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Valve Releases Updated Alien Swarm For Free With Code Base

Posted by Soulskill on from the game-over-man-game-over dept.

baronvoncarson tips news that today Valve released an updated version of Alien Swarm, a popular Unreal Tournament 2004 total conversion mod. The creators of the mod were hired by Valve, and they've helped turn it into a stand-alone game running on the Source engine. Valve is also releasing the code base for Alien Swarm and an SDK. The game is available for free on Steam.

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  1. Nightblade by MrEricSir · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Does this mean Nightblade is officially canceled?

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  2. Mac version? by thetagger · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Hmmm, am I the only one who is disappointed that there is no Mac version?

  3. Three Cheers for Valve by TheRedDuke · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They get a lot of crap for the 'evil' DRM that is Steam, but seriously: they're giving away free stuff here. Incidentally, they gave Portal away for a time when they launched Steam for Mac. Their mod tools are free as well. AND they didn't require anyone to re-buy Valve apps for Mac when they ported them if you already bought 'em for Windows. I don't know of any of the other major software publishing houses that would do that. I'll be giving this mod a try as soon as I get home tonight.

  4. Elf needs food badly! by PylonHead · · Score: 2, Interesting

    So.. it's basically gauntlet?

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