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Black Mesa Developer Banter
MODDB has some interesting insight into the mod Black Mesa in a sitdown with devs Anthony Stone, Jean Paul Jarreau, Ben Truman and Mike Hillard. Developer Banter, the only show you need for an insight into mods and indie game development. This time in the hot seat is the Black Mesa team. Listen to it here or [...]
Continue reading...Steam Holiday Sale
It is the online equivalent to a boxing day sale, Steam is having 10 to 75% off everything available. Some big savings to be had up till the 2nd of January. Grab TF2 for US$9.99 or the ultra addictive Bejewelled for just 99 US cents.
Continue reading...Eternal Silence coming to Steam
Eternal Silence is a Cinematic Multiplayer Space Mod built on the Source Engine and has been available to download and play for a while. The great news is that an immanent release via Steam with build 3.2 of the game is due shortly. Steam support for these fantastic mod teams is a great way to [...]
Continue reading...Left 4k Dead
Left 4k Dead is an impressive pure Java game inspired by Left 4 Dead by Valve Software for the for the 2009 Java 4k Competition. The rules are simple: The final game package (byte code + resources) must be below or equal to 4096 bytes. Made by Markus Persson
Continue reading...EA gets Steamy: Loses Its DRM
Something I thought would never happen considering the EA Download Service is a competitor but EA have finally embraced the Steam platform, ditching 3rd party DRM in the process. Steam Launches Hit PC Games from EA “EA is one of the industry’s largest publishers,” said Gabe Newell, co-founder and president of Valve. “The EA titles coming to [...]
Continue reading...S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Weekend Steal
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is US$3.79 This weekend on Steam. In 1986, the world’s worst nuclear disaster occurred at the Chernobyl power station. Soviet authorities established a 30km ‘Exclusion Zone’ around this nuclear wasteland, but in 2006 a second explosion rocked the stricken reactor, obliterating all living things and causing the Zone’s boundaries to ripple outwards. A [...]
Continue reading...Steam Europe Localised currency
Australia to follow hopefully. In terms of how it will affect pricing - if at all remains to be seen. I am still waiting for Fallout 3 to drop under AU$100 via Steam. We have started a beta to test localised currency in Pound Sterling and Euros on Steam. To join the beta, click http://store.steampowered.com/?localizedcurrency=1. You [...]
Continue reading...TF2 Update 12-12-08
This update I would like to call the “Engy and Spy v’s Demo Update” as it seems geared to reducing the Demoman’s overall power and effectiveness whilst encouraging greater use of the spy. - The Engineer’s teleporters can now be upgraded to level three. It will recharge faster the higher level it is - The Engineer’s dispensers [...]
Continue reading...Top 10 Pirated PC Games of 2008
RPS have an interesting article on the Torrentfreaks top 10 pirated games list of 2008. Spore and The Sims have significantly different target market to that of the others yet reign supreme on top of the list. Does this mean the casual gaming crowd is more susceptible to piracy? Top 10 Pirated PC games 1 Spore [...]
Continue reading...Valve lifetime retail sales figures
HalfLife2.net have kindly collated some lifetime retail sales figures of Valve’s Half Life universe. Still no sign of Steam digital content sales figures though. Gamasutra has more info. Half-Life: 9.3 Million Half-Life Opposing Force: 1.1 Million Half-Life Blue Shift: 800,000 Half-Life 2: 6.5 Million Half-Life 2 Episode 1: 1.4 Million Counter-Strike: 4.2 Million Counter-Strike Condition Zero: 2.9 Million Counter-Strike Source: 2.1 Million Counter-Strike Xbox [...]
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27. December 2008