Half Life and a host of other Valve games look set to hit Mac OS X with the developer teasing the arrival of its Steam online game distribution service to Macs. While Valve has been subtle with its hints at new Half Life sequel, it’s Steam on Mac hints are anything but…
Holla peeps! Friday’s here again, so get the ball rolling with that end of the week feeling by filling up on all the latest and greatest tech news, from YouTube on your telly to top Android titbits and Sony Ericsson galleries right here in techie breakie.
Left 4 Dead fans are apparently so angry at Valve Software’s announcement of a sequel that they’re threatening to boycott any purchase of the game. Over 4,000 fans (as of time of posting) have signed up to a group on Valve Software’s Steam game deliver and social networking system called “L4D2 Boycott”.
Left 4 Dead players: set your Steam clients and Xbox 360s to update. The first set of Left 4 Dead downloadable content has now launched. The free Survival Pack sports a two new versus campaigns, a brand new game mode, including 16 new maps, leaderboards and seven new achievements. And did we mention it’s free? Read on 4 more details.
LittleBigPlanet on the Sony PS3 has walked away with eight awards at the 12th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, trouncing all other nominees. The IAAs are the videogames equivalent of the Oscars.
My eyes! The goggles.. they do NOTHING.
As if zombie cooperate-em-up Left 4 Dead wasn’t terrifying enough, a deranged modder has decided that what the world needs now is not love, but skimpy underwear for obese vomiting zombies.
US and UK analysts of the videogame industry tip Nintendo, with its Wii and DS, to be worst hit by recession – because its new base of casual gamers will stop buying games sooner than hardcore gamers, diverting their money elsewhere. UK analysts also point out that Sony’s PS3 will suffer from being at a higher price than its rival consoles. While US analysts have focussed on the fact that Microsoft has, at least for 2008, got the better exclusive franchises for the Xbox 360, with Gears Of War 2 leading the charge.
While for children, this Halloween seems to be all about either pirates or skeletons, for gamers the day is set to be a brain-eating feast of zombies.
