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SPOILER L4D2 “The Passing” achievements released

April 20, 2010 Doug Groves DLC, Left 4 Dead, Left 4 Dead 2, PC gaming, Valve, Xbox 3600 comment

“The Passing”, the new downloadable campaign for Valve’s Left 4 Dead 2 is due out this Thursday, and being the generous group they are, they’ve posted a list of the new achievements that go along with the new content. If you haven’t heard anything at all about “The Passing”, and you don’t want to know anything about it until you start playing, I’d stop reading here. Some of the achievements may contain plot spoilers. If you just HAVE to know, you can read the whole list

Steam on Mac and E3 predictions

March 31, 2010 Doug Groves Mac gaming, PC gaming, Portal 2, PS3, Steam, Valve4 Comments

Alex and Doug talk more on Steam for Mac, and make some E3 Valve predicitons. Will the company reverse it’s position on PS3 support?

GDC: Part One

March 17, 2010 Doug Groves Mac gaming, Portal, Portal 2, Show, Valve3 Comments

In this segment, Alex and Doug discuss the Portal update complete with embedded SSTV images and Steam for the Mac.

Portal 2 becomes a reality, and OSX support is not a lie.

March 8, 2010June 13, 2010 Danny X Apple, Mac, PC gaming, Portal 2, Steam, Valve3 Comments

In 2008, on Doug’s suggestion, I picked up a copy of the year-old Orange Box for the 360 on a whim. (Said whim was spurred on by Doug’s claim that if I didn’t buy it, there was something seriously wrong with me.) Turns out, he was right, as Orange Box was my first foray into the world of Valve, and from there, Steam, thanks to the brilliant PC version of Left For Dead. Orange Box spends very little time on my shelf, as I quickly found myself addicted to HL2…

Left 4 Dead 2 is out, and is all that and more

November 18, 2009 drsquid Left 4 Dead, PC, Steam, Valve, Xbox 3604 Comments

Valve unlocked Left for Dead 2 at midnight, on November 17th, for those who pre-ordered, and pre-loaded the game. I somehow forgot this fact, despite having done the former and latter, so the first thing I did when I got home tonight was play the game. Though I have only had time to play a for few hours, it’s defintely going to be my new gaming addiction. As said, in our review of the demo, L4D 2 takes all that you loved from the first game (you did buy the…

Hallowe’en Marks “Dead Before Dawn” Release

October 16, 2009 Doug Groves Left 4 Dead, PC games, Valve0 comment

It’s no secret that Left 4 Dead is one of the favourite games around the rgbFilter offices (wait, we have offices?), and one of the most anticipated mods for the zombie-crushing classics has finally got a release date. “Dead Before Dawn”, based on the 2004 Zack Snyder remake of “Dawn Of The Dead”, is slated to be released on All Hallows Eve. L4D makers Valve even went out of their way to send the mod makers a custom sound file for constant complainer Francis (which you can see at the…

Gabe Newell Floats Micro Investment Game Development

July 22, 2009 Doug Groves Steam, Valve0 comment

Valve founder Gabe Newell suggests the idea of having fans pay in advance for a new title, during this video interview (relevant bit starts at 7:20) with Australian video game show Good Game, Basically the player would pay somewhere in the neighbourhood of $30-40, and have a say in the direction of the title as well as get a copy of it when it’s released. Another perk would be if the game became a success, you would actually have a chance to make some money when it’s all done. I…