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New Humble Weekly Sale is go! Serious Sam franchise goes cheap

by Joseph Murphy - on Jun 7th 2013 - No Comments
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The latest Humble Weekly Bundle is active, and it sees the Serious Sam franchise on sale. Paying above the average means you get access to all the Serious Sam titles to date. In fact, the team at Croteam has confirmed they are currently developing Serious Sam 4, and that all funds sent their way though the Humble Bundle sale will be...

The Walking Dead “400 Days” DLC appears on Steam database

by Joseph Murphy - on Jun 7th 2013 - No Comments
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The Steam database is now carrying something called The Walking Dead 400 Days. Added recently, the inclusion is registered on Valve’s digital distribution software as DLC for Telltale’s smash hit title The Walking Dead. Here’s how it looks: Of course, if you’ve been following the progress of the franchise, you’ll...

Rumour – Left 4 Dead 3 reference spotted on SteamWorks

by Shane Willoughby - on Jun 2nd 2013 - No Comments
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A NeoGAF user has claimed to have “brute forced” his way through the back end of Valve’s recently launched public partners SteamWorks SDK developer site and found a reference to something called Left 4 Dead 3. After he found his way through to the Left 4 Dead 3 page, he found himself promptly banned for breaking Steam’s...

Pyro and Spy speak! An interview with Dennis Bateman

by Joseph Murphy - on May 27th 2013 - No Comments
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Towards the end of 2012, TGL had the chance to sit down with the voice actor behind two iconic video game characters – both of which reside within the walls of Team Fortess 2. Dennis Bateman has offered up his voice work for both the Pyro and the Spy characters, and thanks to thousands of TF2 memes and walkthrough videos, Dennis’...

Humble Weekly Sale is a go! Alan Wake franchise up for grabs!

by Joseph Murphy - on May 23rd 2013 - No Comments
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The latest Humble Bundle Weekly sale is live and it sees the Alan Wake franchise up for grabs. As you may know by now, simply put, it means you can grab copies of both games for as little as $1 – with proceeds split between charity, the developers and the website. Included in the bundle is a treasure trove of material including...

Alien Fear rebranded as Alien Rage, gets brand new teaser

by Joseph Murphy - on May 18th 2013 - No Comments
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City Interactive has rebranded their previously named title Alien Fear, as Alien Rage. There’s no official word on why the developer decided to go with the new name, so take your guesses, but with the news comes a brand new teaser trailer for the game. Alien Rage releases later this year on PC, via Steam, the PSN and XBLA. ...

Steam Trading Cards confirmed, beta is a go!

by Joseph Murphy - on May 16th 2013 - No Comments
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Valve has formally revealed Steam Trading Cards. Previously, entries appeared in the Steam database, but now the cat is out of the test chamber #0001. The system will see gamers rewarded by playing card-enabled titles, which currently stand as: CS:GO Team Fortress 2 Dota 2 Portal 2 Half-Life 2 Don’t Starve The system is rather...

“Steam Trading Cards” reference appears in Steam database, reveal incoming?

by Joseph Murphy - on May 13th 2013 - No Comments
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According to a new Steam datbase entry, Valve are on the cusp of potentially revealing something along the lines of trading cards for Steam. The news come courtesy of pcgamesn, with the actual Steam database site giving up more details about the concept. The database record was modified a mere 3 days ago to include the caption “Steam...

The Humble Double Fine Bundle announced, get the details here

by Joseph Murphy - on May 7th 2013 - No Comments
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The latest Humble Bundle offer is live, and it’s all about the finer things in life. The deal sees a group of rather awesome Double Fine Production titles up for grabs with Psychonauts, Stacking and Costume Quest awarded for the minimum donation ($1.00). If you’re feeling that bit generous you can donate that little bit more...

Team Fortress 2 gets new SteamPipe update

by Joseph Murphy - on May 2nd 2013 - No Comments
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Valve has announced Team Fortress 2 is getting a SteamPipe update. The update will kick in the next time you load the game and take up to 20-30 minutes, that’s according to the developer. The benefits of SteamPipe include faster updates, faster load times and more good things. Read more about the tech over on the FAQ page. Oh,...

Battle for Graxia launches, trailer and new details are go

by Joseph Murphy - on May 2nd 2013 - No Comments
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Petroglyph has announced their F2P title Battle for Graxia is now live. The MOBA title can be nabbed direct from this link and provides gamers access to a new “Replay Mode”, as well as a unique “White Knight” feature which sees players being able to replace other players that drop out of a game. Speaking of the...

New Humble Bundle weekly sale sees Killing Floor and Red Orchestra 1 & 2 on sale

by Joseph Murphy - on Apr 9th 2013 - No Comments
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The latest Humble Bundle Weekly Sale is live, and there’s a tonne of material up for grabs. Donating $1.00 will grab you steam keys for Red Orchestra 1 & 2, with their soundtracks available too, whereas topping the average donation (currently $1.86) will bag you Killing Floor on top of the original titles. The copy of Killing...

Bastion hits Humble Bundle weekly sale, pay what you want for it

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 21st 2013 - No Comments
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Indie smash hit Bastion has hit Humble Bundle’s new weekly sale. The Humble Bundle traditional saw a string of titles up for sale, with proceeds going towards charity, the developer and/or the site, but now, the comany are rolling out plans for a weekly sale – and Bastion is kicking the whole thing off. As always, you can...

Valve launches Steam “Early Access”

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 21st 2013 - No Comments
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Valve has revealed a new feature for Steam – Early Access. The new genre in the Steam library provides gamers with access to pre-release builds of games, with the option to provide feedback on each individual title as it evolves. According to the official FAQ, Early Access aims “to support and encourage developers who want...

Frozen Synapse devs reveal ” Frozen Endzone”, first details and trailer appear online

by Joseph Murphy - on Mar 15th 2013 - No Comments
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Mode 7 Games has revealed “Frozen Endzone”. Famed developers of the Frozen Synapse title, Frozen Endzone will sees gamers take on a “tactical future sports game” which again, will see the studio return to turn-based gameplay. The aim of each game is to get the ball into your opponent’s endzone. Here’s...