Steam to host Source engine mods directly next week

Posted Sep 28th 2008 1:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Downloads, Mods

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."

Tags: half-life-2, source-engine, steam, steamworks, valve

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

This is wicked. Having the ease of use of Steam will make me play many more of these mods. The only thing that has held me back before now has been the pain in the ass of actually getting them.

Bravo, Valve, bravo.Posted at 1:35PM on Sep 28th 2008 by Veko

TF2 has mods!?Posted at 2:54PM on Sep 28th 2008 by Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir and MR.ESC)

This is a fantastic idea. I've always known that there are killer mods out there but without following 'the scene', they usually pass under my radar or when I'm in the mood for a mod, I don't know how to pick the cream from the crop. This bring the best out there to the masses so they can get the credit they deserve.

...bysmittyPosted at 8:36AM on Sep 29th 2008 by bysmitty

They're out now. Have fun guys.Posted at 10:23AM on Oct 4th 2008 by Chris