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Dawn of War II "There Is Only War" beta begins

by John Callaham Jul 2nd 2009 @ 9:00PM

After a 24 hour delay, owners of Relic's Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II can now download the open beta update for the sci-fi RTS game via Steam. In order to access the beta, titled "There Is Only War" you first select "file" in the Steam client and then click "change" under the "beta participation" section. Then select "Dawn of War 2" and restart Steam. The beta patch should then start downloading.

You can check out the massive patch list at the game's official web site. The patch includes support for the World Builder map editor and the official web site also has a PDF file with documentation on how to map a simple map using the tool. The patch, as we have mentioned before, has also eight new multiplayer maps the new Observer feature and lots of other new features, balances changes and bug fixes. The beta period will last until July 13.

Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War 2

Filed under: Betas, Downloads, Patches, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Steam offers HUGE 2K Games bundle sale

by John Callaham Jul 2nd 2009 @ 8:00PM

Fallout 3 isn't the only game on sale on Steam this weekend, In fact there's a ton of games that have just been collected into a new game bundle via the download service. 20 titles from 2K Games are now available to purchase as one big game pack for just $59.99. If you bought each game individually it would cost $229.80. Oh, and did we mention that from now until July 7 you can get 10 percent off that already low price, making the bundle $53.99?

Here's the full list of games in the bundle:

Sid Meier's Civilization IV,
Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Shattered Union
Prey
CivCity: Rome
Civilization IV Warlords
Sid Meier's Railroads!
Railroad Tycoon 3
Railroad Tycoon II Platinum
X-COM: Terror From the Deep
X-COM: Apocalypse
BioShock
X-COM: Interceptor
X-COM: UFO Defense
X-COM: Enforcer
Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword
Freedom Force
Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Colonization.

Filed under: Downloads, Action, RPG, Strategy

Full version of Trine available on Steam one day early

by John Callaham Jul 2nd 2009 @ 7:00PM

Sometimes games are actually released earlier than expected. Such is the case for Trine, the long awaited downloadable fantasy themed action-puzzle game from developer Frozenbyte. While the game was supposed to be released tomorrow for the PC, the full version of the game is now available to download via Steam right now.

As we mentioned earlier this week, the Steam version of Trine costs $29.99, which is $10 more than the Playstation 3 downloadable version (that port has yet to be released as of this writing). Of course if you were smart you would have pre-ordered the game via Steam and gotten a $9.99 title from Frozenbyte for free (Shadowgrounds). You can download a free demo right here at Big Download to see if you think Trine might be worth the extra $10.

Gallery: Trine

Filed under: Downloads, Action, Puzzle

Fallout 3 on sale on Steam this weekend

by John Callaham Jul 2nd 2009 @ 2:00PM

Like other PC game download sites this week, the Steam service is starting their weekend sales pitch a little bit early thanks to the US-based Fourth of July holiday. Today Steam announced that for the next few days the price of the hit Bethesda Softworks RPG Fallout 3 will have a 50 percent price cut.

Yep, that means that the highly acclaimed 2008 game, which is normally $49.99 on Steam, can now be bought for the next few days for just $24.99. It's too bad that you can't download the four (so far) mini-expansions to the game via Steam as well.

Gallery: Fallout 3

Filed under: Downloads, RPG, Fallout 3

One day delay for Dawn of War II 1.4 beta patch

by John Callaham Jul 1st 2009 @ 7:00PM

Looks like we will have to wait another day or so before we can get our hands on the 1.4 beta patch for Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II. The patch from Relic and THQ was supposed to be made available via Steam today but a note on the game's official web site states, "We are experiencing an unforeseen technical problem and believe it will be resolved in the next 24 hours."

Just a reminder: this is an open beta for the 1.4 update to the sci-fi RTS title that will contain eight new multiplayer maps, a new Observer feature, the World Builder map editor and lots of other cool stuff.

