Well it wouldn't be the first time someone got access to their jira tracker and leaked everything. Also it isn't against Valve to toy with their overly eager fanbase at every opportunity possible.
Time will tell.
This is a high possibility.
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STEAM 2013 Announcements & Updates VII: Known bug with library game count.
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Well it wouldn't be the first time someone got access to their jira tracker and leaked everything. Also it isn't against Valve to toy with their overly eager fanbase at every opportunity possible.
Time will tell.
This is a high possibility.
toddhunter
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Nah ... there will be a Half life 3.
NingenJanai
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Thanks for the giveaway
LiquidSolid
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Ponder for a moment: When has Valve actually toyed with its fanbase? I'm not talking about little nods like the Black Mesa reference in a CS:GO whiteboard texture or the Half-Life bling necklace a Steam mascot was wearing in one of the Christmas Sale backgrounds, but a bona fide tease about the future of the series. It seems apparent to me that the whole "Valve likes to screw with its fans" mantra is something its more zealous fans dreamt up because they tend to assume everything it does is the beginning of an ARG.
That's a shame. It's always nice having someone who plays too, so you can talk about games, or at least watch them play. Local multiplayer is a nice bonus too.I can't get anyone in my family into games
That said, I definitely need to turn my dad back into games. He hasn't played Max Payne 3 nor Driver: San Francisco yet, for example.
Nice giveaway, thanks!
ashecitism
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Someone on another site speculated that the Jira leaks might have been intentional. As a reassurance to the fans. Maybe, maybe not. But the question isn't if it's going to come out, but when.
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"Here is a list of every single employee, what he is working on and his email address" -> Totally intentional!
Nope.
woo and indeed hoo
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Will you lose anything by opting out? I opted in once but then I opted out when I couldn't see any real benefit to it.
Not sure, I feel I'm 15% cooler when I have Opted in the Beta but it might be a placebo effect.
woo and indeed hoo
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It would be unpossible [sic] for you to be any cooler
with our without keeping up with the cool kids [who are actually trying to keep up with you, heh].Angel Abaddon
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Nice one, entered for Resi.
toddhunter
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You don't get that "my skin is messed up" daily feeling when somebody at Valve dicks around with the download page for no apparent reason.
MMBosstones86
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afternoon delight
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Guys and girls we have to stop this giving away freaky deakyness. I'm trying to finish Deadly Premonition and Skulls of the Shogun.... Stahp... Please....
Just kidding. I've received four from this thread and I'll be putting up two today for all cuz its Friiiidaaaay!
Just kidding. I've received four from this thread and I'll be putting up two today for all cuz its Friiiidaaaay!
woo and indeed hoo
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Atraveller
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Stumpokapow
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Special occasions used to mean socks from the in-laws, now they mean...
I also discovered that if you get a Steam gift card in Canada, it costs $50 CAD (no tax at retail) but redeems for $50 USD + there's no tax on Steam purchases in Canada. So that's pretty awesome, saves on currency conversion and dodges tax.
Aliens: Colonial Marines: Stasis Interrupted is not a bad little piece of DLC. I mean, it's a piece of DLC for a bad little game which I guess in turn makes it a bad little piece of DLC, but given those constraints it's not half bad.
First things first, it's worth getting out of the way that the game inherits most of the problems with the base game. It feels ugly and old, the enemies (both xenomorph and human) are dumb, combat design is basically waves and waves of enemies, just bazillions of them, cover-based shooting with no cover system, monster closets, linear pathways through either caves, outdoor scenes, or honeycombed office complex environments, blue and yellow are the only real colours used, weapons feel pretty flimsy, there's not really any variety or anything differentiating it. And since there are fewer collectibles here, it's even more monotonous. So if you didn't like the main game, I don't think this is going to magically solve any of your objections to it. You also die too quickly and the segmented regenerating health is sort of a worst-of-both worlds situation, compounded by poor checkpoint placement.
