by Rainier on March 19, 2010 @ 1:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Lead and Gold: Gangs of the Wild West catapults the player straight into the dramatic crescendo of the Western myth. Allowing players to relive the thrills of a gunfight in classic western settings such as the main street of a frontier town or the claustrophobic depths of a gold mine.
by Rainier on March 11, 2010 @ 8:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Epic Games and Valve Software have inked an agreement to deliver Valve's Steamworks suite of services to all licensees of Epic's Unreal Engine 3 for use in their products, free of any additional fees.
by Rainier on March 9, 2010 @ 10:35 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In R.U.S.E. players use their brain as the ultimate weapon, fighting a war of perception, where the ability to deceive and mislead the enemy determines success. A first in a strategy game, R.U.S.E. reinvigorates the genre by using deception to give new-found depth to the gameplay.
by Rainier on March 8, 2010 @ 10:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Valve announced it will bring its gaming service Steam, the Source gaming engine, as well as its library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life to the Mac in April
by Rainier on March 3, 2010 @ 6:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Natural Selection 2 is the next evolution in multiplayer action/strategy gameplay and will be targeted for both competitive and public play. New features include dynamically changing environments, a new resource model, flexible game scripting and modes, and new weapons, abilities and upgrades.
by Rainier on Feb. 25, 2010 @ 9:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Announced in 2007, The Scourge Project, powered by Epic's Unreal Engine 3, is a story-driven 3rd person shooter built from the ground up for co-op squad play, where up to 4 players each experience a personal story, whilst playing together as a squad.
by Rainier on Feb. 24, 2010 @ 2:51 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Set 25 years after the events of the original game, Supreme Commander 2 begins with the assassination of the newly elected president of the Colonial Defense Coalition. The CDC members – the United Earth Federation, the Order of the Illuminate, and the Cybran Nation – deny involvement, blame each other, and a galactic war ensues!
by Rainier on Feb. 23, 2010 @ 7:26 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In the last 12 months, Steam has grown 200%, reaching 25 million users, with a 1000+ games library. To accommodate this growth, Valve announces a new version of Steam which is immediately available in public beta.
by Rainier on Feb. 19, 2010 @ 9:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Metro 2033, based on Russian author Dmitriy Glukhovskiy's novel of the same name, is a 3D horror/action/survival FPS with elements RPG genre game.
by Rainier on Feb. 17, 2010 @ 5:19 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Shattered Horizon is a multiplayer FPS where teams of players experience realistic zero gravity combat and fight to survive in the aftermath of a catastrophic Moon mining accident which throws billions of tons of rocky debris into near-Earth space.
by Rainier on Feb. 3, 2010 @ 1:56 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In Aliens vs. Predator, players will have the chance to take the role of the three infamous species: the Colonial Marine, the Predator and the Alien. Each of the three species has its very own distinct story-driven, single-player campaign mode that interweaves with the campaigns of the other two species.
Revealed last week, SEGA confirmed that a multiplayer demo will be available on PSN, XBL, and Steam (no standalone download) starting tomorrow.
by Rainier on Jan. 29, 2010 @ 11:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Valve today announced extraordinary 2009 growth data for Steam, with major increases in accounts (25 million accounts, up 25%), concurrent players (2.5 million), unit sales (205% increase compared to 2008) while many of the year's biggest releases adopted the Steamworks suite of publishing services.
by Rainier on Jan. 25, 2010 @ 6:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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SEGA's
Aliens vs. Predator and
Napoleon: Total War will ship with Steamworks support at retail and online, including among other features, Achievements, Matchmaking, Leaderboards, Stats, and Cloud. Aliens vs. Predator will ship on Steam and at retail in mid-February. Napoleon: Total War will ship on Steam and at retail in late February.
by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2010 @ 6:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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In Aliens vs. Predator, players will have the chance to take the role of the three infamous species: the Colonial Marine, the Predator and the Alien. Each of the three species has its very own distinct story-driven, single-player campaign mode that interweaves with the campaigns of the other two species.
by Rainier on Jan. 19, 2010 @ 2:52 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Set approx. 10 years after the events of the original, the halls of Rapture once again echo with sins of the past. All along the Atlantic coastline, a monster has been snatching little girls and bringing them back to Rapture. You will play as the first Big Daddy as you travel through the decrepit and beautiful fallen city, chasing an unseen foe in search of answers and your own survival.
by Rainier on Jan. 14, 2010 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Mass Effect is a sci-fi adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life forms and mysterious uncharted planets. In ME2, Saren's evil army of Geth soldiers has just been defeated, and humans, who are still struggling to make their mark on the galactic stage, are now faced with an even greater peril.
Pre-order on Steam and get the Inferno In-Game Armor as reward.
by Rainier on Dec. 22, 2009 @ 6:12 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The
Steam Holiday Sale is on now through Sunday, January 3, 2010. This year's sale has begun earlier than years past so gamers can save big on last-minute shopping via Steam's Gifting functionality. Gamers can save up to 80% on select titles, with daily and week-long specials running during the promotion. Entire publisher catalogs, like Ubisoft, Rockstar, Take Two, Eidos, Codemasters, are anywhere between 25% to 80% off.
by Rainier on Dec. 10, 2009 @ 6:01 p.m. PST | Filed under
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A fast, frantic and mega-bloodbath first-person shooter, Dreamkiller takes gamers inside the dark and twisted nightmares of tortured souls possessed by unknown forces. Dreamkiller is now
available on Steam to play for free for the weekend and you can also purchase it for 25% off until Monday!
by Rainier on Nov. 30, 2009 @ 8:57 a.m. PST | Filed under
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by Rainier on Nov. 25, 2009 @ 5:15 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Steam Early Holiday has begun, featuring a daily line-up of select games at deep discounts for just one day each. The Early Holiday Sale starts today with seven great deals: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Fallen Earth, Far Cry 2 and Champions Online are 50% off, Dragon Age: Origins 25% off, while GRID is 75% cheaper. On Friday at 8am PST and each day through Monday there will be a new line-up of deals.
by Rainier on Nov. 14, 2009 @ 5:04 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing saga with an unprecedented level of action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse. Activision has issued a
minor patch for MW2 on Steam, improving IWNet matchmaking
by Rainier on Nov. 5, 2009 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Waraming.net announced that its Massive Assault strategy game series is coming to Vavle's digital delivery platform. Massive Assault, Massive Assault: Phantom Renaissance and Massive Assault Network 2 are now available on Steam giving its users the unique chance to fight for global domination in one-of-a-kind sci-fi environment.
by Rainier on Oct. 28, 2009 @ 5:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for cooperative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper cooperative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more. After being
delayed for a day, the L4D2 PC demo is now available on Steam, only for fans who pre-ordered the game though.
by Rainier on Oct. 27, 2009 @ 8:22 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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L4D2 promises to set a new benchmark for cooperative action games, adding melee combat to enable deeper cooperative gameplay, with items such as a chainsaw, frying pan, axe, baseball bat, and more.
by Rainier on Oct. 23, 2009 @ 1:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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Modern Warfare 2 continues the gripping and heart-racing saga with an unprecedented level of action as players face off against a new threat dedicated to bringing the world to the brink of collapse.