Today Valve announced that the “Crash Course” DLC for Left 4 Dead will arrive on Tuesday, Sept. 29 on both the Xbox 360 and PC.
PC gamers can snag the Versus mode focused add-on for free, where as Xbox 360 gamers will have to shell out 560 Microsoft Points ($7) for the content.
Valve described the DLC saying, “The primary goal of Crash Course is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game’s existing Versus campaigns.”
Read: Left 4 Dead ‘Crash Course’ DLC Arrives Tuesday.
Yesterday developer Creative Assembly announced that Empire: Total War will be receiving a new downloadable campaign in October.
The DLC will allow gamers to control five new Native American factions including: Iroquois, Huron, Plains, Pueblo and Cherokee across a new campaign title Warpath. The new content also includes an expanded North American map, new units, agents, technologies and objectives.
The DLC will only be made available on Valve’s Steam service. Right now, you can head on over to Steampowered.com and pre-order the new Warpath Campaign for $10.
Read: Empire: Total War Getting Steam-exclusive DLC.
The leaders of the Left 4 Dead 2 boycott got a surprise treat this past week as they were given an exclusve preview of the game at Valve HQ.
Despite their obvious disdain for the upcoming title, the boycotters appeared pleased with its progress.
A statement on the boycott’s Steam community page reads:
As for L4D2, things seemed balanced and ‘tight’ and did not feel like a rushed job. While we were visiting their offices we personally witnessed what can only be called a small army of artists, coders, mappers hard at work, which explains the rapid transformations in artwork that we’ve all seen…What we can say with confidence is that the quality of gameplay in Left 4 Dead 2 is not in question; and it will only get better (from what we understand, almost daily testing of game builds by most of the staff at Valve).
Ultimately, however, Walking_Target and his friends promise they won’t stop the boycott until their “individual concerns are addressed.”
Head over to the L4D2 Steam Community Boycott Page for the full scoop.
Picture courtesy Shacknews. Gabe, clean up your shirt.
This edition of delightful deals comes courtesy of Valve and its Steam service. For $20, gamers can snag the PC version of Street Fighter IV off of Steam. That’s 50% off of the regular retail price.
If you haven’t had a chance to play SFIV, you’re missing out. Since I got the PS3 version, was back in the spring, I’ve been playing it pretty much every day. The combat is technical enough for hard core fighting fans to flex their skills, but also not too technical to scare away new comers.
The PC version features three unique visual styles that you can select from, as well as online play via Games for Windows - LIVE and built-in voice chat. The only down side to this deal is that you don’t get a game pad, however a quick search solves your problem.
Read: Steam’s Street Fighter IV Page.
Valve today let a few new Left 4 Dead 2 screenshots out of the bag, and announced that pre-orders will receive exclusive Survivor weapons such as the electric guitar, machete and baseball bat.
Yesterday Valve released the “Classless” Team Fortress 2 update, bring all sorts of new goodies.
Featuring 18 new collectible hats, a new community map, a redesigned version of Sawmill made specifically for Capture the Flag, and a new King of the Hill mode.
The community map CP_Yukon is described as: “This abandoned mountaintop coalmine was repurposed by shadowy operatives into a top secret surveillance outpost–one which also, so nobody gets wise, insidiously continues to mine coal. There is also a log hanging in the center of the map–possibly as an example to other logs. Logs that said too much.”
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Today Valve announced that a new DLC pack for Left 4 Dead will arrive sometime in Sept.
The “Crash Course” DLC will add a new campaign streamlined for Versus Mode as well as new Survival Mode maps. According to Valve the new DLC will feature “New locations, new dialogue from the original cast, and an explosive finale.” Valve also stated that the “Crash Course” campaign will act as a bridge between the events of “No Mercy” and “Death Toll.”
The developer stated: “The primary goal of ‘Crash’ is to deliver a complete Versus mode experience in just 30 minutes, resulting in a streamlined version of the game’s existing Versus campaigns. A recharge timer for infected teammates has also been added, and item spawn behavior has changed for more balanced gameplay.”
The “Crash Course” DLC will be available on both the PC and Xbox 360. While it will be free for PC gamers, those on the 360 will have to pay 560 Microsoft Points ($7).
Personally, I can’t wait for this. Pretty much every night I’m playing Versus Mode, and the idea of a new campaign just gets me shacking with anticipation. The other good news about this is that it should calm down all the L4D2 boycotts.
Read: Left 4 Dead 1 DLC Brings New Campaign: Free on PC, Paid on Xbox 360.
This weekend mark a big celebration here in the U.S.A., Independence Day. Each person has their own traditions when it comes to celebrating The 4th. Personally I’ll be spending my day blasting Springsteen, drinking beer, and setting off fireworks. The good folks over at Valve celebrate the country by offering Fallout 3 at half price.
That’s right, you can snag Fallout 3 on the PC for $25. So how about you do the truly patriotic thing and help clean the wasteland of raiders and super mutants. God knows, it’s the only way to get into DC this weekend.
Read: Weekend Deal - Save 50% on Fallout 3.
The PC version of Street Fighter IV is now available for pre-order on Steam and Impulse. If you act now, you will receive a 10% discount bringing the total down to $35.99.
Street Fighter IV is slated to arrive July 7. The PC version touts new graphical filter effects, exclusive to the PC, as well as Games for Windows Live support.
If you haven’t picked up Street Fighter IV yet, you’re missing out. Since picking it up in Feb. I have played it every day. It is by far one of the best fighting games ever made.
Read: Street Fighter® IV - Now Available for Pre-purchase.
Update: Valve has announced that L4D2 will feature AI Director 2.0, which will procedurally change the weather, objects in the world, effects, sounds, and enemy population. L4D2 will also feature new weapons, items and boss zombies. Valve has stated that it will arrive with more content than the original, meaning more campaigns, Versus mode maps and Survival mode levels.
Today at Microsoft’s E3 keynote, Valve announced that they are currently developing Left 4 Dead 2 for the PC and Xbox 360. To make this announcement even better, Valve stated that L4D2 is slated to arrive Nov 17.
As the trailer shows, there are four new survivors in a variety of new locations. There also seems to be a focus on melee weapons, including frying pans and chainsaws. In the trailer there seems to be at least one new boss monster, however it could just be a new model of the tank.
You can be sure that I’ll post updates as new information arrives.
Today Epic sent word that it is hosting an Unreal Tournament 3 Black free weekend on Steam.
Some of you might be wondering what UT3 Black is. Remember when Epic released a huge update for UT3 a few months ago? Well, Epic refers to the new updated UT3 as UT3 Black.
The Free weekend starts on Thursday, May 28. If you are interested, log on to steam and start pre-loading. This way when midnight rolls around, you’ll be able to start fragging.
Read: Shack PSA: Unreal Tournament 3 Free Weekend Begins This Thursday.
In celebration of the Sniper Update arriving last night, the folks over at Valve are having a Team Fortress 2 blowout.
Valve is having a free TF2 weekend. In order to participate all you have to do it click here and follow the directions.
As if a free weekend wasn’t enough, Valve has also cut TF2’s price by 50%. For only $9.99, gamers can get a their hands on one of the best online shooters that always has new content on the horizon.
So what are you guys waiting for? Go play TF2 now!
Read: Sniper Vs. Spy.
