Category Archives: Steam Powered

Aye, that’s tha way ya do it!

After our usual delay, we’re proud to announce we’ve finished the utterly impossible task of selecting the winners of the Polycount Contest. These five lucky individuals will soon receive the unbridled adoration of the TF2 community when we release their packs in an update. Unluckily for them, we’re also going to attach gameplay attributes (probably of a game destroying nature) to these items, sullying their perfect work with our clumsy attempts at game design. Anyway, enough mucking about, head over and see who won!

Winners:

The Gasman (pyro)

Tank Buster (Soldier)

Special Delivery (Scout)

Croc-o-style (Sniper)

Saharan Spy (Spy)

In other good news, the chaps over at CEVO dropped us a line to say that registration for the CEVO TF2 Season 6 tournament has just opened up. With three skill divisions, it’s a great place to play some competitive TF2 matches, even for relative beginners. They’re trying to convince those of us in the Valve TF2 team to play in the Amateur division as well, which would be possible if we ever figured out how to curb our usual desire to cheat spectacularly.

Note: The current top 4 TF2 teams in North America (Complexity, Blight-fanom, eMazing Gaming, Nexus) will be battling it out this weekend at the ESEA season 6 LAN in Texas. The top CS:S and CS 1.6 teams will also be there. http://www.Pwnage.tv will be covering all 3 games.
Source Continue reading Aye, that’s tha way ya do it!

R.U.S.E.? Free Preview Weekend On Now

Join the R.U.S.E.™ Free Preview Weekend now and play a sizeable slice of the multiplayer, featuring new maps never played before. Play with 2 to 8 players, with any team or free-for-all combination, and with any of the 6 factions available in the final game.

During the Free Weekend, you can also play battles against the medium or hard AI for the first time. Select which nation your opposing AI will play and check out the strengths of each faction. Good luck defeating the hard AI!

Click here to play now for free (Requires free Steam desktop application to play. Visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam now.)

Free Preview Weekend ends July 18th at 1pm Pacific time.


Source Continue reading R.U.S.E.? Free Preview Weekend On Now

Future Wars Now Available

Future Wars is now available on Steam and 20% off until July 22nd.

Battle it out on the proving grounds and get ready for Future Wars.

Similar to classic titles such as Advance Wars and Battle Isle, the game takes strategy gaming away from the micro-management overkill that it has become and using simple, proven rock-paper-scissors principles, reopens the genre to everyone.


Source Continue reading Future Wars Now Available

Turba Update Released

Turba has been updated.

Update features:

  • Folders can now be pinned to the root of the Computer section of the browser.
  • Added option to preview songs in the file browser.
  • Added options for menu music and sound volumes.
  • Added option for a left-handed mouse.
  • Game remembers what mode/power you last played with when going back to menu.
  • Old Colorblind blocks are now the default. Colorblind mode now has higher contrast colors.

Source Continue reading Turba Update Released

Moonbase Alpha Update Released

Updates to Moonbase Alpha have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

  • FIXED – Astronauts can “attach” next to the rover or command center when high latency is present.
  • FIXED – Rover is sometimes invisible when remotely controlled when high latency is present.
  • FIXED – Erratic behavior of rover when attached to hose.
  • Multiple optimizations to program code for singleplayer and multiplayer gameplay.
  • Modified information in log reports.

Source Continue reading Moonbase Alpha Update Released

Blacklight: Tango Down Now Available

The action multiplayer and co-op game Blacklight: Tango Down is now available via Steam in North America and most of Europe.

Make your stand across seven game modes with 12 different maps in intense online battles supporting up to 16 players. Or fight through four intense Black Ops missions co-operatively or alone; all the while gaining experience, collecting stats, and unlocking items.


Source Continue reading Blacklight: Tango Down Now Available

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Update Released

Updates to Sniper: Ghost Warrior have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include:

AI

  • Fixed interactions of camouflage system with plants (the player will be less vulnerable to enemy sight when hidden in vegetation)
  • Adjusted AI alertness and seeing (e.g. the player will be less vulnerable to enemy sight at long distances)
  • Tweaked influence of the players posture and movement speed on being spotted by the enemies
  • Tweaked AI reactions, better behavior in combat situations
  • Removed over 95% of the static AI scripts during stealth actions and replaced with the improved stealth system

Multiplayer

  • Fixed multiplayer statistics
  • Adjusted duration of breath-holding
  • Fixed minor multiplayer maps geometry issues

Optimizations and Stability

  • Fixed possible random crashes on multi processor systems
  • Fixed minor stability problems on several hardware configurations

General Fixes/tweaks

  • Fixed registration of internet profile
  • Fixed blink after exiting game to menus

Weapons

  • Adjusted melee (knife) attack strength
  • Adjusted damage, accuracy and range of AI weapons

Source Continue reading Sniper: Ghost Warrior Update Released

Disciples III – Renaissance Now Available

Disciples III: Renaissance is now available via Steam.

Building on the overwhelming successes of the first two games, Disciples III: Renaissance introduces a host of new features as well as the compelling gameplay that made the previous titles so popular.

Plus, buy Disciples III on Steam and get three Steam-Exclusive additional maps for single player and hot seat mode as well as over 50 Steam Achievements to unlock.

Disciples III – Renaissance will also be available in North America starting on July 16th.
Source Continue reading Disciples III – Renaissance Now Available

R.U.S.E.? Free Preview Weekend Coming, Pre-Load Now

Ubisoft’s upcoming Real Time Strategy game, R.U.S.E.™ is hosting a Free Preview Weekend. Pre-load the game now and be ready to play when the free weekend starts Thursday, July 15th at 11am Pacific Time.

Click here to start pre-loading, or visit www.steamgames.com/about to install Steam.

The Free Preview Weekend of R.U.S.E. will let you play a sizeable slice of the multiplayer, featuring new maps never played before. Play with 2 to 8 players, with any team or free-for-all combination, and with any of the 6 factions available in the final game.

During the Free Weekend, you can also play battles against the medium or hard AI for the first time. Select which nation your opposing AI will play and check out the strengths of each faction. Good luck defeating the hard AI!
Source Continue reading R.U.S.E.? Free Preview Weekend Coming, Pre-Load Now