CVG has interviewed Doug Lombardi over the highly talked about Left 4 Dead 2. Doug Lombardi also answers questions about Valve's response to the fan backlash over Left 4 Dead 2.
And there's been some chat over E3 about how the two games are going to interlock, with backwards compatibility and such. Have you decided how that's going to work yet?
Lombardi: Some of that is out there already. The authoring tools that we've put out - what folks do there they'll be able to run on Left 4 Dead 1 and Left 4 Dead 2.
We're still looking at other ways to make the community cohesive in an elegant fashion, but we haven't nailed down all the final details on that just yet.
Yes what you are reading is true! Kotaku.com has reported today that Valve will be announcing some new Left 4 Dead content soon! Excited?! Also mentioned in this article is the fact that we will be getting new Special Infected, weapons and more in Left for Dead 2! Who says Valve doesn't love the fans?!
For the full scoop, head on over to this page for the few details we have so far. Props go to Half Life Fallout member Cake21 for the heads up.
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Half-Life 2 Short Stories is a modification aimed at creating individual episodes in the world of Half-Life 2. The highly anticipated mod has launched a new developer diary feature to show the community a little insight into what they're currently getting up to, including their efforts to recreate the original Half-Life's pesky Manta Ray, as well as their character voice acting work! Check it out below.
The HL2 modification Age of Chivalry recently released an update to the mod. This is the second major update from these folks and it looks to be a good one. It seems that the core combat system has been changed bringing faster swings, and there is more of an emphasis on strategy and reflexes to beat your opponent.
The change log is quite long and there is a ton of information on their site. If you want the full scoop including more screenshots, be sure to head on over to their website. If you have not yet checked out this game then I suggest you head on over to Steampowered.com to install it and get playing!
The lovely folks over at Valve have released an update for both Source SDK and your own Steam Client. You can grab the Source SDK update by restarting Steam. To receive the update for the Steam Client, click the File menu inside of Steam and then select "Check for Steam Client Updates..."
Hammer
Fixed bug in which the model browser can become unresponsive
Game overlay no longer attaches to Hammer which fixes incorrect 3D camera position bugs
Google Sketchup to Hammer exporter now ships in the Source SDK
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The eagerly awaited game, ARMA 2, has also been released through Steam. If you haven't had a chance, check out their page on Steam and try out their demo.
Fans of Drug Wars will be pleased to know their has been an update released. Check out Steam news for the complete update log.
The famous Street Fighter franchise is now taking preorders for Street Fighter IV. Pre-order now and receive a 10% discount on the game. The game will be released July 7th. It is now available for preloading.
Chains is now available on Steam. This game comes from the publisher Meridian4, who is offering 50% off till July 6th.
An update for Rome:Total War has been released fixing some minor issues. Visit the news update for more information on the changelog.
And this concludes the midweek Steam news roundup. Look forward this Saturday to even more Steam news as well as HLFallout's podcast.
One of the most anticipated HL2 total conversion mods, NEOTOKYO°, has just announced their plans to release their work over the next couple of days. As it stands, the schedule is to release the server files tomorrow (July 2nd) and the client files the day after (July 3rd).
Said files will be packed into an installer weighing in around 900MB, unzipping to 2GB. The initial release comes with 10 maps, all designed for Capture The Ghost gameplay, and all you need to run it is Steam and any game that uses the Source SDK Base.
The team behind NEOTOKYO° deserves our congratulations on what so far appears to be a mammoth job exceptionally done, and I'm sure we're all looking forward to invading the servers in just a couple of days. You can score a sneak preview of the 10 release maps from the ModDB news post - just 4 of them are pictured below.
So I was just logging into Steam tonight and noticed that Left for Dead updates were installed. So I thought, hmm, time to check Steampowered for news updates! Low and behold, Valve did indeed update Left for Dead!
Left 4 Dead
Removed the "Are you ready to play Versus?" confirmation
Fixed a crash when using mouse wheel or keyboard to select Campaign chapters
Fixed sv_steamgroup_exclusive servers advertising for public lobbies
Restored the ability to vote for a new campaign in Versus mode
Restart your Steam client to obtain this latest update to Left for Dead!
