Posts Tagged Steam
Steam Mobile (iOS & Android)
Posted by gavomatic57 in iOS, Utilities on January 27, 2012
PC & Mac gamers with iPhones or Androids will be pleased to hear that there is a Steam app on their respective app stores right now. However, the app is already attracting negative reviews from people who can’t read. You see, the app is in beta and in order to use the app you need [...]
Steam Autumn Sale
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, Mac OSX, PC Games on November 24, 2011
It’s sale time again on Steam. The annual Steam sales are an expensive nightmare for me usually, as there is just so much stuff to buy at great prices. The current deal includes Portal 2 for a mere £6.79. If you don’t already have it (you may be mad, who knows), now would be a [...]
Steam Forums & Database Intrusion Detected!
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, News, PC Games on November 12, 2011
More bad news for gamers I’m afraid. News broke the other day that the Steam forums had been defaced and that potentially they had found their way into the Steam database too. I didn’t mention it then because there was very little official information, but now we have this news article on Valve’s website. We [...]
Half Life 2 – Engine update
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, Mac OSX, Windows on June 1, 2010
The best game in the world (in my opinion) has recently had an upgrade. The game uses the Source engine, which when coupled with the Steam content delivery platform allows Valve to upgrade certain parts of the source engine, whether it be the physics engine, the textures or anything else. Since 2004 when Half Life 2 was released, the engine has seen a number of improvements, such as HDR lighting, more anti-aliasing and multicore rendering. Unfortunately until very recently it was only the later episodes of Half LIfe 2 that incorporated these features, which was a shame because the main game is arguably the most important part.
Steam for Linux – it’s official
Posted by gavomatic57 in Mac OSX, Ubuntu on May 12, 2010
It’s official! With the release of Steam on the Mac, Valve have confirmed via the Telegraph that Steam is coming for Linux and is likely to also be a “Tier 1″ platform along with Windows and the Mac for Valve’s own games running on the Source engine.
Steam for Linux
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, Kubuntu, Ubuntu on April 23, 2010
I recently blogged about the Mac as a potential gaming platform and I mentioned that whilst it is an exciting proposition, the limited range and power of GPU’s found in the current Mac range may be a stumbling block.
Phoronix recently posted a few articles that made me giddy with excitement. The Mac Steam beta has uncovered a few interesting items of code that suggest that as well as a Steam client for OSX, one for Linux is also on the way. First there is this
The Mac, a gaming scene in the making?
Posted by gavomatic57 in Games, Mac OSX, Windows on March 12, 2010
Valve, the much championed game developer and creator of the Steam delivery service for Windows PC’s recently announced that it was bringing the Steam client to OSX. Steam is the one right answer to combating piracy on the PC and most publishers worth the time of day use it. Steam allows you to buy and download games from their online store, right onto your hard drive, whilst protecting the developer with its inbuilt DRM yet allowing the consumer to re-download the game at any time. Not only that it also patches your purchased games automatically and provides community features such as instant messaging, a server browser, community groups and personal profiles for each user. It has recently added more features, such as the ability to store your save games in the cloud, achievements and Steamworks – its development and publishing suite.
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