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Valve Unleashes An Alien Swarm |
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Jul 19, 2010 - 6:04 PM - by RAY16
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What originally started as a mod for Unreal Tournament 2004 has now been released as a free stand-alone game powered by the Source engine. Alien Swarm is an isometric shooter which allows up to four players to utilize the talents of four distinct player classes and an arsenal of 40 weapons and support items as they fight their way through a single campaign that spans eight maps.
The single included campaign is short, but replay value can be found by playing on higher difficulty levels, earning experience which unlocks new weapons and support items and by earning as many of the 64 Steam Achievements you can be bothered with. Other features include support for matchmaking, Steam Cloud and Steam Stats. Of course, being a Source engine game from Valve themselves that’s not exactly surprising.
Although no word has been given on whether or not to expect official content in the future Valve has been kind enough to provide the community with a full SDK, opening up possibilities for single-level releases or full-fledged campaigns as seen with the Half-Life and Left 4 Dead series.
Source: Steam News – Alien Swarm Game and Source SDK Now Available
Related: Steam Store – Alien Swarm Game Page
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Date Set for Natural Selection 2 Alpha Test; Special Edition Being Discontinued |
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Jul 17, 2010 - 11:35 AM - by RAY16
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Unknown Worlds Entertainment has announced that the alpha test promised to people who pre-ordered the special edition of Natural Selection 2 will be available starting on July 26th. Initially, the alpha will contain one full map and a few smaller test maps, early versions of the commander interfaces for both sides, and an incomplete set of Marine weapons and alien class types. Content being added through updates is planned over the course of the alpha, leading into the beta and eventually the final game.
They've also said that once the Alpha begins they will be removing the special edition from their pre-order page, so if you want in on the Alpha and the special all-black Marine armor then you need to order before July 26th. After the special edition is removed the price on the standard version will rise, although buying it will still give you access to the game tools and the planned beta test.
Source: Official Natural Selection 2 Blog – NS2 Alpha Date Set!
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 NVIDIA Announces Upcoming Event with the Financial Community |
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Jun 01, 2010 - 3:49 PM - by NVIDIA
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SANTA CLARA, Calif.—June 1, 2010—NVIDIA today announced that it will participate in the following financial conference:
UBS – Global Technology and Services Conference
Wednesday, June 9, at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time (11:30 a.m. Eastern Time)
Crowne Plaza Times Square, New York
Interested parties can listen to a live audio webcast of NVIDIA’s presentation at this event, available on the NVIDIA website at www.nvidia.com/investor. A replay of the webcast will be available for seven days after the event.
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World’s Top Scientists, Visualization Experts To Present At NVIDIA’S GPU Technology C |
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May 21, 2010 - 1:32 AM - by NVIDIA
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. —May 20, 2010—A follow-on to the enormously successful inaugural GPU Technology Conference (GTC), GTC 2010 will host the world’s top scientists, researchers and visualization experts. The conference will take place from Monday, Sept. 20 to Thursday, Sept. 23, at the San Jose Convention Center in San Jose, Calif.
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Seagate recently launched their new Adaptive Memory technology, to bring the fast user experience of Solid State Drives to the affordability and capacity of traditional rotational drives. We test Seagate's Momentus XT 320GB and 500GB models to see how well Seagate hit its target goals.