Posts Tagged ‘steam’
Battle.net to allow third parties?
Currently, it’s known that Blizzard plans to use its Battle.net service for their own in-house games like Diablo III and StarCraft 2. However, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo recently went on record as saying they might open it up to third parties.
“It’s something that we’ve definitely always talked about. The problem for us is that it takes a lot of work from our other teams. Every time we have the discussion, we try to figure out what’s going to happen if let’s say a Blizzard game was coming out and a third party game was coming out at the same time. Could we be agnostic in that way? Could we offer the same level of support that we offer our games to third parties? We just never know. It just seems like a big job for us.”
If Blizzard were to do this, Valve’s Steam digital distribution platform would finally be getting a run for its money. I wonder which studios would take sides.
via cvg
Steam has a Bad Company 2 4-pack deal
Just in case you haven’t picked up Battlefield: Bad Company 2 yet Steam has a great deal for you — 4 copies of the game for $149.99. Now depending on how you look at it you’re either getting one of the copies for free or all 4 copies for around $37.
Even better is the fact that Steam is offering the Limited Edition version that gives you 6 extra online unlockables from the get go.
Check out the deal here.
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Valve confirms Steam, Source for Mac
It seems that Portal 2 isn’t the only Valve game coming to the Mac platform — If you remember, we told you not too long that rumors had begun making their rounds about a version of Steam for Mac’s OS X. Now, Valve has officially confirmed that not only will a Mac version of Steam will be hitting but also a Mac version of the Source engine. If you don’t know, the Source engine is Valve’s engine behind popular games such as Left 4 Dead 2, Half-Life 2 and more.
This means that Mac gamers will finally be able to play the above mentioned games in addition to Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike. Even better, Valve has made it so that when developers make a game for the PC, code will be automatically generated that will allow the same game to work for OS X.
Looks like the Mac will not be a gamers nightmare any more.
via joystiq
Steam definitely coming to Mac
Late last month we let you know that a Mac OS X version of Steam was most likely on its way thanks to some leaked imagery. Now, Valve has released a whole slew of Apple-related advertisements all but confirming that the digital distribution platform is in fact making its way to the Mac.
Make note, next week is GDC so chances are we’ll hear an announcement from Valve about Steam for OS X then.
via destructoid
OS X getting Steam?
Apple’s OS X is a great operating system, I’m a user myself, but it hasn’t exactly been known as the best gaming platform under the sun. In fact, the most widely used digital distribution platform, Valve’s Steam, doesn’t even have a native client for OS X.
However, according to recent rumors that may all change very soon. News comes to us from the Steam Users Forum that shows some OS X Steam code along with some Apple-esque Steam icons.
Is this rumor to be believed? Well, Valve was previously looking for some Linux and OS X engineers so it would certainly make sense.
via bluesnews
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Aliens vs Predators outperforms Modern Warfare 2 on Steam
It seems that the reign of Modern Warfare 2 is, somewhat, coming to and end. The weekly results for Steam has come in and Infinity Ward’s latest title isn’t first, hell it isn’t even second. In fact, those 2 spots have been secured by Aliens vs Predators and Battlefield: Bad Company 2, respectively.
Of course, Modern Warfare 2 was in a close third but what’s pretty amazing to me is that Counterstrike: Source is still on this list, after all these years.
Full list below:
1. Aliens vs Predator
2. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
4. THQ Complete Pack
5. BioShock 2
6. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War 2 Chaos Rising
7. Mass Effect 2
8. Left 4 Dead 2
9. Global Agenda
10. Counter-Strike: Source
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Total War series 66% off on Steam
The RTS franchise Total War is on sale on Steam, with each game discounted by 66%. The best deal of them all though, is the “Total War Mega Pack”, which includes Medieval II: Total War, Rome: Total War + Alexander and Kingdoms expansions, and Empire: Total War for just over $20! If you’re an RTS fan, now is the time to strike a deal!
Pre-order Metro 2033 on Steam, get Red Faction Guerrilla free
Here’s what’s definitely going to be the deal of the day: THQ has announced a great offer on Steam, where if you pre-order the upcoming Metro 2033, you’ll get Red Faction Guerrilla for free. That’s right, free!
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Steam downtime planned for Thursday
Valve has announced that parts of Steam will be down on Thursday due to a maintenance update.
Beginning at 6pm Pacific time Thursday February 4th, we will be performing software maintenance on some Steam servers. Some Steam services will be offline during this time. Affected services will include the Steam Community, in-game matchmaking or lobbies, downloading games from Steam content servers, and making purchases from the Steam store.”
Players will still be able to play games though, which is what matter the most, anyway.
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Steam surpasses 25 million subscribers
Valve’s Steam service is no joke. Really, it’s by far the most popular service for downloadable games, and now they’ve surpassed a whopping 25 million members. What’s more, over 2.5 million members were simultaneously online in December, and 2009 was the fifth year where membership increased by 100% year over year.
Bad Company 2 available for pre-order at Steam
For those who think that boxed games are a thing of the past, you’ll be delighted to know that Battlefield Bad Company 2 will be available on Steam, and the game is now up for pre-order as well. If you pre-order the game, you get six pieces of unlocks you otherwise had to play to get. They include better armor for your vehicles, secondary fire, a magnetic dart gun and a few more. Check out the Steam page here.
Steam users like Windows 7
Are you using Valve’s digital distribution service, Steam? If so, did you make the upgrade to Windows 7? According to a recently published survey done by Valve, the answer to that may very well be yes.
As you can see from the above chart, Windows 7 is making enormous gains on both Windows Vista and XP. As of this posting, around 23% of the online Steam community has made the switch to Microsoft’s latest operating system. Of course, the much loved XP is still on top with Vista trailing in second but honestly, who games on Vista anymore?
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Steam Hardware survey, December 2009
The Steam Hardware surveys are always a great indication on what kind of specs PC gamers have, and in December, it looks like dual core CPUs are quite the mainstream, and on the graphics side, Nvidia still dominates over ATI and Intel. You can check out the full stats here.
Serious Sam HD discounted to $7 for the weekend
Valve is at it again with their weekend deals and their time they are focusing on Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter, discounting it to just $6.79.
For those who don’t know, Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter is a remake of Serious Sam: The First Encounter with both updated textures and character models. But honestly Serious Sam carnage in high definition for $7? That’s a no brainer.
via steam
Last day of Steam holiday sales
The Steam holiday sales are soon over, and it was good while it lasted. Very good, indeed. The last day has such deals as STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl for only $2. The other deals include:
- BioShock – $4.99
- Grand Theft Auto IV – $7.49
- Torchlight – $4.99
- Killing Floor – $4.99
- Left 4 Dead 2 – $33.49
- Defense Grid: The Awakening – $2.49
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl – $2.00
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