But if you set aside the fact that it's not a very good game, it's not bad. It's about 3-3:30 long which is fairly substantial for DLC. It has you play as several different characters, which is fun. The plot is sort of stupid and for a piece of DLC designed specifically to provide fan service and close a hole in the original game's plot it doesn't do a very good job of meeting that objective. But it is fun to play as different characters, all of which have different combat exclamations. The first character, a girl named Lisbeth who ends up getting offed by a chest-burster in an awesome scene is fucking hilarious and has great angry-manic exclamations when she kills something. Her segment is also the best gameplay-wise, as the first half or so doesn't allow you to use guns which is a wise choice. The next-best portion involves running from an Alien Queen and hiding inside little rocky outcroppings, as she reaches in and tries to get you. The DLC's big finale is another "fight off endless waves of aliens as you wait for time to pass" which, like, come on guys. Just not interesting. Horde modes suck in everything. The DLC wisely avoids vehicle sections and so there is no obnoxious powerloader boss fight. As a result the difficulty level is much more sane and free of spikes than the main game.
A:CM as a whole reminds me a little of Duke Nukem Forever. Forever in development. Released by Gearbox but developed by other studios. Very obsessed with first-person interaction segments. Sort of old looking. Not very good. Two weapons at once. Interesting DLC that just might be the best part of the game.
(Thanks Stallion!)
I also discovered that if you get a Steam gift card in Canada, it costs $50 CAD (no tax at retail) but redeems for $50 USD + there's no tax on Steam purchases in Canada. So that's pretty awesome, saves on currency conversion and dodges tax.
Aliens: Colonial Marines: Stasis Interrupted is not a bad little piece of DLC. I mean, it's a piece of DLC for a bad little game which I guess in turn makes it a bad little piece of DLC, but given those constraints it's not half bad.
First things first, it's worth getting out of the way that the game inherits most of the problems with the base game. It feels ugly and old, the enemies (both xenomorph and human) are dumb, combat design is basically waves and waves of enemies, just bazillions of them, cover-based shooting with no cover system, monster closets, linear pathways through either caves, outdoor scenes, or honeycombed office complex environments, blue and yellow are the only real colours used, weapons feel pretty flimsy, there's not really any variety or anything differentiating it. And since there are fewer collectibles here, it's even more monotonous. So if you didn't like the main game, I don't think this is going to magically solve any of your objections to it. You also die too quickly and the segmented regenerating health is sort of a worst-of-both worlds situation, compounded by poor checkpoint placement.
But if you set aside the fact that it's not a very good game, it's not bad. It's about 3-3:30 long which is fairly substantial for DLC. It has you play as several different characters, which is fun. The plot is sort of stupid and for a piece of DLC designed specifically to provide fan service and close a hole in the original game's plot it doesn't do a very good job of meeting that objective. But it is fun to play as different characters, all of which have different combat exclamations. The first character, a girl named Lisbeth who ends up getting offed by a chest-burster in an awesome scene is fucking hilarious and has great angry-manic exclamations when she kills something. Her segment is also the best gameplay-wise, as the first half or so doesn't allow you to use guns which is a wise choice. The next-best portion involves running from an Alien Queen and hiding inside little rocky outcroppings, as she reaches in and tries to get you. The DLC's big finale is another "fight off endless waves of aliens as you wait for time to pass" which, like, come on guys. Just not interesting. Horde modes suck in everything. The DLC wisely avoids vehicle sections and so there is no obnoxious powerloader boss fight. As a result the difficulty level is much more sane and free of spikes than the main game.
A:CM as a whole reminds me a little of Duke Nukem Forever. Forever in development. Released by Gearbox but developed by other studios. Very obsessed with first-person interaction segments. Sort of old looking. Not very good. Two weapons at once. Interesting DLC that just might be the best part of the game.
(Thanks Stallion!)
This was the case in Australia, too, but EB Games raised the price of the $50 codes to $55 and I assume the $20 codes went up to $22. I'm just glad that the hike occurred after the Summer Sale.
I could probably hit 3k if I turned my dad into games.
I had this freaky vision of you selling bits of your dad off to fund your Steam habit, therefore literally turning him into an extra 1,000+ games. Obviously no offense intended.
