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Train goes in, Bullets go out. Archive / Submit Firearms: Source ReleasedThe much anticipated return of Firearms is finally upon us!Download Firearms: Source here, and while you're downloading, check out our hands-on preview or the interview with the team behind the mod, or visit their website for media and info!- Ian "eulogy" Norton, Site Director More > 
**Skyrim Nude ModsSee what the citizens of Skyrim are up to once the sun goes down in this fileblog.
Firearms SourceWe interviewed with the developers of Firearms: Source, an upcoming action mod.
Firearms: Source Preview**Remember the Firearms mod for Half-Life? Well, it's back for the Source engine with a slew of new features and guns, and you'll be able to experience it July 23rd, 2010. For now, read our hands-on preview! TF2 Co-Op: Mercs versus... an army of robots? 22:25 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Just when it couldn't get any crazier an army of Robots invades and both Red & Blu need to team up to defeat them. All intel gathered so far can be found here with more released daily as per the usual schedule.Good luck Mercenaries, and remember: the robots apparently run on piles of money, whatever falls out is yours. Valve launches linux blog, progress updates 7:28 PST | | Print News | Category: Source Engine - SteamIn an effort to combat rumors Valve has launched their latest (morbidly titled) blog, Steam'd Penguins. For now the initial post outlines a little backstory to the effort and lists their basic plan of porting a fully functional Steam client, getting L4D2 running in openGL with an acceptable framerate, and finally porting other Valve titles. For now all of these efforts will be using Ubuntu 12.04 as their working distro, with others being a possibility in the future depending on how things go. The Steam Summer Sale kicks off 15:10 PST | | Print News | Category: Steam - Third Party ContentAs usual Valve has found an excuse to have one of their semi-regular crazy sales. Right now in the Steam store you can find pretty much anything for 50% off or more. Even the Valve Complete Pack has been halved, bringing the price down to the same as a single new game. Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment we've all been waiting for 12:29 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2There are no words, and anything I say could be a spoiler, so all I'll say is that it's finally here:
Pyromania begins 18:17 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2We've all been waiting for it ever since we first saw that flowered handbag in the locker. In three days Meet the Pyro will be released. To commemorate this Valve is making releases each day in their usual style, which can be accessed (along with the countdown) from the Pyromania Page. Today's update includes a new gamemode which seems to be a tweaked payload style, ending in launching an Australium-infused rocket. There are also 11 achievements to go with this new map, which knowing Valve will come into play again later. Adult Swim and Valve teaming up? 18:27 PST | | Print News | Category: Steam - Team Fortress 2 - Other NewsIn typical Valve style we've all been left hanging with this latestpromo announcement. Who knows what they've got up their collective sleeves this time, but it's set to go off sometime next week. The only question is will this be on Adult Swim or Valve time? Gabe: Yes we are not maybe announcing something at E3 13:46 PST | | Print News | Category: Steam - Source Engine - Other NewsIt would seem that Gabe Newell has had a bit of a change of heart from his previous announcement and Valve is planning only on showcasing already known projects. This comes at a bit of a disappointment for many compared to the possibilities held by last December's promise of "something with a three in it". Steam coming to Linux 1:58 PST | | Print News | Category: Steam - Source Engine - Other NewsGood news for Linux users out there: Michael Larabel of Phoronix flew out to Bellevue recently at Valve's invitation and reports back that Valve is hard at work porting Steam and their games... and has more extensive plans in the works. Valve is currently hiring everything from Linux OpenGL programmers to kernel developers. All signs back up Phoronix's conclusions that Valve is flat out rebuilding Source and Steam to run natively on Linux. In Mr. larabel's own words:_"This Linux work just is not some half-assed attempt by them to make it look like they are a Linux-friendly organization. Gabe's vision to support, embrace, and promote Linux are amazing, assuming they execute, which looks to be very high probability at this point."_Gaming is one of the last major holdouts in Linux compatibility, if Valve makes a wholesale shift to native support like they did with OSX then it could be as significant of an event for Linux as it is for Valve. Valve hiring... hardware developers? 