Other game companies must wonder why people are so in love with Valve and Steam. It is because they do things like this. Everyone with a Steam account can go grab Left 4 Dead 2 totally free. Normally I would add something here about how I stayed up until midnight for the original release of this game but it is Christmas. So go grab the game and spend time with your family as it installs.
In the first of three announcements that Valve is trotting out this week,”SteamOS’, a Linux based operating system was made public today, being touted as the answer to deliver Steam content to your home television. Valve,on their Steam website, declared that SteamOS, would “stream those games over your home network straight to your TV”. This OS will also be free, and will still include the bevy of features that Steam has made public over recent...
Trailers have become somewhat of a standard for games nowadays, they’re truly the first glimpse into a games soul, and if they aren’t good, chances are no one will even glance at your game.
Nerds far and wide should rejoice to the news that renowned director J.J. Abrams, and Valve CEO Gabe Newell are in the process of creating Portal and Half-Life films. It was confirmed in keynote at the D.I.C.E Summit, a gathering of video game executives, that the two had exchanged ideas and are anticipating working together in the future. This excites me to no end knowing that this has potential to actually happen, seeing as so many video game movies in the past have...
Compared to its competitors, the video gaming industry is a juvenile upstart. From some pretty humble beginnings, this industry has grown into a media force with annual earnings that dwarf the record and movie industries combined. Yes, gaming has grown up, it has even earned its stripes with giant publishing corporations in the form of Activision/Vivendi and Electronic Arts. With all of the new found maturity and revenue, the video games industry is still finding it...
We’ve seen a lot of free to play offers come and go with varying success. EverQuest F2P has made me pine for days long gone, Raceroom Racer Experience Teaser made the model look like a demo delivery service, and War of the Immortals even made me think that it might be a highly successful way to do business. None of the titles which use F2P as a business model, and I don’t count truly freeware games under this umbrella, have really captured my attention...
As you may or may not know, Steam has been busy at work creating an infrastructure that will bring it above and beyond it’s just digital distributor status. This includes opening up a hardware deptartment and creating a new controller-friendly UI for use on your TV. Their latest push for world domination is the Steam Software suite. These game-creation programs include the novice-level GameMaker: Studio, as well as some more professional modelling, texturing, and...
In this week’s Steamfeed, we find out what quality of games find their way to release via the Steam Greenlight system. Personally, I’m confused at what this game actually is. We also have planes and automobiles to look at, so let’s get to that. Air Conlficts: Pacific Carriers It is World War II and you are doing your part as a pilot in training when suddenly you hear a deafening explosion. Your home is under attack! Scrambling to the deck, you take off. The...
Good morning! We’ve spent quite a long while discussing beautiful little indie games, as well as some real chaff. This week, we get to focus on some major releases and redistributions. I am taking some time off my Tochlight II campaign to write up this feature only reluctantly, but there are some other gems in this short release list. Let’s get into them. F1 2012 A game which needs no introduction from Codemasters, a development house which does racing games...
As you are probably aware, there has been a big push for indie games lately. With Steam’s new Greenlight service being perfected as we speak, we are bound to see more and more indie games pop up on The Steamfeed on a weekly basis. These games tend to be affordable and consumable, which is exactly what developers need to stay afloat. This week is no exception as indie titles dominate the feature once again. Closure This light-based puzzler is cute and refreshingly...
