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 Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Targeted for release via Playstation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and Steam (for PC and Mac) in early 2012, CS: GO will expand upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched exactly 12 years ago. Continue reading Valve Announces Counter-Strike: Global Offensive; Coming on current generation consoles and PCs in 2012→
We are pretty sure that most of you won’t know who Team Psykskallar are. Well, did you by any chance play the Afraid of Monsters: Director’s Cut or Resident Evil: Cold Blood mods for Half Life? No? Pitty. Team Psykskallar were the creators behind those fascinating mods and they are currently hard at work with their latest TC – total modification – for Valve’s legendary FPS. Continue reading 7 minutes video of Cry of Fear; A horror TC for Half Life→
Now that’s what I call a great short film. TF 2: Sentry Saboteur sports great acting, awesome effects, nice music and stays true to the game. This could easily be a trailer for Valve’s game and you really have check it out. It’s cool, it’s interesting and we’d definitely kill for more live action shorts from these guys. Enjoy! Continue reading TF 2: Sentry Saboteur is an amazing Team Fortress 2 Live Action Short Film→
Lost Squad is a Half-Life 2 modification that looks quite interesting. The mod is developed by DmitRex Corporation and its third teaser trailer has just been released. This new teaser showcases some of the game’s destruction and you must check it out. Lost Squad is currently slated for a 2012 release and promises to feature Dynamic Destruction Environment (the modder claims that everything will be desctructible), Co-op mode and some new places, never before seen. Enjoy the teaser after the jump. Continue reading Lost Squad – Third Teaser Trailer→
Valve has just announced that DOTA 2 will be publicly playable at this year’s GamesCom and that there will be an international tournament for it. The International will feature the 16 best Dota teams in the world competing in the Dota 2 Championships through a group stage, double elimination playoff format over the course of Cologne’s five-day trade show (August 17th – 21st) and it will be broadcast in four languages (Chinese, German, Russian, and English) free of charge. Hell yeah! Continue reading Valve announces “The International Tournament” for DOTA 2 – Coming Out Later This Year→
We are pretty sure that a lot of you can’t wait to get your hands on the sequel to one of the best Warcraft 3 mods. DOTA 2 will be a standalone game and although we don’t know its exact release date, Steam hinted that the game will actually be released pretty soon. Continue reading Steam indicates that DOTA 2 will be released soon→
In the past we’ve seen some amazing fan-made films that were based on videogames – and particularly on Half-Life 2. Singularity Collapse is one of them and perhaps the best we’ve ever seen so far. Contrary to all other fan-made movies, this one is shot completely in the first-person perspective and features some amazing effects. Don’t expect to see Gordon Freeman though, as the movie is based on City 17’s rebel forces. Oh and that buggy scene looks great. Be sure to check it out after the jump. Continue reading HALF-LIFE – Singularity Collapse is one hell of a fan-made film→
Valve has just revealed the deals for the 7th Day of their Steam Summer Sale. As we can see, there is a 80% discount on King’s Bounty: Armored Princess, a 50% discount on Prototype and Lost Planet 2 and a 66% discount on The Sims 3 Pack. Continue reading The Steam Summer Camp Sale: Day 7 Deals→
Valve has picked up and released the winning maps of their Summer Mapping Initiative contest. According to the company, more than 280 maps were submitted. 13 judges played and voted them. And in order to celebrate it, Valve released the winners which are now available for download from here. Continue reading Portal 2 – Summer Mapping Initiative Maps Available Now→
Wow. Now that was quite unexpected. Valve has just announced that their amazing online FPS game, Team Fortress 2, is now free-to-play. This means that anyone can download and enjoy Valve’s game. Those who have spent – or will spend – money on TF2 , will have a premium account. Continue reading Team Fortress 2 goes Free to Play→