3:05 PST | | Print News | Category: Other NewsAn interesting report at Develop reveals that Valve is currently hiring staff to develop new hardware. Rumors are flying on this one, ranging from the suspiciously undenied possibility of a console to improving their already impressive research capabilities through advanced biometric feedback devices that could measure a player's emotional responses.Given the nature of Steam it's not entirely impossible that Valve may be planning to make a console that's always on, always up to date, and always ready to go... or perhaps a peripheral that would allow them to tailor content to a user's emotional state. Just imagine, an escort mission where the NPC can finally respond to your feelings of world-consuming rage. Strange weapons, stats tracking, and prizes 18:23 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Valve's working on some new stat tracking features revolving around strange weapons. Crates may now contain Strange Parts which allow users to customise which stat their strange items track ranging from gibbed players to reflected projectiles "and more". Additionally three unique tophats have been added to the game as awards for whichever player currently has given the most gifts, won the most duels, or purchased the most stamps. Meet the Pyro coming 23:24 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2Valve let slip in a recent interview with gametrailers (around 30:00) that Meet the Pyro is done and they're planning to release it with something big.Resume the betting pools. Manniversary Update 16:40 PST | | Print News | Category: Team Fortress 2 - Third Party ContentIn celebration of both their aversion of Valve Time and the one year anniversary of the Mann Co. store the TF2 Team has released the Manniversary Update and started an Anniversary Sale on virtually everything in the store from now until the 17th.The Manniversary update includes a number of features ranging from a significantly improved process for content creators with the Steam Workshop, an FPSBanana style content hub where third party content can be rated and commented on by the TF2 community and creators can receive feedback and status updates from Valve.Other significant features include a six day free try-before-buying trial period for Mann Co. store weapons with a 25% discount on purchases made during the trial, a purchasable High Five taunt, load-out presets and a new map. Lastly there are two somewhat Interesting additions: The ability to apply user decals to certain items and the ability to become a "Hot dog Expert". 
ETF2L's Third Ultidio Cup 0:44 PST | | Print NewsBetter late than never the Third Ultidio Cup from ETF2L has finally opened it's doors and will start up (and close down signups) on October 2nd. The first place winners will walk away with 300incash,andsecondplacewillcomeinatathirdofthatwith300 in cash, and second place will come in at a third of that with 300incash,andsecondplacewillcomeinatathirdofthatwith100. As always further details are available on the tournament page A surprise, and substantial, CS:S update 23:54 PST | | Print News | Category: Counter-StrikeA while back a laundry list of changes were run through the CS:S Beta, looking like they were headed for mainstream. With today's update it would appear that Valve hasn't forgotten the old girl after all and has made some significant updates to the weapons and associated systems. Here's the highlights: Dynamic crosshair now uses actual weapon accuracy, rather than a separate simulationWeapon spread patterns are no longer squareAll weapons now have a new accuracy model which fixes many bugs and provides more intuitive weapon behaviorWeapons now have separate accuracy penalties for jumping, landing, and standing on laddersAll weapons are now more accurate while crouchingAccuracy penalties for movement no longer have a discrete threshold, but scale between crouch move and run speed In addition to the systemic changes a number of balance adjustments were made, most significantly bringing the Galil and Famas run speeds up and further increasing the FAMAS' accuracy as well as lowering the spread of its burst mode. There have also been a number of console variable tweaks, some making the game more mod friendly and others shutting down exploits, and more robust options for customizing the crosshair were added.Portal free once again 23:35 PST | | Print News | Category: PortalIn case you missed it the first time around Valve has once again decided to collectively troll their accounting department and made Portal free until the 20th. As before this is not a limited-playtime offer, these are permanent copies just as if you bought the game normally. Most recent posts on the Planet Half-Life Forums 
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