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Valve Titles Coming to Mac, Cross-Platform Play With PC


Erik Johnson

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If you haven’t heard Valve has announced its expansion of the Steam platform to Mac. Pretty big deal as with it, comes a sack full of good games that should benefit from the new audience. Games including the likes of the Half-Life franchise, Portal, Left 4 Dead*, L4D2, Team Fortress 2 and Counter-Strike, with Portal 2 marked as the first dual release for both computer platforms.

All that said, the best part of the announcement is the reveal that all these games will support cross-platform play between PC and Mac gamers. Thanks for sharing the love Valve.

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Company of Heroes Soundtracks Free on Steam


Erik Johnson

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Update: The downloads are now available here.

Video game music lovers and bargain hunters prepare yourself for the best of both worlds. In celebration of the Company of Heroes franchise weekend sale over on Steam (a whopping 75% off of all CoH titles), Relic has offered up two soundtracks from the series free to download.

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Greed: Black Border Steam Release Brings Discount


Erik Johnson

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Headup Games and Clockstone’s sci-fi action RPG Greed: Black Border has been released and is now available for download on Steam. Even better, the title has been given a week long 25% discount to celebrate the launch.

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Zombie Driver 75% Off on Steam


Erik Johnson

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I’ll make this short and sweet as I’m merely wasting the precious seconds you have to go take advantage of the offer mentioned in the title. EXOR Studio’s action racing game Zombie Driver is only $2.50 through the very small window of now until tomorrow morning (12/28) at 9 AM PT on Steam.

Just so we’re clear, that’s 100% vehicular zombie homicide for only 25% the price. If you’re looking for more, Valve’s digital distribution monster has been offering up a huge sale on a large amount of their catalog over the past several days, with titles big and small at a small fraction of their typical price.

Zombie Driver Update Adds Game Pad Support, Goes Low


Erik Johnson

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EXOR Studios has rolled out a new update for its open-world vehicle versus undead onslaught title Zombie Driver, bringing game pad support to the title as well as making the game easier for low end rigs to run.

The v1.04 patch also brings a short list of fixes and two new camera modes, static and free look. Zombie Driver is available now on Steam for $10, full notes after the break.

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Nation Red Update All About the New


Erik Johnson

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DiezelPower’s ten dollar Zombie Shooter Nation Red continues to receive solid post-launch support with another large update that brings all things new. The checklist of features and content brings a new gameplay mode, an auto perk feature, a one shot one kill power-up, new weapons, perks, achievements and more.

The title is available for purchase and download now on Steam. Full change log after the break.

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Zombie Driver Released on Steam


Erik Johnson

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EXOR Studios zombie driving game…err, Zombie Driver has been released onto Steam and is now available for purchase and download.

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Zombie Driver Pre-Purchase and Discount on Steam


Erik Johnson

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Exor Studios’ upcoming action racing title Zombie Driver has been listed on Steam and is now available for pre-order. Per the usual, the digital distribution leader has offered up a 10% discount to those who purchase the game before its release on Friday, December 4.

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Steam Black Friday Sale Underway


Erik Johnson

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Steam’s celebrating this Thanksgiving weekend with a different set of games on sale everyday. Today, on the blackest of Fridays, games both big and small are getting the cost reduction treatment.

Sales include a solid discount to recently released Left 4 Dead 2, along with big discounts (75% off or more) on titles Majesty 2, Madballs in Babo: Invasion and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

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Plants vs. Zombies $5 on Steam Through Thanksgiving


Erik Johnson

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Valve has unveiled this week’s Steam Mid-Week Madness sale, taking 50% off PopCap’s excellent tower defense title Plants vs. Zombies, which now runs only $5 through Turkey Thursday, November 26.

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