Author: stranded
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Summer Giveaway
Click on the image below to participate in the lottery!
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Alien Swarm out now!
Get Alien Swarm now directly from Steam! INSTALL THE GAME
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GamesPlanet Summer Sale
We have some great news guys! GamesPlanet is having a massive Ubisoft Summer Fun sale, featuring: Anno 1404 @ £ 9.99 Anno Venice @ £13.99 Assassin’s Creed 2 @ £19.99 Call Of Juarez 2 @ £9.99 Far Cry 2 (Fortune’s edition) @ £7.49 GRAW 2 @ £4.99 HAWX @ £4.99 James Cameron’s Avatar @ £14.99…
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Brazilian issues with games
Recently a Brazilian gamer contacted us over Steam saying that they have a lot of problems with Steam in Brazil. First of all, the retail game distribution sucks over there, it sucks so much that they can’t even buy games like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (or other Steam registerable games) in stores, they…
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Alien Swarm coming this Monday FREE on Steam!
Alien Swarm is a game created by Valve – mostly by people who were hired from the mod community. The game will be absolutely free! You will have to kill thousands of alien scum with your friends in order to complete the game – the game has 4 player co-op. You will be able to…
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THQ Summer Sale
Metro 2033: $12.50, Dawn of War 2: $7.50, S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Shadow of Chernobyl: $5 + many more. Some keys may activate on steam (DOW2 & Metro 2033). Go to the THQ Store now and save big! Source: reddit
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Weekend Deals (16.07.10)
Here are the best deals on the net:
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EA Summer Sale
Another big sale coming up, here’s the full list (thanks to reddit): Weekend 1 (7/15/10 – 7/18/10): 50% off Crysis 50% off Crysis Warhead Weekend 2 (7/22/10 – 7/25/10): 75% off Mass Effect 40% off Mass Effect 2 40% off Mass Effect 2 Digital Deluxe Weekend 3 (7/29/10 – 8/1/1): 50% off Command & Conquer…
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Cloud
We were just invited to a really interesting project called Cloud. It’s a non-profit organization started and maintained to help the average user of Steam know basics of Steam. The group focuses on two main things – the enjoyment of your Steam account and its protection. I think it’s a really good cause and should…
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Onslaught in Bad Company 2 confirmed for PC
Onslaught (a new cooperative mode for Bad Company 2) will be available for the PC. There is no release date yet but it is 100% sure that the coop mode will be available on PC as well. Patrick Bach from DICE wants to support over 4 million of fans by releasing the new game mode.…
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Warning: FPS Banana infected!
Watch out when you’re visiting FPS Banana! It’s probably one of the best sites for maps, skins, mods, custom UIs and other gaming stuff but recently they’ve been infected with the "Black Internet" trojan. Do not even visit the site because you will get infected while you visit it (you don’t have to download anything).…
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In Brazil, users can break the DRM
Brazil just changed it’s approach to DRM. Under the law recently passed the content provider may not use mechanisms to block access to files, which you can dispose by so-called fair use. The rules in Brazil are very different from the rules applicable in such countries like the USA. Americans in contrast to the Brazilians…
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Google Games
According to TechCrunch, Google is working on a new big project. The company invested around $200 million into Zynga – a Web 2.0-based social network game developer located in San Francisco, California. The company develops browser-based games that work both stand-alone and as application widgets on social networking websites such as Facebook and MySpace. So…
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Infinity Ward & Activision Will Have Their Day in Court
August 5th 2010 will be the next date for another hearing between these two companies who produced Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. There has been a total of 3 lawsuits filed against Activision from former employees. Back on the 1st of March 2010 Activision fired West and Zampella, creators of the Call of Duty…
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Blizzard Real ID canceled
According to this forum post by Blizzard employee, Mike Morgaime, the company decided to get rid off the Real ID forum idea out of their heads. Right now the Real ID function will be only available and optional for gamers of World of Warcraft’s latest add-on Cataclysm and upcoming StarCraft 2. It seems that some…
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Weekend Deals (09.07.10)
Here are the best deals on the net:
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Engineer Update is LIVE!
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Blizzard employees revealed
Blizzard introduced the Real ID function to their users lately. But the majority of users who didn’t like it aren’t going to let this one go so easy, so someone created this website. This is basically a blog where you can read all about Blizzard employees who just happen to leave their names on the…
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New Age of Empires on the way?
Microsoft is looking for beta testers for a new title created by Robot Entertainment which consists of many Age of Empires series developers. The new game has a codename, it’s either Spartan or Project S. The rumor is kinda obvious – adding the best Age of Empires features to some cool and modern graphic design/engine.…
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Engineer Update: Day Three
Another day for the Engineer Update has come. Today Valve revealed a new Payload map.
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Another VAC controversy
I think most of Team Fortress 2 players heard about www.tf2items.com, a website in which you can look at anyone’s backpack from the game with items, guns and hats. The creator of the whole system – Drunken F00l – got VAC banned lately after he leaked a way to get…the golden Wrench. That guy claims…
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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter FREE WEEKEND
Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter is 33% off for this weekend. And additionally you can play it for free for the whole weekend! Pre-load the game now now!
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Blizzard’s Real ID pissed off the gamers
Blizzard introduced the new feature to their forum community – Real ID. This basically means that gamers from now on won’t be using their World of Warcraft or StarCraft 2 character names but their real names on official Blizzard forums. A majority of gamers are pissed at Blizzard for this. The Real ID feature will…
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Few words about ACTA
ACTA is a global anti-counterfeiting (and anti-piracy) agreement that might change the internet as we know it. It would give federal officials the right to inspect your files without any warrant. It would make unauthorized possession of copyrighted material a federal crime. And there’s nowhere in the developed world you’d be able to go to…
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Engineer Gets ‘The Wrangler,’ Total Sentry Control
The Team Fortress 2 Engineer Update continues, building up to its end-of-week release, with the Wrangler. If you’ve ever wanted manual control for your sentries and a shield to protect them, this is the item for you!