Valve to Release Alien Swarm for Free
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By now it is common knowledge Alien Swarm will come with a a third person camera, depth of field, and tile editor that will alow a map maker to either create random maps or make his/her own, but what I'm not sure about is whether or not the changes are overarching and general for the whole Source SDK or just for Alien Swarm mods. What I mean by this is that I'd like to know if I could, for example, make L4D maps with the new changes, or add a third person camera to an already existing map.
Any thoughts?
Any thoughts?
I wonder how Valve does this? It makes other game companies look bad I think. The fact that they can just release a game for free? And chances are will be better than most of the games that came out in the past few months?
I don't get Valve.
But I don't have too.
GIMMIE MAH GAME!
I don't get Valve.
But I don't have too.
GIMMIE MAH GAME!
My guess is that Alien Swarm would have been released sooner but they held it back for Mac support.baggyn said:
Although, these are the specs that they recommend at this point:
OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Processor: Pentium 4 3.0GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with 128 MB, Shader model 2.0. ATI X800, NVidia 6600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
OS: Windows® 7 / Vista / Vista64 / XP
Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
Processor: Intel core 2 duo 2.4GHz
Memory: 1 GB for XP / 2GB for Vista
Graphics: DirectX 9 compatible video card with Shader model 3.0. NVidia 7600, ATI X1600 or better
Hard Drive: At least 2.5 GB of free space
Sound: DirectX 9.0c compatible sound card
It's called a Dell Dimension C521 [http://www.dell.com/us/en/dfh/desktops/dimen_c521/pd.aspx?refid=dimen_c521&cs=22&s=dfh] but it doesn't actually have as many USB ports, it only has a 64MB graphics card, and it's four and a half years old.Sacman said:
Valve, I love you more and more everyday. First free Portal, now this? Where is Gabe Newell so I can give him a big ol' hug?
So, no xbox release? That is a shame. I would have loved to play it with my buddies over xbox live.
well I... I'm a... I'm so sorry.SeanTheSheep said:
too bad last week I was trying to sell my old gaming rig from 2009 it wasn't the best but it worked... I can't remember the exact specs but:
Video card: Ati Radeon Hd 4670
6Gb Ram
Core 2 duo 2.33 Ghz processor
I don't remember the rest but the case made it look like the monolith from 2001.
I would've sold it too you I only got $90 for it anyway.
The thing is with Gabe Newall, he understands the relationship between game devs/publishers and the community a lot better than most other comapanies. Valve is a huge corporation, but obviously it would be nothing without the fans. Not just the people who buy the game, but also the people who put their own time into improving it for everyone, creating mods, and even creating new games out of the construction tools. Valve recognises this and makes an effort to help out these people. Not only that, but they understand that, because their company relies so heavily on these people, it's only so fair that they give a little back in return, so they can release little indie titles like this for free, and offer tons of discounts on their other games, and all such as that.shaboinkin said:
Obviously this is a quality that isn't prevalent throughout the whole industry. Can you imagine Activision releasing something as potentially profitable as this out of the generosity of their
Anyways, OT: Sure, it's free, but is it really worth all the effort of waiting for my PC to start up, opening Steam, finding the Alien Swarm page, and pushing the purchase for USZERO$, downloading it and then getting into the game just to play it?
...HELL YES!!
Ah, well then you would have had the issue of sending it over to England and if it hadn't have worked ever here then it would have been £100 down the drainSacman said: