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Archive for October, 2008
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Podcast 17 Launched
Posted @ 12:13 PM, October 25 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News
Two guys have joined together to create 'Podcast 17' a new weekly podcast which will be summing up the weekly news for Half-life and the entire Modification scene. They will also be doing reviews, general gossip and interviews (including a couple special guests each week). William and Phillip have released the first pilot episode talking about the format the podcast's will take, but the next episode recorded Sunday 26th will be up shortly with a large focus on the community and updates. The podcast's theme is based around the idea of an underground rebel radio station broadcasting informational transmissions to Citizens not long after the Seven Hour War. Early days yet...but a promising outlook. See the Podcast 17 website for more details.
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Fallout 3 Available For Pre-Purchase on Steam
Posted @ 1:32 PM, October 24 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In Steam Games
Valve announced today Bethesda Softworks' highly anticipated title, Fallout® 3, is now available for pre-purchase via Steam. Fallout 3 features one of the most realised game worlds ever created. Set more than 200 years following a nuclear war, you can create any kind of character you want and explore the open wastes of Washington, D.C however you choose. Every minute is a fight for survival as you encounter Super Mutants, Ghouls, Raiders, and other dangers of the Wasteland. Some wise words from Gabe himself: "Fallout 3 is one of the most important PC launches of 2008. Last year, we were able to deliver major releases such as Bioshock and Call of Duty 4 to the millions of gamers connected to Steam. With Fallout 3 added to the line up of great titles coming to Steam, this year promises to be an even better holiday season for Steam gamers." Steam really is attracting some of the largest releases in the PC market now, it's quite a feat. Fallout 3 is available from the 31st October and available to pre-order at the price of $49.99. For more information see here.
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Left 4 Dead Trailer Reaches Times Square
Posted @ 4:22 PM, October 22 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News
See the video below for a short clip of the trailer currently being shown on the big screen at Times Square. As you may remember: Valve have launched a massive promotional campaign for the game costing $10 million and covering television, online, print and outdoor advertising. The promotional posters for the game feature the logo of the game, the disfigured hand that is now synonymous with the game. The media infection...continues.
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Far Cry 2 Now On Steam
Posted @ 3:16 PM, October 22 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News
Far Cry 2, the highly anticipated sequel to the hit action game is now available on Steam.
Far Cry 2 is now available to customers in North America for just $49.99, and UPDATE: Europe, Australia, and New Zealand.
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Now on Steam: Bully: Scholarship Edition
Posted @ 2:00 AM, October 22 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam, Steam Games
Rockstar's Bully: Scholarship edition is now available on Steam for $29.99, for now it's only available in the United States and Canada. Additional territories will release Oct 31.
Bully: Scholarship Edition takes place at the fictional New England boarding school, Bullworth Academy and tells the story of mischievous 15-year-old Jimmy Hopkins as he goes through the hilarity and awkwardness of adolescence. Beat the jocks at dodge ball, play pranks on the preppies, save the nerds, kiss the girl and ultimately navigate the social hierarchy in the worst school around.
Includes the complete soundtrack, featuring 26 original tracks.
More info here.
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Team Fortress 2 Update
Posted @ 1:42 AM, October 22 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Team Fortress 2
New small Team Fortress 2 update has been released.
- Added rate limit for several client commands to prevent server spamming
- Added consistency checking for particle systems
- Updated r_particle_timescale ConVar so it can only be changed if the server has sv_cheats set to 1
- Updated loading/disconnect dialogs so they're easier to read
- Updated Dustbowl, Granary, and Badwater Basin with several exploit fixes
- Updated Granary to remove the setup time and gates
Restart Steam, receive update. Oh and thanks Operational for the heads up.
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Left 4 Dead Achievements Revealed
Posted @ 7:46 AM, October 20 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
Succesfull.fr has revealed Left 4 Dead achievements, look below:
- Helping Hand: Revive 50 incapacitated Survivors. 20
- Field Medic: Heal 25 Survivors with a first aid kit. 20
- Pharm-assist: Give pain pills to 10 Survivors. 20
- My Bodyguard: Protect any Survivor from an attacking Infected 50 times. 15
- Dead Stop: Punch a Hunter as he is pouncing. 10
- Cr0wnd: Kill a Witch with a single headshot. 30
- Untouchables: No Survivors take damage after contacting the rescue vehicle. 30
- Drag and Drop: Rescue a Survivor from a Smoker's tongue before he takes damage. 20
- Blind Luck: You or another Survivor take no damage after being vomited on by a Boomer. 20
- Akimbo Assassin: Survive an entire campaign using only pistols. 30
You can find them all right here.
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Massive Red Orchestra Discount as Mods Come to Steam
Posted @ 2:49 PM, October 17 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In Steam
Red Orchestra MODs will be the first third party game MODs to be made available through Steam. And just to celebrate, Tripwire is reducing the price 75% to $4.99 until Monday 20th October. The first MOD released, Mare Nostrum, allows players to experience some of the fiercest battles of WWII across North Africa and Italy. - The MOD adds three new nationalities to the game including the British, Australians and Italians as well as adding the German Afrika Korps.
- Featuring 8 new maps, 8 new weapons and 10 vehicles the game play is varied from gritty street to street fighting in urban surroundings to all out tank warfare in the open desert
All these mods will be available totally free to users who have purchased Red Orchestra. $19.99 down to $4.99...what a steal!
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Episode 3 – ‘Ambitious Project’
Posted @ 3:31 AM, October 17 2008, By: Evo In HL2: Episode 3
Episode 3 is an ambitious project according to Doug Lombardi who was talking to Shacknews. This, in conjunction with the work of Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress 2 over the past year has led to a change in the 'delta' of Episode 3.
But each of the episodes you saw becoming a more ambitious project as you ramped up towards where the finale's gonna be of this chapter.
So I mean, we're taking more time because it's a more ambitious project. We also sort of had Left 4 Dead become this big thing in the middle of it that we wanted to spend more time on, and you've just got a lot of stuff that we spent this year doing with Team Fortress 2 updates and what have you. So there's just a lot going on, and then an ambitious project on top of it caused the schedule to move out a little bit from the delta of the last three releases in the franchise.
This follows on from the recent revelation that Doug hopes to reveal details on Episode 3 before the end of the year.
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