Gallery: Warhammer 40,000 Dawn Of War 2

Filed under: Downloads, Expansions, Patches, RTS, Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II

Street Fighter IV PC pre-orders get 10 percent off on Steam and Impulse

by John Callaham Jul 1st 2009 @ 12:00PM

July is not exactly going to be a great month for PC gamers in terms of new releases. We have the first installment of the Tales of Monkey Island downloadable game due out next week and the PC port of Street Fighter IV and, well, that's really about it. Thankfully people who want to download and purchase Capcom's latest fighting game can do so via Steam and Impulse.

The nice thing about that route is that you can get a 10 percent discount from its regular $39.99 price when you pre-order the game from either download outlet. Those prices are only good until the game itself is released on July 7.

Update: You can also pre-load Street Figher IV via Steam with your pre-order.

Gallery: Street Fighter IV PC

Filed under: Downloads, Fighting

Merchants of Brooklyn gets renamed to Drug Wars

by John Callaham Jun 30th 2009 @ 6:30PM

We always thought the name "Merchants of Brooklyn" was an odd title for a sci-fi first person action game. Apparently so does the game's developer Paleo Entertainment. After releasing their CryEngine powered action game with that title last March as a single player game, the company quietly renanamed the game today on the Steam service with the much more generic title Drug Wars.

Drug Wars was previously the name given to Merchants of Brooklyn's recently added multiplayer mode but now that title covers both the single and multiplayer portions of the game. Today's name change also comes with a new patch for the game (automatically handled via Steam) that adds a few new features and fixes some bugs.

Gallery: Drug Wars

Filed under: FPS, Multiplayer

Meridian4 games on sale for 50 percent off on Steam

by John Callaham Jun 29th 2009 @ 6:00PM

Canadian-based game publisher Meridian4 has had a long relationship with Valve's Steam download service. This week Steam celebrates Meridian4's fifth anniversary with a special week-long sale. In short all of the games from the publisher have had their prices cut to 50 percent their normal value.

That means huge savings for titles like the two Shadowgrounds sci-fi shooters from Frozenbyte, the two Pacific Storm WWII action titles from Buka and the sci-fi first person shooter Alpha Prime from Black Element Software. You can also get all 13 games in the Meridian4 Complete Pack for just $24.99 via Steam. The sale ends on July 6.

Filed under: Biz, Downloads, Action

ArmA II takes over top spot in weekly PC game sales on Steam

by John Callaham Jun 29th 2009 @ 9:00AM

Bohemia Interactive's military shooter ArmA II only started on Steam's download service last Friday but sales were high enough to put it on top of the sales list for Steam for the last week. Second place went to Overlord II, the fantasy RPG-strategy from Codemasters. Here's the rest of the list for the week ending June 28:

1. ArmA II - Bohemia Interactive
2. Overlord 2 - Triumph Studios/Codemasters
3. Empire: Total War - The Creative Assembly/Sega
4. Left 4 Dead - Valve
5. Prototype - Radical Entertainment/Activision
6. Counter-Strike: Source - Valve
7. Team Fortress 2 - Valve
8. Killing Floor - Tripwire Interactive
9. Empire Total War: Elite Units of the West (DLC) - The Creative Assembly/Sega
10. Dawn of Discovery - Ubisoft

Filed under: Biz, Action, FPS, RPG

Get a free game with Trine pre-order on Steam

by John Callaham Jun 27th 2009 @ 11:00AM

Frozenbyte's upcoming action-puzzle game Trine had a couple of news announcements this week; one was that it found a retail game publisher in Southpeak Games and the other being the release of a playable demo. Now comes word that Trine can be pre-ordered via Steam with a special bonus to go with the purchase.

If you put down your well earned $30 to buy the game you can download and play Frozenbyte's first game Shadowgrounds immediately for free. The $9.99 title is still a rather entertaining and old fashioned top down third person sci-fi shooter but far different than the fantasy action-puzzle game that Trine is going to be when it's released next month.

Gallery: Trine

Filed under: Downloads, Action, Puzzle

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