http://www.challenge-us.com nationwide gaming news Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:08:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://www.challenge-us.com/clans/no-left-4-dead-for-ps3-again.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/staff/beware-phishing-scam-targets-steam-users.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/clans/morning-gas.html 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 MultiplayerLeft 4 Dead(Valve/EAP for PC, ... http://www.challenge-us.com/clans/left-4-dead-wins-best-multiplayer-e3-2008.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/blogroll/live-leanings.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/staff/valve-update-tf2-and-steam-client.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/clans/insta-pad.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/downloads/unreal-tournament-3-classic-map-pack-released.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/blogroll/quakecon-leftovers.html 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 ... http://www.challenge-us.com/clans/synergy-ob-coming-out-on-friday.html