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    You guys remember Alien Swarm? That co-op down down UT2k4 mod?

    Valve bought the team that made it, and now they're about to release a sequel on Steam:
    http://store.steampowered.com/app/630/

    Free!
    Jul 16, 2010 11:03am PDT
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    You guys remember Alien Swarm? That co-op down down UT2k4 mod? Valve bought the team that made it, and... : crummynzThis person is cool!

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    • Free shit! Cool. : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
    • Fuck yeah! : TaintedSyringe
    • +inf : inchwideThis person is cool!
    • Nice. So will it just show up in my Library on Steam? : gooblerampling
    • +inf Wow, that is very cool. Thanks for the heads up. : humbleoneThis person is cool!
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      This settles it! Valve clearly abuses its power in the market by being very cool and giving stuff away. ... : LightzoutThis person is cool!
      • A house of dicks they are. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • http://www.alienswarm.com/ : Visceral MonkeyThis person is cool!
    • AWESOME : orgcaptainnemoThis person is cool!
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      Valve must just be full of money. So they are paying these guys a salary plus benefits for the entire tim... : gooblerampling
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        The first one is always free. Next up. DLC, then Alien Swarn 2 : SlowtremeThis person is cool!
        • The attack of the Alien Swan - the sequel : humbleoneThis person is cool!
      • It's seems like most if the people who work at valve used to be part of a mod team. : thecatinthehat
    • been waiting on this for ages : okellycThis person is cool!
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      Man what, where did this come from? : ZekThis person is cool!
      • They saw my post and moved quickly: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=23469310 : ieGodThis person is cool!
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      FUCK YESEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS... : ieGodThis person is cool!
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        Sorry CS:S Mondays you've just been replaced. : ieGodThis person is cool!
        • i deleted CS:S yesterday. i'm sick of it getting stuck updating constantly and never finishing : dantasticThis person is cool!
    • WHAATtt. Awesome = D : pixelat3dThis person is cool!
    • Holy shit I forgot about this game. Is the sequel a stand alone? : oldschoolbob-oThis person is cool!
    • Game over, bitches. : MercFox1
    • PLEASE LET THERE BE AN OSX RELEASE ON DAY ONE! : KentorThis person is cool!
    • GJ Valve - I always wondered what happened to this game. : dedgecko
    • whoa, awesome! btw, when are they going to fire the developers? : NitriumThis person is cool!
    • Interesting : sanchezThis person is cool!
    • FREE? WHAT!? <3 : pyideThis person is cool!
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      <3 you GabeN : Cheeziologist
      • SEconded. Man hugs from random dudes on the internet! : squigiliwams
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      The front page article suggests that this could be the DotA Icefrog project. : The Grolar Bear
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        Really? Seems like the project the AS mod team hires would have been on. They announced a source version ... : pyideThis person is cool!
        • I agree, I have my doubts. : The Grolar Bear
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      Has anyone played Alien Breed: Impact ? http://store.steampowered.com/app/22610/ It is a similar game ... : TroZThis person is cool!
      • it's pretty meh imo : dedgecko
    • This looks pretty sweet. : spazzium
    • SWEEET : askedrelicThis person is cool!
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      What's the catch!?! Nothing is free! : pigvomitThis person is cool!
      • microtransactions for ammo : ass-street
      • You gotta suck off a random Valve employee. If it were any other company I'd take issue with that! : nodeThis person is cool!
    • Gonna rock! : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
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      what's the just of this game for someone who's never played it or UT : indosaurosThis person is cool!
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        class based coop survival shooter. top down presentation in the vein of smash tv. \ you basically kill... : pyideThis person is cool!
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          Oh god you remember that one level with the trip lasers? I spent hours playing that one and laughing mani... : ieGodThis person is cool!
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            This news really makes me want to go play the mod again but I'd rather dive into this one fresh spankin n... : pyideThis person is cool!
            • I know right? I would have shelled out $40+ for this easy. : ieGodThis person is cool!
      • The only thing UT has to do with it was that's the engine the original was on. http://en.wikipedia.org/wi... : AgentPotheadThis person is cool!
    • looks cool : ass-street
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      dont understand how this is free. any way, pretty damn cool. : wurt
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        You pay no money for it. Thus, it's free. : Gary the LlamaThis person is cool!
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          I DONT GET IT : wurt
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            wurt, can I give you a hug? : The Grolar Bear
            • Only if he pays for it! : etherboy
    • thats awesome : maullaThis person is cool!
    • Any news on if it will be on Mac? : jojomcboboThis person is cool!
    • great news, that mod was awesome : qwpeoriuThis person is cool!
    • SWEET! I love this mod, so much that I even made a map for it (AO-BugCity). SO HARD RIGHT NOW : Rehevkor
    • Awesome news. I'm psyched to try it. : Poor YurikThis person is cool!
