Alien Swarm Now Available for Free on PC

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  I agree, great summary. As others have said can't wait to see what the mod community does with this! : ErichTopp
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    The biggest thing that bothered me was the way you steer the character with the mouse. It might be becau... : agentboolen
    • There's a controller preset for the 360 controller, just type "exec 360controller" in the console. I have... : dreirot
    • i know right EVERY GAME is better on pc with a control pad! : landaishan
  • i would pay/donate for a space hulk mod of this game. : radio_babylon
• Dislike the Aliens: You mean overall, or compared to the original Alien Swarm? : zehh
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  "Only one campaign to start with. " what? There are 8 official campaigns. Also, it was released with t... : bloodypalace
  • Where are these other campaigns? I see only 1 campaign, Jacob's Rest, which contains 7 levels. : LoneBoco
• Celkow - what about "Free" and "Includes Source Code" for Modders? : Lukiopimp

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• It's like if Shadowgrounds and Left 4 Dead merged. : SabinRaijin

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  I didn't see a "random" gen button, what am I missing here? : dangerdoggie
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    using those commands will generate a random mission, which you can then invite your friends to play with ... : duffman03
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      All I see is the map editor, no random mission. http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/2464/mapeditor.jpg ... : dangerdoggie
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        no no, this is in game, not the editor. In the game, open the console, turn on cheats, and then type ASW_... : duffman03
        • oh wait, I see what you're asking. No, it's not a Random button. Check out this article http://develo... : duffman03
• Thanks for posting this info. : wytefang
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  It's like Rise of the Triad's RANDROTT.EXE all over again, but with polygons, badassed coop gameplay, and... : FreonTrip
  • OMFG the memories.. randrott.exe! : Lukiopimp
• so cool : SymGeo
• This is awesome news. : Lukiopimp
• OMG this is awesome : sink257
• This is really cool. : IHATEDUST

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  You have to perform certain tasks to complete the level and move on to the next, the objectives aren't cr... : dangerdoggie
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    I have other questions like where's the manual instead of guessing? : rjklevels
    • not that your guessing, cause your right. : rjklevels
    • Valve doesn't believe in manuals... : bloodypalace
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      Read the mission briefing it will tell you everything there. I think TAB key to bring it up. The map wil... : te[R]ror
      • Yea, took my time and read through everything in the control options to the menu's etc... lil need for a ... : rjklevels
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  just be the medic and heal them soldiers : angelrubio
  • medic + tesla : rjklevels

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• You can actually make it if someone dies, just for some missions you gotta take care of the tech guy. : Lukiopimp

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  Mods! It's pretty simple....and that's the answer. How do you single handedly create an entire ravaging... : ev0ljon
  • That this can then be shown off as one of the great things Valve does, to retain loyal customers and reac... : defenestratedone
• good way to get a fan base and make money on other games : khskydemon
• Because they aren't owned by Activision? On a serious note. It allows the people who made it to get ve... : te[R]ror
• Technically its mostly for mod makers to get insight into using and coding with the Source Engine. It is ... : Lukiopimp
• Totally agree with Zehh - just finally tried this out, amazingly well-polished and fun, particularly note... : wytefang
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  Get more people on to steam. Get more people buying games through steam. : holinka
  • Yea, this is pretty much why. They want to push Steam, and offering free games seems to be working out f... : Clone42

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• It won phase 4 of MSU and was runner-up to Red Orchestra for the Unreal license. Then Valve hired the tea... : kungfusquirrel
• Actually it's pretty great, thanks for playing. : jad3d
• Yeah the game is total utter crap, better keep away from it simonfrance. You ain't missing anything and i : Lukiopimp
• It has great gameplay, and cranking up the difficulty is pretty intense. It's like Smash TV all over aga... : badcaps

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• It's avalanche for me on Steam foe OS X. Well, it has a large 'Install Game' button, so either it's avail... : streetmagix
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  get a PC. A mac user once asked me "is there a way to install Office 2007 For Mac on a PC?" =\ : roont
  • Steam and the Source engine are now on Mac. It shouldn't be that unrealistic to expect the game to be por... : NeoChaosX

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• I have not played this game yet but I can't wait to do this. : at0micgarden
• In a mission, everyone died except 1 and when he barely escaped two barrier monsters and completed the mi... : angelrubio
• I was like a grandmaster at writing ASS on the map in Guild Wars. : Aadi
• That was you? : vertdang

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• shat aaap : Damarius101
• you can certainly suck it : khskydemon

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  yeah ... I got that too and LOLed : Nation
  • Just keep trying on my 3rd try it started downloading. : agentboolen
• Same for me. And now I can't play TF2, either, since they released an update and the servers are too bus... : Tungsten