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Viewing Category: Steam Games
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Lombardi – PC to overtake Consoles
Posted @ 8:41 PM, March 6 2008, By: Evo In Steam, Steam Games
In a very frank interview with Gamasutra Valve's Doug Lombardi takes the time to talk about the success of AudioSurf, continued indie game support, Steamworks and on how he views the PC market as overtaking the console market. Recalls Lombardi, "I can remember this story coming around in the mid '90s... and then 3D accelerator came out, and Carmack released that patch for GL Quake, and everybody shut up, because all of a sudden PlayStation looked like crap. There's a big shift about to come in the post-GPU space... all of a sudden PC will leapfrog what's going on on the consoles, in many other ways besides graphics."
In fact, continues Lombardi, the question mark might be floating squarely in the console's future, as their prices continue climbing and more post-purchase purchases are becoming necessary. "How much longer will that story still have credibility?" He posits.
"Somebody go back and look at next-gen console install base numbers since launch time, and compare it to PSone and PS2. I wouldn't be surprised at all if we saw these guys stuttering out at 25,000 -- nobody's going to get to 100 million, which we saw from Sony on the last 2 [console generations]. I don't think anybody's even thinking of this." This is a very in-depth interview and it presents a fantastic insight into how Doug views the PC gaming market and the future of the console industry. Check it out here.
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Audiosurf Best-Selling Game In February
Posted @ 4:15 PM, March 5 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Outselling The Orange Box, Counter-Strike, and hundreds of other great games available via Steam, the month of February also delivered numerous awards and top reviews to Audiosurf's solo author, Dylan Fitterer.
Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose. You earn points for clustering together blocks of the same color on the highway, and compete with others on the internet for the high score on your favorite songs.
Audiosurf is available now for just $9.95 via Steam, in my opinion it's a must-buy game.
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Audiosurf Full Game and Demo Available Now
Posted @ 6:41 PM, February 15 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Audiosurf is now available on Steam for just $9.95, the Steam version of Audiosurf includes The Orange Box soundtrack, integrated with the game to enable "Still Alive" surfing and more. You can purchase the game from here or you can try the demo version first here.
Audiosurf is one of the first titles to leverage the recently announced Steamworks, offering full support for the Steam Achievements that appear on Steam Community profile pages.
In related news, the Steamworks information page has also been updated, you can find more info about Steamworks here.
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Audio-Steam
Posted @ 12:26 PM, February 11 2008, By: Evo In Steam Games
The front runner for the IGF Awards this year; Audiosurf has been confirmed for a release on Steam this Friday the 15th of February. It is now available for pre-purchase with a 10% discount off the $9.95 retail price until it is released. Audiosurf on Steam will include The Orange Box soundtrack which includes hits such as 'Still Alive' from Portal. Audiosurf is also one of the first title to make full use of the recently announced Steamworks and will offer full support for Steam achievements available via the Steam Community Profile Pages. Audiosurf is a music-adapting puzzle racer where you use your own music to create your own experience. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose. You earn points for clustering together blocks of the same color on the highway, and compete with others on the internet for the high score on your favorite songs. Watch out for this landing this Friday.
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Skies are Clear on STEAM
Posted @ 1:57 PM, January 24 2008, By: Mikael Grizzly In News, Steam Games
The prequel to S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl, Clear Sky, will be released on Steam, the only digital dowload distribution platform to carry the game, simultaneously with traditional retail channels. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky brings the players one year prior to the events of the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. game in 2011. A group of stalkers has, for the first time, reached the very heart of the Zone-Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant-and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. Through a rich narrative and gripping combat action, players uncover new challenges and insights in the Exclusion Zone. A new version of the game engine, X-Ray 1.5, powers superior graphical details and realistic and non-scripted combat AI.
Steam has introduced S.T.A.L.K.E.R. to many thousands of new fans all over the world. We chose to deliver the digital version of the game exclusively on Steam because of its proven success not only as the leading global digital distribution platform for games, but because it allows us to directly reach its integrated and active community of gamers.
Said GSC Game World's CEO Sergiy Grygorovych.
More information about the game is available on Clear Sky's Steam page.
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Portal Leads GDC Awards
Posted @ 5:45 PM, January 22 2008, By: Evo In Portal, Steam Games, Team Fortress 2
Portal lead the Game Developer Choice Award nominations with five nominations! Portal has been nominated for the following awards: Best Game Design; Best Technology; Best Writing; Innovation and most importantly Game of the Year. Team Fortress 2 is nominated in the Best Visual Art award. To be recognized in the Game Industry’s Only Open Peer-Based Awards is a just achievement for these two games, and here is to hoping they pick up the awards! Other Steam games in the awards include Bioshock, Call of Duty 4 and Peggle. Linky.
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EVE Online – Steam’ed
Posted @ 4:04 PM, January 22 2008, By: Evo In Steam Games
EVE Online, the space based MMO from CCP has been transported onto Steam and a 21-day free trial is now available. The game is also coming with a $5 discount for the first full month of play. EVE Online, the award winning massively multiplayer online (MMO) game from CCP, is coming to Steam, a leading platform for the delivery and management of PC games and digital content with over 13 million accounts worldwide.
To celebrate the launch of Steam's first massively multiplayer online game offering, a special 21-day trial period for EVE will be available, free of charge, to all Steam gamers. Steam gamers will also save $5 off their first full month of EVE Online.
EVE Online is a leader in online gaming technology, hosting hundreds of thousands of players in the same persistent universe. The latest of the EVE Online expansions, which are always free for players, introduces a graphic update of gargantuan proportions and a host of new gameplay features. Every ship, station, and stargate is rendered in an amazing splendor of spacefaring sights. Learn more here.
