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Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 opens Early Access beta maps with new game mode
Valve is aiming to keep Team Fortress 2 going with new content, but not everything is quite ready for public consumption. So they're enlisting the help of their loyal player base to help test out new areas through an Early Access program for maps currently in beta. And while the standard game mod...
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 opens Early Access beta maps with new game mode
Valve is aiming to keep Team Fortress 2 going with new content, but not everything is quite ready for public consumption. So they're enlisting the help of their loyal player base to help test out new areas through an Early Access program for maps currently in beta. And while the standard game mod...
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Counter-Strike turns 15: A collection of glitches, fails, and mods
We've previously taken in Chatty's perspective on Counter-Strike's milestone 15th anniversary. But some of our posters opted to remember Valve's shooter by sharing some memorable videos. Some of them show off some classic glitches, memorable rage moments, and classic mods. There are also a few ot...
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Counter-Strike turns 15: A Chatty retrospective
It started as a simple mod to a classic first-person PC shooter. Taking Valve's original Half-Life, a pair of programmers tinkered with the game's script and worked to turn it into a team-based multiplayer romp. The result was a mod called Counter-Strike, which turned 15 on June 19 of this year. Since then, it turned into a retail release and quickly ballooned into a global phenomenon, becoming...
Team Fortress 2
Chatty Twitch Highlights 22: Battlefield Hardline, TF2 Shackbattle, and more
After a one-week hiatus, Chatty Twitch Highlights returns with great vengeance and furious anger! And in this post-E3, Steam Summer Sale world we're currently living in, there are plenty of highlights to be found. And there's no better game to lead off with than Battlefield Hardline before cringi...
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 Love War update goes live with bread-based weaponry
We already got a taste of love with Team Fortress 2's sneak peek at the Love & War update. But now it's time for violence, now that the update has officially gone live. Players can now log into TF2 to grab some new cosmetic hats and taunts, along with some new weapons and bread-based collectibles.
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 kicks off 'Love and War' update
The Team Fortress 2 countdown ended last night, revealing a new Love and War update. The first day revealed some new taunts and achievements to go with them, but the real star is the lengthy animated short.
Team Fortress 2
Team Fortress 2 clock counting down
Valve appears to be rolling out the red carpet for something big in Team Fortress 2. A countdown clock ticking towards today at 5 PM PT has appeared on the official site.
Unreal Tournament 3
Unreal Tournament 3 PC online play lives on, thanks to Epic
Now that Gamespy's services have become a thing of the past, a number of PC games are no longer playable online. However, Epic is not content with this idea and is fully planning to keep Unreal Tournament 3's online play alive, thanks to a new patch that allows users to play through the game's master server.
Half-Life 2: Deathmatch
Half-Life 2 and Portal now on Nvidia Shield
Nvidia is aiming to sell Project Shield to gamers with two highly-regarded classics. Half-Life 2 and Portal are now available natively on the device. In a short promotional video, Nvidia announced the pair of games and says it worked with Valve to bring them to Shield.
Unreal Tournament
Unreal Tournament returns as ambitious, fan-driven free first-person shooter
It's been ages since the gaming community has seen any new content revolving around the Unreal Tournament franchise. But, today, Epic Games made good on its promise to spill the beans on a new project in the series. One that will focus just as much on being a tried-and-true first-person shooting ...
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Left 4 Dead: Survivors coming to Japanese arcades
Popular zombie-killing shooter Left 4 Dead is becoming an arcade in Japan. While details are scant for now, the collaboration is the second between Japanese developer Taito and Valve. In 2006, the two worked on Half-Life 2: Survivor, an arcade adaptation of the Half-Life 3 prequel.
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Borderlands, Civilization 3 4 will survive GameSpy shutdown
With GameSpy's online services set to shut down on May 31, 2K Games has stepped forward and announced which of its online-enabled multiplayer games will survive the closure. Borderlands, Civilization III, and Civilization IV, and their respective expansions will all begin making the transition from GameSpy servers to Steamworks in the coming days, while several other games will see their multip...
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Report: 37% of purchased Steam games are never played
If you've ever felt ashamed of games you've picked up but never played, at least you can rest assured you aren't alone. A study into Steam playing habits has found that more than a third of all games purchased through the service have never been loaded up even once. An extensive Ars Technica (via GameSpot) report combed through 172 million Steam community IDs over the course of two months, and...
Team Fortress 2
Chatty Twitch Highlights 13: The Elder Scrolls Online, TF2, and Shadow of the Colossus
There's a lot of nostalgia on this week's Twitch menu, but not until we take a look at one of the more recent (and divisive) games of the last few weeks. Chatty's inc77 plays through The Elder Scrolls Online and actually likes what he sees. Meanwhile, Sapiens plays through the shooter that contin...
Half-Life
Natural Selection source code released
The source code for the popular Half-Life mod Natural Selection has been released for public use. Unknown Worlds' Hugh Jeremy says this will let fans and coders make their own variations, patch any remaining problems, or just dive into the code to learn a new trick or two.