The weekend has come and gone, and this year’s QuakeCon with it. The popular event taking place in Dallas was, as usually the case, more than just a huge LAN party. The event has seen over 3,000 gamers battling it out in various tournaments, and has also been the meeting place for many industry insiders and key players. iD Software ...
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Save Winston Churchill in the latest Sniper Elite 3 DLC
After allowing you to assassinate Hitler, Sniper Elite 3 now demands that you save none other than the British Prime Minister himself, Winston Churchill. The appropriately named Save Churchill DLC comes in three parts, the first of which is already available on Steam with the others to follow later this summer. In order to save the Prime Minister you will have ...
Read More »Portal 2 mod Aperture Tag available on Steam, adds new campaign
Remember the awesome bouncy gel from Portal 2? Well, now there’s an entire mod revolving around it and it was just made available on Steam. Entitled Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative, this mod adds a brand new campaign to Portal 2, a new fully voiced character, 27 new maps, new soundtrack, in-game editor, and more. But the most interesting ...
Read More »Free-to-play MMO shooter Firefall launches July 29th
Red 5 Studios will finally launch Firefall on July 29th, more than a year since the game entered open beta. Firefall is a free-to-play MMO shooter only available for PC and playable via Steam once released. Just like many other FTP titles, this one also features microtransactions, although most of these are merely cosmetic or convenience items so this game doesn’t live by ...
Read More »Half Life 3 “confirmed” in the most unusual of places
Readers of the automotive website Jalopnik got a pretty awesome deal last month. For a certain number of dollars they were able to support the 24-hour Nürburgring endurance car race that takes place in Germany. Pitching in naturally came with some benefits including the option of having your name written on the wing or roof of a car. One genius contributor, aptly ...
Read More »Valve releases update for Steam
Valve has released an update to the Steam client. The update fixes a number of issues with the client while also adding support for virtual reality on both Linux and Mac. Other changes include: Fixed in game overlay sometimes not activating on first hot key press after game launch Fix a rare crash during login inside of Big Picture if ...
Read More »Evolve Alpha has arrived, only NA residents eligible for now
Turtle Rock Studios and 2K Games have just announced that Evolve will be entering the Alpha testing phase very soon. Those who wish to participate must meet a few requirements in order to be considered eligible for testing. First off, you must be located in mainland North America. Next, you must own a PC capable of running Evolve (we’ve posted the ...
Read More »Crytek launches free-to-play shooter Warface on Steam
Crytek launched the free-to-play multiplayer FPS Warface on Steam today. The game hasn’t been very well received in most parts of the world before, but the company hopes that this move will change all that. “Bringing Warface to Steam paves the way for a new audience to discover the game’s engrossing cooperative and competitive action; completely for free,” Warface director Hasit Zala said. “As ...
Read More »EA expects a great Xbox One vs PS4 fight during the Holiday
Console owners are not the only ones interested in how the Xbox One vs PS4 battle evolves, many companies also have their reasons for keeping a close eye on the situation. In a recent interview with GamesIndustry International, Electronic Arts COO Peter Moore talks about the importance of the second Holiday season for next-gen systems. Xbox One and PS4 launched during ...
Read More »Over 7 thousand stolen Sniper Elite 3 Steam Codes revoked
Sniper Elite 3 developer Rebellion has announced in a forum post on Steam that “a total of 7050 Sniper Elite 3 keys were compromised”, and have revoked all these codes. Rebellion says that these Steam keys were stolen from them and sold to multiple unregistered vendors. From the official post: “To clarify, one of our PC retail distributors informed us ...
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