Well GAME here in the UK started doing cards late last year so don't know if the Portugal stores are still owned by the same group but might be something in the future maybe.
so has anyone tried anything from http://flyingbundle.com/ yet?
im tempted to get it just for the +6 but i could justify it better if it had even one game actually worth playing.
im tempted to get it just for the +6 but i could justify it better if it had even one game actually worth playing.
Chance Hale
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Can someone remind me of the application that one can use to see where space is being taken up on your hard drive? Shows things in chunks. Realized one of my drives is at 60 GBs free so I should probably clear some things up.
DeadlyVirus
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GAME stores in Portugal recently broke off from the UK administration, becoming a portuguese company called New Game
I got it from the Paradox Complete bundle way back in 2011. Don't know if it's been in any since then.
Hahaha how original.
I... don't get it. You mean like literally transforming him into a video game?
Guess I didn't pick the right words, sorry :/
Stumpokapow
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We use to have GAME stores but now we separated ourselves from Spain and all the Stores are called "New Game". They are the worst you can imagine, they no longer have games on release day, GTA, FIFA, PES, COD Ghosts, you name it. The last time they had in stock they broke the Street date. I'm done with them. I just wanted to secure a PS4 from them because I have all this store credit I can't trade for real money and I want a almost-free PS4 (20€
.If you check their Facebook page... man, it's such a horror story from every customer, this brings shame to me.
Oh, I thought you hit "i" instead of "o". Now I feel bad!
Forgot most important thing!
If you know about my curse: no foils, no cards, no booster packs. And were following my adventures in cards universe
, you remember that I had no booster pack drop until I crafted some badges. Tired of this curse, I crafted some badges again, and, guess what? Yup, I got booster pack next day again, that was yesterday and again it was booster pack of a game I crafted badge day before.
So now, of about 100 games with cards, I had 4 foils, last one ages ago, and 5 booster packs. Every time booster packs were given only after crafting some badges, except very first one. Coincidence or not?
One thing improved dramatically, I do get cards at same rate as at the very beginning, meaning rather fast.
If you know about my curse: no foils, no cards, no booster packs. And were following my adventures in cards universe
(I'm kidding, no worries)
So now, of about 100 games with cards, I had 4 foils, last one ages ago, and 5 booster packs. Every time booster packs were given only after crafting some badges, except very first one. Coincidence or not?
One thing improved dramatically, I do get cards at same rate as at the very beginning, meaning rather fast.
Download sizes are smaller than installation sizes due to compression. In the case of Source games, many assets are shared and so if you have one installed, Steam can "borrow" some of its files.
MMBosstones86
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don't worry about it man, just busting balls. Sounded funny
I still use TreeSize. It's been a while though.
Jawmuncher
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Yeah I think there is definitley something afoot with booster drops.
I didn't get my first which was skullgirls until I made the badge for it.
I do know that the more badges and higher level you are the more chance for drops though. I think the system is basically made so that they want you to continue to pay more and more.
IndieGameStand's new deal is Operation Smash, which is on Greenlight and the developer has promised Steam keys will be provided to existing owners should it make the cut, IGS included.
Boss Doggie
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So which YDKJ do you guys love the most?
I keep seeing this "they promise keys once their games got approved", do those devs keep their promise?
I keep seeing this "they promise keys once their games got approved", do those devs keep their promise?
The developer of Achron having a change of heart vis-a-vis Steam keys for IndieFort purchasers is the only example to the contrary that comes to mind. Generally speaking, developers that are required to go through Greenlight can't afford bad press, so going back on their word wouldn't be the wisest choice.
DeadlyVirus
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I have a New Game store near me. I thought that by changing they could have some good deals, but nop, used games are more expensive than they were before.
If you trade in a game, you can only use the trade-in value towards other products (not used). I had about 80 in store credit which I wanted to trade in PSN cards (BF3 PS3 + Upgrade for PS4), but they haven't had PSN cards in stock for 6 months. As I said this to the employee, he offered me BF4 for PS3 5 days before release.
As I'm moving to the US in January, I'm trying to sell all my PS3 stuff to fund a new PS4 in the new year (yay for being stronger than $), but since New Game isn't accepting cash trade, it's becoming hard to find who to sell it to
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