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Archive for January, 2009
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Steam Client Beta Available
Posted @ 4:24 AM, January 23 2009, By: AciD In News
A new beta for Steam client is available. To access it go to File>Settings, and on Account tab pick Change... button. From drop down menu pick Steam Client Candidate.
List of changes:
- Fixed a bug affecting Dawn of War II beta participants in certain languages
- Fixed a bug in the game overlay affecting some Dawn of War II beta participants who have the game overlay disabled
- Added display of auto-detected download region
(in Settings>Downloads)
- Fixed a bug preventing in-game status for 3rd party games
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Portal Gun IRL
Posted @ 8:31 PM, January 21 2009, By: -smash- In Portal
You know, I've often wondered why we haven't seen a legitimate replica of the ASHPD up until this point. Over at Flickr a user posted some images of, get this, a portal gun that her boyfriend made as part of her AS Test Subject costume.
My boyfriend made this ASHPD for me for my upcoming Aperture Science Test Subject costume. It lights up both blue and orange along the tube and in the barrel, and the prongs light up red as long as the gun is on.
It looks like it could be an actual, functioning Portal Gun. This is definitely one of the best Half-Life saga replicas created in a long time!
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Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Early Access Multiplayer Beta
Posted @ 10:12 AM, January 21 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Steam Games
Good news, owners of the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War: Soulstorm add-on pack and those who pre-order Dawn of War II via Steam will be granted advance access to the beta starting today! You can now pre-order Dawn of War II through the Steam Store here.Steam is also offering Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm for 75% off the suggested price, but if you have an electronic or retail copy of Dawn of War - Soulstorm and a valid CD key may register their game with Steam and join the early access to the Dawn of War II beta. Download the Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War® II Multiplayer Beta and experience the next generation in Real Time Strategy gaming. Whether you're new to the genre or a seasoned veteran, Dawn of War II gets you into the action quickly and easily. Take command of the Space Marines, Orks, Eldar, or Tyranids and face off against your friends on 5 unique multiplayer maps. If you want to try the beta out for free, on January 28th the beta is scheduled to open to everyone worldwide (free of charge via Steam). DoW II Multiplayer Beta.
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New Team Fortress 2 Mode, New Class and More Upgrades Coming Soon
Posted @ 11:35 PM, January 20 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 developer Robin Walker has revealed to the Escapist that they are working on " a very different new game mode".
The Scout is the next class slated for the special treatment, and Walker expects the update will be available early this year. Additionally, the team is juggling a number of side projects at the moment, including finally bringing a year's worth of the downloadable content and upgrades to the Xbox 360 version of the game. A new Payload map is in the works, more community maps are on the way and the team will soon unveil a very different new game mode.
Walker also revealed that his team are focusing on existing classes but that doesn't mean they're not considering a 10th class. Walker said:
We've got several new class designs floating around, some of which we like a lot, but right now we're focusing on the broadening of our existing classes through the addition of the unlockables.
You can read the rest of three page interview here.
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Zombie Panic Source Update
Posted @ 3:01 PM, January 20 2009, By: Evo In Mods
Those wonderful fellas over at Zombie Panic Source have released a massive media update, you can check out the whole thing here while we have a selection of the new media right here, right now.
Don't forget, ModDB's Mod of the Year Awards are now in phase 2 so if you fancy voting for Zombie Panic, head over to their ModDB Profile and Vote for them to be this years Released Mod of the Year!
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Off Limits Development Update
Posted @ 12:56 PM, January 19 2009, By: Ennui In Mods, News
It's been over a year since we heard anything from the developers of Off Limits, but judging from their new progress update and media release, they've been hard at work in the meantime. In addition to a new map and a new character model donated by two talented developers, they've reworked the gameplay of the mod from the ground up:
Now the game is about two teams, who both have a Juggernaut as their main guy, he is linked to the spawn points that are located in the levels. When he gets killed during a match that team loses a spawn point giving the chance of the opposite team to capture that point. By doing this we created a moving battlefield that goes across an entire level. When there are no spawn left you lose. A more detailed description of the game play and all it's features will be announced at a later date.
Their stated purpose behind this update is primarily to attract more playtesters, so if you've got some free time on your hands and want to help them out, head over to their website for more information.
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ModDB Announce Their Top 100
Posted @ 10:04 AM, January 19 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In Mods
Mod DB have announced the results for their top 100 mods, down from 4000 voted mods. Looking at Half-life 2, Portal & Left 4 Dead, all the big mods we've seen throughout the past year seem to be in with a chance. - Portal's one and only participant is Portal Prelude
- Released Half-life 2 mods: Age of Chivalry, Battle Grounds 2, D.I.P.R.I.P, Dystopia, Empires, Eternal Silence, Fistful of Frags, Fortress Forever, Half-life 2: Wars, Insurgency, Jailbreak, Pirates, Vikings and Knights II, Resistence & Liberation, Smashball, SMOD, Synergy, Zombie Master, Zombie Panic: Source.
