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Steam EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Valve says digital pricing can change 'without penalty' 22 Valve's Steam platform is pretty much the biggest player in digital distribution right now. They dominate the market in ways that get Randy Pitchford's underwear in knots. One of the reasons they... Modern Warfare 2 gets dedicated servers via hack 86 Yup. You read that right. Modern Warfare 2 PC now has dedicated servers. Wait, PC gamers! Before you send Bobby Kotick a thank you letter, know that it wasn't they who did it, but rather the game... Gyromancer team considered using Peggle or Zuma 7 Before Bejeweled Twist became a part of Gyromancer, the Square Enix team responsible for the PopCap Games-powered downloadable considered using Peggle and even Zuma as its puzzle foundation. In a... Pre-loading Left 4 Dead 2 is now something you can do 8 So you pre-loaded the Left 4 Dead 2 demo early in order to play the game as soon as possible. Then you played the Left 4 Dead 2 demo to death. People started calling dibs on characters. Things ar... Pitchford: Valve are childish fanboys that bash the PS3 107 Mad Randy's at it again! Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford, after implying that Valve's Steam service is a conflict of interest, has criticized Valve once more, this time because the studio d... Mass Effect goes half price on Steam 23 Mass Effect enters into the news cycle for the second time today with this precious little announcement via Valve: the original PC version of ME is now available on Steam for 50 percent off as pa... Pre-order L4D2, wear Bill's hat in Team Fortress 2 25 Pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 for PC on Steam or through participating retailers and you'll be able to wear Bill's hat from Left 4 Dead in Team Fortress 2. The hat is available right now for all to wea... Rumor: Two L4D2 expansions named via PC demo 7 Some Left 4 Dead 2 demo code diggers may have stumbled upon the name of two downloadable expansions for Valve’s upcoming ZFPS. Tucked in the demo code are a couple of illuminating messages ... Steampunk brawler Hammerfight now available on Steam 11 Then again, maybe "brawler" isn't the right word -- Hammerfight is, to briefly summarize, a ship-versus-ship combat game where you swing boulders, hammers, swords, and other melee weapons around ... Final Borderlands trailer has midget-punching mention 30 Borderlands is out and available at most retail outlets and as a digital download via Valve’s platform Steam. Chances are you knew this -- we’ve covered the game exhaustively on the ... Go, go, go: Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo hits 35 The Left 4 Dead 2 PC demo is now available via Steam after a short delay that almost caused the Internet to explode … or catch on fire. We’re not sure which one -- mainly because we ... Torchlight available now, here's a launch trailer 24 On the long road to Diablo III, why not make the wait a bit more bearable with Torchlight? It's a game that will surely satisfy your need for pointing and clicking followed by more vigorous poin... Aussie Steam version of Borderlands replaced 10 In the recent past, we reported that the Australian Steam version of Borderlands was kinda censored. Aussies who tricked Valve’s digital distribution service into letting them snatch the RP... S.T.A.L.K.E.R. for five bucks? SOLD! 26 S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl is on sale for a measly $5 from now until November 2 on Steam. If you know the importance of this scenario, chances are you already own the game.If not, well, ... Aussie Steam version of Borderlands censored, 2K fixing 8 Even though the Australian Steam release version of Borderlands isn’t slated to hit until October 30th, Internet-wise Aussies have been getting their digital copies of the imaginative RPS e... Gentlemen, start your Left 4 Dead 2 demo pre-loads 18 Did you pre-order Left 4 Dead 2 through Steam and simply cannot wait to get those files on your computer? Even if you can't play them until Tuesday, just having the files there on your computer w... It's an Alientrap: XBLA shooter Capsized debut trailer 10 The trailer for Alientrap Software's physics-based action-shooter Capsized has been making the rounds for about a week now. I'd made a mental note to post it already, but I got distracted by some... Play Killing Floor for free this weekend 26 Here's another free weekend courtesy of the cats at Steam. This time, it's Killing Floor. The promotion will start up tomorrow, so now would be a good time to commence pre-loading the game while ... Rocket Knight screenshots are all up in your business 10 Following yesterday's surprise announcement for a game we totally weren't told about weeks ago, Konami has finally seen fit to share with us some fresh screenshots from Rocket Knight. The retro r... Konami announces Rocket Knight ... again 8 Seriously, Konami? You've just gotten around to doing this?Despite having already revealed Rocket Knight to 1UP weeks ago, Konami