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Steam to host Source engine mods directly next week


The weekly Steam news update has been posted up for users of Valve's download delivery service and it's an good one for mod makers of Source Engine based games like Half-Life 2, Portal, Team Fortress 2 and others. Beginning sometime next week, Valve will begin directly hosting mods for Source Engine based titles just like they were full games on the service (they will continue to remain free for any owner of Source Engine based games).

According to the note the first five mods to get this level of promotion on Steam will be Age of Chivalry, D.I.P.R.I.P., Insurgency, Synergy, and Zombie Panic. Valve states, "Once installed, these MODs will appear in your "My Games" list and will receive automatic updates just like other games on Steam. Also, these MODs now take advantage of Steamworks, which provides stat tracking and tighter integration with the Steam community."

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