16 Mar 2012
Remember the bit in Fight Club where Ed Norton is sitting on a plane and he explains to the guy sitting next to him his theory of “single-serving friends”? Well, something similar is true in multiplayer games. (more…)
Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun
16 Mar 2012
Valve have just announced Steam Collections: a new feature which will let anyone create lists of Steam Workshop mods that let players subscribe to the lot in one click. You can make Collections of anything in the Steam Workshop, but right now only Team Fortress 2 and Skyrim have Workshop content live. Skyrim is where it works best: all the mods in the Workshop are available to play, and Collections make it even easier to get them into the game. Case in point, we've created two to get you started...
Source: PC Gamer
16 Mar 2012
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM) * Fixed IP bans not applying to RCON access; Team Fortress 2 * Added The Cozy Camper; * Added a new TF2 sub-forum: Competitive Team Play and League discussion ;* Fixed Solider buffs and rage meters not always being reset ;* Updated The Black Rose so it ...
Source: Product Update
16 Mar 2012
Updates to Team Fortress 2, Day of Defeat: Source and Half-Life 2: Deathmatch have been released. The updates will be applied automatically when your Steam client is restarted. The major changes include: Source Engine Changes (TF2, DoD:S, HL2:DM) * Fixed IP bans not applying to RCON access Team Fortress 2; * Added The Cozy Camper ;* Added a new TF2 sub-forum: Competitive Team Play and League discussion ;* Fixed Solider buffs and rage meters not always being reset ;* Updated The Black Rose so it ...
Source: TF2 Blog
15 Mar 2012
After looking at the cost of Guild Wars 2 and feeling a muscle in my eyeball involuntarily spasm, I started considering my spending habits. I’m currently splitting my money in three ways: indie games, Steam, and funding in Kickstarter. I don’t have any MMO subs, as I’m mainly action focused, and obviously my Steam account is already crammed with games. But none of this made me twitch. Instead it’s because as PC gamer I’ve never had to spend much on games, and in thi...
Source: Rock, Paper, Shotgun