    • I'm going to check this out, thanks crummynz : Piett23
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      Boo Windows only:( : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
      • I sense you are disappointed often. : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
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        based off Source engine so shouldnt be long before its ported to OSX : Vanitas
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          Hope so, I loved playing Alien Swarm coop, it was insanely hard but awesome. : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
          • The forced-on friendly fire made for some tense LAN parties. : crummynzThis person is cool!
    • OMFG. Awesome. : Rice-RocketeerThis person is cool!
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      wtf this looks awesome. eta? : atom519This person is cool!
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        Three days. Crazy, huh? : MagitekThis person is cool!
        • In two days, they'll announce that the source code was leaked and it's been pushed back to 2011. : BlackCat9This person is cool!
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      why the hell is this shit free, I would pay for this hands down : brewsterdogThis person is cool!
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        Show your appreciation and buy the next Valve game. :D : MercFox1
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          every game is a first day purchase, but I want to show appreciation to these specific guys so valve will ... : brewsterdogThis person is cool!
          • every *valve* game : brewsterdogThis person is cool!
      • I'm speculating, when they hired the team, the first thing they did was port their mod to Source SDK to l... : slambastThis person is cool!
      • They asked this question to play testers actually. "How much would you pay for this?" ... "What if w... : Agrona
    • The Source version was announced aeons ago (I remember, it was one of my first infs). I'm surprised they'... : aaarrrghThis person is cool!
    • Free? whoa. I actually wish this was an xbl game. I would easily pay $10-15 for it. : d3tachedThis person is cool!
    • Yessssssss http://cdn.steampowered.com/v/gfx/apps/630/ss_1f1d196ebb925cb93caf845e7e352e85542d9e76.1920x1... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Holy shit yes! : stygian_whisperThis person is cool!
    • Dear Valve FUCK YEAH! : locater16This person is cool!
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      OS X? =( : brickmatt
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        It's a free game. Expecting it to ship on OSX and Windows at launch seems a little ... entitled? : midgetherderThis person is cool!
        • Well, Valve said that everything they release is going to be on OS X day one and it sounds like Valve is ... : BlackCat9This person is cool!
        • Its just an honest question and sad face. They have released other titles for free in OS X. : not work safeThis person is cool!
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          fuck you, ship everything on OSX, isn't valve supposed to have made this easy with source now? : askedrelicThis person is cool!
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            The original game was made with the UT engine, did they even port it to source? : HalenThis person is cool!
            • Yes : marmiteThis person is cool!
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          I'm just asking, OS X seems to be a direction Valve is pursuing! : brickmatt
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            WHATEVER YOU ENTITLED FAGGOT : busdriver3030This person is cool!
            • FUCKING ENTITLED FUCKING MAC OWNERS FUCKING SUCK. : brickmatt
      • I'm sure an OSX version will happen once PC tests it enough :p : Godhatesfatpeople
    • Valve and free game based on an awesome mod is like awesome^2. : freshykThis person is cool!
    • Sick. I definitely sunk many hours into Alien Swarm. And Deathball. For now there is Greed, which remi... : Wheatloaf
    • NICE. All over this. : tcxsnoop
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      I would be interested in playing this coop, I'm "new" to the Shack. Would anyone like to drop their Steam... : jasenmp
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        This is the shack group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/shacknews I think it's private tho, so link... : crummynzThis person is cool!
        • Thank you kind sir. : jasenmp
        • Invite me Please: http://steamcommunity.com/id/JasenMP : jasenmp
        • I guess I should make it public now. No real purpose for it to be private still. : freshykThis person is cool!
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      Weird, I googled the UT mod a few weeks ago looking to see if the team had made any progress on the seque... : MagitekThis person is cool!
      • Seriously, I was bummed we'd never see AS:S. GG Valve, as always!! : quadeh
      • Actually, you can see this May 2010 update to http://www.blackcatgames.com/swarm/ : Agrona
    • that game was very fun : packav
    • It is amazing how un-Unreal the game looks in those screenshots. The lack of normal maps everywhere reall... : byorn
    • Since this game has finally been released, maybe this means They Hunger actually will too. : Fish_BulbThis person is cool!
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      So its L4D with aliens instead of zombies? : rickThis person is cool!
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        And a top-down camera? : rickThis person is cool!
        • Yeah... I guess. Here's gameplay from the original mod: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nfp97y4NccU : crummynzThis person is cool!
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      Oh HELL YES, I <3 U VALVE! : SamanThis person is cool!
      • I wish my gf was as cool about gaming as valve is... : SamanThis person is cool!
    • can't argue with the price. looks good, too : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
    • Can't wait. : VectorJKL