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Valve to Sue Activision, Activision to Countersue
Posted @ 3:13 PM, April 30 2009, By: -smash- In News
Yup, that case back in 2002 between Valve and Vivendi… it’s back. Only this time it’s Valve versus Activision, because Vivendi has merged with Activision since the last lawsuit. On Tuesday Valve filed suit against Activision Blizzard in U.S. District Court in Seattle. The suit alleges that Activision refused to honor an agreement to abide by an arbitrator's April 6th award decision involving a 2002 dispute over royalties. Activision paid Valve last week the sum of $1,967,796, when Valve were awarded a payment of $2,391,932 as a result of the trial back in 2002. That leaves an outstanding balance of $424,136, which Activision claim has been paid to Valve over the past few years. More details can be found here, and here for the complaint filed by Valve.
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Robin Walker on TF2 Backpack and Item Drop
Posted @ 8:22 AM, April 30 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Team Fortress 2
This is Digi from Kuwait Airport, bringing you the latest news about our beloved Valve Software.
Shacknews had an interview with Valve's Robin Walker about the latest Team Fortress 2 patch and the very mysterious 50-slot "backpack".
The primary change here is simply the decoupling of achievements and unlockables, which is the source of most of the negative feedback we've received around previous class packs," said Walker. "It'll provide multiple ways for players to get items, with a plan to add more over time.
He explains these features and how it will affect the future of Team Fortress 2.
Read the full interview on Shacknews.
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Left 4 Dead Free Friday
Posted @ 6:28 PM, April 29 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
This Friday Left 4 Dead will be available for a free 24-hour trial via Steam, this will include the recently released Survival Pack DLC.
The trial will begin on Friday at 12:01 am GMT ( 7:01 pm EST Thursday). So why don't you pre-load everything needed to play now and get ready for this Freaky Friday.
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Left 4 Dead Update Released
Posted @ 7:13 AM, April 28 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
A new Left 4 Dead update has been released yesterday.
- Removed a survival related command exploit
- Achievements with multiple critera can now be expanded to show progress
- mp_gamemode is now included with other console variables for server logging
I'm sure everyone downloaded the update by now.
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A New Steam Age?
Posted @ 6:41 PM, April 24 2009, By: Evo In Editorials, Features
It is safe to say that we are entering a new Steam Age, rather than a time when steam is a new power source this Steam Age is where Valve’s program is at the heart of the modern PC gamer. [Read More...]
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Weekend Deal: 66% Off The Orange Box
Posted @ 12:54 PM, April 24 2009, By: AciD In News
This weekend you can buy The Orange Box 66% off standard price. Unbelievable deal for £5.66 | $9.99 | 9.99€
The Orange Box features three highly-awaited new games by Valve: Half-Life® 2: Episode Two, the second installment in the Half-Life 2 episodic trilogy; Team Fortress® 2, the sequel to the game that put class-based, multiplayer team warfare on the map; and Portal, the game that blends puzzles, first person action, and adventure gaming to produce an experience like no other.
You can visit The Orange Box store page here.
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Steam Client Beta Available
Posted @ 2:01 AM, April 24 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 clients in chat rooms getting into 'ghost chats' if they disconnect and reconnect from the Steam servers
- Fixed client hang if the server browser window was closed while the ‘Add server’ window was open
- Fixed the name of mods being played not always showing to friends
- Steamworks: added more logging & warning info for the networking API
To check how well it works join our Chat!
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Valve to Attend E3 and PAX
Posted @ 12:03 AM, April 24 2009, By: -smash- In News
Confirmed over the last few days, it looks as though Valve's PR train is definitely going to be chugging it's way through 2009. Recently, it was found that Valve has been officially added to the exhibitor list for E3 2009. This year's event has been touted by industry leaders as a time full of software announcements, and those developers who plan to release a product before January are banking on E3 to get the word out. E3 2009 will be held June 2-4 in Los Angeles.
As well as E3, Valve has been listed as an attendee at this years Penny Arcade Expo (PAX), which is being held September 4-6 in Seattle.
Will we see more DLC for Team Fortress 2 and Left 4 Dead? What about Episode Three? I guess we'll have to bite the bullet for a couple more weeks before we see.
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Valve Pleased With Left 4 Dead DLC Reception
Posted @ 2:57 AM, April 23 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Left 4 Dead
It looks like the Left 4 Dead Survival Pack DLC Reception has been positive and that Valve is "Pleased" with the initial performance of the Left 4 Dead Survival Pack DLC.
… From what we’ve seen on the forums, in the press, and the gamers we met on public servers this morning, folks seem to be enjoying it so far,” he said. “Meanwhile, the concurrent player numbers are already up from their recent averages. So positive indicators thus far.
“Releasing new content free of charge has made sense to us on many occasions,” explained Lombardi. “We have, however, released commercial add on packs and new episodes in the past. We evaluate these decisions on a case-by-case basis. The Survival Pack was a case where we felt like it made a lot of sense for the product and community to make it available free of charge to both Xbox 360 and PC customers and we were able to work through that plan with Microsoft.”
Lombardi also said that Left 4 Dead won’t be turning up on PlayStation 3 any time soon.
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NCsoft Joins Steam
Posted @ 4:19 PM, April 22 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Steam, Steam Games
A new publisher has joined Steam today, to expand Steam's catalog of massively multiplayer online games. NCsoft the world's premier publisher and developer of massively multiplayer online games announced that their award winning catalog of MMO franchises are now available via Steam.
NCsoft's leading-edge MMOs are an incredible addition to the Steam library of games," said Jason Holtman, director of business development at Valve. "NCsoft is a clear leader in the MMO industry, and we believe our player community will be very excited to have access to the diverse catalog NCsoft has to offer our members.
Visit NCSoft Steam Page here.
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Left 4 Dead PC DLC Now Available
Posted @ 4:12 PM, April 21 2009, By: Hectic Glenn In News
Your game should update automatically through Steam. The DLC brings the following features and fixes: - New gameplay Mode - Survival Mode
- 16 maps including Last Stand
- Leaderboards & 7 new achievements
Versus Changes - 2 new versus campaigns
- Fixed a case where versus team score would continue to be recalculated after the score panel was displayed
- Fixed an issue with recalculating the versus score health bonus for a player when they are rescued from being incapacitated
- Fixed being able to start a swing as an infected, then teleport to the survivors and have the claw swing hit a survivor
- Fixed a case where teleporting to the survivors would not reset the ability timer
- Fixed an exploit where you could load the chamber of a weapon with bullets by holding down the melee key
- Fixed a case where it was not possible to join a game while it was in a finale
- Fixed a rare case where listen servers would speed up the game over time
- Removed convars related to melee fatigue
- Fixed a case where infected players would get a respawn time on their initial spawn into a map
Go get playing and post your best times for 'Last Stand' Lighthouse map! Full update here
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Zeno Clash Now Available on Steam
Posted @ 12:53 PM, April 21 2009, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Zeno Clash is now available on Steam for $19.99. This Source Engine game. Nominated in 'Excellence in Visual Art' at the Independent Games Festival, the original visuals, which make full use of the Source engine features.
Zeno Clash is an action/fighting game set in a punk fantasy world. The game is played from a first person perspective and the combat is generally up close and brutal.
Click me for more info.
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