Microsoft has finished their final tests on Minecraft: Xbox 360’s newest DLC, the 1.8.2 Adventure Update, giving its owners huge, free DLC add-on’s that will extend their Minecraft playing experience exponentially; you’ll feel like you’re playing a whole new game!
Ever play a game where riding an elevator is your main and only objective? No? Well, you’re in luck, because that’s exactly what you’re getting when you download Pixeltail’s newest game, Elevator: Source. An innovative use of Garry’s Mod within Valve's Half-Life 2, Elevator: Source brings players a simple, yet mysterious game of “28 randomly generated floors of realistic elevator physics” which will have you rolling on the floor in laughter within minutes.
"Probably," says Geoff Keighley, in his new iTunes app/article: The Final Hours of Portal 2. The multimedia piece offers a striking look at the inner workings of Valve Software, the makers of such industry staples as Half-Life, Team Fortress, Left 4 Dead, and their sequels. The Final Hours of Portal 2 is an online article currently for sale at the iTunes store. To access it you need only to follow the link above. The most intriguing portion of co-op news come from a conversation Keighley heard between between Gabe Newell, Valve's founder, and Erik Johnson, the company's project manager:
The above capture is from a viral video making its way around the internet. The video is title What's in the Box, and appears to be part of a viral campaign from Valve. Why? There's a lot of similarities with the style of the shots and look of the video with that of their games, especially ones in the Half-Life universe. In fact, many of the sound effects used in the video are directly from Half-Life 2.
It's been ten years since Half-Life 1 was released, but that doesn't mean the modding scene has died down any. In fact, one of the best mods for the game has always been the Sven Co-Op Mod. Last week the team finally release the first beta of Version 4.0 of the mod. Along with the ability to play through the entire Half-Life storyline in co-op, players can now play through the Opposing Force add on as well as tons of custom maps.
The original Half-Life set the bar in so many ways for the first person shooter genre when it launched over 10 years ago. One of the things missing though was co-op play. And while there's plenty of mods that add this to Valve's classic, this brand new remake looks extremely promising.
For all you elusive PC Co-optimus fans out there, we have a rare bit of news especially for you this time: Valve's Steam service will be hosting Half-Life 2 mods for free, and will be tacking on Steamworks support for each, including stat tracking and automatic updates.