has seen fit to announce Rocket Knight yet again, having finally ... Saints Row 2 is $7.50 on Steam for today only 41 Want Saints Row 2 on PC? Don't have much money? Good news. If you buy it today, you can get it for $7.50, which is a pretty impressive $22.49 off of the regular price. If you're interested in the... Wolfenstein hits Steam, demo available now too 7 The best Nazi shooter ever released on consoles in mid-August 2009 is available on Steam. That’s right -- Raven Software’s FPS Wolfenstein has come to Valve’s ever-popular digit... Torchlight getting a day-and-date Steam release 8 It may look like yet another one of those typical action RPGs with procedurally-generated dungeons and fat loot, and by many accounts it will be, but there's something about Torchlight that makes... Borderlands TV spot happens, 87 bajillion guns confirmed 55 What punches through the imaginary uterus when an RPG and an FPS decide to knock boots and make a miracle? Borderlands, man. But the game is no suckling according to the stuff we’ve seen t... Tripwire: Valve 'absolutely not' exploiting Steam devs 19 A few days ago, Gearbox Software boss Randy Pitchford antagonized a fair few people by claiming that Valve's Steam service was a conflict of interest and a money grab, essentially insinuating tha... Borderlands Steam pre-order four-pack deal is live 12 Pre-ordering a digital copy of Gearbox Studios’ Borderlands through Steam is an easy way to knock a few bucks off the purchase. Instead of dishing out about 50 hard-earned bones, eager rese... LOL WUT: Dreamkiller out now on Steam, still confuses me 21 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I saw what appears to be an acid/vomit-covered woman with long arms firing a gun, which seems way too heavy for her frame, at Medusa-looking creatures. Am I m... Review: Lucidity 36 Revealed September 10th on an episode of GTTV after weeks of rumors, Lucidity is developer LucasArts’ new downloadable title. Unlike their last few releases like Secret of Monkey Island: Sp... Lead and Gold screens appear again, show purty colors 8 Because raccoon caps and team-based shooters are f’ing metal, Fatshark’s Lead and Gold exists. The new teaser footage, which debuted this weekend, reveals more about title, taking it... XBLA-bound Capsized revealed with moving pictures 15 Starring a Dr. Manhattan-looking fellow inside of a punk space suit, Capsized is physics-based platformer heading to Xbox LIVE Arcade and Steam next year. The studio responsible for the download... Pre-purchase Painkiller: Resurrection, get free games 10 Painkiller: Resurrection? How embarrassing -- I forgot that game even existed. This may or may not have anything to do with the action-oriented first-person shooter getting about zero marketing. ... Well that was quick: Debut trailer for Rocket Knight 34 It's only been a few days since the announcement and already we are getting gameplay footage of the new Rocket Knight game. Who knew my guardian angel was A) into videogames and B) a total badas... Oddworld series coming to the PSN and Steam 33 Bitmob did a interview with Lorne Lanning, the father of the Oddworld franchise, where he revealed some exciting stuff for Oddworld fans. Numerous things were discussed in the interview, but the... Randy Pitchford talks Valve, Steam, and exploitation 45 Besides being super pumped for Borderlands at all times -- which, who can blame him? -- Gearbox president and founder Randy Pitchford has a few negative things to say about Steam, the digital dow... NFS: Shift plus five more from EA arrive on Steam 9 It seems somewhat odd how EA doesn't automatically put its wares up on Steam as soon as they become available by other means.For instance, six of the studio's videogames became available on the d... Machinarium available for pre-purchase 14 It's been brought to our attention that Machinarium, the game that Chad and I really liked while Anthony and Ashley did not, is now available for pre-order on Steam. (Protip: Chad and I are right... Borderlands Steam pre-order deal is live; specs revealed 28 Itching to give the PC version of Borderlands a shot? Does the lack of it feel like a badger has clawed into your stomach and annihilated your inner being with its goblin teeth? Tell me about it.... Left 4 Dead 2 'early access' demo confirmed 24 Valve made the Left 4 Dead 2 pre-order thing official. This afternoon, the studio has confirmed that starting now, any who pre-order the game from participating retailers or Steam, will receive &... We built this city: Cities XL Steam pre-orders available 10 Monte Cristo Games' ambitious "next-generation" PC city building game, Cities XL, is now available for pre-order on steam.  