Valve released a patch yesterday to their cartoon-inspired shooter Team Fortress 2. Which isn’t anything exciting in itself, but buried in that patch was a new Highlander mode. In Highlander mode each team consists of nine players and each team can only have one of each class. It sounds like fun, a mode where team [Continue]
2009 was a huge year for the gaming industry. Games like Modern Warfare 2 shattered sales records and raked in profits never before seen. We are talking swimming in gold Uncle Scrooge like money. And if Steam’s user base growth is any indication then Valve is riding the success wave as well. In 2009 the [Continue]
Steam has released it’s list of top selling games for the week of January 17-23. And pre-orders take four of the top five spots. The biggest surprise is Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition taking the number two spot. The pre-order was only available for two out of the seven days. I expect it to [Continue]
This weekend Steam is dangling some pretty tempting deals to wiggle that money out of your wallet. But with games selling for 50 – 75% off can anyone really complain? Here’s the games you’ll practically be stealing this weekend: Velvet Assassin – 50% off Inspired by the fascinating story and unbreakable spirit of British [Continue]
Yesterday fans of the popular shooter Team Fortress 2 got a surprise message from their favorite grunt the games official blog. The main message of his rant was to let us all know about the release of some new Team Fortress 2 avatars available for use on Steam. But was he hinting at anything else? After [Continue]
For those poor souls who haven’t been fortunate enough to play Fallout 3 Steam just made it a whole lot cheaper for you to enjoy. For this weekend at least. From now until Monday July 6th you can pick up the game for the thrift store price of $24.99. Cheaper than you can buy the [Continue]
Valve has released an update to the Team Fortress 2 Source SDK making it easier to create and edit new maps for the popular online game. Included in the update were the .vmf source files for 10 of the maps: Lumberyard, Ravine, Badlands, Dustbowl, Granary, Gravelpit, 2Fort, Badwater, Goldrush, and Hydro. Dave Riller of the [Continue]
Those of you who aren’t too busy hating on Valve for their Left 4 Dead 2 announcement might want to take some time to pre-load America’s Army 3. Like the previous two America’s Army titles the game will be free to play. America’s Army 3 is boasting some major improvements over it’s two predecessors. The [Continue]
Steam is finally rolling out the update for the Sniper Class in Team Fortress 2. And no you won’t be getting some new high-powered .50 caliber sniper rifle. Instead you’ll get “The Huntsman”, a vicious and I’m sure challenging to use longbow. As in medieval Europe longbow. Sure popping off headshots with the sniper [Continue]
Steam has finally stepped up to the plate and released global achievements. Probably the one and only complaint I had about Steam is gone and I can now die a happy man. Here’s Steam’s official breakdown of how it will work: “Global gameplay stats are now available for games that have Steam Achievements, showing what [Continue]
We told you yesterday that Steam was insane enough to let you try Left 4 Dead for 24 hours at no charge. Well the fine people over at Valve forgot to take their medication again today because they are sweetening the deal even more. You can still play L4D for free today, but if you [Continue]
Hey Steam, has anyone told you lately how much we love you? Because we do. With your crazy weekend sales and your free trials of games, you just make us tingle in all the right places. Starting at 12:01am tonight Steam will let you play Left 4 Dead for FREE. You’ll get twenty four hours [Continue]
That’s right kiddos. Steam is nice enough to cut you some slack and give your wallet a well needed break. For the ridiculously low price of $9.99 you get Half-Life 2, Half-Life 2 Episode One, Half-Life 2 Episode Two, Team Fortress 2 and Portal. The deal is only good for this weekend so you better [Continue]
Valve has released an update on steam to fix some exploits in the new Survival Mode as well as some other goodies. An update for the Xbox 360 version will come later. Here’s a list of the updates: Darkened the Lighthouse background movie and increased the contrast with the user interface elements Chapter selection is [Continue]
Steam has released some new updates for their cartoony and addicting shooter. I have to say I’m a little confused with some of the changes they have made. Here’s one of the changes that got us talking “Added the ability for players to permanently delete items from their inventory using the new Backpack menu. This [Continue]
