Perhaps Valve did the one of the cleverest things, ever. The release of Source’s Filmmaker is groundbreaking and gives players the ability to create gorgeous videos, like the following one. This is also a clever way to promote your game, mind you. So, YouTube’s member ‘MetalSeer’ created a beautiful cinematic video for Team Fortress 2 via Source Filmmaker. It looks great, so go ahead and take a look! Continue reading Beautiful Cinematic Video for Team Fortress 2 via Source Filmmaker→
Valve, creator of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced the open beta release of Source Filmmaker (SFM), for free, to everyone. Continue reading Valve’s Source Filmmaker Now in Open Beta→
Valve, creators of best-selling game franchises (such as Counter-Strike, Half-Life, Left 4 Dead, Portal, and Team Fortress) and leading technologies (such as Steam and Source), today announced Steam Greenlight, a new platform feature that enlists the community’s help in selecting some of the next games to be released on Steam. Continue reading Valve Announces Steam Greenlight→
Valve has released a new beta update for their upcoming free-to-play game, DOTA 2. This new update adds Luna and Guardian Wisp, improves the voice communication quality as the game now uses the CELT codec, fixes bugs for various characters and tweaks the game’s visuals and User Interface. As always, the update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view the complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading New DOTA 2 Beta Update adds Luna and Guardian Wisp, improves voice communication quality→
Valve has released a new trailer for the new character that is introduced to Team Fortress 2. The masked arsonist known only as “Pyro” has always been the most unknowable of the Team Fortress mercenaries. Until now. Today the mask comes off. Metaphorically. That’s right: It’s time to Meet the Pyro. Team Fortress 2 has also been updated and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Team Fortress 2 – Meet The Pyro→
Now here is something interesting for speculation. The FB page of ValveTime.net (main site is currently down mind you so you won’t be able to access it) has posted some concept arts of Half Life 2: Episode Three. It is said that those concept arts are leaked from year 2008 and as we can see, they definitely have a Half Life feel to it. In these concept arts, we can see Alyx, a Combine Soldier, some other characters and one of the game’s environments. Now these could very well be some fan-made concepts – even though Steam forums moderators claim that they are indeed original Half-Life project artworks – so take them with a grain of salt. Still, they seem interesting and we thought it would be cool to share them with you. Special thanks to Insomnia.gr member ‘Praetorian’ for spotting them. Enjoy! Continue reading Are these concept arts from Valve’s ‘Year 2008’ plans of Half Life 2: Episode Three?→
Valve rolled out a new update for Steam, in which the company noted that the Windows XP SP1 support will be dropped on August 31st. This obviously does not mean that Steam will stop working on Windows XP SP1 systems. However, the company will not provide any help or support when players face problems with it (at a later date). In addition, there is a possibility for a future update to break Steam on Windows XP SP1. Continue reading Valve drops Windows XP SP1 support for Steam on August 31st→
Now here is something interesting. DEEP is a new animated film based in a post-apocalyptic Earth where humanity has moved underwater to stay alive. It is being directed by Shane Acker, who previously worked on the Tim Burton produced 9, and is being animated by the Ireland-based Brown Bag Films, who previously made the Oscar nominated short films Give Up Yer Aul Sins and Granny O’Grimm. The story revolves around the crew of a nuclear submarine, the Norwood, as they try to discover the secrets of the Wayfarers. Continue reading DEEP Teaser Trailer – Source Engine Animated Film→
As promised, Valve has released a new update for the beta version of their upcoming free-to-play title, Dota 2. This new update adds three heroes (Chaos Knight, Phantom Assassin, and Gyrocopter), fixes a bug where bots would pick their heroes before humans locked in their picks, and comes with some rebalance tweaks for various characters. This update will be auto-downloaded next time you start the Steam client and you can view its complete changelog below. Enjoy! Continue reading Dota 2 gets a new Update that adds three new heroes→
The FB page of Black Mesa: Source has just hit 20K likes and the Black Mesa team has now kicked off their social-media campaign towards their first release. This new batch of screenshots really give the first glimpse into the gameplay of Black Mesa and be sure to keep an eye on them as they have more in store for us in the near future. In other words, this is the start of Black Mesa: Source’s hype machine, so get ready everyone. Truth be told, we hoped for a video release but that’s okay if the team keeps releasing updates more frequently. Enjoy the shots after the jump! Continue reading Black Mesa: Source FB page hits 20K likes; new screenshots released→
