Here you are folks, eight new screengrabs from Valve/Turtle Rock Studio’s upcoming PC and Xbox 360 zombie survival shooter, Left4Dead. There are rumors of a PS3 version, but I highly recommend going for the Steam version. I mean, just look at how Team Fortress 2 is being handled with regards to content updates.
It’s looking great and that Source Engine is still admirable.
The days of losing your saved games are numbered. With Steam Cloud, Valve is offering gamers the ability to store their saved games online. So far only a handful of games are going to support this feature including the Half-Life games, CounterStrike and Left4Dead.
It’s about time such a feature was created and I’m not surprised that Valve were the first to do it. Bravo, Valve.
The details were nice to say the least. The wait? Tolerable. Well, Valve thought it would be a good idea to release their Medic update today, the day of GTAIV.
Fearless move.
Anyways, boot up Steam and have that update install itself. It’s a hefty download so in the meantime you can checkout the official changelog page.
Epic Games decided to join the increasingly popular Stream distribution system with the announcement of this “Unreal” deal:
All for $59.95. If you buy before the 24th of March, you get an additional 10% off. Pretty sweet if you’re a big Unreal fan who needs to buy any of these games. I would purchase it myself if I an 8800 GT and didn’t buy the PS3 version.
Now that we have id, Valve and Epic Games on Steam, who else do we need? Blizzard, of course. After that, I see no reason to visit brick and mortar stores for essential PC games.
PC gaming isn’t dead, but it is in disarray as some people put it. Initiatives like Steam and SteamWorks are solid attempts in making things easier for developers, but one company can only do so much. Have no fear. The PC Gaming Alliance is here to save PC gaming.
The alliance consists of Nvidia, AMD, Acer, Alienware, Intel, Dell, Gateway, Activision, Microsoft, Epic and hopefully more by the end of the year. With both major hardware and software manufacturers on board, the PCGA is hoping to raise awareness concerning PC gaming’s health, standardize minimum system requirements for games, address piracy issues and even improved distribution models.
Things look promising, but until I start seeing results: I’ll be cautiously optimistic.
A new update for Team Fortress 2 is up, but it’s not the “Medic” class update which I was waiting for. It does have plenty of fixes and a new map called Badlands though! It’s been a long time since I played Team Fortress 2 or any first person shooter. I think it’s “first person shooter fatigue”.
So, tell me if it feels any different and how the new map is. The game is all up to date thanks to the beloved Steam. Perhaps you can convince me to actually launch the game.
P.S - Buy AudioSurf.
I gushed over AudioSurf before, but that was just the demo. The retail game is coming to Steam on February 15th, 2008 for a low price of $9.95 USD. Pre-order now and you’ll receive 10% off. That’s $8.95 USD for AudioSurf! It’s impossible not to buy it!This is the first title to utilize Valve’s Steamworks development platform and perhaps in celebration, Valve decided to bundle the Orange Box soundtrack with AudioSurf as well. A very nice bonus since I would have gladly paid $9.95 USD for AudioSurf itself.
Check out the homepage for more info and buy it here from Steam.
It’s all preloaded on my end.
First, I would like to address the lack of Devil May Cry 4 enthusiasm from the rest of the QSF5 crew. Lack of Rez HD enthusiasm I can forgive, since the game was relatively “niche”, but the lack of DMC4 love? Bullocks. Fortunately, this week’s 1UP Show will help me convey my excitement for both Rez HD and DMC4. (There’s also an interesting segment about Endless Ocean.) I implore you bastards watch it.
A Steam update was just released with one noticeable and festive feature: gift purchases. It is an excellent method of gift giving for that PC gamer on your list. If you are wondering how it all works check out the Steam FAQ.
Some folks may recall that Steam supported gift giving for only Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode One earlier this year, but now the feature supports all games available at the Steam Store.
Give the gift of Orange Box.
P.S - Feel free to give me something as well.