- Upcoming Left 4 Dead Mod: "Dead Before Dawn" (Mall campaign).
- Upcoming Half-life 2 mods: Berimbau, Black Mesa Source, CURSE, Decadence, Lost Hope, Neotokyo
Some big names in those lists, with lots of teams out there desperate to see support from the community for all the hard work they put into their modifications. To vote click here, and find Half-life 2 in the list to show all the mods up for nomination. Vote for your Mod of the Year!
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1UP Interview – Michael Booth
Posted @ 9:03 PM, January 18 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
1UP had the chance to sit and chat with project lead Michael Booth asking him about the Left 4 Dead's development.
1UP: Can you talk about what you guys will be trying for with the downloadable content? A whole new movie campaign? Inserting more acts within existing movies? More Survivors?
MB: We're exploring several possibilities right now. There are certainly no shortages of interesting ideas in survivor-horror folklore.
Interesting read, check it out here.
P.S Thank you Hool!
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Weekend Deal: Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 = $9.99
Posted @ 12:10 AM, January 17 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
You can buy Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is this weekend for $9.99 only. The game has also just been updated to include 3 new bonus maps.
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® Vegas 2 - the sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter - returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue America's sexiest city from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end. The best are back and this time winner takes all.
Click here for more info.
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Sony Online Entertainment Steam’d
Posted @ 10:57 PM, January 16 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Sony Online Entertainment have released 6 of their games on Steam today. SOE is best known for creating massively multiplayer online games, including EverQuest, EverQuest II, and Pirates of the Burning Sea and Vanguard: Saga of Heroes.
"We are always looking for additional ways to introduce our great catalog of games to new audiences. It's hard to think of a larger group of PC gamers interested in multiplayer games than those connecting to Steam," said John Smedley, president of SOE.
It's great to see more MMO on Steam. Click here for more info.
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Left 4 Dead Personal Stats Released
Posted @ 6:00 PM, January 15 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
Valve have released stats tracking for Left 4 Dead, which will tell you some useful information like how many times you actually vomited on a survivor or caught them with your tongue. You can view your stats by going to your profile in Steam Community.
Update: It looks like the stats page is down right now.
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Major Left 4 Dead Update Released
Posted @ 8:12 PM, January 14 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
Yes, it's finally here. The long awaited Left 4 Dead update includes fixes, tweaks and new features as well as some enhancements to Versus mode for improved competitive play. Look below for the change list.
General
- Fixed Survivors being able to climb surfaces marked for versus infected only
- Fixed a class of SurvivorBot bugs dealing with rescuing downed players
- Players can no longer grab ladders while flying through the air after a Tank punch
- Shooting near a car with an alarm that has already fired the alarm will no longer make chirping noises
- Improved loading time
- Fixed mini-gun physics exploit
- Fixed propane tanks (and other physics objects) causing players to fall through elevators
- Fixed rare achievement bug issues
- Fixed several map exploits
- Fixed various match making issues
- Fixed NAT traversal issues
More after the break...
[Read More...]
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Surf The Internet While In-Game – A New Steam Update
Posted @ 6:12 PM, January 14 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Steam
A new Steam update has been released tonight, which gives you the ability to browse the internet while in game including web sites that use flash.
- Updated game overlay web browser to support generic web browsing, including web sites that use flash
- Fixed games list scrolling behavior with pageup/pagedown and mouse wheel
- Fixed GTA4 backups not restoring correctly
- Fixed several cases where matchmaking would not work in Left 4 Dead in using Cafe accounts
- Changed Friends to be enabled for Cafe accounts
- Removed 'view invites' dialog on startup, now clicking on a group/user invite toast will take you directly to the Community control page
- Fixed guest passes not showing immediately in games list
- Fixed case where a user would be told a guest pass had expired after they had bought the full game
- Improved Steam Windows Service restart logic in serveral places
Screenshot below.
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Mirror’s Edge on Steam
Posted @ 6:05 PM, January 14 2009, By: AciD In News, Steam Games
Mirror's Edge is now available on Steam to users in North America. Additional regions will be added soon, when we get this information we will update this article.
Mirror's Edge™ delivers you straight into the shoes of this unique heroine as she traverses the vertigo-inducing cityscape, engaging in intense combat and fast paced chases. With a never before seen sense of movement and perspective, you will be drawn into Faith's world. A world that is visceral, immediate, and very dangerous.
You can visit the store page here.
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