Gaming gets serious, Steam coming to Mac
FROM APPLETELL - Valve announced that Steam will be making its way to the Macintosh platform next month, bringing with it Portal 2, Half-Life 2, Left for Dead (1 & 2), Portal and Counter-Strike
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It’s Official: Steam on Mac
Hey Mac gamers - remember all those tasty rumors about Steam (Valve’s premiere digital game store and platform) coming to Apple machines? Well, get out the celebratory slice of cake - it’s true! Not only that, but Portal 2 is slated to be the first simultaneous Mac/PC release on the… Continue Reading »
Valve updates Portal’s ending
Wasn’t it great and exciting when Valve updated Portal this week with new puzzles and a new achievement? Well, it’s happened again. Valve has issued another update for Portal today (March 3, 2010). When you start playing Portal through Stream, it’ll automatically update your game. The Steam update description is… Continue Reading »
Portal receives new achievement, radio transmissions
The weird and cryptic world that both Portal and Half-Life seem to inhabit was made just a little bit weirder today with the update that Portal was given. Officially, the update reads, “Changed radio transmission frequency to comply with federal and state spectrum management regulations,” which of course makes absolute… Continue Reading »
Rumor Time: Steam is coming to Mac
This is delicious: The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) just posted evidence that Valve’s superior online gaming platform Steam could be on it’s way to apple machines. According to the post, Valve released a beta of the new Steam UI and Mac OS x (the current operating system for macs) icons… Continue Reading »
Deal of the Day: Psychonauts for $2 on Steam
Labeled as a “Midweek Madeness” sale, steam is offering Psychonauts for only $2 through this Thursday (January 28, 2010). The platformer currently retails for $9.99 and was originally released in 2005 by Majesco for PC (windows), Xbox and Playstation 2. Psychonauts stars Raz, a young psychic who leaves the circus… Continue Reading »
Steam Deals: Codemasters Complete Pack $99.99
Steam lists the total savings from the Codemasters Complete Pack at $285.83. If you are a fan of Codemasters’ work and have a PC capable of comfortably running its games, you’d probably want to drop some cash on this. Continue Reading »
Steam (deeply) discounting 6 games for New Year’s Day
Steam strikes again in offering great games for insanely low prices. These prices are only good for a short time. Continue Reading »
Steam’s Holiday Sale extends into 2010, games discounted up to 80%
If you dig downloading games and deals, then check out Steam’s 2009-2010 Holiday Sale. Throughout the sale you can find hundreds of games discounted 25% to 80% and, each day, the site includes select one-day deals that are especially decent. Continue Reading »
Gamertell Review: Drug Wars for PC
Paleo Entertainment shot itself the foot with the original version of Drug Wars, Merchants Of Brooklyn (MOB), by releasing it uncompleted. After changing the name to Drug Wars and implementing several fixes, the company hoped to have a worthwhile final product. The story’s the same, a multiplayer component has been… Continue Reading »
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