Left 4 Dead 2 Released That's right folks, the release of Left 4 Dead 2 is upon us! The highly anticipated, though somewhat controversial follow-up to last year's mega-hit was released just over an hour late due to an unforseen crash bug that was addressed before release.
If you've pre-loaded your game, you should be able to decrypt your files now after you restart your Steam client, otherwise you'll have to download the entire game. Expect delays over the first 24 hours due to the influx of users on the Steam servers.
Dragon Age Armors It's time for a new armor wardrobe starting with these shiny armor mods for Dragon Age: Origins.
Visage Interview We have a few words with the developers behind Visage, an upcoming horror survival mod.
Orion Review Do you miss the good old days of straight shooters and good old fashioned gameplay like Quake and Unreal? Well, after roughly a decade in the works, Orion brings you just that. Experience this ambitious FPS and bring back the classics!
Steam and Valve's library of games including Left 4 Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike, Portal, and the Half-Life series will be available in April.
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Left 4 Dead, Counter-Strike and Half-Life) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Portal 2 for shipment this coming holiday season.
Portal 2 is the sequel to 2007's Portal, which won 70 industry achievement awards.
According to the official Valve Developer Community's Time Conversion Chart this should put the release date sometime next Fall, or possibly coincident with the Rapture.
Furthermore, Valve is apparently not done setting puzzles before their fans, as the announcement contained a series of underlined letters which spell out, in order, "drattmannh0nee". As usual, enterprising minds on the Steampowered Forums discovered that this was part of the ongoing Alternate Reality Game that Valve started with the previous Portal update.
Wednesday, 3 March, 2010 – Planet Half-Life News
Ivan's Secrets Media Release[ Comment ] 21:23 PST | eulogy | Print News | Category: Half-Life 2Ivan's Secrets, a Half-Life 2 mod in development, has released a ton of eye candy for us to enjoy. Included are some model renders, map and in-game screenshots, and even a couple of in-game videos. One of the videos, seen below, shows how the attachment system will function, though a prettier menu and a lot more options are stated as in the works.
For a plethora of other media, check out the post here. They're also looking for help in a few areas; dialogue/story writer, 3D modeler, and voice actors with Eastern European accents - get in touch with them at their forums if you can lend a helping hand!
Monday, 1 March, 2010 – Planet Half-Life News
Portal Updated with Cryptic Codes[ 9 Comments ] 22:32 PST | ACPaco | Print News | Category: Portal - Content UpdatesOver two years after its initial release, Portal has received a mysterious update via Steam. Curious players have discovered that now the radios found littered throughout the Aperture Science test labs, if carried to certain locations, will broadcast a series of at least twenty-six different codes - possible hints about Portal 2, or even Half-Life 2: Episode Three, or just another little homage to Lost?
So far, Steam forum members have deciphered just some of the odd messages encoded in the new radio broadcasts. Some of them are basic system messages (assumed to be related to G.L.A.D.O.S.), such as "Interior transmission active" and "System data dump active". Another is the classic font example phrase, "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog", written out in checksum format (a computer code used to verify data). Some of the broadcasts can even be translated into slightly corrupted image files, which you can view here. Yet another broadcast translates as "BEEP BEEEP BEEP BEEP", which, if translated through Morse Code, will give you "LOL". Oh, those comedians at Valve!
You can follow along or even join in with the deciphering at the Steam forums here. We're really interested to see where this is going!
For the rest of the images, go here. Stargate: Legacy plans on having their monthly updates from this point on introduce each one of their developers and their roles and have them talk a bit about what they have done for the mod.
Fixed the achievements The Last Crusade, This is Sparta, This is Madness, and Only Got One Stone
Fixed pickup sounds will now play regardless of a taunt and will not stop the taunt (You will hear both sounds)
Fixed issues with Steam Community support in the new Steam UI Beta
Fixed chests in a chest capture zone being affected by the keg's explosive force
New Features
Global ban system is now active
Skirmisher's Keg will now push away and stun Pirate allies caught in its blast
The longbow, throwing axes, and javelins can only START charging when the wielder is on the ground
Added to console output the remaining health and armor of the people who slay you as part of the death notice entry
Added support for Simplified and Traditional Chinese thanks to Bob
You can read and comment on the full changelist on their Official Forums. As with all Steamworks games, you can download the update by trying to launch PVK2 or restarting your Steam client.
Orion Beta 1.2 Info[ 6 Comments ] 18:25 PST | eulogy | Print News | Category: Half-Life 2The team behind Orion, the mod I reviewed a while back, is hard at work on fixing up bugs and throwing in updates. They promise that 1.2 will be out as soon as it can be, and they're also showing off one of the four new maps planned for the release.
A video fly-through of the new map, as well as more information on Orion Beta 1.2, may be viewed here. Readers, keep an eye out for the release, and developers keep up the hard work on Orion!
GraviNULL Release Imminent[ 1 Comment ] 0:29 PST | eulogy | Print News | Category: Half-Life 2GraviNULL is a no-gravity mod, with a modified gravity gun that allows you to "grapple, absorb, and launch" the balls of steel seen in the trailer video below, and with a simple control scheme that allows you to do it all with one hand. What you do with your other hand is up to you!
Launching with 5 custom deathmatch maps (screenshot here), you'll want to keep an eye out for GraviNULL this Friday, February 26th, 2010!
Steam Beta Opt-In[ 3 Comments ] 23:59 PST | eulogy | Print News | Category: SteamValve has announced an optional beta version of their brand-spanking-new UI. To opt in, all you need to do is click here while Steam is running, and under Beta Participation, choose "2010 UI Update".
For a more complete preview of the UI as well as additional information, go here.
Fixed registering GFW titles after preload decryption
Fixed not getting servers in the serverbrowser on a client Steam install if you immediately launched a game rather than using the Steam server browser
Various Steamworks fixes
As always, simply restart your Steam client to receive the update.
GoldenEye: Source Beta 4 Released[ Comment ] 8:24 PST | eulogy | Print News | Category: Half-Life 2GoldenEye: Source, the mod which strives to bring back the style of gameplay from the Nintendo 64 game, has released beta version 4. This large update contains changes too numerous to list here, but you may visit their Wiki page for details. Along with the release came a video showing more of the gameplay, and is watchable below:
Make sure to download the mod here and get to those juicy feelings of nostalgia!
Fixed Gestir's spear first person animations so they properly match the attack durations so there is no longer a perceived delay where you can't attack
Fixed issues with the Achievements Capitalism and Immaculate Immortals
Fixed chest being impossible to pickup if it was dropped into a pickup
Improved player collisions code. Should help with getting stuck in players as well as in physics objects
Balance Changes
Removed the speed boost gained during a jump
Decreased blunderbuss damage slightly
Decreased damage done by Skirmisher's cutlass slightly
Decreased overall damage of the keg
Increased the movement speed while using the keg slightly
The attack speeds of the 3 sword and shield weapons have been adjusted.
Increased hook and punch damage
You can read and comment on the full changelist on their Official Forums. As with all Steamworks games you can download the update by trying to launch PVK2 or restarting your steam client.
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