On Saturday, 13,000 Half-Life fans showed up on Steam to play Half-Life 2 multiplayer simultaneously. That’s 10k more HL2 players at one time than the Steam servers are accustomed to. Their reasons for gathering to play? They want to know the status of Half-Life 3. Read more »
With very little fanfare, Valve has suddenly made its popular online PvP shooter Team Fortress 2 a free game. As in, free to own, free to play, as much as you want. Forever. Read more »
It continually amazes me how little love the space program gets. From the media, from the public at large, you name it. It seems that no one but space enthusiasts bother to care about any of the work NASA is doing — you know, unless they do something huge, like land on Mars. Nevermind the endless triumphs and scientific advancements along the way that it takes to get there. NASA is in the business of trying to understand the universe, and discover our origins. How can they not be in the news every day? Well, okay, even I have to admit that a lot of what they do is pretty Read more »
Before anything else, Portal is now out for the Macintosh via Steam. Yes folks, after more than six years, the gaming industry has finally recognized OS X as a viable gaming platform. Even if it’s just for Plants vs Zombies. I’ve been on Steam since 2004 and only because that was the easiest way I could download Half Life 2 without ever leaving the house. As Internet got better through the years, the discless distribution method became a pillar of PC gaming. For a select few who owned Macs though, it presented a slight inconvenience. I feel a bit duped knowing that I own Plants vs. Zombies for the Mac, Read more »
This is probably one of the series of first wave reviews for Mass Effect 2 for the PC. One of the advantages of living in a place with GMT set to +8 is that you tend to get retail copies a few hours earlier. I didn’t get ME2 through Steam for this precise reason, and yay, USD $29 USD price tag too. Still way cheaper than Steam. After running the install, I popped in the access key to Cerberus that allowed me to download a number of things. Since I had a copy of Dragon Age: Origins, I was able to redeem the Blood Dragon Armor through a coupon. With Read more »
NCSoft has made a name for itself in the MMORPG genre. The company has published some of the most addictive MMORPGs in recent memory, including Guild Wars, City of Heroes and Lineage. In a bid to make its games more readily accessible, NCSoft has joined a growing number of publishers who are now using Valve’s Steam digital distribution platform. NCSoft said that it will make available a number of NCsoft games and expansions. Specifically, the following games and expansions will be added: Linage, Lineage 2: The Chaotic Throne, Guild Wars Game of The Year Edition, City of Heroes Architect Edition, Guild Wars Nightfall, Guild Wars Faction, and Guild Wars Trilogy. Read more »
