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  • Direct2Drive: 5 Year Anniversary – 50 cheap games

    It’s kinda hard to believe that Direct2Drive is already 5 years old – but it’s true and on this occasion 50 games are for $5 or £5 in Europe (which is still a great deal). The first wave of promotion are so called “favorites” on Direct2Drive: Civilization 4 Sid Meier’s Railroads! X-Com Complete Bundle Empire…

  • L4D2 Boycott group leader visits Valve

    Boycotting Left 4 Dead 2? Think again. Initiator of the whole protest was invited by Valve to their studio (all expenses paid), he could see with his own eyes how the game looks like. The result? He’s delighted. Valve invited (and paid for flights and hotels needed to carry out this tour) the Steam user Walking_Target to Valve…

  • Site back online!

    New server is up and running. I think everything is working fine ;)

  • Czech Computer: Left 4 Dead 2 Fail

    Czech store Czech Computer added Left 4 Dead 2 to their store lately… and look what they’ve used as the game cover: This is hilarious, news thanks to XanderCz!

  • Lucas Arts likes us :-)

    Thanks again Lucas Arts!

  • Weekend Deals (28.08.09)

    Here we go: Update: Steam Call of Juarez 2 and Rebellion games added.

  • Steam Forums: The thread won’t die!

    Just wanted to tell you folks that I’ve been reading Steam forums lately. The thread I started around 8 months ago is alive and it’s been really abused by Steam moderators today. So what actually happened? Those lunatics are removing every single post that contains a link to other store(s) than Valve’s. They claim people…

  • Shattered Horizon Beta

    The creators of 3DMark are creating a game called Shattered Horizon. You can signup for free beta by clicking here. The game requires a Steam account. :) Take a look at this teaser:

  • Review: Mini-Ninjas Demo

    Here’s another mini-review, this time of the new adventure-platform game: You guys probably know how hard it is to find good adventure-platform games on computers – and almost nothing at all when it comes to new titles. Fortunately Mini Ninjas from Eidos will change everything.

  • Weekend Deals (21.08.09)

    Another set of deals! Update: Added Steam weekend deal. Update: Added Meridian 4 pack and Sega Rally Revo to Direct2Drive deals. Update: Added GOG Ubisoft Action Pack. Update: Added Steam Droplitz deal.

  • Steam: New Batman game 42% more expensive in Europe

    I’ve been following this title since it was announced. Always wanted to play some new Batman game on my PC ;) Anyway, this is absurd! It’s another game on Steam that’s priced around 42% higher than in USA. Steam Unpowered does not recommend buying this game on Steam – be sure to get it in…

  • Osmos 10% off…almost fair pricing in Europe

    Osmos is an elegant game with physics-based gameplay, dreamlike visuals, and a minimalist, electronic soundtrack. The IGF winner (and finalist in three categories) and PAX 10 Finalist is 10% off until August 25th. Indiegames.com had this to say about Osmos: "wonderful gameplay… beautifully polished and tantalisingly atmospheric… Osmos mixes puzzle, action and strategy remarkably and…

  • Exclusive interview on GameTrailers.com

    Valve delivers fresh infusions to its biggest franchises: Left 4 Dead 2, Portal 2 and Team Fortress. Gabe Newell mentions the Left 4 Dead 2 Boycott group. You can find out a lot about Left 4 Dead 2 and see the new campaign for Left 4 Dead – Crash Course. Gabe also answers a lot…

  • Weekend Deals (14.08.09)

    Check out those deals on Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive and Good Old Games! Update: GOG – Flight Simulators 30% off! Update: Steam – Half-Life weekend deal added!

  • Call of Duty 5: Mid-Week Madness: 50% off

    It seems that Valve is announcing more deals and price reductions nova days days – since they realized that their biggest competitors are putting out deals more often than they do. Like for example World of Goo week deal on Direct2Drive. Looks like a good deal doesn’t it? Think again: US: $49.99 $24.99 UK: £29.99…

  • Steam: “German accounts can only buy games in the German language as gifts.”

    A person with IA-KRaTTe nickname came into our IRC Channel today and told us a really disturbing story. Read this to find out more: “Gifting Company of Heroes to an United States citizen leads to language problems and even after my friend from the USA made a Steam Support ticket, they refuse to change his…

  • Valve’s learning sign language for HL2: Episode 3

    Valve’s Gabe Newell has been practicing sign language, and is looking at how to implement it in videogames, most notably Half-Life 2: Episode 3. Why is Gabe doing this? First of all, it’s a bid to develop and improve animation in videogames. Secondly, it fits in with Half-Life heroine Alyx Vance’s backstory. She knows sign…

  • Weekend Deals (07.08.09)

    Here we go, another set of deals on Steam, Impulse, Direct2Drive and GOG! Update: Steam weekend deal added! Update: Added very important information. Update: Fixed prices for some Impulse games.

  • Left 4 Dead 2: Pre-order on Amazon $44.99

    You can pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 on Amazon for nearly $45. I wonder how many of you are going to pre-order it? ;) The game will be released on November 17, 2009 – probably worldwide on Steam and maybe with a demo version few days before. Left 4 Dead 2 is an upcoming sequel…

  • D2D: The best of indie bundle!

    Direct2Drive just released a pack with some of the best indie games. Some of them are registerabale on Steam, which means buying them there allows you to registred the CDKEY on Steam ;) What do we have in the pack? COGS, Defense Grid*, Democracy 2, The Path and Zeno Clash* (source engine game, Steam only,…

  • Good old Games in the same price guide as the steam catalogue!

    Go have a look! TZer0’s Price guide

  • Garry Newman on how to stop Steam phishing sites

    The creator of Garry’s Mod has spoken. “There’s been a lot of steam phishing sites being posted on the forums recently. Well it seems a lot, but it’s probably just one or two guys. I was thinking how we could battle this. Could we do something? Blocking users from posting links until they’ve been a…

  • Left 4 Dead: Crash Course is coming!

    A new DLC for Left 4 Dead was just announced today! What will we get (for free*) this time? The new campaign will give us single-player, multiplayer and co-op gameplay modes. It’s going to be released in September. The campaign fills out the gap between “No Mercy” and “Death Toll” campaign – we’ll see new…

  • Market share of digital distribution stores!

    As always Rhonin the wizard submited some good news. Market share of the predominant digital distribution stores: STEAM 40% METABOLI +15% DIGITAL RIVER 12% REAL TRYMEDIA +9% DIRECT2DRIVE 9% GAMERSGATE 3.5% Everyone else 11.5% Read all about it here.