Category Archives: Steam

Steam Greenlight games have been voted on by “roughly” 2 million participants since it launched in August 2012, according to a recent developer group chat on Greenlight.

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Say what else you like about Call of Duty, there’s no denying it’s one of if not the most popular multiplayer formula. if you’ve yet to check out the latest entry, fire up your PC this weekend to partake of Black Ops 2, entirely free.

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The opt-in beta version of Half-life 2 already supports your shiny new Oculus Rift headset.

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There’s a pretty special sale on Steam at the moment, offering 25-75% off every Bit.Trip game available on PC. The retro-styled Gaijin Games series has won awards all over the place and is also available on Wii and 3DS. The newest entry, Runner 2, mixes things up with a new graphical style.

Sega has finally confirmed the release date for Total War: Rome 2 as September 3rd, 2013.

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BitComposer Games and Most Wanted Entertainment have announced that Thunder Wolves, their arcade-style helicopter combat game, will arrive on Steam on May 15th.

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The march of DOTA 2 moving towards being some insane industry all of its own continues with the Interactive Compendium, a supplement to the upcoming International Championships.

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The Double Fine Humble Bundle has launched. The lovely pay-what-you-want pack comes with cross-platform and DRM-free versions of Costume Quest, Psychonauts and Stacking. If ou pay over the $8.28 minimum you will also get Brütal Legend, If you pay $35 or more, you will also be pre-ordering Broken Age, the firm’s Kickstarter project. If you are feeling even more generous, if you pay $70 you will also get a t-shirt. All games are compatible with Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux, and just giving $1 opens the three main titles up on Steam. You have 13 days left on the clock. A video is below.

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Trials Evolution: Gold Edition is now available for digital download on PC and is free to try at the moment. The game will also go on sale through Steam May 9 through May 13 for 25% off. The gold Edition of the game includes all of the features included in previous formats, such as the in-game editor, global Leader Boards and multiplayer modes. Download the demo through Steam now.

Gmod developer Olympus Games launched a Kickstarter for its mod library, tracking and creation platform back in April, but we’ve only just stumbled across it. It is not to be confused with Garry Newman’s ‘Garry’s Mod’ tool. Newman has discussed the conflicts and similarities between both platforms with VG247.

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E.Y.E: Divine Cybermancy developer Streum On Studio has released an expansion and new update for its cyberpunk FPS. New features include additional modes and a slew of bug fixes.

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Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, once one of the most broken games ever to see commercial release, has just been patched yet again by its talented and devoted fan base.

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Since the release of Shades of Darkness for Might & Magic Heroes 6 this week, many players are reporting the inability to play the game, among other issues.

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As promised earlier this week, the Left 4 Dead 2 Linux beta is live. The beta build allows Linux owners to play the game natively, and comes with the new Extended Mutation System. Those who currently own Left 4 Dead 2 will see the beta in their Steam library, and the complete game comes with authoring tools and the beta Dedicated Server. It also includes updated Windows and Mac clients, so even if you are not running under Linux you can help by testing the Beta. Further information can be found through the link to the L4D Blog.

Steam is celebrating International Star Wars Day with a sale on games taking place in the venerable universe.

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Portal is now available for Linux through the Steam store, according to PCgamesN. It’s possible Portal 2 is also to be made available soon for Linux as well, as it’s listed, by grayed out at the moment, according to Gearburn. If you don’t own the original Portal yet, it will run you £6.99.

Painkiller: Hell and Damnation videos, which have been compiled by Sam “Media Master” Clay have been posted. One gives you a tutorial, and the other is the first 15 minutes of the game.

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Pinball FX2 will be released on Steam next week, Zen Studios has announced.

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Guncraft developer Exato Game Studios has released a trailer for its Minecraft-meets-shooters sandbox game. It shows off some tactical uses for building blocks to obstruct enemies, and build makeshift forts on the hoof.

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Awesomenauts developer Ronimo Games is celebrating the first birthday of its popular MOBA fighter with the release of a new trailer documenting the title so far, and by discussing some new content on the horizon.

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