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Garry’s Mod Update
Posted @ 10:15 PM, January 15 2008, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
New update for Garry's Mod is now available on Steam. Adding support for the Orange Box and some other fixes.
- Switched to use the Orange Box Engine
- Added support for Team Fortress 2, Half-Life 2: Episode Two and Portal
- Updated Spawnmenu
- Updated gm_construct
- New loading screen
- New 'Start Game' menus
- Lamps now cast shadows (if supported by hardware)
Restart Steam to get the new update.
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Rockstar comes to Steam
Posted @ 3:24 PM, January 4 2008, By: Hectic Glenn In News, Steam Games
Starting today, gamers may purchase Rockstar Games' titles, including the complete Grand Theft Auto and Max Payne series plus Manhunt and Midnight Club II. To celebrate the launch, Rockstar is offering all its Steam games for a 10% discount during launch week. And what games will we see? Ok I'll tell you...
- Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
- Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Grand Theft Auto III
- Grand Theft Auto II
- Grand Theft Auto
- Midnight Club II
- Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- Max Payne
- Manhunt
- Wild Metal Country
"We were immediately excited by the opportunity to offer our PC catalog via Steam because it allows us to reach out to gamers around the world in exciting new ways. We are continually looking for ways to give back to our fans and this collaboration will give people a chance to easily revisit some of our greatest titles." said Rowan Hajaj, Head of Finance and Corporate Development of Rockstar Games.
Great news I'm sure you'd agree, and well done to Joule for catching this story early on by chance! [URL]http://www.halflife2.net/forums/showthread.php?t=136288[/URL]
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Valve taking Orange Box PS3 suggestions
Posted @ 7:42 PM, January 2 2008, By: Evo In Steam Games
While we may not have brought much attention on this issue, I would like to take a moment to spread this news regarding Valve, the Orange Box, the PS3 and errors. In this thread on the Steampowered Forums Valve is asking for users to submit their thoughts for changes and tweaks to be made to the PS3 version of the Orange Box. If you are a PS3 owner and you have the Orange Box then please go to this thread to get your suggestions heard on how to improve your gaming experience.
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Orange -> Green
Posted @ 6:55 PM, December 28 2007, By: Evo In Steam Games
The latest rumblings about the internet is that Orange is now greater than Green. At least that is what Doug Lombardi is telling me! Okay, okay, enough of me throwing some innovation into this news post, lets get down to the hard facts; these are that over the next few days any Orange Box related product is going to save you money! Following is the information straight from Doug's keyboard Games, Soundtrack on Sale this Weekend
All flavors of The Orange Box as well as the official soundtrack are available for huge savings this weekend from leading online and retail outlets around the world.
"Still Alive" just $0.89. A digital copy of The Orange Box soundtrack is available now from Amazon.com for just $7.99, a two dollar savings off the regular price. And MP3's of the individual songs, including both versions of Portal's "Still Alive", may be purchased for just $0.89 per song from Amazon.com.
If you still haven't played the games inside The Orange Box, retailers around the world -- including GameUK and Best Buy USA -- are running incredible specials on the PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360 versions of The Orange Box.
The PC version may also be found at a 25% savings during the Steam "Store Wide" Year End sale happening now through New Year's Day. Speaking of the Steam Year End Sale, the "Valve Complete Pack" is now just $74.95 through New Year's Day - a 25% savings on the Pack that includes every Valve game offered on Steam, including The Orange Box. For those who didn't cotton on by the way, 'Green' is commonly used to talk about the mighty dollar, and with Orange Box related products saving you money at this time of year, we can see that the Orange Box is greater than the dollar!
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Call of Duty 4 Update – New Map and More
Posted @ 7:32 AM, December 21 2007, By: Evo In Steam Games
The latest update for Call of Duty 4 has been released and features a new map and more! * Added new map "Winter Crash",a holiday version of Multiplayer map "Crash"
* Made improvements to the server browser
* Fixed some rare bullet accuracy issues for all weapons
* Fixed user ban list not working correctly on servers. Ban.txt will be created in the main or fs_game directory. Find a video of the new map over on Dtoid.
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Eidos Holiday Pack
Posted @ 6:34 PM, December 20 2007, By: DigiQ8 In Steam Games
Eidos Holiday Pack, 6 hit games including the just-released Kane & Lynch: Dead Men just appeared on Steam. This great deal includes the following games:
- Infernal
- Just Cause
- Kane and Lynch: Dead Men
- Project: Snowblind
- Rogue Trooper
- Tomb Raider: Anniversary
All that for just $169.70 $89.95, You can't find a better deal..trust me. For more info click here.
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Sega expanding on Steam
Posted @ 12:18 PM, November 28 2007, By: Evo In Steam, Steam Games
I take a break from University work and find a very nice piece of news awaiting me from Mr. Doug Lombardi, Sega are providing us with more great games on Steam!
SEGA BROADENS DISTRIBUTION AND GAME OFFERINGS ON STEAM
November 28, 2007-- Sega® and Valve® today announce an agreement to deliver a lineup of new Sega titles to customers around the world via Steam®, the leading online platform for PC games.
The new Sega games coming to Steam include Universe at War: Earth Assault, The Golden Compass, Sega Rally Revo, Sega Revo, Worldwide Soccer Manager, Futbol Manager and more. In addition to the new games, Sega titles previously released on Steam to customers in North America, such as Medieval II: Total War and Rome: Total War, are now available to Steam gamers in Europe and most of the world.
Sega Rally Revo and Sega Rally, two highly anticipated new racing titles, are available now.
Universe at War: Earth Assault, an epic real-time strategy game, and The Golden Compass, an action/adventure title based on New Line Cinema's upcoming feature film, are targeted for release in December.
For pricing information and release dates on these and other Sega titles, please visit steamgames
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