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��Friday, October 13
Activision & Valve Team Up��
12:20 | by Chief-Phillips
While it's generally not our place to post news about Steam and non-Source related games, it's hard to ignore the fact that Steam is growing far beyond a platform for Valve and independently produced games. In a new partnership with Activision, Steam (sometime this month) will be playing distribution host to four Activision titles, which includes:
Call of Duty
Call of Duty: United Offensive
Call of Duty 2
GUN
Apart from these large-title additions, there has also been many recently added titles to the platform, ranging from city-building/management simulators to hyper-realistic rally racing games.
Call of Duty, United Offensive, and GUN will be priced at $19.95, while Call of Duty 2 will be priced at $39.95. This once highly controversial platform is quickly becoming a major marketing and distribution tool for Valve games, independent games, and now for industry giants as well.
Be sure to head on over to the Steam Games List for a current listing of all games (and demos) available. The above-mentioned Activision titles should be available sometime within the month of October.
'Looking Back' Interview With Marc Laidlaw and David Speyrer��
12:20 | by Chief-Phillips Computer & Videogames.com took a trip down memory lane with Valve's own Marc Laidlaw and David Speyrer, and talked about some of their experiences with the development process of Half-Life 2: Episode 1.
Laidlaw: So developers might come up with an idea like 'Let's pick up the van and throw the van across!' You respond by saying: 'Well, I don't have anything better than that. I can't top it!' Then it turns into a secret thing: 'We're going to try and get this in, because if I tried to describe it to you, you'd say it was absolutely insane.' Then they'll go off and quietly build the pieces for it.
To get the entertaining and informative article, head on over here.
Counter-Strike: Source & Other Updates Available��
11:07 | by Chief-Phillips
Updates to Counter-Strike: Source, the Source Engine, and Source TV have been implimented. To take advantage of the changes, just restart your Steam client as always. The changes are as follows:
Counter-Strike: Source
Added beta for Counter-Strike: Source Dynamic Weapon Pricing
Source Engine
Exclude .lua files from being downloaded by clients
Exclude the addons/, gamemods/ and lua/ from having files inside of them downloaded to clients (Garry's MOD support)
Optimization for dedicated server and SourceTV relays
SourceTV
Enabled tv_deltacache by default and made size adjustable
Removed original game server IP address from spectator "status" command output
Medal of Honor: Heroes Giveaway!��
13:48 | by Matthew Pruitt
That's right, we're giving away free copies of Medal of Honor: Heroes for the PSP. However, you're gonna' have to work to get a copy for yourself. Here's how it works:
A few days ago, we took the Medal of Honor Heroes Jeep and drove all over the LA area. We parked it in front of some famous places and took some photos. I'm going to post these photos, but not all at once. I'll post a portion of a photo, and every day or two, I'll add more to the photo. The first person to respond to the thread with the correct location of the Medal of Honor Jeep will win a free copy of Medal of Honor Heroes for the PSP. I'll start with easy ones, and move to ones that won't be so obvious. If there are questions about a correct answer, my decision is final.
Where do you enter you ask? Well, the contest is being run through the PMOH forums. So, if you're not already signed up, make sure you do so and win yourself a free copy of Heroes!
Defence Alliance 2 Beta 1.6 Released��
13:48 | by redef
As they promised, Defence Alliance 2 Beta 1.6 has been released! The Red Orchestra version has suffered from a slight delay, but that hasn�t stopped the UT2004 version. You can view the change log below, a video at the DA website, and download links here.
Gameplay / Balancing
Ditched the ending matinee scenes as they were causing trouble.
Scoreboard is now shown at end of game and displays the winner.
Display for buildcounts and -limits.
Being killed by a dead player counted as suicide.
Hud-scaling mixing up the AMI.
"Ghost-AVeRs" are now fixed.
Longer respawntimes for Defenders.
Medics heal faster.
Unable to throw grenades when your weapon was empty is fixed.
PlasmaBombs do less damage through walls.
Turrets in automatic mode are less accurate.
