News Roundup #53

News & Rumors

August 12th 2011 • By Vic

It’s been a busy news week! Between Valve firing on all fronts with TF2 cross-game promos and what may be the world’s first Half-Life protest, we’ve also seen the addition of a major new Steam feature.

Well, not that busy. I’m sure there’ll be one news week when we’ll see Valve announce Day of Defeat 2 (Dipping its toes in modern warfare, perhaps?), Gunman Chronicles 2 (The gaming industry needs more space westerns), Deathmatch Classic 2 (Three-Wave CTF, where have you gone?), and the long-awaited Ricochet 2 (Hey, they revived Tron!), all bundled inside the United Nations Blue Box. It will be a glorious news week, indeed.

L4D: 29th of July Update

“Taaaank!!”. Best mutation ever, or… best mutation ever? You decide.

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/l4d-29th-of-july-update/

Valve and ZeniMax Bring QuakeCon Promo Items To TF2

Did you manage to snag any before the sale ended?

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/team-fortress-2-now-literally-drowning-in-cross-game-promotions-secret-promo-items-found-in-new-game-update/

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/new-tf2-quakecon-in-game-item-promotions-revealed/

If 60,000 People Finish L4D2’s Dead Air on Versus, Valve Gives Us Blood Harvest

“Are we there yet?”

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/if-60000-people-finish-l4d2s-dead-air-on-versus-valve-gives-us-blood-harvest-beta-for-l4d2-on-the-next-weekday/

Cinematic Mod 11 Revealed

Shiny.

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/hl2-cinematic-mod-11-revealed/

Ellen McLain Back In The Studio For More Portal Work And “A New Game”

Episode Three? Is that you? Or should I say… Half-Life 3? Dun dun dun!

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/john-patrick-lowrie-says-ellen-is-going-in-tuesday-for-a-new-game-and-more-portal-work/

“Steam Trade” Released In Beta Form

Beware of trader zombies! They hunger for Unusuals.

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/valve-brings-game-and-in-game-item-trading-to-steam-with-steam-trade-plus-more-in-new-steam-client-beta-update/

Fans Picket For HL3

We should turn this into a regular thing. Though we’d need someone to bring food. Lots of it.

http://lambdageneration.com/posts/fans-picket-for-hl3-release-outside-of-valve-hq-are-greeted-by-gabe-himself/

Bonus!

Note: I dropped the “Snippet” because it sounded pretty awkward. I’m all for any name suggestions, so, if you have any, fire away!

Problems with your throwing arm keeping you from setting life’s manager’s house alight with combustible lemons? Try this thing:

The Pyro would kill to get his hands on one of these things. Granted, he’ll kill anyway, but just look at it. Glorious. Check it out here, at TheLoneRedSheep’s DeviantArt.