It's a great time to be alive if you're a fanatic about the particulars of various performance-boosting graphics APIs. AMD's Mantle is here , Microsoft's DirectX 12 is coming with Windows 10 , and at GDC in early March we'll hear the first news about a successor to the open-source...
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Often copied but never equalled the original Half Life was huge. It blew the industry away and showed many how it should really be done. Well that was way back in 98' and for several years now fans of the series have been waiting for a remake of the original. Fans loved the game so much they...
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When times were of a more genteel pace, Victoria was on the throne. The major source of power was steam and Jules Verne had just invented his time machine. Twas the time of inventors of the highest calibre like my good friend, YerEverLuvinUncleBert. For your gratification I present his latest...
Fans of the Fallout series who had difficulty with Fallout New Vegas either went out and bought a better computer to explore this post-apocalyptic wasteland, or simply roughed it out with their trusty and rugged sidearms in the Mojave. But as of July 6, 2011, Valve released one of the most...
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That's right as many STEAM users are logging in today they are being greeted with the message that TEAM FORTRESS 2 has been officially converte to a FREEPLAY game with microtransactions, so theres no excuse not to get it if you put off doing so.
For the folks who don't know what STEAM is, it's...
If you're a PC gamer, you probably use Steam. Maybe originally it was because Steam was the only way to get at juicy morsels like Half Life 2, but these days Valve's online marketplace is pretty much the best thing going, with a huge library of titles, hyper-competitive pricing, and a strong set...
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Windows 8 Center
According to a source that has tipped off Techradar, Microsoft plans to use Windows 8 as an opportunity to “relaunch PC gaming.” Recently hired Rahul Sood, who had founded luxury computer manfacturer Vodoo PC, was quoted saying that
The company has induced some...
Steam, The world's biggest digital distribution platform for games is under attack as MCV reports, they understand that key retailers will drop titles that integrate the popular Steam service as fears mount that the service has a ‘monopoly’ on the download market.
Insiders say Steam, run by...
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Steam is releasing Alien Swarm for free
By Hilbert Hagedoorn, July 19, 2010 - 8:31 PM
Today Steam is releasing Alien Swarm, which will cost you nothing.
Two years ago, Valve hired a group of modders behind the popular Unreal Tournament 2004 co-op mod called Alien Swarm as ggmania...
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Taken from Gamershell.com news
Valve has announced a massive "Perils of Summer" sale event on Steam, their platform for PC and Mac games with over 25 million accounts worldwide. Through July 4, gamers will find massive savings on today's top releases, classic titles, and publisher catalogs. In...
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I noticed whilst checking the sites the other day that news of a big update for Halflife 2, HL2 EP1, EP 2 and Portal. Mainly it was to do with stuff for Mac users but almost hidden away down near the bottom of the release was the line 'Update to engine' (or words to that effect).
Apparently they...
Valve is providing the game Portal for Free until 24 May. There's no catch - as long as you download and install Portal prior to 24 May, you can keep playing it forever for free. The only requirement is that the Steam Client be installed.
Portal is FREE!
Now the offer is over.
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mainly valve cause thats all i really play. ok well ive had this problem before and i had fixed it, came down to it being my caviar green 1tb drive, then went out and got a caviar black 1tb, and that had fixed it for a while. now its sort of back. this time it happens once in a blue moon. and...
Taken from the excellent GameTrailers.com :
Looks like someone might have let the cat out of the bag. The Japanese gaming site GNN has revealed what could be two new levels in the upcoming zombie slaughter fest Left 4 Dead 2. The two campaigns are Dead Center and Hard Rain, which will...
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1. My Alt-Tab and most other short cuts aren't working, is there something i can do?
2. Steam Compatibility. I use steam (Valve's game program), and my W7 forced it to run in compatibility mode, and my steam wouldn't open with the compatibility settings on. But when i checked if it had any...
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