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Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:31:27 +0100

Another update for Team Fortress 2 has been released, and will be downloaded automatically when steam is restarted.

Netherlands gaming industry hits EUR 1 billion

Viper — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:32:18 +0100

The NLGD foundation, the Dutch games industry advocates, has announced that the Netherlands\' gaming industry has grown to be worth nearly EUR 1 billion (USD 1.5 billion / GBP 787 million).

BioShock movie is coming...

Viper — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:28:58 +0100

Take-Two has announced a deal with Universal Studios to bring hit shooter BioShock to the big screen. The film will be directed by Gore Verbinski, whose previous credits include the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and The Ring. John Logan, who wrote Gladiator, The Aviator and Sweeney Todd, is in talks to produce the screenplay.

Everyday Shooter PC debut on Steam

Viper — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:22:29 +0100

May 8, 2008 -- Everyday Shooter, the independent musical shooter developed by Jonathan Mak, made its worldwide PC debut today via Steam, a leading online platform for PC games with over 15 million accounts worldwide.

Source Engine and Steam Coming to Linux?

sslice — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:59:10 +0100

There have been rumors since last year that Valve may be serious about porting Source games to Linux after Valve Software began seeking a senior software engineer with the responsibility of porting Windows-based games to the Linux platform. Valve Software has yet to officially announce Linux clients for any of its software, but Phoronix has received information confirming that Valve is indeed porting its very popular Source engine to the Linux platform.

Client Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:39:53 +0100

Another steam client update has been released, and will be downloaded and installed automatically when the steam client is restarted.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:32:47 +0100

A Team Fortress 2 update has been released, addressing the Medic Uber exploit along with fixing a bug with the Kritzkrieg.

Audiosurf FM Update Available Now

Sierra Oscar — Mon, 05 May 2008 17:38:04 +0100

May 5, 2008 - Dylan Fitterer has issued a massive new release of features for his runaway indie title, Audiosurf. The release, simply called the FM Update, is now available free via Steam to owners of the innovative and award-winning title that allows gamers to \"ride their music.\"

Are mods facing extinction?

Faith — Sat, 03 May 2008 13:48:15 +0100

Expectations are rising, quality standards need to be met and if it doesn\'t have cell shading in it then why should somebody want to play it? The modding scene, according to Scott Reismanis (owner of ModDB.com), is going to have a tough time over the coming years.

Jailbreak: Source 0.4 released

Viper — Sat, 03 May 2008 10:27:06 +0100

With four new maps (eight in total), seventeen new weapons, a completely new custom perks system (double jumping and stealth!), a completely revamped point scoring system, nearly 500 custom textures and over 100 custom models and sounds... Jailbreak is now close to a total conversion!

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Sat, 03 May 2008 09:16:00 +0100

An update has been released for Team Fortress 2 - addressing a bug with two of the latest achievements, a client crash & the \"pickup weapons\" exploit.

Another TF2 update coming up....

Viper — Fri, 02 May 2008 19:27:24 +0100

Jason from Valve just let us know that later today Valve will be releasing a required Team Fortress 2 update. No specific timeframe yet, but they hope to have it out soon.

Jailbreak HL2 Mod Released Tomorrow

Rave — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:18:57 +0100

Jailbreak v0.4, a modification for Half-Life 2 will be released Saturday 3rd May.

Steamworks dev kit available now

Viper — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:26:01 +0100

May 1, 2008 -Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Half-Life and Counter-Strike) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the release of the Steamworks Software Development Kit (SDK). Steamworks is a complete suite of publishing and development tools that offers PC game developers and publishers access to the game features and services available through Steam.

Client Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:18:13 +0100

An update has been released for the steam client, and will be downloaded automatically when the client is restarted. The features such as the ability block all communications from another user that were being tested in the recent steam client beta have now been implemented fully into steam with this update.

Source SDK Update Released

Sierra Oscar — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:11:52 +0100

An update has been released via steam for the Source Developer Kit, and will be downloaded automatically when the steam client is restarted.

Team Fortress 2 Update Released

sslice — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:32:56 +0100

The much anticipated TF2 update has been released. It includes the new medic weapons and achievements as well as the map Goldrush!

Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush Update Available Now

sslice — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 01:24:50 +0100

The Team Fortress 2: Gold Rush Update is now available, free to owners of Team Fortress 2 via Steam. The Gold Rush Update introduces the new Gold Rush map and Payload gameplay style, the first set of unlockable weapons, and a new set of achievements for the Medic.

Get a Life mod released

Viper — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:16:29 +0100

Get a Life is a FPS Single player action/adventure total-conversion for Half-life 2 with 4 chapters (a total of 20 different maps) offering almost 7 hours of gameplay while featuring a variety of enemies, with heights ranging from 2 centimeters to 2 meters, and a \"gore and gib\" system.

No go for Portal on Xbox Live

Viper — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 08:08:26 +0100

GamesIndustry.biz has learnt that Valve asked Microsoft if it was possible to place its award-winning Orange Box title, Portal, on Xbox Live Arcade for download, but that it was rejected.

Non US Players barred from playing some Steam games revolt [Digg]

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:58:17 -0500

Dear publishers on STEAM,We (the gamers in this group) are not living in North America. Therefore we don't get access to most of your games or get put up with higher prices on Steam.We believe that this practice doesn't just hurt your image, but also the thing that matters to you most...Sales.