of games that previously did not capture or block keyboard input correctly
- Added D3D10 support to the in-game overlay
- Made voice chat requests ignored if you've blocked communications from the caller
- Fixed the original Half-Life not getting to 100% complete downloading when it should
- Improved server selection logic for Friends and VAC server connections
- Improved Steam network connectivity in the face of dropped UDP packets
- Fixed the overlay not recognizing the Tab key in some games (breaking the default hot-key)
- Improved Friends duplicate name collision detection
Restart Steam.
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Day of Defeat Steamworks Update In Beta
Posted @ 1:26 PM, May 23 2008, By: Munro In Day of Defeat
A new update adding support for Steamworks is currently available in beta for Day of Defeat: Source.
Leveraging the recently released free set of services available in Steamworks, the Day of Defeat update will add 51 achievements for DoD, player avatar display in the scoreboard and win panel, and detailed player statistics integrated with the Steam Community features (www.steamcommunity.com).
This update also adds support for popular features introduced in Valve's Team Fortress 2, the PC title named multiplayer game of the year by Gamespy.com and PC Gamer. These include "nemesis/revenge" freeze cam and new effects driven by the particle system introduced to the Source engine for TF2.
In addition, this update will also introduce a new map, dod_Palermo, which is a remix of the most popular community map, dod_salerno. Owners of Day of Defeat: Source, retail and Steam versions, may join the beta free of charge. For more information about Day of Defeat: Source or to join the beta, please visit www.steamgames.com. I'm sure the introduction of 51 achievements will bring a few old DoD players out to prove themselves. A poster at the Facepunch Studio forums has discovered the achievements and posted a list here.
   
 
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Doug Lombardi on the PC
Posted @ 4:01 PM, May 22 2008, By: Evo In News
Shacknews recently caught up with the voice of Valve, Doug Lombardi. In this first half of a two part interview Doug talks about the PC Gaming Alliance, the future of PC gaming and system requirements in current PC games. This is an extremely interesting interview and you can read a little bit of it now:
Shack: Does the responsibility lie somewhat with the hardware manufacturers to market their products in a reasonable way, or is it up to the developers to set sane requirements?
Doug Lombardi: Oh I think it's totally the fault of the developers. Totally the fault of the developers. I mean the graphics guys, their job to keep pushing the envelope, and as they push the envelope, move the lower-end cards down to a nice price point, so that there's always this evolution that's happening. If you're a hot rod type of guy, and you want to spend $400 on the latest thing, you want to have a smoking machine, and when Left 4 Dead comes out you want to run it at its highest resolution with killer framerates, and call your buddies over for a beer and make them all drool over your system, awesome. But if you're just a guy who wants a decent PC for less than a thousand bucks, and wants to be able to run games on it, there should be a card out there that runs games at a decent famerate and decent fluidity. Then it's on us to write for both of those guys.
Go read the rest of it here.
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Age of Chivalry 1.1 This Friday
Posted @ 1:33 AM, May 20 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Mods
We've just received the word that the new version of Age Of Chivalry will be released this Friday, May 22nd at 12am GMT+1. The server package will be released on Wednesday so the servers are ready to go ahead of time.
1.1 Changes include:
- Decapitation
- Revamped health and armor system
- Significant class balance changes (all the weapons damages and speeds have been redone)
- Improved hitbox detection to increase accuracy and minimize previous confusion
- Hold shield Blocking
- Clan Support added including HLTV and warm-up mode
For more info visit Age Of Chivalry website.
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No Left 4 Dead Demo Before Release
Posted @ 7:22 PM, May 16 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
Valve have confirmed on OXM that there will be no Left 4 Dead demo before the game release.
In Valve tradition, there will probably be a demo after release. We tend to focus on getting the game out and not pausing the release date of the full product so we can create a demo. It is something you have to schedule and it is another release, so you have to make the choice there between completing the game by a certain date and getting it out to folks who want the full game or trying to create more demand by doing a demo.
Read the full interview here.
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Sam & Max: Season 2 + Couple More New Games to Steam
Posted @ 4:34 PM, May 16 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In Steam Games
Sam & Max: Season 2 has made it's way over to Steam. The complete Season 2 set is available for $34.99, and the Season 1 and 2 complete sets are available in a collection for $59.99. To celebrate the launch of Season 2, all of Telltale's Sam & Max episodes are available for 10% of their regular price during for the first week of Season 2's availability on Steam. Also Assassins Creed this weekend will be offered at a 20% discounted price. And the new games on Steam today include: - Iron Man (Sega)
- Soldier of Fortune: Payback (Activision)
- Monster Jam (Activision)
- History Channel: Battle for the Pacific (Activision)
- Cabela's Trophy Bucks (Activision)
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Eternal Silence Media Update for Upcoming 3.0 Release
Posted @ 4:01 PM, May 16 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In Mods
The Eternal Silence mod team have been slaving away for a while since their v2.3 release to enhance their modification with v3.0 expected soon. They've released a couple of new pictures showcasing a new map called UTF Destroyer. Stunning visuals for an extremely well polished mod looking at those various ships.
A trailer is expected soon, but we won't have to wait too long for the full release. Keep an eye on this one - Eternal Silence website
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EA Spring Showcase Coverage
Posted @ 3:21 PM, May 16 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
Since yesterday's post about Left 4 Dead there has been tons of new previews and interviews with new gameplay videos for the game. I'll just link some of the new previews down here:
There is even more previews and gameplay videos, for more EA Spring Showcase coverage visit this thread (by Hool10) .
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More Ubisoft Titles
Posted @ 7:51 PM, May 13 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Even more Ubisoft games arrives to Steam today, including Beyond Good and Evil and Brothers in Arms.
All games are on sale for $17.99 until May 20th expect for Beyond Good And Evil on sale for $8.99.
P.S US ONLY
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Everyday Shooter on Steam
Posted @ 7:05 AM, May 9 2008, 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.
Play through different levels each with a completely unique musical, graphical, and gameplay style. Shoot to trigger musical sounds and riffs that combine to form the final soundscape of the game. Use points earned in the game to unlock extra lives, shuffle mode, and different visual filters. 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.
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Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is Now Available on Steam
Posted @ 3:59 AM, May 7 2008, 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.
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Portal: The Flash Version MapPack
Posted @ 10:07 AM, May 6 2008, 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.
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