Futuremark Games Studio has released the Firepower weapons pack for Shattered Horizon on Steam. Firepower, which is free for all players, adds eight new weapons and three new grenades. To celebrate the release, Futuremark is offering Shattered Horizon for just $14.99 until Wednesday May 12.
"We believe players should be rewarded for supporting a game and that’s why we have released all our DLC packs for free," said Jaakko Haapasalo, Head of Futuremark Games Studio. "In fact for $14.99, the same price as 'that other map pack' released this week, PC gamers can now get the complete Shattered Horizon game, including both the Moonrise map pack and the brand new Firepower weapons pack, from a developer that puts players first." (more...)
Croteam's HD-ifying of the second game in the Serious Sam series is complete and ready for purchase for all you steam users out there. The game features better visuals, new additions to the original campaign as well as a co-op play feature and additions to the game's 16-player multiplayer. All this is available for a meager $19.99.
Hit the jump for a complete list of additions and features in this re-release.
Steam for Mac is moving right along if the embedded video above is any indication of its progress. Too bad we don't get to see actual gameplay footage or a list of supported games, but it's still nice to see what's in store for Mac users when Steam releases for OS X in the, hopefully, not too distant future.
Steam has another awesome sale on another great game. For a limited time you can get your hands on Ion Storm's innovative master piece Deus Ex (in addition to its less stellar sequel Invisible War) for the pittance of $5.
Featuring innovative gameplay and a deep, rich narrative Deus Ex is a masterpiece right up there with the likes of Half-Life. There are numerous ways you can play the game and so many distinct paths you can follow to make each playthrough unique and memorable. You'll have to deal with the game's somewhat fussy and antiquated Unreal engine but the experience is well worth the trouble so check it out.
Want more GTA IV PC gamers? Grand Theft Auto IV: Episodes from Liberty City is now available on Steam for about $29.99. The package includes both of the critically acclaimed Lost and the Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony DLC add-ons developed by Rockstar North.
Rather than simply adding more content to Grand Theft Auto IV's single player mode, Episodes of Liberty City focuses on two individual story threads. The Lost and the Damned follows Johnny Klebitz, a member of a Liberty City biker gang called The Lost, while The Ballad of Gay Tony follows Luis Fernando Lopez who acts as a body guard to Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince who owns a string of nightclubs in Liberty City. Each episode plays outs different from one another and is just good content in general.
Currently the pack is only for sale in North America and Brazil on Steam but will later become available world wide on April 16th.
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is coming to Steam April 28th but if you pre-order the game now you'll be able to get some extra goodies by way of a 10% discount off the $19.99 price point and access to Ugh-Zan, the end boss from First Encounter, as bonus content. For those of you lacking proficiency with simple math 10% off of $19.99 saves you a couple bucks.
What other games can have the sheer ludicrousness pictured above? What would you do if a guy with a buzz saw for a head came for your flesh and blood? Good thing video games train us to be natural born killers, eh? Eh? Eh?
Modern Warfare 2 has one sweet multiplayer component that's almost worth the price of admission on its own merit. Still not convinced? Why not play it this weekend to see if you'll change your mind? Starting today steam users can get in on some newb-tube cheapness with Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer which will be free to play through this weekend only.
It's a shame that all the hub-bub taking place at Infinity Wardcould (operative word is could) make this one of the last great Call of Duty multiplayer experiences we'll see in a while. If you have the PC power to run the game it may be worth it to download and play even if you're already playing it on other platforms. Free is free after all.
Here's some disappointing news. A couple days ago, word went out that a new Worms game was headed to Steam, supposedly a 2D, back-to-basics take on the series. Today, we've learned that it's merely going to be "an extended edition of the console versions."
Team 17 made the clarification on its Facebook page, writing, "Just to clear up some confusion, the new PC Worms release on steam will be called "Worms Reloaded" which is a an extended edition of the console versions of late. More details soon."
The console versions of course being Worms and Worms 2: Armageddon on XBLA and PSN. It sounds like it's just going to be a rehash of those, so my excitement just diminished for Worms Reloaded.
Serious Sam HD: The First Encounter has gone half off on steam dropping the already budget minded price for the bullet filled shooter to the lowly price of $7.49. If pure FPS action is your craze then this is your chance to get one of the finest.
Valve has announced a new version of Steam which is immediately available in public beta.
This opt-in beta is available immediately to all Steam users. If users already have Steam installed on their computer, they can take part in the beta by clicking this link (steam://open/settings) and then selecting "UI Update" under Beta Participation. If they don't have Steam installed, they can download it here (http://store.steampowered.com/). To preview the new Steam client without taking part in the beta, a complete rundown of the new features is available here (http://store.steampowered.com/uiupdate/).
With the new Steam release, gamers will now be able to see which games their friends have purchased directly within the Steam storefront. News outlets now have the ability to reach the Steam community through the new client's News aggregator functionality. Those organizations interested can contact Doug Lombardi at lombardi@valvesoftware.com.
With users purchasing more and more games through Steam, new methods of library management were needed. The new client introduces library customization tools to help gamers sort, group, and find games in libraries which for some hardcore players contain hundreds of titles. In addition to having lots of games, gamers needed methods of tracking all of their achievements in a standardized cross-game fashion, which is now possible with the new release. (more...)