For $39.99, you can pre-order the "Limite... Get Left 4 Dead PC for $14.99 through October 2 29 The new Left 4 Dead campaign, "Crash Course," is available now for both the Xbox 360 and PC. Xbox 360 owners have to fork over a few MS Points, but PC owners can get the content fo... TGS 09: Love Puzzle Quest? Then check out Gyromancer 10 PopCap Games has teamed up with Square Enix for a little RPG/puzzle hybrid action that's bound to hit Steam and Xbox LIVE Arcade. Gyromancer, as it's called, could easily be mistaken for Puzzle Q... L4D2 pre-orderers to get early access to demo (Update) 22 Huge fundamental update: Electronic Arts neglected to mention a tiny detail in regards to the October-bound Left 4 Dead 2 demo: it will be, initially, a pre-order “early-access” thing... LucasArts talks Lucidity's controls, concept 5 In Lucidity, players won’t control the protagonist, a child named Sofi. We will, instead, find ourselves fiddling with pieces of game’s environment in order to allow the girl to maneu... Monkey Island: SE price slashed in honor of Pirate Day 16 International “Talk Like a Pirate Day” is a real thing and its happening September 19th. There’s no need to understand why the day is celebrated or how it even got started. It&r... Unreal Tournament 3 goes free for the weekend 12 Steam and Epic Games are throwing another one of those Unreal Tournament 3 free weekends, and even though it isn't the weekend just yet, UT3 is now free to play until Sunday.If you like what you ... Star Wars Jedi Knight series now up on Steam 28 Who likes the Star Wars Jedi Knight games? A lot of people, apparently. I'd be willing to bet if you started up Jedi Academy right this second, you'd be able to find a match online. Then again, t... Braid for $5 on Steam is a pretty sweet deal, I'd say 22 Instead of spending five bucks on lackluster fast food at one of those late night joints, why not use the money to fund an exciting purchase of Braid from Steam? Forget about "going back in ... Street Fighter IV 50% off this weekend on Steam 29 If you haven't already caught it on RAB's blog, Street Fighter IV goes on sale this weekend for half price on Steam. Capcom is being awfully nice to us lately with all these discounts. First PSN ... Steam indie game sale offers ten games for thirty bucks 22 If you’ve never had a chance to play Braid, Crayon Physics Deluxe, Blueberry Garden or The World of Goo, now’s your chance. Steam is running one of the coolest Weekend Deals in recent... Prototype on the cheap on Steam: $40 32 Our absolutely massive review of Prototype featured the views of three of our editors, and came with a bonus music video. The end result? A respectable score of 7.5 out of 10. That means that we ... The Witcher Director's Cut price slashed on Steam 24 Hey kids, want to see videogame boobies on the cheap? All you need is a Steam account, an awesome PC, and a passion for role-playing games. Easy, right?According to Shacknews, The Witcher Extende... New version of The Witcher available, adds nudity 22 The Internet had a coming of age moment in late 2007 when the word boobs became a more popular Google search term than RPG. Coincidentally, 2007 is the same year CD Projekt RED’s non-boob-l... Dawn of War, Company of Heroes games half price on Steam 8 Steam sales usually tend to be pretty crazy, and I feel like I say this every single time, but the newest discount is going to be very difficult to pass up. As spotted by community blogger Nerdy ... Bionic Commando PC finally hits retail, Steam 15 Bionic Commando -- the new one, not Rearmed or the NES classic -- is now available for PC at retail stores and Steam for $39.99. Actually, scratch that. If you pre-purchase from Steam, you can sa... ZOMG! Steam has been taken over by 'the casuals' 9 It was inevitable, I suppose. Not even Valve’s digital distribution service Steam -- one of the few remaining bastions of "proper" PC gaming -- could remain safe from the terrible... Review: Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition 59 Let’s rewind to E3 2009. I’m inside LucasArts’ conference room. I’m a few minutes early for the Star Wars: The Old Republic presentation. They have food and drink in both ... Yay brawlers: new Watchmen Part 2 trailer hits 23 Make some noise folks, Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part 2 is almost here. By the time August rolls around, the follow-up to the downloadable brawler will be available for all the cool platforms: Pl... Check out these Secret of Monkey Island SE comparison shots 18 If you’re an adventure game fan, it’s hard to walk away from Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition unimpressed for a simple reason: with the press of a button, you can switch from ... Review: Trine (single-player) 37 We've been following Trine for a while now, and with good reason: a game that provides mishmash of platforming, action, and physics-based puzzle solving involving three different instantly interc... Next week on XBLA, Steam: The Secret of Monkey Island SE 30 LucasArts has announced that The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition will be hit both Xbox LIVE Arcade and Steam for PC next week, on July 15. The enhanced remake of the original PC title, S... « NEXT « next - expanded blog view		Save cash!   See "Black Friday" video game deals New on Destructoid.TV play all videos Loading Destructoid Videos Win this! 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