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No Left 4 Dead for PS3… Again

Mike Sod — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:08:31 +0000

We announced last Saturday that, according to the Official Playstation Magazine, there was indeed a port of Left 4 Dead being developed for the Playstation 3, and as with The Orange Box, was being done so by Electronic Arts.

In an e-mail from Doug Lombardi, Public Relations for Valve Software, he has confirmed this to be false. Where the Official Playstation Magazine got their information we don’t know, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that’s some damn fine journalism there, OPM. Keep up the misleading work!
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Beware! Phishing Scam Targets Steam Users

Mike Sod — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 03:08:38 +0000

According to ComputerAndVideoGames.com, a Steam themed phishing scam is finding its way into people’s inboxes. The scam offers a free version of “CounterStrike : Pro” in exchange for your account details. The instructions (foul lies to burn into your memory) contained in the email are as follows:
Visit the Steam homepage http://www.steampowered.com/.
Log yourself in by using your Steam Username and Password.
(If you are in a public place, make sure you are the only one that sees your account information)
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Morning Gas

Mike Sod — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:08:28 +0000

It was a strange week for the movie quotes, and I don’t know if it was gimpod’s theme and quotes that did it or it’s just that goofy time of year when people are on vacation. Either way, a few of our heavy hitters were missing from the list this time and there was an awful lot of stumpage going on with the casual players. As a small example, Third place overall was won with the three points given for solving the theme! But before I get ahead of myself I guess we’d better take care of handing out the points for the final quote of the week, and it was indeed a slice from the crowd favourite, “Saving Private Ryan”. First in for three was Tex Arcana with Bryant nailing Second and KniCKle claiming Third, and the last point of the round. GG all! Now here are the top three point scoring maniacs for the week. I’d like to thank gimpod for his submission of the theme and quotes, and remember gang, if you get a great theme idea, drop me a line!
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Left 4 Dead Wins Best Multiplayer E3 2008

Mike Sod — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 05:08:27 +0000

The Game Critics Awards winners have been announced for the E3 2008 Summit, and Valve isn’t a company to walk away without an award. While Left 4 Dead was nominated for many of the award categories, it only walked away with Best Multiplayer.
Best Online Multiplayer
Left 4 Dead
(Valve/EAP for PC, Xbox 360)Best of Show went to Bethesda’s Fallout 3 with the Best PC game going to EA’s Spore. The Game Critics Awards takes some of the best gaming journalistic minds ranging from publications such as the USA Today to IGN.com. For more information on the Awards, go here, or if you’re impatient, click here to go straight to the winners page for E3 ‘08.

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Live Leanings

Mike Sod — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:08:14 +0000

There’s a bit of re-hashing going on at Computer and Video Games as they have posted a couple of blurbs from the upcoming edition of PC Zone magazine about a possible QUAKE Live premium service and John Carmack talking about Wolfenstein: ET Live. Both topics have quotes from the developer and both fall into the ‘we’ll see’ category, but this business is always about staying open to the changes the future might bring. Both topics were covered in various, previously posted QuakeCon 2008 interviews. (Thanks Blue!)

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Valve Update TF2 and Steam Client

Mike Sod — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:08:15 +0000

The past two days have brought two updates from Valve: one for Team Fortress 2 and the other for the Steam Client. One point of note in the list of changes for the TF2 update is that the health bonus that previously came packaged with the unlockable backburner has been removed. Also, from now on committing suicide will credit the enemy who last damaged you. Both intriguing alterations. Here’s a sample of the changes in both updates:
Team Fortress 2
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Insta-Pad!

Mike Sod — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:08:05 +0000

We?ve gotten another transmission from the World of Padman, and this time it?s about a new mode of play being added to the upcoming 2.0 release of this Q3 powered free stand-alone shooter. Not only will the team be including an ?InstaGib? mode to the next version, but it will come with it?s own brand of bells and whistles! To proceed as normal all bots will visit the school again and will learn how to play the new mode. So you will meet bots, which can deal with you in the instagib mode.
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Unreal Tournament 3 Classic map pack released

Mike Sod — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 01:08:17 +0000

Classic Map pack for Unreal Tournament 3 has been released, most of the maps have been extensively beta-tested and they are ready for ClanBase competitions.
We are very proud to introduce you all this new map pack. We have been waiting a long time for this. We tested a lot of beta versions of these maps with a specialised team of experienced players.

Unreal Tournament 3 needs more maps, with the lack of activity in the ladders we are well aware of that problem. But we’re not giving up on it and this map pack is a good start. We want to thank Angelus for giving us a these new maps and to reinvigorate the scene.
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QuakeCon Leftovers

Mike Sod — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:08:17 +0000

There are still some stragglers out there and they’re still coming in. The QuakeCon goodness doesn’t die easy and we’ve got more for you to check out today with videos, some interview juice and a bit of blog action.Carmack QuakeCon Keynote videos at IGN - Watch the John Carmack Keynote speech in a four part video series!

Carmack from QuakeCon at Tom’s Hardware - PC’s taking a backseat to consoles in id’s upcoming titles!

QuakeCon article at VideoGaming247 - A bit of blogging about attending QuakeCon 2008
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Synergy (OB) Coming Out On Friday

Mike Sod — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:08:37 +0000

Update:The Synergy team have sent word that due to a misunderstanding, (OB) will in fact NOT be released on Friday. Stay tuned for a revised release date when it’s decided on.

Hot on the heels of the release of the most recent version of Obsidian Conflict, the Synergy team have announced that their long-awaited Orange Box Edition will be released this Friday (15th). The focus of the new release is to enable coop from the beginning of Half-Life 2 all the way to the end of Episode 2, and to overhaul the mod to meet the demands of players. Here are some of the major changes coming in Synergy (OB):
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