GUI
Fixed and updated a couple GUI windows that were still using UT2004 theme.
Bot AI
Bots now build turrets again.
Bots are a bit less accurate.
Bots correctly reload their rocket launcher now.
Bots with completely no ammo use the ammoboxes but they failed to reload after, now they do.
Bots will now use rocket launcher at destroyables.
Bots will now use rocket launcher more against turrets.
Bots will use A9 SMG against infantry.
Bots wlil shoot at a turret that has been EMP. They used to ignore them.
Bots will promote throwing plasma bombs at destroyables objectives.
Bots equipped with EMPs will now focus more on turrets to disable them.
Bots properly now properly use XD40 handgun and P280 handgun.
Bots decide better based on circumstances if they should throw a grenade.
Maps
DA2-Classic-Egypt has been updated.
DA2-Forgotten now correctly plays through maplist.
Iron Grip: The Oppression Update��
11:14 | by Chief-Phillips
The ISOTX team has released a new patch for Iron Grip: The Oppression. Lag problems have been decreased, bugs were squashed, and some balance issues were ironed out. You can view the entire changelog by clicking on the "Read More" link right below. While you do that, visit the ISOTX forum to download the latest patch!
Iron Grip: The Oppression Patch 1.01 Changelog
Added SMLS weapon for General
New Grenadier voice FX
Upgraded General Unit with more strength
Tank turret rotation adjusted
Tank health adjusted anti Grenade spam
Tanks now blow up after being dead a while
Friendly Fire Server Setting Fix
Better Tank weapon balancing
New tank death explosions
SMLI SMG Secondary Fix
Resistance Hero Menu Selection Fix
RTS General chat and teamchat button Fix
40RGE Anti-tank gun damage increased
Increased Grenadier build time
Increased RTS Preperation time to help prevent rushes
Over-Run Media Update��
11:13 | by Chief-Phillips
The team developing the zombie modification Over-Run is hard at work and they are showing off their labor with a new video of the map �Town.� It boasts a very detailed map, which even includes a number of traps to make things a little more exciting.
Check out their website for links to the videos in high and low quality format and to check out other media.
Star Wars: The New Era Update��
11:13 | by Chief-Phillips
The Star Wars: The New Era team is chugging along! Screenshots of a map that takes place within the infamous Death Star have surfaced on the website.
The map is nearing completion with internal testing already underway. Check out the rest of the images (as well as impressive renders of a few lightsavers) at tne.invision-games.com.
Science and Industry Update��
11:12 | by Chief-Phillips
The team behind the classic Half-Life mod Science and Industry has unveiled plans on the upcoming upgrade. Most of the changes are bug-related, but two are mentioned that are otherwise interesting. One of them is a minimap/map overlay feature, as shown in the following picture:
There is also the addition of a "Wall Super Jump" upgrade, which is sure to bring another interesting gameplay element to this already action-packed mod. Check out the video and the rest of the post at the Science and Industry website.
Strike Force Red Cell Interview��
10:02 | by Virax
VG Core has released an interview with Strike Force developers Vision Studios, regarding their first commercial product: Strike Force Red Cell. Now running on the Reality engine - which was, coincidentally, bought out by Epic Games - Strike Force is still looking beautiful.
Inside they discuss how the mod became a game, why it's coming to XBOX360 as well as PC, and much more. Here's a snip:
VG Core: It seems most hardcore console gamers seem to stick to a niche with gaming. Do you think SFRC will mix into the hardcore crowd, or is it one of those games that is aimed to spread through the market by targeting hardcore and casual, console and PC gamers?
Mike Hamlett: Strike Force has always had a solid fan base and we aim to target the hardcore and casual gamer from both console and PC. We want to make the gaming experience so addictive that you wake up in the morning wanting more. =)
Single-Player Campaign...With Zombies?��
10:01 | by David Shipley Island
of the Dead. I thought it was just a map. Now it's a campaign?
Someone should've told me sooner.
Sweet, zombies. I read the description and it says "it's
designed for a spooky experience." Let's
try it. Thanks to Windebiete for the news.
