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STEAM announcements & updates 2012 Thread 3 -
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Leon Belmont
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Glass Rebel
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Total surprise for me, didn't expect it to be so fun. Do you get something from additional playthroughs or is it just to see all the characters in different scenes?
Rome is fantastic even if the graphics don't quite hold up, it's a must have at a buck.
crimsonheadGCN
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It looks like Valve may not require OSX titles to be Steamplay anymore if the publisher doesn't want it. Call of Duty: Black Ops was released for OSX and it's a separate buy from the Windows version.
More OSX titles should be coming to Steam now because of it.
More OSX titles should be coming to Steam now because of it.
I don't really care about mac games myself, but this kinda seems like a bad move. You'd have to pay for a game twice if you would ever switch back to windows. But I guess that's their own decision.
Stallion Free
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It's released and published by Aspyr which was why we weren't seeing a lot of Mac games get Steamplay in the first place. Aspyr is responsible for most EA games and plenty of other Mac ports that aren't present on Steam.
This seems to be outside of Valve's control apart from not allowing it to be added at all.
It's either pay twice or don't get the mac version on steam at all. Better to have the option then not. I'm not sure how this will affect steam play "adoption" now that devs can release the version separate though. Either way I think it's the right move. A lot of mac ports are done by outside teams like Aspyr and Feral and its indicated fairly well which version it is with the white bar and logo.
I really think Steam needs to update the store though. The pages are getting really busy now.
Makes sense considering the looming release of Steam Linux.
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Blops Mac also appears to not use Steamworks for multiplayer backbone as the page says this:
"Unified Mac-to-Mac Multiplayer Experience - Multiplayer works with Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Mac only, including Steam, Mac App Store, retail and other digital outlets."
"Unified Mac-to-Mac Multiplayer Experience - Multiplayer works with Call of Duty: Black Ops for the Mac only, including Steam, Mac App Store, retail and other digital outlets."
LOL, well this is a first, OSX games cheaper than the Windows counterpart:
It's all over guys, PC master race is dead, beaten by Apple.
Might as well get iMac's and throw out your gaming computers.
Big Total War sale just started.
Rome is a dollar today, with a different one every day
Every game in the Total War series nets a TF2 item (and Spiral knights items...), with the complete collection netting you a cool weapon.
What if you own most of the games already?
SteveWinwood
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This is what I want to know
I really don't see devs who already release steamplay titles to change that in the future. The main reason this one is is not just because it's a different developer but because the two games don't interact at all. On top of Steamplay being a one purchase fits all there's also the cloud connection between them so you can start playing on one pc and then continue on a mac.
Big Total War sale just started.
Rome is a dollar today, with a different one every day
Every game in the Total War series nets a TF2 item (and Spiral knights items...), with the complete collection netting you a cool weapon.
What if you've never played a Total War game and you're not sure you'll enjoy it. Do I still buy it, atleast Rome?
xenoflux2113
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Fuck... waited excitedly all week for the stacking code from raptr and I miss it because I am at work and couldn't check the site often... oh well there is always more chances!
WTF? not good number there.
I'm sure they'll make a bundle with all the items on the tf2 store.
You could buy Rome for a buck, try it out and then decide if you buy the others or not.
Yeah, it's pretty sweet.
Joe Danger 2 was already announced for PC by the way.
Awesome, didn't know Sine Mora was already announced officially. In the interview they say it should be out next month, hope it's not delayed too much.
Let the hats decide
Big Total War sale just started.
Rome is a dollar today, with a different one every day
Every game in the Total War series nets a TF2 item (and Spiral knights items...), with the complete collection netting you a cool weapon.
I bought it just for the hats...... :\
phuck reviews
also yeah I missed every giveaway ever
Stop buying games and buy your GTX 670 already.
The Total War is quite possibly my favourite series so I suppose it makes sense that Sega would find some way to mess the Master Collection up.
First of all not all the Total War games are included- thre's no Medieval II Kingdoms. This is important because many of the best mods, including the Lord of the Rings mod, require Kingdoms. Rome Total War Alexander is also missing as are the first Shogun and Medieval are also missing but they're unavailable on Steam anyway and are difficult to get working on modern day systems.
The second major omission is DLC. The previous Total War packs have included the Imperial Edition of Napoleon Total War but this seems to include only the standard edition meaning there is a campaign missing as well as a couple of unit packs. Similar DLC for Empire and Shogun is excluded as well.
Everything in the pack, Napoleon apart, is a fantastic game but be warned that you don't get everything.
First of all not all the Total War games are included- thre's no Medieval II Kingdoms. This is important because many of the best mods, including the Lord of the Rings mod, require Kingdoms. Rome Total War Alexander is also missing as are the first Shogun and Medieval are also missing but they're unavailable on Steam anyway and are difficult to get working on modern day systems.
The second major omission is DLC. The previous Total War packs have included the Imperial Edition of Napoleon Total War but this seems to include only the standard edition meaning there is a campaign missing as well as a couple of unit packs. Similar DLC for Empire and Shogun is excluded as well.
Everything in the pack, Napoleon apart, is a fantastic game but be warned that you don't get everything.
so uh, this is a thing. has this been posted on gaf yet? https://twitter.com/TheVulcanSalute/status/251346332156059648 pic is of alyx vance voice actress
KirbYuuYuu
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Yep, and some users were forced to look in agony as it didn't count them as qualified even if they got Hardcore in one of the 3 titles.
I saw it and thought it wasn't worth posting. I mean how is that even verifiable
Valve time.
Ah yes, of course
(I may be in the process of buying buying JSR from GMG.)
The only reasonable explanation is that Zoe Saldana died of old age and Merle Dandridge was offered the role of Neytiri for Avatar 2.
I H8 Memes
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In the witching hours of the night I realized something. It just suddenly occurred to me while looking at my Steam library. And this all goes back to me wondering who Valve would get to publish their games from now on. Obviously they wont be using EA again. Dota 2 and CS:GO aren't being sold as boxed copies either, so it's been awhile since they have needed a boxed copy publisher.
Were not getting HL3 until the next consoles are out because Valve wont be selling boxed copies of any game ever again. Not even HL3.
Were not getting HL3 until the next consoles are out because Valve wont be selling boxed copies of any game ever again. Not even HL3.
eh
I doubt this reasoning (although solid) holds true, even though at this point I dont think i'd even want HL3 to come out this gen
they'll probably work something out regarding retail. Dota 2 is a PC only title and CS:GO fits the downloadable markets price. That wouldnt be the case with Half-Life 3, Left 4 Dead 3 or Portal 3
Valve just uses EA for retail distribution, so even if we assume EA's spat with Steam and its spanner thrown in the Portal 2 ARG machine soured that relationship, I imagine Valve wouldn't have to look hard for another publisher willing to offer its retail distribution network.
zerokoolpsx
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Plenty of them do.
Not sure if I would want HL3 if the only option was digital. Yea, call me crazy.
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