The cheapest way to pick up Valve's Counter-Strike: Global Offensive will be through the PSN Play promotion on PS3. But the earliest way to play the long-awaited tactical shooter is to buy it on Steam for PC and Mac. By doing so, you'll be able to play the game one week earlier than its planned August 21st release.
The Remedy Entertainment mobile racer Death Rally has hit Steam today, complete with a graphical overhaul and other improvements. It's available now for $9.99, but you can grab it for $8.49 through August 10.
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The first of two planned free DLC patches coming to Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 3 has released today. Called the "Fan-Fiction Free DLC Patch," it adds a few new costume features, along with bug fixes and balance adjustments.
Valve head Gabe Newell is not a fan of Windows 8. "I think that Windows 8 is kind of a catastrophe for everybody in the PC space," he said rather bluntly. "If that's true, it's going to be a good idea to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality."
What is the cause for Newell's vitriol against Microsoft's next OS? He sees a movement away from open platforms to a closed one. Perhaps there's other reasons as well: Windows 8 brings about features like the built-in Windows Store app marketplace and Xbox Live integration--both which threaten Steam's stronghold in the PC gaming scene.
If you've been waiting for the right time to bite on Left 4 Dead 2, your patience has paid off. Valve has just released a hefty new update, just as it puts the game on sale for 75% off. This also comes among a tease of several new L4D-related updates coming soon.
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Valve has muttered and murmured about bringing Steam and its Source engine to Linux before, and now it's revealed the plan--port Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu 12.04, then work from there. Steam will come to Linux in all its glory, and Valve's building a speedy OpenGL version of Source it can use for more of its games too.
Awesomenauts, the platforming battle arena hybrid, is coming to PC after all. Developer Romino Games announced that due to fan requests, the game will hit Steam with keyboard and mouse controls "within a month." It will also come to Mac sometime later.
PC users have long been waiting for the annual Steam Summer Sale, and today it finally arrived. The online storefront will offer discounts, flash sales, and customer choice sales from today through July 22. Today's deals kick off with Portal 2 for $4.99, Total War: Shogun 2 for $7.49, and Modern Warfare 3 for $29.99, among others.
Getting onto Steam is a huge boost for any game, but Valve's submission process is slow and opaque, and many developers find they have to try several times to get on. How splendid, then, that Valve has announced it will use the Steam Workshop model of community ratings to winnow the chaff from the delicious wheat with its new 'Steam Greenlight.'
Like Steam Workshop, developers can create pages for their games on the Steam community site with screenshots, videos and whatnot. Users are let loose to comment, rate, and yell that they're doing it wrong, then Valve will reach out to the makers of games Steamaniacs are most excited by.
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Civilization V recently got a lot more holy with the Gods and Kings expansion, but some of you fence-sitters haven't yet indulged in abusing religion for your own selfish ambitions. If you're still itching to give your theocracy a try, you'll be happy to know that a demo for the game is now available.
Orcs Must Die! developer Robot Entertainment is bringing its iOS hit Hero Academy to PC via Steam, complete with a team of Team Fortress 2 characters. The asynchronous multiplayer tactics 'em up will support cross-platform play with the iOS edition, too.
Team Fortress 2 has concluded its Pyromania update, with new weapons and items to go along with the new mode revealed on Monday. The Scout, Sniper, and Soldier are all getting new weapons, but the Pyro's new item has to win points for creativity.
Now that you've had a chance to Meet the Pyro, do you want to make your own Source-powered machinima creations? Well, now you can! Valve is releasing the Source Filmmaker (SFM), the movie-making tool Valve uses to make movies inside the Source game engine. SFM has been used in quite a number of Valve trailers.
In March 2011, Valve introduced an easier way to bring Steam to people's living rooms. In an effort to reach out to PCs connected to televisions, Valve announced "big-picture mode." It was supposed to offer full controller support that would allow gamers to navigate their Steam library from the comfort of their couch. Sadly, the feature remains in limbo with no timetable for its arrival.
One Shacker that was looking forward to big-picture mode was Brian "electroly" Luft. Luft has used controllers with his PC for many years, starting with Sony's PSX and PS2 controllers before moving on to the Xbox 360 controller. For couch players like Luft, the only way to remotely launch Steam titles without walking over to their PC was to use wireless peripherals. On top of feeling like a clunky solution, Luft pointed out the discomfort and silliness of using a mouse atop a couch. Big-picture mode would address these concerns, which is why Valve's continuing silence on the feature has proven disappointing.
That's why Luft has taken matters into his own hands. While many wait for Valve's official "big picture" solution, he has constructed a stopgap solution from scratch, dubbing it "Steam Control 360."
Team Fortress 2 is finally going to let you "Meet the Pyro" this Wednesday. But not content to just push out a zany video, the team at Valve has also planned a large update to the game, appropriately titled "Pyromania." It adds a new map and game mode, along with other reveals still to come.
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